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TEACHER’S ROLE AS MOTIVATOR FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS

INTRODUCTION

A.    BACKGROUND

                   Teacher is someone who has many roles in the classroom such as leader, knower, manager, motivator, counsellor, guide, and even be students’ friend, parent, and confidante. He or she has to play those roles in the class. It depends on the situation when the teacher is teaching. Some of roles will be more prominent rather than others. For example is when the students come to the classroom, and they’ve ready to have a class in the morning, so the teacher should be students’ manager since class’s beginning until finish for creating conducive teaching and learning process, and also as students’ knower to teach them the material that should be taught. For creating comfortable and conducive in playing multiple roles, the teacher should be consistent in all dealings with the students, so they will perceive the teacher as well as possible.

                   There are some problems of students that the teacher has to solve it such as students’ bad habit. For example is lazy, bored, and sleepy in the classroom. Here, teacher’s role as motivator is one of way to solve that problem. Teacher has to motivate the students to be better in many cases whether in students’ behaviour or in students’ academic.As H Douglas Brown points out, a cognitive view of motivation includes factors such as the need for exploration, activity, stimulation, new knowledge, and ego enhancement (Brown 2000: 160-166). Marion Williams and Richard Burden suggest that motivation is a ‘state of cognitive arousal’ which provokes a ‘decision to act’ as a result of which there is ‘sustained intellectual and/or physical effort’ so that person can achieve some ‘previously set goal’ (Williams and Burden 1997: 120).

B.     STATEMENT PROBLEM

1.      What is motivation?

2.      How teacher can motivate the students?

3.      What is the type of motivation in the class?

DISCUSSION

                   We are often hearing some people say about motivation, but what is the meaning of motivation? Mc.Donald argues that ‘motivation is change of energy in individual self who is signed by “feeling” and started by conception with the purpose’. Here, motivation is an effort to make a certain condition, and someone will do something. If he or she doesn’t like to do something, they will make it lost, and they’ll try to like it. So, motivation can be stimulated extern factor, but actually it grows in individual self. In learning process, motivation is all motors in student’s self that creates learning process, so they can reach the learning objectives. Motivation can be decided by two factors. Those are extern and intern motivation. Extern motivation is caused by any number of outside factors, for example is the society we live in, the culture of the world around the students. On the other hand, intern motivation comes from the individual, and it’s motivated by them selves.

                   Thus, teacher’s role as motivator for the students in the class is very important to improve their passion and development of student’s learning activities.Teacher has to stimulate and motivate the students, and also reinforcement to dynamic the students’ potential, build the activity, and creativity, so there will be a dynamic in teaching and learning process. In the education motto of Taman Siswahas already known as “ING MADYA MANGUN KARSA”. It means that teacher is not only as manager in the class who always order the students to do something, but the teacher has to join in the centre of whole class. So, teacher has to involve all of the students whether student with high ability or low ability. Teacher’s role as motivator is very significant in teaching and learning process interaction, because it includes the essence of teacher’s job which needs social ability, and also performance of personality and social individual.

                   There are some types and ways to motivate the students in learning process in the class. Those are giving a point meaning as symbol of student’s value in learning process; giving a reward meaning as student’s stimulation in learning; making a competition meaning as something for improving the student’s learning whether it is individual or group competition; giving a test meaning if the students know that there will a test, so they are going to study hard; giving punishment meaning as negative reinforcement, but it should be correctly and wise; giving a praise meaning as positive reinforcement to build comfortable and improve the passion of study. So, teacher’s role as motivator for the students in the class should be done as well as possible to create good learners while teaching and learning is progress.

CONCLUSION

                   For building, guiding, and giving a motivation to the future, the interaction of teacher and students should be educative. This interaction is a process of teacher and students who have a certain purpose, which is to make a good personality of the students. It is not easy job, but it needs a serious effort to make it happen. Teachers as guide and knower should be able to take the students as their learners rather than the others. Like a doctor, patient prosperity (students’ success) should be priority. Teacher should be able to motivate in each interaction with the students. So, teachers have to aware that they are the holder of responsibility to bring the students in success.

SUGGESTION

                   As we know that teacher has some functions in the classroom, and it can be multiple roles. It is impossible for teacher to play just one role in the class, the teacher should be able to adapt a variety of roles within the classroom which facilitate learning. In motivating the students, teacher has to consider some aspects which affect to the result. Teacher can motivate the students in learning process by everything, but it doesn’t mean that it is anything ways. Teacher should be able to motivate the students as wise as possible to get the result as well as possible.

