A teacher from San Fernando, Pampanga went viral on social media after showcasing his ‘unique’ way of teaching his students.
28-year-old MAPEH teacher Clinton Miguel said that he decided to conduct a game-based learning technique to improve his students’ grades.
“Napansin ko din po sa mga generation ng mga bata talaga, ‘yung traditional way ng pagtuturo minsan talagang natutulog sila. Kaya naisipan po talagang mag-innovate for them para kahit papaano tumaas ang kanilang score sa exam.I find it very effective. may impact po talaga siya sa mga bata. Tumatatak po talaga ‘yung lesson sa kanila kapag ganun ‘yung ginagawa,” he told The Philippine STAR.
According to Clinton, his game show-like classroom set up would take an hour to put up inside the learning area.
Due to scarcity of learning devices, he opted to invest on these things to further improve the learning experience of his students.
“‘Yung sa school po ‘yung naka-mount na TV lang po sa taas. ‘Yung mga smart TV, speaker, iPad, and tablet lahat po ‘yun personal na gamit ko po,” Clinton, said.
Clinton is currently a grade 7 and 9 teacher at the St. Vincent of Quebiawan Integrated School City in San Fernando, Pampanga.
He conducts the game show-based learning every quarter to help his students review for the exams.
“As per my school head, sobrang grateful niya na napaka-innovative ko daw. Sa mga co-teachers ko naman, na-iinspire naman po sila na gawin. Lagi ko po silang tinururuan. Sa mga bata po, mas gusto po nila. Mas nag-improve po ‘yung mga scores nila sa exam po nila. Sa mga parents po, masayang-masaya po sila dahil ‘yung mga anak po nila ganado po sa subject namin. Bukambibig daw ako ng mga bata,” he shared.
Clinton’s unique way of teaching was an instant hit on social media. As of writing, the uploaded video on TikTok has already garnered more than 600,000 views.
“Maganda ‘to! Congrats, sir!” a netizen commented.
“I think pwede ‘to gamitin if mag papagraded recitation para hindi mahiya ang mga students na sumagot! Nice concept, sir!” another netizen said.
“Masayang-masaya na na-appreciate nila ‘yung ginagawa natin. Ang pinaka fulfillment ko dito ay ‘yung mga bata po talaga na matuto sila, na maenganyo sila pumasok sa paaralan araw-araw. At mapa-feel sa kanila na learning is fun and enjoyable,” Clinton noted.
Clinton hopes to inspire other educators to try this kind of teaching method to be a great help to their students.
“I think ‘yung pinaka importante dito is ito ‘yung passion ko, kaya siguro nagagawa ko ang lahat ng ‘to. In fact, lahat ng sweldo ko, nagagamit ko na pambili ng gadget na ‘to para magamit ng mga bata,” he stressed.
