IntroductionKnowledge in Earth Sciences is very vital in nation building. Almost everything we do every day is somehow linked to the Earth: its land, oceans, atmosphere, plants and animals. The food we eat, the water we drink, our homes and offices, the clothes we wear, the energy we use, and the air we breathe are all grown, taken from, surround, or move through the world. According to the American Geological Institute (AGI) Foundation, by 2025, eight billion people live on Earth. This number of people no doubt, continue to extract resources to maintain high quality of life. As we all benefit from the resources we receive from the Earth, then we, as individuals and citizens, need to know more about our planet - its processes, its resources and its environment. And only through education students of Earth science can understand and appreciate our complex world. At this time, the old and the young man must join hands and help in the task of nation-building seriously, the young learn from the wisdom and experience of older people, older people to recognize the impatience of youth. Conversely, not all young students are willing to cooperate in order to acquire the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills essential for a secure future. And 'so flourishing a task for the teacher to facilitate learning that Sun wants to be a quality education acquired by students. This document will discuss the various issues addressed by the master in communicating knowledge of the Earth Sciences in the public secondary school, so also will discuss the positive aspects in the learning experience for the teaching of earth sciences CHALLENGESMotivationMy subject.THE first was in September 2005 of a public secondary schools of Davao Oriental, particularly in District 1 I still remember the first day when I entered the class of more than fifty (50) students crammed into a class. Some of them were busy chatting with their classmates, some were engaged in different activities in their homes, etc. The first question that popped into my mind at that time was: how can I get students' attention? As I introduced myself to them as their new science teacher, I saw that reflect different emotions on their faces. There were the emotions of excitement, worry, anxiety, happiness, etc. I'm not really sure if they were willing to take classes in the new sciences of the earth. What I did was to let them get a piece of paper and write them in there: their names, favorite subject, subject matter and why I hate the most love / hate a certain subject, and their expectation / s of. I did this just to see if they have interest in the subject or subjects to know what they liked most and why they love the subject. From this topic, I learned that more than fifty (50) students, only four (4) said that they like science. When I asked them why I do not like science as a subject, the common response was: "Science is a difficult subject." From that experience only one argument, I had an intuition that students have difficulty learning a subject, if you do not like '. In fact, the teaching of Earth Science to high school graduates or students might be difficult "if students are not motivated or are not interested in the subject." There are several ways to motivate students to be interested in Earth Science. In my experience, I used the songs as part of my lectures - What songs are easy to learn and often felt by students. I used the melody of a song and changed the Sun particular texts that fits with the topic I am discussing. There are also songs we have presented at seminars that are very useful because students would be easier to memorize scientific concepts Some just singing the songs over and over again. Example of these songs are "We the Scientist" - to the tune of "Ako'y Isang Pinoy", "Sistemang Harana" - to the tune of "Harana", as popularized by Parokya ni Edgar, this underlines the importance of method scientific problem solving, "Super Science" - the song "Superman", he stressed on the contributions of science to improve our lives, and a happy song - "Young people love science." After the introduction of these songs, I found it very useful for storing scientific terms, concepts and processes. With this, I feel happy when I heard some of my students who sing these songs and share with their friends.There are several ways to motivate students to learn the Earth Sciences. Teachers should keep in mind that flexible approaches and their connections to other subjects is the key to success in a classroom to motivate students' interest. It 's been proven true with my personal teaching experiences. You should stick to a particular option, it does not work. Here are the techniques that have proven to motivate that work well with most of the students: 1 Relate local news or national or international, to some aspect of Earth Sciences. You can choose from a variety of items from the news. Some of the older reports and their impact on social life / politics may be of interest to students. All news related to gene expression following are welcomed by most students for class discussion: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, floods, meteor showers, and news articles relating to disasters - present or past.2. Choose a topic of common interest to most students, looking like a social or political problem, you know: nuclear power plants, illegal logging, global warming, the consequences of urbanization, and mining. In my case, I used the illegal logging, illegal fishing and mining my point of focus, because these aspects are actually happening in our locality.3. Biblical or religious or historic sites and geology associated with it: the Chasm at Delphi and the Temple of Apollo in Greece and the vapors emanating from the site, the geology of the areas of