REFERENCES

1.      Brown, H Douglas. (2000).TEACHING by PRINCIPLES in Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. San Francisco, California: Longman.

2.      Harmer, Jeremy. (2001). The Practice of Language Teaching. Essex: Longman.

3.      Kyriachou, Chris. (2007). Essentials Teaching Skills (Third Edition). London: Nelson Thornes.

4.      Sardiman. A.M. (2014). Interaksi dan Motivasi Belajar Mengajar. Jakarta: PT RajaGrafindo Persada.

UNIPDU

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT “UNIPDU”

                        Jombang, adalah salah satu kota kecil di propinsi Jawa Timur. Kota ini disamping terkenal dengan hawanya yang lumayan sejuk dibanding kota-kota lain di Jawa Timur seperti Surabaya, Mojokerto, dan Gresik, kota ini juga terkenal dengan julukan “Kota Santri”. Tak heran rasanya jika kota kelahiran presiden ke-4 Indonesia ini mendapat sebutan kota santri. Di Jombang sendiri memang banyak sekali berdiri Pondok Pesantren, baik Pondok Pesantren Modern maupun Salaf. Ada 4 Pondok Pesantren besar yang lumayan tersohor di Indonesia, terutama untuk kalangan masyarakat Jawa Timur. Mereka adalah Pondok Pesantren Tebu Ireng yang berlokasi di Cukir, Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum yang berada di Peterongan, Pondok Pesantren Tambak Beras, dan Pondok Pesantren Denanyar yang semuanya ada di wilayah Jombang. Dari semua Pondok Pesantren tersebut, masing-masing memiliki lembaga pendidikan di setiap jenjang, namun yang menarik perhatian saya adalah salah satu diantara mereka, yakni Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum.

                        Lokasinya yang tak terlalu jauh dengan domisili saya adalah satu alasan mengapa saya tertarik untuk menguliknya. Usut punya usut, Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum ini bertempat di desa Rejoso kecamatan Peterongan kabupaten Jombang yang notabene memiliki jarak yang tidak terlalu jauh dengan 3 Pondok Pesantren besar yang ada di jombang lainnya. Singkat cerita, Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum didirikan oleh KH.Tamim Irsyad yang dibantu oleh KH.Kholil sekitar tahun 1885, dan berkat perjuangan serta do’a - do’a dari para Kyai dan penerusnya, akhirnya Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum ini berkembang semakin pesat. Yang awalnya hanya dijadikan sebagai tempat mengaji, kini Yayasan Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum atau yang sering disingkat “YAPETIDU” ini telah memiliki banyak lembaga pendidikan. Diantaranya adalah SD Plus, MIN Rejoso, MTsN Rejoso, MAN Rejoso, MTs Plus, SMA DU, MAU, SMK Telkom, hingga UNIPDU.

                         UNIPDU merupakan kependekan dari Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum. Mengapa disisipkan nama pesantren di dalamnya? Menurut sepengetahuan saya, hal itu dikarenakan lokasi UNIPDU yang berada di tengah-tengah Pondok Pesantren Darul ‘Ulum. UNIPDU juga merupakan satu-satunya universitas di Indonesia yang terdapat nama “PESANTREN” di dalamnya. Unik memang, tetapi banyak orang awam yang bertanya-tanya, apakah UNIPDU ini hanya diperuntukkan bagi mahasiswa yang lulusan pesantren saja, atau seperti apa? Jawabannya adalah tidak. Saya teringat akan kutipan sambutan dari ketua yayasan Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum, yakni Drs.KH.Zaimuddin Wijaya As’ad, M.S. Beliau mengatakan bahwa UNIPDU terbuka untuk siapa saja, bukan hanya dari lulusan pesantren, karena di sini semua mahasiswa akan dibekali ilmu secara adil, tidak pandang bulu antara mana yang lulusan pesantren maupun bukan, baik ilmu lahiriah maupun bathiniah. Bahkan UNIPDU pernah menerima mahasiswa yang beragama Katholik, tentunya hal ini adalah salah satu wujud toleransi beragama yang sangat bagus.

