This video is old (posted in 2009) but it still help to live up my passion, when i suddenly feel lost. My interest in ECE begin while assigned to teach two Pre-School classes during my teaching practice. Well, technically I was inspired by the two of the ECE cooperative teachers. I see the different teaching styles use, and i was very curious about it. It was challenging to teach Malay phonic (literacy) coz I was more comfortable by English and it was the 1st year that they introduced Malay phonic officially (SPN21). Through observation and practical, I think i did well for a starter. Its hard (teaching about 50 pre school kids a day), but the cuteness of these little children help to overcome it. Both ECE teachers had help me a lot. Because of its excitement, I can be found at the preschool class most during my free periods.
Management, caring and fun are the keys. The same year, I helped to organise a reading room “Sehati Membaca”, and a community outreach workshop on Malay Phonic; attended by parents and the community from Belimbing and Subok Village. I worked with the best of the best of ECE expert. She is now currently the leader of ECE in Brunei Education. Am I lucky and proud? Heaven yes. Through these experience, I find my love to teach Lower Primary especially on reading. I still have respect on ECE and Counseling in my profession. Sometime you touch a student’s life through academic; but sometime its the love, caring, social intact and the good rapport with them that means a lot. Trust me, as for my own experience, being not so excellent in Chemistry subject, does not mean i can’t appreciate and love my Chemistry teachers. They are the great and always at heart.
I wish I could take this course in the future, for the great understanding of teaching children in Lower Primary. FYI, NAEYC, define ECD from 0-8 years Old. ECE psychology, care and pedagogy does not limit benefit for ONLY in Preschool. Continuous care and handling by ECE methodology is encourage towards the age of 8. However differential and increases of learning styles through age (development stage) should be expected. 1 of my interest is using ECE understanding and ICT tools for developing Critical thinking – Lower Primary learners; specifically on teaching Literacy (Reading).
Little kids blown my mind. I laugh, and they are laughable. They sometime fight and cry, and sometime its funny to see them behave like that. Yes, I like Early Childhood Education. Pre School + Lower Primary is my deal! My 2nd sister is also a teacher, but she’s doing the upper primary. I don’t have guts to teach upper primary. What I mean is, I don’t favor it; especially what goes around the environment of its psychology. I can, but I will try to avoid it at best.
My eldest sister is a pediatrician, yeah a medical practitioner who deals with most infants and young children in Brunei Hospital named as Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha a.k.a R.I.P.A.S. I think what I have common with her is, we like child development. But for me, through education, and for my sister through health care and treatment. I play the teacher role, and she plays the doctor-doctor.
Oh my, I don’t thing our professions have any common with my brother. He is a mechanical engineer with a Master on his belt. I don’t think he involve with young children at his work place. Despite the odd, my little sisters like him, annoys him, talk with him better than I do.. Weird!
Back to ECE, Sometime my envy strikes to watch how well my pre-school teacher in my school do her work at best. Not just that, her activities with the pre-school kids are so awesome. Sometime I wish to join in! But too bad, I’ll just interrupt her lesson.
For a male species, it is not a popular culture in my country to teach Pre-School. Most are female teachers. But if I had the chance, assistant pre-school teacher for teaching English would be a nice opportunity.
Oh btw.. I teach ICT for Pre-School. And.. seriously I’m very grateful for my former principal given me such opportunity! I was really happy, and I was like yeah I’m teaching pre-school kids! Thank You in my lifetime. I still remember the days as a student-teacher at Sekolah Rendah Pintu Malim, Brunei 1. While there, I taught few lessons for 2 pre-school classes; and it was fabulous. The pre-school cooperative teachers was so inspiring and awesome! They help me a lot, especially understanding the young children psychology, and how to take care of them and in the same time how we educate and nurture them.
Thank god, that I’m gifted with a “believe” for myself that I could do things that I think I can do. In short it’s called the power of self-confident. Some may less be fortunate, for they do not acquire these skills; well that’s just what the norms people would say. It’s strange, how you get older you want to do what you think will be right for you, well technically with your own little mind voice called desire.
