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Enjoyable Learning with Creative Teachers
”I ALWAYS try to implant the idea in my students that learning Science is fun. Physics, Chemistry and Biology are interesting. And I can see that they really enjoy the lessons. Their level of understanding has grown,” said Wahyuddin, S.Pd, a science teacher at SMPN 2 Palopo.
After determining the competencies to be learned and the learning indicators and objectives to be achieved, Wahyuddin plans enjoyable learning activities and chooses relevant and easily accessible media for the students to use. He believes that the students’ love of the lesson is dependent on the teaching methods used and the interpersonal approaches.
When developing learning activities, pak Wahyuddin asks the advice of his students about what learning methods they would like for the material he is planning. Then he has to rack his brain to think how he can match these methods to the achievement of the indicators and learning objectives. Quite often he invites his students to learn outside the classroom using learning resources available in the environment.
His aim is clear, to design contextual learning so that students really understand what they are learning. This is how he described his attempt to create active learning. With the experience gained from training he is increasingly confident in using active learning to make the students more active, creative and to improve their understanding.
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Photo captions:
(1) Active learning during group work
(2) and (3) Students doing their work using high level questions from a work sheet, which encourage them to think critically.
(4) Using the school environment as a learning resource for the students.
(5) Learning and doing practical work outside the classroom.
(6) The students enjoying presenting their groups’ work to the rest of the class.
(7) and (8) Students’ work arranged artistically in order to create an environment which supports active learning.
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