                        Membicarakan mengenai kampus, kurang pas rasanya kalau tidak membahas fakultas yang ada di dalamnya. UNIPDU merupakan merger dari beberapa fakultas, diantaranya adalah Fakultas Agama Islam (FAI), Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra (FBS), Fakultas Ilmu Kesehatan (FIK), Fakultas Ilmu Administrasi (FIA), Fakultas Teknik (FT), Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (FMIPA), serta Pasca Sarjana. Selain banyaknya pilihan fakultas dengan berbagai macam prodi, UNIPDU juga memiliki beberapa fasilitas yang menunjang, seperti PSQ (Pusat Studi Al-Qur’an), PSB (Pusat Studi Bahasa), PUSKOMNET (Pusat Komunikasi dan Internet), IC (Islamic Center), GOR (Gelanggang Olah Raga), dll. Maka dari itu, pantas jika UNIPDU sekarang mendapat akreditasi B dari BAN-PT. Universitas yang didirikan oleh KH.As’ad Umar pada tahun 2001 ini memang layak untuk mendapat pengakuan secara nasional tersebut, karena usianya yang masih terbilang belia namun sudah mampu berkembang secara pesat. Sungguh menjadi suatu kebanggaan tersendiri jika bisa menjadi bagian keluarga besar UNIPDU.

                        Hal lain yang menarik perhatian saya adalah proses belajar di UNIPDU. Di samping kita dibekali ilmu sesuai dengan jurusan atau prodi yang kita pilih, kita juga bisa mempelajari ilmu yang lain. Contoh, mahasiswa Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra yang setiap harinya bergelut dengan mata kuliah berbau bahasa Inggris, namun tidak hanya itu. Selain mendapat mata kuliah bahasa Inggris, mereka juga dibekali tentang ilmu agama, seperti adanya mata kuliah Studi Keislaman, Pendidikan Agama, Bahasa Arab, maupun ilmu-ilmu umum seperti Manajemen Keuangan, Kewirausahaan, Bahasa Jepang, Bahasa Perancis, dan masih banyak lagi. Sungguh menarik, bukan? Jadi, di UNIPDU ini kita mendapat fasilitas pendidikan yang begitu luas dan berkualitas.

                        Memang tidak ada habisnya kalau kita membicarakan kampus yang memiliki julukan “Kampus Cinta” ini. Dengan salah satu misinya, yakni “Sinergikan Intelektualitas dan Akhlakul Karimah”, kita dapat melihat sejenak apa maksud dari kalimat tersebut. Menurut saya, begitu mendalam makna yang tersirat pada kata-kata itu. Intinya, di UNIPDU ini kita sebagai mahasiswanya tidak hanya dibekali ilmu secara lahir, namun juga secara bathin. Bisa kita bayangkan, bagaimanapun tingginya ilmu seseorang, jika dia tidak memiliki akhlak yang baik, maka niscaya ilmu itu akan sia-sia, begitu pula sebaliknya. Maka dari itu, di UNIPDU sendiri, setiap hendak melaksanakan ujian baik itu UTS maupun UAS, setiap mahasiswa harus menyetorkan hafalan beberapa surat dalam Al-Qur’an. Hal ini tentunya bertujuan untuk membekali mahasiswanya ilmu bathiniah. Jarang sekali ada universitas yang memiliki kebijakan bagus seperti itu. Sungguh luar biasa, bukan?

                        Selain hal-hal di atas, UNIPDU juga memiliki beberapa kemudahan bagi siapa saja yang hendak mengajukan beasiswa, baik itu berupa beasiswa untuk keluarga yang kurang mampu, beasiswa prestasi, beasiswa bagi hafidz dan hafidzah, beasiswa MADIN, beasiswa KOPERTIS, dan lain-lain. Memang tidak ada habisnya jika kita mengulik kampus UNIPDU ini secara mendalam. Dengan mottonya yang begitu luar biasa, yaitu “Toward World Class Islamic University”, kian menambah rangkaian kualitas UNIPDU yang sangat saya banggakan. Terakhir, saya ingat sebuah kutipan dari Drs.KH.Zaimuddin Wijaya As’ad, M.S. yang membuat saya terngiang-ngiang, yakni “Ilmu Tidak Akan Sampai, Jika Tidak Ada Cinta di Dalamnya”. Jadi, dengan segenap cinta saya kepada kampus yang juga penuh dengan cinta ini, saya tegaskan sekali lagi bahwa saya bangga menjadi bagian dari keluarga besar Universitas Pesantren Tinggi Darul ‘Ulum (UNIPDU) Jombang. ^_^

The example of article classroom management

THE RELATION BETWEEN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND CLASSROOM CLIMATE

INTRODUCTION

A.    BACKGROUND

                   The classroom climate is called effective when the teacher’s authority to organize and manage learning activity is accepted by some students, there are good relation and respect each other, and the atmosphere included by direction and conviction in teaching and learning process (Campbell et al., 2004; Wathins, 2005). Indeed, a study by Day et al. (2006, 2007) found that having the skills to establish a positive classroom climate, and in particular to establish a positive relationship with pupil was seen by teachers to lie at the heart of their view of themselves as effective teachers.

