Last March 26, we had our wellness activity for the third year students as an implementation of our instructional design. Planning for this was more difficult than we initially thought. While other groups had to consider their clients' conditions, our group was challenged by how fit our clients were. Personally, I was worried whether I'd be able to demonstrate the exercises we prepared knowing how deconditioned I was. I believe my other groupmates also shared the same sentiments.
Things got even more challenging when just minutes before the actual activity we were informed that we had to work alongside the interns, who had something else planned for the thirds years. We were shocked, of course, and clueless how we were going to go about our plans and objectives. In the end, we agreed to adopt the game the interns had prepared into our activity since it was also their last day of rotation.
It was hard incorporating bits of our objectives into the game since it involved more instances wherein the students had to run around the campus and less time actually performing the exercises listed. Good thing the students participated well with the activity allowing us to demonstrate warm up and some of "easy" and "hard" exercises. We also got to give them feedback and correct their forms. We also got to ask them the muscle groups targeted per exercise they performed. Overall, we were still able to achieve most of our objectives despite the changes that occurred.
This experience was a good reminder of how things don't always go as planned. It doesn't mean that you didn't prepare well enough but that some things are naturally beyond our control. This is why we always have to be flexible and quick to bounce back because we really wouldn't know when your plans will backfire. I guess it's also another thing to be able to think ahead a come up with several backup plans. This also shows flexibility.
Another important thing, that was emphasized from this activity was competence as a teacher. It's one thing to be able to know your learners well but it is also the teacher's responsibility to be good enough to teach them. Through this experience I was able to really see how important it is to be physically fit in this profession. Of course, there will always still be limitations to what we can do. We need to acknowledge what we can't so we can build on the things that we can.
Lastly, creativity can definitely give you an extra mile. Sometimes we think that this is something that disappears when all you're studying health-related stuff but the truth is that is doesn't disappear. Actually, there are many opportunities to be creative in the health setting. Not only does it increase the compliance of our patients but it is also an effective tool to use for better learning.
So do I think I can be a teacher now? Hmm, definitely getting there. There are still so many ways how I can improve and so many things I can still learn. Things may not have turned out the way I envisioned it, but still, I think I did a fairly well job at my first shot at being a teacher.
Things got even more challenging when just minutes before the actual activity we were informed that we had to work alongside the interns, who had something else planned for the thirds years. We were shocked, of course, and clueless how we were going to go about our plans and objectives. In the end, we agreed to adopt the game the interns had prepared into our activity since it was also their last day of rotation.
It was hard incorporating bits of our objectives into the game since it involved more instances wherein the students had to run around the campus and less time actually performing the exercises listed. Good thing the students participated well with the activity allowing us to demonstrate warm up and some of "easy" and "hard" exercises. We also got to give them feedback and correct their forms. We also got to ask them the muscle groups targeted per exercise they performed. Overall, we were still able to achieve most of our objectives despite the changes that occurred.
This experience was a good reminder of how things don't always go as planned. It doesn't mean that you didn't prepare well enough but that some things are naturally beyond our control. This is why we always have to be flexible and quick to bounce back because we really wouldn't know when your plans will backfire. I guess it's also another thing to be able to think ahead a come up with several backup plans. This also shows flexibility.
Another important thing, that was emphasized from this activity was competence as a teacher. It's one thing to be able to know your learners well but it is also the teacher's responsibility to be good enough to teach them. Through this experience I was able to really see how important it is to be physically fit in this profession. Of course, there will always still be limitations to what we can do. We need to acknowledge what we can't so we can build on the things that we can.
Lastly, creativity can definitely give you an extra mile. Sometimes we think that this is something that disappears when all you're studying health-related stuff but the truth is that is doesn't disappear. Actually, there are many opportunities to be creative in the health setting. Not only does it increase the compliance of our patients but it is also an effective tool to use for better learning.
So do I think I can be a teacher now? Hmm, definitely getting there. There are still so many ways how I can improve and so many things I can still learn. Things may not have turned out the way I envisioned it, but still, I think I did a fairly well job at my first shot at being a teacher.
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