Students All Over the World Rock!!
My host colleague-Abdellatif took us to visit a group of adult business men and women working on their English language proficiency. They have been dealing with the topics of success, job satisfaction and risk, risk taking, and we discuss and shared stories about the American dream and what makes Americans want to be in an everlasting pursuit of happiness. We also talked about the American perspective of job satisfaction and risk taking in business or life in general.
The highlight of my International Field Experience was going to the local high school in Ain Aouda where our host teacher has his primary teaching duties. The school’s name is Abderrahman Dakhil High School, Ain Aouda, Morocco. It is about 17Km NW of Rabat, Morocco. Unlike the schools we visited in Rabat, Abderrahman Dakhil High School had limited resources. The students and staff are, however proud of their school. The schedule is varied-some classes meet in the morning and some in the afternoon. Our host teacher sometimes teaches in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. The students leave the school for a couple of hours in the afternoon (to go home for lunch, I was told) and return to continue classes in the evening for a couple more hours.
Instruction is mainly direct instruction with sometimes student-led practice exercise. The chalk and blackboard still ‘rule’. Instructional focus is the external examination-the French baccalaureate or the English baccalaureate for the science students. It is common to see students repeating classes.
Dawn-my TGC team mate and I observed the Math and Science classes but mostly taught science or math in the English classes. Instruction in the school is in French or classical Arabic.
Presentation at the host school went very well. Students were excited and asked a lot of questions. Like typical students they asked:
· What do you like about Morocco?
· What did you not like?
· What do you like about our school?
· What is your favorite thing about us?
On our last date, I wrote to Abdellatif: Thank you for being our host. In return, he wrote: You have left such a great impact in our school. In my turn I have to thank you for being such a nice visitor.
My host colleague-Abdellatif took us to visit a group of adult business men and women working on their English language proficiency. They have been dealing with the topics of success, job satisfaction and risk, risk taking, and we discuss and shared stories about the American dream and what makes Americans want to be in an everlasting pursuit of happiness. We also talked about the American perspective of job satisfaction and risk taking in business or life in general.
The highlight of my International Field Experience was going to the local high school in Ain Aouda where our host teacher has his primary teaching duties. The school’s name is Abderrahman Dakhil High School, Ain Aouda, Morocco. It is about 17Km NW of Rabat, Morocco. Unlike the schools we visited in Rabat, Abderrahman Dakhil High School had limited resources. The students and staff are, however proud of their school. The schedule is varied-some classes meet in the morning and some in the afternoon. Our host teacher sometimes teaches in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. The students leave the school for a couple of hours in the afternoon (to go home for lunch, I was told) and return to continue classes in the evening for a couple more hours.
Instruction is mainly direct instruction with sometimes student-led practice exercise. The chalk and blackboard still ‘rule’. Instructional focus is the external examination-the French baccalaureate or the English baccalaureate for the science students. It is common to see students repeating classes.
Dawn-my TGC team mate and I observed the Math and Science classes but mostly taught science or math in the English classes. Instruction in the school is in French or classical Arabic.
Presentation at the host school went very well. Students were excited and asked a lot of questions. Like typical students they asked:
· What do you like about Morocco?
· What did you not like?
· What do you like about our school?
· What is your favorite thing about us?
On our last date, I wrote to Abdellatif: Thank you for being our host. In return, he wrote: You have left such a great impact in our school. In my turn I have to thank you for being such a nice visitor.