the Bible as those examined in the Middle East, the Taj Mahal in India, the Pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon, USA; Stories of precious stones and gems, and any other similar ones.4. Anecdotes from scientific discoveries / contributions of great men / women, past and present: Aristotle, Eratosthenes (measurement of the circumference of the earth), Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Archimedes, Newton, Einstein, James Hutton, Charles Lyell, N. L. Bowen, Alfred Wegener, Harry Hess, and many other names worth mentioning in Sciences.5 Earth. Space exploration has always fascinated students: anecdotes of lunar exploration, missions to Mars and life on Mars, Jupiter and its moons and the clouds, the discovery of new stars and other galaxies outside our own, and other similar explorations.6. There are many facts that intrigue and fascinate most students of Earth Sciences: a mine in the world's deepest b. Deepest Hole in the world c. The comparison of the numbers listed above with the radius of the Earth This can show them how little we know about the land through direct observation. d Compare these distances with the distance of the Moon These numbers can ask questions like "how come we did not go too far down into the earth" and "why we went almost a quarter of a million miles to the moon." and latitude and longitude and their use in navigation and time zones f drilling offshore and mid-fifties design for drilling in the past Moho mantle g The election of President John F. Kennedy and his promise to land a man on the moon and the theory of continental drift evidence of the fascinating new theory of plate tectonics and its developmentI used some of the items listed above and have worked for me, in the classrooms . Good general knowledge coupled with interest and knowledge of a variety of elements in Earth Science "may help the teacher to make students enthusiastic about the subject." As a teacher, we should always keep in mind that Earth science poses questions that are exciting and convenient for children and adults of alike.Comprehension LanguageProvided English that students are well motivated to learn the subject, another problem comes - as you want understand the instruction with the use of English? It is an inescapable fact that most of my freshmen students (first year) Thursday not understand spoken or written in English. Those that can reasonably understand belong to the first section, but there are also students in the first section that can not speak or write English properly. This is really a problem, because the teaching of Earth Sciences must be in English and all references are written or published in English. It 's also a known fact that English is the "universal language of science." Therefore, knowledge of students, teachers should use English as medium of instruction. Therefore I must admit that I'm not perfect in terms of developing concepts with the use of English, so what I did was use the vernacular for some part of my discussion. To maximize the understanding of a concept, I've translated some scientific terms in the vernacular of the Sun that students can fully understand what I'm talking about or explaining about.In our school was really noticed that non-readers or readers with little understanding pull the low performance of the school during the achievement test (division regional or national). To partially solve the problem if not totally eliminate, Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) was conducted. In this way measure the reading level of the Sun first-year students that the school, especially teachers able to identify who among the students are non-readers or have poor reading comprehension. After the inventory it was discovered that there are students with reading skills is Grade I level and there are actually non-readers. Sun is another burden to the English teachers because apart from their subject to the usual teaching loads, make-up courses for those students identified as non-readers or low reading comprehension. It is not just a burden for teachers of English for teachers, but also others who have taught English as medium of instruction. It should also be noted that poor English fund or substantially slows down the process of scientific development, because it is difficult to understand scientific concepts, while at the same time learning the English language - this is to learn two things simultaneously.Discipline Within a ClassroomIn class of more than fifty or sixty students in the classroom some students, it is very important that the discipline must reign for ever maximum learning. In my first year of teaching, classroom discipline is really a problem for me. I got irritated easily by students who were noisy, always going outside the classroom, without reasonable cause, and students yelling or fighting with each other. But by reading books and attending seminars on discipline in the classroom, this problem has been slowly elucidated.A been well managed in the classroom will give students the rich opportunities for mental growth and development. Good classroom discipline produces luxurious working conditions for good learning in school and makes a pleasant and interesting. One aspect of the role of the teacher under the concept of discipline is to help students practice self-control and develop standards of values and individual activities to be performed, regardless of whether the teacher or parent or someone else in around or authorities. The concept of discipline when I was nursing my elementary years in a state is really different than the concept of discipline that is based on democratic principles. A good discipline is that which develops self-direction and self-discipline, rather than discipline based on coercion and obedience. He