This week we had our second and final demo teaching. we took videos of those who did their demo teaching for documentations as a per instructions of our TTI. I would prepare more carefully and master my activity plan in order to deliver my activity better based on the feedback that my TTI gave me from my first demo teaching,
I was able to use his feedback and opinions to improve my teaching skill and able to come up better teaching strategies and make my own style in classroom management.
Challenges and problems are part of our everyday life. These challenges we encounter each day determines our endurance. Challenges stretch and push us to our limits until we become stronger and better person. However, if we do not experience or fail to acknowledge challenges in our lives, it will make us weak and soon we will become unproductive and monotonous. Monotony stops us from progressing towards perfection. This applies to everything we do.
Challenges are part of being an educator. In my student teaching experience, I have encountered many challenges. These challenges either came from me as an individual, including my expectations, my adjustment to different kinds of learners, and also to the teaching learning environment.
Teaching it is an art because every teacher has their own style and characteristics. Therefore, every teacher has different styles and techniques in teaching. So is their performance, models, they ways they deliver the material, the use of methods and media as well as evaluation. In teaching, teachers are expected to not get stuck with the routine of traditional teaching (teacher-centered), which assumes that the learner is an "empty bottle" and must be filled with the knowledge as much as possible. The traditional concept of teaching has long been an issue in education, but in fact until now there are still many teachers who implement such methods at schools. The problem is how to change the paradigm of the teacher to become a professional teacher? How do teachers develop learning system in schools? How do they carry out effective learning? How to prepare teachers for the future? To address these problems, the writer tried to conduct a study of the literature and the results of relevant researches. To change the paradigm of teachers into professional teachers, then there are several requirements that must be met. First, teachers must have a minimum qualification and competence as a teacher candidate. In Indonesia, all teachers (kindergarten, elementary, junior high, high school or equivalent) should have at least relevant diploma (D.IV) or bachelor (S1) degree. Second, they have to understand the developmental level of students. Third, teachers must often be given the opportunity to attend training on the implementation of the curriculum and learning according to each level of education. Fourth, each semester, teachers are required to implement a learning model that can
activate learners (student-centered) at school. This means each semester teachers use different learning model which is considered effective and relevant so that within one year there are two models of learning they strongly master in practice. Furthermore, to develop a learning system in schools, there are several things that must be mastered by teachers, among others: the development of strategies that should be considered including the mastery of a foreign language (at least in English) , the mastery of pedagogical competence and mastery of ICT (information and communication technology); learning (planning, implementation, and evaluation); organizing the class structure and routines; planning to achieve the objectives, outcomes and standards. To carry out an effective learning, teachers must be able to communicate effectively, use appropriate learning models, conduct classroom management ; use resources creatively, understand individual differences in learning, teach, values and moral education, work effectively with parents, as well as assessing and reporting objectively.