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Learning Episode 4: Learner Diversity; the

Community and Home Environment
Name of Student Teacher: JENNY P. PIZON Course: BSED –MATH
Year and Section: 4.1 Cooperating Teacher: _________________
Signature: _________________________Date: _______________

Objective:
At the end of this Episode, I must be able to:
 Describe the influencing factors in the home environment that affect the student’s
learning
 Seek advice concerning strategies that build relationships with parents/guardians
and the wider community (6.2.1); and
 Identify effective strategies on how teachers can work together with the family

Content of the Lesson

Episode 4 provides opportunities for you to have a more in-depth look into the
factors that affect the development of a learner. Focus will be on the early experiences
and characteristics of the learner as describe by the family and other significant
others. You will also focus how the teacher links with the community to maximize the
learning and development of the students.

Activity 4.1 Observing the learner’s community and home environment

Resource Teacher: ________________ Teacher’s Signature: ______________ School: _______

Grade/Year Level: ________________ Subject Area: _______________________Date: _________

To realize my Intended Learning Outcomes, I will work my way through these steps:
1. Select a learner from the class which you have previously observed.
2. Interview the teacher about the learner’s characteristics and the community
3. Conduct a home visit to your selected learner’s residence
4. Interview the parents about
a. the rules they implement at home concerning their child’s schooling
b. the learner’s activities and behavior while at home
5. Write the Learner’s Profile
6. Analyze your observation and interview data
7. Reflect on your observation experience.

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Observe

Use the activity form provided for you to document your observations.

Read the following carefully before you begin to observe/interview. Then

write your observation report on the space provided.

The Learner
1. Make a general observation of the learner. Describe him/her in each of the
domains of development
 Physical-body built and height (thin, chubby, underweight, overweight)
level of physical activity (fast, slow, lethargic, active, etc.)
 Social-interaction with teachers and classmates (loner, shy, sociable,
friendly, gets into fights, liked by others, etc.)
 Emotional moods, temperament, cries-easily, lose temper, happy, slow
enthusiasm, excited, indifferent, etc.)
 Cognitive (appears to understand lessons, copes with the lessons, excels,
lags behind, shows reasoning skills, turns in assignment and
requirements, etc.)

Interview the Teacher

1. What are the most noticeable characteristics of the learners? (emotional
disposition, behavior and discipline, sense of responsibility, study habits,
academic performance, relationship with peers, relationship with adults, social
adjustments)
2. How does the teacher communicate the parents? How often? What do they
discuss? How do they decide of the best course of action to resolve issues or
problems?
3. How does the teacher utilize resources in the community to support the
teaching-learning process? How does the teacher work with the community to
meet the needs of the learners?

Interview with Parents

1. Conduct a home visit. Once there, observe the home set-up. (Home is orderly,
family pictures in the living room, etc.)
2. Use the Interview Questions on the next page. Just ask the questions with
which you feel comfortable.

Suggested Parent Interview Guide

Your teacher may ask you to use a more detailed interview guide. Be free to
translate the questions, if necessary.