also emphasized the knowledge of the cause of the breach of discipline so that the causes may be investigated minimized, if not prevented, and crime can be more satisfactorily diagnosed treated.As and facilitator of student learning in science Land should always keep in mind that discipline in the classroom is really an essential learning tool Sun could be reached. It is an inescapable fact that the teacher can be a facilitator of learning effectively only when there is discipline and classroom management to correct the teaching-learning. TechnologyThe Making use of use of textbooks only teach concepts scientific and processes is not sufficient. Each regular class on Earth is not the best place to observe the interactions ranging in scale from the solar system to the components of a cell. With classes just yet often, students are forced to create their own mental images to understand the situations that can not see directly. In many cases the result has been a misconception that assumes a reality of its students within the minimum standard textbooks were ineffective in changing these deeply rooted prejudices. Students are confused about issues involving the spatial relationships that seek to base as the reason for the seasons. To resolve this problem, there is a persistent call for a teacher to be creative in his teaching and maximize technology present.To keep pace with the progress of science and technology, teachers must have a creative and inquiring mind. Search thoughts and ideas "designed by inquiring minds" inspire and challenge the teacher to be creative. In connection with the call to be creative and to equate myself with changing technology, I always visit the World Wide Web so that I can make my lessons to date. This was not easy for me because the place where I have taught has no internet connection and only during the weekends that I can surf the Internet for topics that need further elaboration through video or flash animations. Also, I used PowerPoint to make my students interactive lessons and found that their interest in my classes was elevated with the use of computers. Also, I was really happy because our primary encouraged the use of PowerPoint in the classroom. In fact, he proposed and led the implementation of Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) in the Division of Davao first person AchievementThe REWARDSStudents Oriental.THE 'they would feel happy for the achievement of students' learning is the teacher of Earth Sciences. Personally, I beam with pride when my students perform well during exams or higher rank in the race on Earth Sciences. It 's been great for me since my two contenders for the 2008 Division Science Quiz held in San Isidro National High School ranked second and third place respectively. I heard that this is my reward for the effort in reviewing the exercise of scientific concepts students not only through books, but also from the information retrieved from the Internet and helping them and teaching them how to use the computer to explore the Encarta Encyclopedia. I felt so happy when I see my students embraced a positive attitude in learning the material. With this, I have established in the hearts of students a love for science of the Earth that could be very useful for learning other sciences such as Biology, Chemistry and Physics. A course in earth sciences for students can provide an introduction to the subject in all other sciences that illustrates their relevance and connections. With a solid foundation in Earth Science, students will no longer find it difficult to learn another sciences.My contribution in nation-building and for FutureAs a teacher of Earth Sciences, I can say I have a big role in nation building - A nation that does not maximize its resources, but not sacrificing the future. Our life depends on how and civilization to understand and manage our planet. Earth processes affect us all climate models affect the availability of water resources and the possibility of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, floods and can kill large numbers of people and causing millions or even billions of pesos worth of property damage. If our students are well informed on those processes that affect our lives then they would be cautious in every action they want to do such as cutting trees, burning fossil fuels, too, the use of spray cans, etc. Each lesson in earth science somehow connect students to the past, as well as challenging them to think about science in secondary school future.ConclusionTeaching Earth is not an easy task. A lot of challenges must be overcome by the Sun that the teaching-learning could be a pleasant experience for both teachers and students. My first three years of experience in teaching the subject are really shaped my knowledge of and attitudes toward the subject. Since my elementary years as a student, I still have to bring passion and love in our understanding of the complex world of science. And now that I'm on the court, then it is my turn to permeate my enthusiasm in learning science, especially my students during their first science subject in secondary education which is the land of the earth sciences science.The Provide the best all-around introduction to science. The earth sciences integrate concepts from all the other major disciplines of science, biology, chemistry and physics. Thus, the teaching of earth sciences at the elementary and secondary schools to promote science literacy teachers general.As we should always keep pace with technology that Sun our knowledge in the field will be updated from time to time. We should always let our students see science as part of their daily lives that they feel alienated from the sun it.Lastly, we should always keep in mind for the understanding of earth sciences is