Even my School Experience Program (SEP) is just
begin when others continue to go to class, but it is lucky to have time to go
to class while I was doing the SEP. The lucky things that I mean is about can
apply the material given soon. I have four times teaching in two days, two of
them are done before MMEL class, and others are done after class. I am happy to
having class at the middle of teaching, it was inspire me to make better
teaching methods, and I proof that it is true about motivation is magic.
At the first teaching, the process of the
teaching was run good enough. Each of the steps is design appropriately in line
with the indicator to be measured. I started the lesson by ask them the benefit
of using quadratic equation in the real life, no one answer it. Then I said
that if you see the velocity, the guessing number they will find quadratic
equation application. The steps are flow as the agenda and the difficulty that
I face is about handle the activity. Even my voice is strong but they were not
really pay attention toward me who gives instruction. If I see the background
of the students, I found they are really good in study, each of them was strict
selected to enter the school and the school is also discipline. But I did not
understand why they act like did not know the respect things. Again and again I
said to them to respect each other, I put it as the rule of class. I found some
of them is not really enthusiasm to do the task given but the indicator to done
the task is reached. From eight group, I found six group done appropriately,
two another need some improvement. The reflection at the end of class reflect
that some of them understand the material but others not.
Then I got class about climate variable that
can be use to create motivation climate at classroom. I reflect my teaching and
I realized about my failure at the beginning of the class. I give them a words
about the benefit of application to the real world, but I just said in word
like this “the quadratic equation is apply in some problems in the real world
like velocity, yard, guessing number, etc.” I did not linkage the application
to them, some of them maybe near with velocity because they have motorcycle;
some of them maybe near with yard if they have. But it is just linkage to some of
them and it is not really grab their attention. That is why their enthusiasm to
learn this sub topic is low. In the conclusion, at the first meeting I did not compete
task comprehension and challenge to them, but I have complete order and safety,
and 75% success of the indicator reached.
Learn from the previous meeting, I set a
strategy to grab their attention. all of them. I found that all of the students in this school interested to
continue their study to university, so I will linkage the application problem
towards SNMPTN. I use velocity problem because I expert in this problem (hhe),
so I can design the problem correctly. I put this problem to be the opening
problem of the meeting. I did not use words again because I realized that
today’s teenager is closer with digital media so I set strategy to appear
picture of a red motorcycle. The motorcycle is not the standard one, but the
unique one, and it is red to make them charm. I use my own problem because I
think they already bored about Jakarta problem. I made it quite interesting by using
my hometown and popular university near with it. The last I put teenager
problem include it so they will feel belongs to, that is lateness.
In another class which is started to study
about application of QE with me, I begin the meeting by introduce myself, the
learning objective and agenda. Then, I went to the picture slide. I ask them “
what can you explain from this picture” one of them know the genre of the
motorcycle “Wow”, some of them said about the beautiful of the motorcycle. Then
I said “I believe that all of you have your own opinion about this picture, but
for me this picture reminds to my last problem.” The class being silent split
second. It was really happened, If you don’t believe in me you may ask the
mentor teacher. Then I continue my story “I live at Wonogiri, it is 60 km from
Solo, do you know it?(class replay). I and my mother usually use motorcycle to
go to Solo, but not this genre (pointing the picture and they laugh). Someday
my mom and dad went to somewhere so I home alone, at that day I have SNMPTN
test at Universitas Negeri Surakarta (UNS). The test begins at 7 and I just
wake up at 6. I hurry call mom. (I make a role play at this time) I: Mommy I
just wake up, what should I do? I will come late. Solo is too far huaaaaa. My
mom: use the motorcycle and speed up 20 km/hour than usual. I: Ok Mom. I hang up.
Then a big question appears in my head “Terrible! What is the usual velocity
used by mom? I don’t know,
huaaaaaaa.. Wait! I have learn quadratic equation... bla bla bla”
That is the way I explain the problem to them at the beginning
of the class, the responds are very positive. My mentor teacher said that the story is really amazing
to grab the student attention, they were interested in. I continue my teaching
by others agenda and it is magic because all of them pay full attention to me,
I did not need to use my high voice to explain each of things needed. Oh my!
What a respectfully class. At that meeting I did not use group work, I measure
the indicators reached by their task done individually. I went around the class
to see them do the task. Each of places I went to, they call me, they ask about
their difficulties. Finally, I found my students in enthusiasm climate. The
task comprehension is completed. The success is completed. The order and safety
is completed. And by the activity to create a problem, I have challenge each of
them to reach the highest order thinking based on taxonomy bloom. Wow, what a
beautiful teaching. I learn to always set strategy to grab their attention that
linkage to all of them, remarks: all of them. By this strategy, I can keep my
voice and not being stressed. Thank you motivation! You save me
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