I never thought I would want to become a teacher in my teen eras, but hey being in this Education fields it feels GOOD! REALLY GOOD! I really don’t want to stop at a Diploma Level (in Primary Education); I wish tu pursue to other areas of Education too. Sport or Physical Education will be great, because as a man, its a natural to have this masculine interest in sports studies (very debatable: women do have strong interest in sports too, hehe); I also would love to take minor Management and Counselling in Education, or English but now, what I think I could empower my education, (after my 4 month of teaching practice at school) is, “I really want to further my studies in Early Childhood Education”.
Yes, you read it correctly; Walid or Alid wish to take ‘Early Childhood Education course somewhere on this earth’. After going through many things in your life, all the sudden you want to do this and that. Its weird but what the heck, life is too short not to get what we want right? Now, that I think that, I wish the degree in Early Childhood Education were still open at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. I’m aware of the next generation course availability at UBD. But it doesn’t suite me because I guess I’m not the next generation hehe. The changes happened because Changes are needed I guess for a good cause for our country’s benefits and the people. Seriously I’m no expert on this Political Education System. Well I’m not a pacifist either. Well if I were a pacifist, wouldn’t I be cute? :) haha
So back to my Early Childhood Education interest, seriously I like teaching kids, I’m totality falling in love with them. But Alhamdulilah, I’m not a pedophile, I’m straight and normal! HAHAA. I believed the reason is both my pre-school cooperative teachers at Sekolah Rendah Pintu Malim (during my teaching practise), inspires me very deeply about their work and how to handle the young children, with care and love. At this point, there’s time when the echo of the small voice will sung:
“I want this, I really want to do this, God where do I start? I believe I can be an early Childhood Educator, well an excellent one”.
It’s not easy to request things when you get older. When you were just a kid, you could easily select the toys you want and buy it. But now, no way man. It is so damn difficult, so much for asking or saying to the girl you adore “I love you”.
With all do respect, sometimes a thought of a comedian act or drama in my mind, on how I could simply knock the Minister of Education of Brunei ‘s door, and ask kindly if he could help me to pursuit my Education Dream. Yeah.. Thats illusionary wooon’t really work in reality. HAHA
At this point also, I start to regret and I wish I did well in my Education, especially during my A levels. But maybe if I didn’t mess up with my A levels, I might as well wouldn’t be in this education field. So its all about fate in the end. So right now what I can TRY and do to pursuit it is by:
1) Hopefully got posted to a great school, with great Administration, thus a good negotiation will be applicable if I could take the Pre-Class/school with the principal consents.
2) In 3-5 years, given the opportunity to continue my education, Integrated Master in Early Childhood at UBD. And hopefully given the Early Childhood Course. And not Integrated Master in other than English, ECE haha.
These are just hope. On the other hand, I wish I could get a miracle too; like to be send right now to do a Early Childhood Course, maybe a degree or even an HND level . Preferable overseas hehe. Yeah! I LOVE that to happen. I wish. I just need about BND$90,000+ for an average of HND level for tuition fees and life expenses. That will be enough to carry my dream flying. So Oprah Winfrey would you like to give me the Oprah scholarship, I’ll be an asset to your Oprah School. or Andy Baldwin (US Naval Officer, Doctor, Humanitarian, Ironman Triathlete) I’m definitely be an asset with your volunteering program, oyeah i like the Got Your Back Network, I wish I could be involved; seriously by that! it reminds me I’m not a US citizen. Toing~ Oyeah Baldwin like kids.. just like me HAHA. I know I get Prasan sometimes. Dear Baldwin, Go get a great wife, marry once and have kids, I’m sure you will definitely be a great father. But when that happen, don’t questions me about your time management. He have this bunch of schedule for people.. he need to get his own quality time for himself. On other words he need to rest.
Ok, I’m signing out.. “everyone have dreams, and this is mine, this is part of it, and I’m very dedicated for it.”
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