essential for a secure future. When we emphasize earth science education, everyone benefits. [EXTRACT] IntroductionKnowledge in Earth Science is very important in building the nation. Almost everything we do, every day is in no way connected with the earth in its land, oceans, atmosphere, plants and animals. What we eat, we drink, our homes and offices, the clothes we wear, the energy we use, and the air we breathe, are all grown in, removed, surround sound, or move through the world. According to the American Geological Institute (AGI) Foundation, which will be led by 2025 eight billion people on Earth. The number of people will no doubt get even the extraction of resources to a high quality of life. Its processes, its resources and its environment - how do you take advantage of all the resources we have on earth, then we, as individuals and citizens, most need to know our planet. And only with geoscience education students can understand and appreciate our complex world. Must be received at the present time, the old and young hands and help each other in the difficult task of nation-building, the young, to learn from the wisdom and experience of older people, who recognize the impatience of youth. Conversely, not all young students eager to cooperate in order to acquire the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills for a secure future. There is a burgeoning problem for the teacher to facilitate learning so that quality education can be acquired by students. This document will discuss the various challenges faced by teachers in teaching the knowledge of Earth science in public schools, as is also the positive aspects in the learning experience of teaching subject.THE CHALLENGESMotivationMy first was in September 2005 in one of Geosciences public schools in Davao Oriental, particularly in District 1 I remember the first day I walked into the class of more than fifty (50) students in a crowded classroom. Some of them were busy keeping up with their classmates, some were busy with various tasks in their homes, etc. The first question was, for me it appeared at that time in mind, how do I get students' attention? When I introduced myself to her as their new science teacher, I saw that reflect different emotions on their faces. There were feelings of excitement, worry, fear, happiness, etc. I'm not sure if they were willing to take on new discoveries in Earth science. What I did leave them a piece of paper and leave them to write the following: their name, the preferred object, unless you hate the most and why they are subject to love / hate a certain, and the wait / s of the subject. I did this just to see if they are interested to know which topic or topics you liked best and why they love the subject. From this I learned that for more than fifty (50) students, only four (4) said that they like science subject. When I asked why she did not like science as a subject, the most common answer was: "Science is a difficult issue." From this experience alone, I had an intuition that students with learning difficulties, a problem if you do not like to have the problem. In fact, you could teach Earth Science to high school students or be difficult, "when students are not motivated, or if you are not interested in the subject." There are several ways to motivate students to be interested in Earth Science. In my experience, I have songs as part of my teaching - songs that are easy to learn and often felt by students. I used to change the melody of a certain song and adjust the text so that it has discussed the matter with me. There are also songs introduced to us during the seminars, which are very useful because the students would be easier to memorize some concepts just singing the songs over and over again. Example of these songs are: "We are scientists" - the melody of "Ako'y Isang Pinoy", "Sistemang Harana" - to the tune of "Harana", as popularized by Parokya ni Edgar, this underlines the importance of the method scientific problem solving, "Super Science" - the song "Superman", he stressed on the contributions of science to improve our lives and a fun song - "Young people love science." After an introduction to these songs, I found it useful for storing scientific terms, concepts and processes. So I feel happy when I heard some of my students sing these songs and share them with their friends.There are several ways to motivate students to learn the science of the Earth. Teachers should keep their eyes that flexible approaches and links with other disciplines is the key to success in a class for students' motivation is interest. It has been proven true with my experience of teaching staff. It should not be an option if it does not work. Here are the motivational techniques that have proved to work well with most of the students: 1 Relate local news or national or international level in some aspect of Earth Sciences. You can choose from a wide range of articles in the news. Some of the older messages and their impact on social life / politics may also be of interest to students. Volcanoes, tsunamis, floods, meteor showers, - present or past.2 and news related to the earthquake disaster: Any news regarding the following are generally welcomed by most students for class discussion. Select a topic of common interest to most students, such as political or social problem that is known: nuclear power plants, illegal logging, global warming, the effects of urbanization, and mining. In my case the problem of illegal logging, illegal fishing and mining my key point, because these problems are actually happening in our locality.3. Sites of historical or biblical or religious and geology associated with: the gap in Delphi and the Temple of Apollo in Greece and smoke coming from the region, the geology of areas such as Bible in