My Reflection at the Fourth Meeting

Why the sky is blue?

One question, but have a lot of answers. The answer related with “why do you like writing?” How do they like to study mathematic?

Usual, the student thinking that mathematic is only one. But day to day, week to week, and the end we finish our study. At the moment that we have finish our study, we realize that mathematic is not only one. Theoretic is there are many mathematic. The number of mathematic is similar to the number of people who think mathematic. If we talk about mathematic, we don’t look mathematic like God. We don’t talk about hard mathematic but look mathematic at around you. We should appreciate to they who study mathematic in the valley, the slopes, the isolate place, the place around us, who can feel the hard of study. Basically, there are two category of mathematic:

1.      Formal mathematic, axiotic mathematic, pure mathematic.

2.      The real action of mathematic, and we must adapt to area study mathematic.

So, someone who cannot adapt is stupid people. In the social sciences, smart person is who has adaptability, and someone who hasn’t adaptability is stupid person. If we learn mathematic to student of elementary school with university method, so we are stupid person. Smart person but in the other side this person is stupid. Smart life is if he/she can adapt to situation and condition. Javanese talks we must have good manners. Teacher also have good manners with student and with mathematic.

The mathematic method should change, mathematic for young student is activity. Mathematic activity for younger:

1.      Mathematic is relationship

2.      Mathematic is a problem solving activity

3.      Mathematic is a investigation activity

4.      Mathematic is the means of communication

People of curriculum don’t know about mathematic, they just know that mathematic is only one. So, our educations are getting worse. We feel pity for children. They receive knowledge not at exactly time. They shouldn’t receive it. Many methods that give to children, but many methods don’t compatible with children. So, Mr. Marsigit expand method of approach. After he doing research, he found the best method. It is naturally.  The method can’t broke the children future. We think that the best method to learning something is translate to translate, reflect to reflect. On the first, people can not believe with our method, they usually underestimate with our opini. But step by step they can agree with our method. It is need time.

The teacher has obligation to facilitate student to make mathematic easily, happy, and enjoy. The friendly method is duplicate God idea. The good teachers are who can facilitate their student. Teacher need technology to serve their student carefully, for example web.blog.

My Reflection at the Third Meeting

Our topic at the moment is the problem of mathematic teaching. At now, more teachers use traditional method. They still to use traditional method of teaching and learning of mathematic for student until now. They just transfer knowledge. They aren’t facilitator, but they are giver and the impact will happen to their student. The characteristic of student from traditional method e.g.:

1. The student learn passively
2. The student feel boring
3. The student sleepy during learning

The teachers don’t trust their student. They think that they have an obligation to deliver their knowledge and the student receive their knowledge, but in the fact the student receive empty vessel.

The traditional method of teaching and learning of mathematic have a difference of new method. The new method based on trust. The student need knowledge and they trust their teacher to become their facilitator. The teachers facilitate with various methods, resources, and equipments to teach.

In the fact, it is not easy to implement this innovative teaching, because our culture actually reflects the traditional method. So, when our younger sister and brother learn with various methods? This is nature, the traditional method became behavior. The learning method should adapt the situation, the dimension, the period. The learning method should up to date and don’t same with the pass period. The teachers usually still to use the method of pass period.

So, the education problem beginning from adult people, because they usually push the children (the student) to receive, whereas learning can we get from anywhere. Now, the student is unpredictable, especially too adolescent. Usual, the teacher isn’t ready with unpredictable student, because they always use the traditional method that they always just give, give, and give.

Therefore, knowledge not only gets from the teacher but also from anywhere. We must know the nature of all aspect of teaching and learning of mathematic e.g.:

1. The nature of school mathematic
2. The nature of student learning mathematic
3. The nature of learning resources
4.  and etc.

    There is method of deliver mathematic, formal mathematic and school mathematics. The formal mathematic use for university and the school mathematic use for elementary school until senior high school.  But sometimes, the teacher use formal mathematic for elementary school until senior high school, that why the student become hate the mathematic. If the teacher uses the wrong method, it will make the bad impact for the student. The student will hate mathematic and avoid mathematic. They can’t feel love mathematic. Love is intuition. So, the education problem at this moment is the children (the student) lost their intuition.