FISH! PHILOSOPHY

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After read the article of FISH! Philosophy, I was very impressed and interested in promoting this skill in my own teaching and learning process. In my opinion, FISH! really promotes, apply and emphasis Constructivist Approach, Humanism Theory and Discovery Learning.

As mention in the article, FISH! apply through four simple practices that are be there, play, make their day and choose your attitude. In term of educational field, all of these practices are good and beneficial for the pupils due to the fact that these will encourage group work activity, used their CCTS, improve their learning skills and proficiency and also good for their communication skills. At the same time, FISH! also makes the class or lesson more alive, fun, interactive and meaningful to the pupils. When pupils feel fun, happy and also learn at the same time, teacher can achieve his/her learning objectives and it also help to lower down pupils’ affective filter. So, pupils will participate more with the lesson. Besides, FISH! also help to create a culture of trust, accountability and innovation among pupils and teachers.

How teacher can promote FISH! in the classroom?

Teacher can apply FISH! for example when pupils do some group work or pair work activities, do experiments and others. During this activity, pupils feel free and can take control of their own work. Meanwhile, teacher acts as the facilitator and will observe, and provide a help if necessary. After they have finish doing their work, pupils have to share and present their work with their other friends. Their pupils can ask or give comments based on their friends’ work and this can be very meaningful to them since they can have sharing ideas or opinion session and this will also improve their self-confident, motivation and interpersonal skill.