Movie Day!

            One of the reasons I enjoy the subject “Teaching in Physical therapy” is the fact that it makes use of varied strategies every session. Going to class did not feel like I am performing something part of my routine. Movie day was definitely out of the ordinary for us 4^th year students.

            The movie “Freedom Writers” was great and quite eye opening. I saw how a teacher can greatly influence his/her students. Through the movie, I realized that teaching is not just about feeding your students information that they have to learn. It entails facilitation of learning by making use of strategies that would help make the lesson relevant to your students.

            At first I’d say building rapport would be very necessary. You have to gain your students’ trust so that they will be receptive of the lesson. A good way of doing that is by knowing who your students are. Ask what is important to them, what they need to learn and how they learn best. Once this established, we can be creative and use different means to promote the best learning possible.

            Through the small group discussion following the film viewing, I learned that I need to appreciate what I do so that I could make my clients love what they are doing. I need to find the relevance of what I do, to make my clients see the relevance of what they are to do. I need to know who I am, so that I know what I can do for my future clients. As a future therapist, there will be times where treatment sessions would be difficult but I have remain passionate about my work so that despite the difficulty I would continue trying my very best to be of great help to my patients.