the Middle East, the Taj Mahal in India and the pyramids in Egypt, the Great Wall, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon in the United States; Stories of precious stones and gems, and any other similar ones.4. Anecdotes from scientific discoveries / contributions of great men / women, past and present: Aristotle, Eratosthenes (measurement of the circumference of the Earth), Ptolemy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Archimedes, Newton, Einstein, James Hutton and Charles Lyell, NL Bowen, Alfred Wegener, Harry Hess, and many other names worth mentioning in the ground Sciences.5. Space exploration has always fascinated students: Anecdotes of lunar exploration, Mars missions, and life on Mars, Jupiter and its moons and the clouds, the discovery of new stars and other galaxies outside our own, and other similar explorations.6. There are some facts that intrigue and fascinate the many students of Earth Sciences: a. Deepest mine in the world b. Deepest hole in the world c. Comparing the above figures with the radius of the earth that can show them how little we know on Earth, through direct observation. d can compare "How not to go too far down in the bowels of the earth" these distances with the distance from the moon, these figures and issues like "how come we were almost one quarter of a million miles to the moon" rise. E. breadth and length and their use in navigation, and time zones f and Deep Sea Drilling Project in the mid-fifties to drill past the Moho mantle g. The election of President John F. Kennedy and his promise to land a man on the moon h. The theory of continental drift and my test. The fascinating new theory of plate tectonics and its developmentI uses some of the elements mentioned above and it worked for me in class. Good general knowledge of interest and expertise in a variety of elements in Earth Sciences coupled "to teachers and students excited about professional help." As teachers, we should always remember that questions of Earth science that are exciting and practical, children and adults alike.Comprehension LanguageProvided the English that students are well motivated to learn the subject poses an additional problem comes in - as is to understand the instructions with the use of English? It is an inescapable fact that the students most of my students (first year) do not speak or understand written English. Those who understand can be quite belong to the first section, but there are also students in the first section that does not speak or write correctly in English. This is really a problem, because the teaching Earth Science should be in English and all references will be published in writing or English. There is also a known fact that English is the "universal language of science." Therefore, in the statement of student knowledge, teachers must use English as medium of instruction. I must also admit that I'm not perfect in terms of development of concepts through the use of English so what I did was with the vernacular in a part of my discussion. In order to maximize the understanding of a particular concept, I translated some scientific concepts into plain English so that students can fully understand what you want to talk or explain about.In Our school has really been observed that non-readers or readers with little understanding of the power draw down during the test of academic achievement (national or regional division). To partially solve the problem, if not totally eliminate, an informal reading inventory (IRI) was performed. This will show whether the reading habits of students in their first academic year, to identify the school, especially the teacher may have students with non-readers or poor reading comprehension. After the survey found that students with reading ability, which is Grade I level and there is really no reader found. So, another load for English teachers is given, because aside from their regular classes are subject to loads, are identified to recovery for teaching students than non-readers or poor reading comprehension. It is not only a burden to the teacher of English, but for other teachers and subjects taught with English as language of instruction. It should also be noted that poor physical or English background to understand the slow process of scientific development, because it is difficult scientific concepts at the same time learn English - is to learn two things simultaneously.Discipline ClassroomIn one inside the classrooms of more than 50 students or 60 students in some classes, it is very important that the discipline must always govern for maximum success. In my first year of teaching, classroom discipline is really a problem for me. I just lost students who were strong irritant, always go outside the class without a valid reason, students and scream or fight with each other. But read the books and seminars on discipline in the courtroom, this problem has been slow elucidated.A well-managed education, students have rich opportunities for spiritual growth and development. Good teaching discipline produces favorable working conditions, which makes for good school work and learning more enjoyable and interesting. One aspect of the role of the teacher under the concept of discipline is to provide students with the practice of self-help and control standards of individual values and activities, irrespective of whether the teacher or a parent or someone else around authority will develop or not performed. The concept of discipline, which are still in my years in fact different from those elementary modern concept of discipline based on democratic principles are compared. A good discipline is that self-determination and self-discipline developed based on coercion rather than discipline and obedience. He also emphasized learning because