                        Classroom environment have climates as do regions and locations. The classroom environment is included by two aspects. Those are the emotional and physical environment. The emotional environment means overall attitudes in the classroom, and it deals with classroom peaceful. On the other hand, the physical environment means all of facilities in the class, such as board and pictures position, students and teacher’s chair arrangement, etc. It is possible and very important for the teacher to maintain the students, enthusiastic, and positive learning environment. Marzano recommends that you honestly reflect on your own bias toward difficult students by mentally reviewing each student, anticipating problems, and visualizing successful outcomes with each student (Marzano & Pickering, 2003). Your effort will have great benefits, if you give your students a more positive attitude and higher expectations, they will be able to give you more than you expected from them (Wong & Wong, 1998).

B.     STATEMENT PROBLEM

1.      What are the needs in classroom environment?

2.      How the teacher can creates a positive classroom climate?

DISCUSSION

                   The teacher’s attitudes, emotions, and educational pedagogy affect the way he/she physically arranges the room, and these things also affect how the teacher establishes the classroom procedures and routines. In both the physical and emotional realms, the most important goal is to direct and inspire student learning. There are some things that to be considered. Those are ^1. Think about how your individual student best learn. It means that we as teacher should facilitate the types of activity that motivates the students. ^2. Use more than one strategy when teaching each lesson. In teaching and learning process, teacher has to create a good space for class movement whether for learning, activities, to individual or group work. ^3. Remember to address the particular needs of students who have special needs. The other things that teacher has know is how to help children feel good about themselves. This process relates to the development of child’s self-esteem. Children often judge themselves by the way they think the important people in their lives feel about them. When important people intentionally use kind words and actions, they increase the probability of receiving positive behaviours in return (Wong & Wong, 1998). One of the best ways to help a child develop healthy self-esteem is to find and emphasize his/her strengths. Teachers should encourage in areas of both strengths and weaknesses and find ways to recognize each child as special. The others are considering the affective filter, what the teacher’s expectations are, and how to create a peaceful classroom. There are some ways to create a peaceful classroom. Those are show interest in your students, clearly communicate what you want and expect, be objective and not judgemental, let them see that you are human, and spend a lot of time among your students.

                   As a teacher, you will need to find ways of helping your students develop a positive view of their class so that they have positive expectations for you and your lessons. Senior (2006) suggests that following ways in which teachers can create an effective classroom climate:

1.      Respect and care about your students as human beings.

2.      Establish a business like yet non threatening atmosphere.

3.      Communicate appropriate messages about the school subject matter.

4.      Give your students some sense of control with regard to classroom activities.

5.      Create a sense of community among your students.

Carl Rogers is very inspiring person by his advice about how a humanistic classroom climate can facilitate the learning activity (Rogers and Freiberg, 1994). Humanistic approach in teaching and learning process can be concluded by four principles:

1.      Emphasizing on “Full of human being” (Mind, Body, Feeling).

2.      Emphasizing on personal growing (Creativity).

3.      Emphasizing on personal conscious (Subjective view about yourself and the world).

4.      Emphasizing on personal agency (Ability to choose and be responsible).

CONCLUSION

                   One of big effect of classroom climate is physical classroom appearance and the arrangement. Teaching style “Informal” in the school has much effect to this, especially in Elementary School. Increasing student’s participation by discovery learning and exploratory learning & group work show that using of activity area in the outside, chair & desk arrangement is decided for group, not for individual, and it can move freely. Well, actually classroom climate is included in classroom environment. We can create a positive attitude toward learning in your classroom. So, it is very seen that they have relation between classroom environment and classroom climate.

REFERENCES

1.      Kyriachou, Chris. (2007). Essentials Teaching Skills (Third Edition). London: Nelson Thornes.

2.      Richard, J.C., & Bohlke, D. (2011). Creating Effective Language Lesson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

3.      Walters, J. and Frei, Shelly. 2007. Managing Classroom Behaviour and Discipline. California: Shell Education.

4.      Kyriachou, Chris. (2011). Effective Teaching (Theory and Practice). London: Nelson Thornes.

5.      Afifi, John. (2014). Inovasi-Inovasi Kreatif (Manajemen Kelas & Pengajaran Efektif). Jogjakarta: DIVA Press.