My Introduction.
My name is Boitumelo Namane . I am from Potchefstroom.
I chose to study Foundation Phase, because I love working with children. Its amazing to see how they navigate around the world or their enviroment when they explore things. I am passionate about teaching young children about themselves, their enviroment, how to live or survive a certain situation and how to be compassionate towards each other and other memebers of the society. I was anxious to start with this module as I did not know what to expect from it, but as I have been going through it, I am understanding what needs to be done. My expectations when it comes to this module is that , I want to make it fun for myself so that when I get to class I am able to give the learners more then just information.
What a month it has been? It has truly been a hectic month, demands everywhere, I feel like I am on Autopilat mode , which in my opinion is so unhealthy.
For this unit I will analyse the scenario that is given and answer the questions below.
1. What possibly made some learners uncomfortable during these activities?
The language that was used, not every child knows Zulu and the teacher didnt explain the song and give the children a clear explaination .
The dancing in front of the boys while learners are wearing dresses and also the different religions
2. Why were some learners uncomfortable?
Due to the fact that some learners do not resonate with the songs that are playing, and they do not understand the words from the Zulu song they were using in a game.
3. Can you think of ways to address these issues in future?
- the teacher needs to use the music that is appropriate to the students
-the language usage of the song should be explained throughout in order for the children to understand what they are dancing or listening too.
4. What will change?
-taking into consideration that we have different children who have different cultural backgrounds and that making learners understand the main reason as to why this game is being played.
5. How can we accomodate diverse learner profiles in our classrooms? What must we beware of?
we need to always beware of secular music that we listen to , some cultures do not take likely to that music, we need to play appropriate music that learners can also enjoy and the game or music must be in English.