it broke the law so that these causes can be minimized if not prevented, diagnosed and crime can be more satisfying and treated.As mediator of student learning in Earth science, I should always remember that discipline is really one of the most important, so that learning can be achieved. It is an inescapable fact that the teacher can be an effective mediator of learning, discipline and correct, if the management class only in the use of these TechnologyThe of textbooks, teaching-learning. Only in the Making 'teaching of scientific concepts and processes is not enough. Each regular class on Earth is not the best place to observe the interactions between the scale of the solar system to the components of a cell. With a few simple lessons, students are often forced to create their own mental images for situations that can not see to understand directly. In many cases the result was a misunderstanding, which assumes its own reality in the minds of students. Standard textbooks were ineffective in changing these deeply rooted prejudices. Students are confused about topics related to basic spatial relationships as the reason for the seasons. To resolve this problem, there is a persistent demand for a teacher to be creative in his teaching and optimize technology present.To keep pace with the progress of science and technology, teachers should be creative and curious. These thoughts and ideas ", designed by the inquiring mind" inspire and challenge teachers to be creative. In connection with the call to be creative and I identified with the progressive technology, I always visit the World Wide Web so that I can make my lessons to date. It was not easy for me because the place was where I teach does not have access to the Internet and on weekends, try the Internet for topics that need to be further processed by Flash video or animation to navigate. Also, I have PowerPoint, so my lessons in an interactive way for students and I discovered that his interest was raised in my classes with the use of computers. Also, I was happy, because our customers really encouraged the use of PowerPoint in the classroom. In fact, he suggested, and was instrumental in the implementation of Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) at the Department of AchievementThe first person Davao REWARDSStudents Oriental.THE 'would feel happy that the achievement of students in relation to learning the Earth Sciences 'teacher. Personally, I beam with pride when my students perform well on tests or on first place in the competition in collaboration with the Earth Sciences. It 'was amazing to me when my two candidates for the 2008 Division of Science held in San Isidro National High School Quiz second and third. I felt that this exercise is my reward for its commitment to review the students on the concepts of science not only books but also from information from the Internet and helping and teaching them how to use the computer in which to explore the Encarta Encyclopedia is available for use . I also felt satisfied when I see my students embraced a positive attitude to learning the material. So I found in the student center for the love of earth sciences, which can be very useful for learning other sciences such as biology, chemistry and physics can. A course in Earth Science, students an introduction to the subject in all other sciences, which illustrates their relevance and relationships. With a solid foundation in Earth Science, students will no longer be found, difficulty learning sciences.My another contribution to nation building and for teachers FutureAs in Earth Sciences, I can say I have an important role in nation building - a nation that maximize their resources, but not to sacrifice the future. Our life and civilization depend on how they understand and manage our planet. Processes of the earth affect us all. Climate models, the availability of water resources and the possibility of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions can, typhoons, floods, and kill a large number of people and causing millions or even billions of pesos worth of property damage. If our students also have the processes that our lives are informed, then they would be in all the actions that they do like cutting trees, burning fossil fuels is too, the use of sprays, etc. Each lesson in earth science Carefully connect all students in the past, as well as challenging them on the earth sciences in secondary school future.ConclusionTeaching think, is not an easy task. A lot of challenges that must be overcome so that the teaching and learning can be an enjoyable experience for both teachers and students. My first three years of experience in the field have really shaped my attitudes and knowledge of the subject. Since my elementary years as a student, I still love and passion for understanding the complex world of science. And now that I'm on the field, then it's up to me, my enthusiasm for learning science subjects to my students, especially in the first science subject in secondary schools, the geosciences science.The earth offer the best all-round introduction permeated in science . The earth sciences integrate concepts from all the other major disciplines of science, biology, chemistry and physics. So, lessons for the earth sciences in primary and secondary schools to promote science literacy teachers general.As, we should always live up to the technology so that our knowledge of the topic updated from time to time. We should always let our students see science as part of their daily lives, so they do not feel alienated it.Lastly we should always keep in mind that the understanding of the Earth is vital for a secure future. If we take the science classes of the earth, all to benefit from stress.
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