Weekly Journal ~week 8~

WEEKLY JOURNAL

WEEK 8 (5^th September – 9^th September  2011)

1.0       Masalah / Isu

The co-curriculum is referred to the activities that are conducted outside the classroom. There are many activities that known as co-corriculur activities such as Uniform Unit, sports, academic clubs and hobbies. Outside school or classroom activities are equally as important as those inside classroom, as they supplement curricular activities. Nowadays co-curricular activities have been accepted as an integral part of a school’s programme because they provide scope for democratic living, develop social skills, a sense of cooperation, team spirit and self discipline, which are important for a citizen to function activities.

2.0       Analisis (Apakah punca masalah)

Some of pupils make the effort to attend the activities and some are not. This is due to the some excuses such as outside tuitions, music lesson, homework and transport problems. The excuses were always use for the pupils that believe co-corriculur activities do not give any advantages for them. Then, they always skip to attend the meetings that normally conducted on Saturday.

           

3.0       Cadangan untuk memperbaiki / Alternatif

Teacher plays an important role to get pupils to participate in co-curricular activities. As for example in Uniform unit, Teacher in charge must have capability to organize the unit and at least the teacher must posses the knowledge in conducting the activities in every meeting. Sports and games should be properly organized in school. Activities of the entire year have to be planned out and also termwise charts should be prepared. Teachers should get appropriate representation in sports’ committee. They should prepare pupils for inter-school competition. This will encourage the pupils to take part in the sports activities because they will know that they will be rewarded if they won the competition. Lardizabal A.S. & Campos M.A. (1999) in Theory and Practice in Student Teaching state that whether the teacher aware of it or not, he plays an important role in guidance programme. Because of his daily contact with his pupils, he is in a strategic position to guide them.

4.0       Tempoh masa

The co-curricular activities must be conducted throughout the year. It should be integrated in the school’s curriculum so that the pupils will not feel that the co-curricular activities are not important.

5.0       Tindakan susulan

As the teacher-to-be, I should prepare myself to enrich my knowledge in conducting the co-curricular activities and organizing the co-curricular units or clubs. I will always attend the course that organized by the school for the co-curricular purposes.

6.0       Kesimpulan/ Harapan

As for me, I really hope that I will gain as much experiences as possible in conducting co-curricular activities such as Uniform Unit camping, school’s sports day and the weekly activities on Saturday during my practical programme. After I finish this KPLI programme, I will adapt the experiences and the knowledge that I collect during my practicum.