Community Teaching Plan: Addressing Obesity

Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper
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Community Teaching Plan: Teaching Experience Paper
Many people can teach and influence others, but not all of them can be effective teachers. Teaching is not only about giving knowledge to the students or explaining concepts and theories; teaching is about the capability of the person to influence their learners. Moreover, at the same time, teaching is another form of learning where teachers also learn from their learners. Just like how my experienced shaped me into a better individual, though I was overwhelmed by the new environment, it served as a nerve-racking and life-changing experience. By presenting a healthier lifestyle for children to avoid obesity, these experiences influenced many things about myself and the community.
Teaching Plan
According to Haigh & Duncan (2002), a teaching plan is an essential material containing possible opportunities for students to learn. They also presented that a teaching plan centers the heart of teaching and provides the information of what would happen and what activities would be provided during the teaching experience. This implies the importance of a teaching plan as it serves as the foundation of the students' teaching and learning process. Without a teaching plan, the essence of the teaching experience would be chaotic and unorganized, which will inevitably affect the students' learnings. At the same time, without it, teachers who are new to teaching will have the possibility of being lost throughout the whole process.
Since the topic of this teaching experience was to address the obesity of children, the teaching plan circulates with it by presenting the possible scenarios, objectives, goals, methods, and readiness of the learners. Since the community targets are parents and guardians of the children subjected to the change and improvement of their environment, the objectives and strategies are accommodated to their levels. This leads to the theory used for teaching, which is Transformative Learning Theory; this theory implies that an individual can have a change of phase when imparted with new knowledge. This theory dramatically applies to the aim of this teaching experience, where parents and guardians are taught to improve their ways of raising their children in a healthier environment. On the other hand, the objective that supports this teaching plan is the NWS-11 (Nutrition and Weight Status-11) which states that children of age 2 to 19 years old should not gain weight that is not appropriate for them. At the same time, the strategies used were visual aids such as pamphlets, group discussions, and safe and fun games/activities. Also, the evaluation of objectives, goals, and lesson and teacher are indicated in the teaching plan.
Epidemiological Rationale
From the study of Kumar & Kelly (2017), they presented that in the United States, children of obesity were considered an essential public health issue as they explained that out of three children, one of them is weighed obese. On the other hand, in Maryland, it was expressed that the number of children aged 2 to 4 and who were diagnosed as obese rose to 15.6% in 2016 compared to the rate last 2...