Teaching Photosynthesis using Rap Music?

Yes! We did it!

I am filling in for the Agriculture English teacher who is absent for around a month. I was a little worried about teaching that class because the teachers told me that they didn’t want to speak. 

Furthermore, each time I asked some of these year 3 students at the center how they were doing in English, the answer always was “ពិបាក”.

Nevertheless, it went outstandingly well! I even managed to have them “rap” about the photosynthesis, and more generally around the life cycle of a plant!

It is not perfect yet, as you can see on the video above, but it was only the first time! 

So, what is the problem? 

Pedagogy for sure, lack of teaching techniques…

My job here is to train the teachers and it’s a great mission, but definitely not an easy one!

My main challenge it to get the teachers into a new spirit. It is not easy because they have to realize, by themselves, that what they are doing now is poor, boring, not effective what so ever. I don’t blame them, they just teach like they have been taught with the same low results.

Of course I will never tell them that way, I don’t want to upset or discourage them…

Great mission but again, not easy at all.