Name of Learner: Arian Bernadeth B. Yaranon

Date of Birth: September 28 , 2007 Age: 16
Grade/Year Level: Grade – 10 C Gender: Female
Number of Siblings: 4
Birth Order: 3
Parents:
Mother: Generosa Yaranon
Age: 46 Occupation: Day Care Center Educational Attainment: College Grad
Father: Orlando Yaranon Educational Attainment: College Grad.
Learner’s Physical Aspect:
Health
1. Mothers Health during pregnancy with the learner
 The mother’s health during pregnancy with the learner is normal
in the sense that she always eats healthy food and takes vitamins
which is good for the baby.
2. Ailments or health problems of the learner as a child
 The child grows up physically and mentally fit and she itself does
not have any health problems ever since she was delivered.
3. Age of the learners when he starter to walk/talk
 She started to walk at 10 months old and few words on 8 months.
4. Food preferences of the learner as a child and at present:
 When she was a child the she is mix feed as her mother is working.
At present she prefers to eat vegetables and fruits and eat healthy
snacks.
5. Who took care of him/her as a child?
 Her grandparents took good care of her as a child as her parents
are both working.
Learner’s Social Aspect:
1. Describe your child’s sociability (friendly, outgoing or shy, loner)
 The learner is very sociable and easy to get along with others.
2. Who were the learner’s playmates?
 The learner’s playmates are her siblings and closed neighborhood
and friends.
3. As a child then, was he/she allowed playing outside?
 The learner is allowed to go outside for as long as she won’t
beyond the limit like outside the gate or going to street.
4. Is he/she allowed to go out with friends?
 Yes she is, as long as her not far from home and always bring her
sister to her.
5. Do you have rules for him/her to follows regarding going out?
 The learner has clear rules regarding going out just to stay with
the premises at all times.
6. What are these rules?
 Never go alone without parents’ consent.
 Never go beyond the house premises.
 Never go to the national roads.
Emotional-Moral
1. What are your expectations of your child?
 To be respectful and do well in the class ad be obedient at home
always.
2 How do you provide a nurturing environment for your child?
 The parents does not expect too much of her and always
encourage her to express herself and study hard to have a better
future. She is always reminded of their love and care for her
despite of being busy at work.
2. Does your child go to you when she/he feels down or has a problem?
What do you do to meet/his/her emotional needs?
 The learner is very expressive to her parents especially to her
mother who treated her like a barkada type. The parents always
listen to her when the learner has something to say or share to
them.
 3. What do you do when he/she’s not successful in something?
 If the learner is not successful in something they will just say “ it’s
okay you can do it next time “
How do you discipline your children?
 In disciplining the child, the parents see to it that they won’t
tolerate her and always correct the child.
1. DO you have rules in the house? What are they?
 Never go out when parents don’t know, never tell a lie, respect
everybody, and do diligently each household chores assignment.
2. How do you impose the rules?
 The parents impose the rules by always reminding their task must
be accomplished.
3. What are the consequences of breaking the rules?
 The parents were just scold their children and talk calmly about
the task.
Learner’s Cognitive Aspect:
1. What are the child’s interests?
 The child is interested in Arts, Math and Reading.
2. What is he/she good at in school?
 The learner is constantly good at school because of receiving
academic awards.
3. In what subjects/s does he/she have difficulty?
 The child does good in every subjects and less difficulty in math
and yet manageable.
4. How do you monitor his/her performance in school? How do you
motivate him/her?
 The parents look at students activities in bags or scan the
assignments.
5. Do you have rules are home to help him develop good habits?
What are these rules? How are they implemented?
 By imposing rules that child must study first and finish the
assignment before watching TV.

After you have gathered all the necessary data. Write the learner’s development profile
using the outline below. Type the profile on a separate sheet and attached it to this learning
Episode.

THE LEARNER’S DEVELOPMENT PROFILE (Outline)

The Learners’ Development Profile

Name of the Learner: Arian Bernadeth B. Yaranon

School: Sta. Cruz National High School
Date of Home Visit: September 29, 2022
Date of Birth: September 27, 2007 Age: 16
Grade/Year Level: 10 -C Gender: Female
Family Profile
Number of Siblings: 4
Birth Order: 3
Parent
Mother: Generosa Yaranon
 Age: 47 Educational Attainment: College Graduate
Occupation: Day Care Center Worker
Father: Orlando Yaranon
Occupation: Worker Educational Attainment: College Graduate

Physical Development
The learner is physically fit, though there are certain foods that cause
allergic reaction to her but she has learned to avoid those foods that will
trigger her allergies. She is well- behaved and soft spoken. She is also fast
learner especially in the school where she received numerous.

Social Development
The learner is sociable and friendly. She makes or fined find friends easily
even if she just met for a while. She has mostly lot of friends at the church
where she is joining actively.
Emotional-Moral Development
The learner is open to her parents whenever she feels sad or bothers for
something. Her mother also very considerate and understanding to her
feelings and always encourage her. Though her parents is strict at times,
but the love and care always on top.

Cognitive Development
The learner’s interests are in academic tracks and less likely on sports.
She loves reading books, singing songs or watching movies like Disney.
Her mother monitors her performance by checking her assignment and
activities and going to school attending parent’s meeting.
Findings
As I observed, the learner is physically and emotionally good because her
parents is very supportive in her. She gains friends easily because of her
friendly nature. She kind of talkative and curious about everything and
ask complex question’s. Her level of maturity, learning, and skill is
different from a child similar to her age that’s why she always topped in
the school.
Conclusions
The parents of the learner did a great role in their child’s attitude and
behavior. They have clear and specific rules set at home.
Recommendations
For me, every rule in their home is clearly defined and expectations are
set properly for their child. She has already a balance life both outside and
inside the home.

