~catch the energy ; release the potential~

2ND day of Hari RAya...never fails to update my dearieee blog! hehe... just want to reflect upon on last week's class where Prof Maznah taught us of Fish Philosophy... Fish and philosophy?? kind of funny at first when i think about it. but when Prof told us about what it is actually all about, i was impress and a BIG yes to fish philosophy! she started a class, unexpectedly with all her 'fish friends' all over my friends. luckily i'm not one of those that being targeted. hehe... so the motto of fish philosophy? catch the energy, release the potential... that's deep...
so what is actually FISH philosophy? FISH! is a skill that provides the process, tools and language to generate the skills necessary to design a workplace full of inspiration, creativity and innovation. this is what had been posted by Prof Maznah in Adec. this can be done in the classroom where as a teacher, you can implement this philosophy in the lesson. it will help the pupils to release their full potentials if the teacher was able to generate the lesson as interesting as possible. there are 4 principles in the FISH philosophy : A language that will help improve your culture by using four simple practices – Be There, Play, Make Their Day and Choose Your Attitude.
let me just simplify it according my own understanding regarding these principles. Be there- it is important for a teacher to always 'be there' for their pupils. we have to know their interest, needs and level of proficiency so that we can develop their potential to the fullest. Play- play is where you have some fun with the pupils. let them enjoy the lesson so that they will give their concentration in the lesson. let them play around (but only for your lesson purposes) and having some fun. so it is important for the teacher it self to be as creative as possible in developing teaching materials and activities. Make their day- this is a very important element of teaching process. always make sure that the pupils enjoyed the lesson. this will motivate them to learn. this is where teacher have to know the pupils' interest so that they understand the lesson. it will increase their potential and decrease the feeling of boredom in them. Choose your attitude- it is important for the teacher to apply positive attitude towards teaching so that it will promote positive behaviour of the pupils. if teacher was the one that applying negative behaviour, pupils will lost their respect towards the teacher and therefore, decrease their interest towards the lesson.

so hopefully that we as a future teacher can applied this interesting principles of FISH philosophy in our lesson. we could catch the energy of the pupils by promoting a meaningful learning to them and unleash the pupils' true potential. this will help the pupils to become a better person.