Guide Questions

Your findings and recommendations in the Learner Development Profile will help you
answer the questions here.

1. From your home visit and interview, what do you think is the style of parenting
experienced by the learner? Explain your answer.
The parents of the learner know when to say NO or YES to her and even being
consistent on their decisions as parent. You cannot see sense of favoritism as
they spend equal attention to them.
2. Relating your data with what you learned from child development, what family factors do
you think contribute to the development and over-all adjustment of the learner in school?

If the parents support their children on their educational needs, for sure the
children will perform well better than others. It can motivate a child to be good
performer at school because they knew within their selves that her parents are
always at her back in sadness or victory.
3. Does the communication between the home-school have an effect on the learner? If yes,
what are these effects?
Yes of course, because in the case of the communication between home and
school connectedness, it affects how learners learn with the help of both parents
and teachers. The teachers will report to parents the performance child at school
and they help the learner to grow for their selves and for their future.

4. How can the teacher partner with the community to contribute to the development and
learning of the students? Who are the people or which institutions can the teacher tap seek
advice regarding the development and learning of students.
So, other institution which affects the capacity to learn of a learner is the
environment itself and the people around there. In this matters , the teacher
gives learning materials to the people in community like barangay captain and its
officers and the official gives it to learners and help each and every one to
transmit knowledge in a good way.

Let’s Write a Journal

Journal Entry #4
Factors that affect the development of a learner! Your entry should contain
your understanding and reflection on the given concept.

Self-Learning Activities

A
1. Reflect on your own development as a child. What type of parenting did you experience?
How did it affect you?
My development as a child was worthwhile and very nice experience which I
instill in my mind right now. The parenting style they apply to me is that if I’ve
done mistakes or I’m very naughty they just not only scold me but hit me with
the stem of guava with leaves and until now it’s still in my mind. It affects me as a
child as I grow to be physically, mentally, and emotionally strong because not
every time they are here for me. To guide and supports me.

2. As a future teacher, how would you establish good home-school collaboration? How can
you work well with the parents? How can you help them? How can they help you?
Children learn best when the important adults in their lives—parents, teachers,
and other members of the family and community—cooperate to help and
encourage them. When considering how schools should be run and how children
should be educated, this fundamental fact should serve as a compass. Schools
 cannot meet all of a child's developmental needs on their own; parents' active
participation and community support are crucial.
It may seem obvious why parents and schools must work closely together to
teach children. This relationship was natural and straightforward to maintain in
earlier times. Teachers and parents frequently lived close by and had plenty of
opportunities to talk about a child's development. Children comprehended the
same signals that parents and instructors delivered to them.

Citation:
(The Home-School Team: An Emphasis on Parent Involvement, James P.
Comer, Norris Haynes, July 1, 1997)

B. Directions: Read the items given below and encircle the correct answer.
1. Which is most likely the kind of children raised by authoritarian parents?
I. Fearful
II. Inhibited
III. Hostile
IV. Withdrawn
A. I and II C. II and III
B. I, II and III D. I, II, III, and IV

2. If a child was raised by authoritative parents, how will most likely will he/she behave in
class?
A. Relates well to classmates
B. Is suspicious of others
C. Quarrels often with classmates
D. Has low level of independence

3. Which parenting style/s contributes/s to the development of children who have low level
of responsibility?
A. Authoritarian C. Permissive
B. Authoritative D. Neglecting and permissive
SHOW Your Learning Artifacts for your portfolio

1. Color Your World

1. Make an artistic,
colorful, and creative
visual expression of
your insights or
feelings or feelings
about the influence of
the home and school
and the community to
the learner
Then write a few
statements on the
space below about your
visual arts
 Stick
with
Acrostic
Explanation:
Children typically do better academically, remain in
school longer, and enjoy learning more when schools,
families, and community organizations collaborate to
encourage learning. Enroll in higher-level programs
and achieve better grades and test results.
2. 2. Make a reflection
H- honorable C-caring acrostic about the
O- opportunity O-organized home, school and
M- motivation M-manifestation community link.
E- educate M-magnificent
U-unique
N-nourish
S- strive I-inspire
C- consistent T-togetherness
H- hopeful Y-Yes we can!
O-optimistic
O-open minded
L- loving L-lucid
I-ideal
N-nurture
K-kindhearted

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