Jadilah Guru yang Dapat Dipercaya ^_^

Jadilah Guru yang Dapat Dipercaya ^_^

   00:05:00       Ilania Eka

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Menggapai Guru yang Akuntabel (dapat dipercaya)

By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA
Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

When Indonesia could be like that? Hope it will happen soon.
What i see from the picture above is the teacher teaching the student and the parents watching them.
When the teacher teach, we can see that all the students are smile, they are happy and feel comfort with the learning atmosphere. Why? Cause the teacher is not forcing the student. He didn't give pressure to the student. Instead of giving pressure, the teacher giving a freedom to his students. He allow the student to express their creativity, their mind,and their imagination to solve the question (the problem).
The parents, who watch the teaching-learning process, feel assured and will be relieved because they know that their children is happy and not feeling pressured when learning. Because of that, the parents will believe with the teacher.
So, the conclusion is to reach an accountable(credible, trustworthy) teacher, firstly, we as a teacher (future teachers) should make the student happy and feel comfort while learning (free up them to express their own creativity and imagination) in order to make  the student and their parents believe in us.

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Hermeneutics of The Iceberg Approach

Hermeneutics of The Iceberg Approach

   23:35:00       Ilania Eka

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Hermenetika Pembelajaran Matematika

By : Prof.Dr. Marsigit, MA

Reflection by : iLania Eka Andari

Hermeneutics cycle is like a longitudinal wave in slinky. It has a start-end point (horizontal phase) and a lowest-highest point (vertical phase).
When we talked about Hermenutics cycle , it remind us with an iceberg approach of learning mathematics.  The horizontal phase (start-end point) is a horizontal mathematics and the vertical phase (lowest-highest point).
Horizontal mathematics is a mathematics that usually found in daily life, such as multiply, adding, divide, substract, etc. And the vertical mathematics is a professional mathematics (Math of the gods - 'matematikanya para dewa' ). From the diagram (that showed the hermeneutics cycle), we can immediately know that vertical math is just for them who really-really expert in math (what i mean is Vertical math not for just anyone). To pass through the horizontal mathematics we just need to goes forward, this is easy isn't it? But to pass through the vertical mathematics it's difficult. We need to going across so much hurdle in order to get the highest point . For people who doesn't really love math, they will end in the lowest point.
But i think, as long as we still learning and learning, eventhough we are not a gods, someday we will able to stand on the highest point (on the top of the iceberg approach).

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Apa itu Sofisme?

Apa itu Sofisme?

   15:09:00       Ilania Eka

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Sophism

By: Prof.Dr.Marsigit,MA

Reflection by : iLania Eka Andari

Based on what i read in wikipedia.com
Sophism in the modern definition is a specious argument used for deceiving someone. In ancient Greece, sophists were a category of teachers who specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric for the purpose of teaching arete—excellence, or virtue—predominantly to young statesmen and nobility. The practice of charging money for education and providing wisdom only to those who could pay led to the condemnations made by Socrates, through Plato in his dialogues, as well as Xenophon's Memorabilia. Through works such as these, Sophists were portrayed as "specious" or "deceptive", hence the modern meaning of the term.

A sophism is taken as a specious argument used for deceiving someone. It might be crafted to seem logical while actually being wrong, or it might use difficult words and complicated sentences to intimidate the audience into agreeing, or it might appeal to the audience's prejudices and emotions rather than logic; e.g., raising doubts towards the one asserting, rather than his assertion. The goal of a sophism is often to make the audience believe the writer or speaker to be smarter than he or she actually is; e.g., accusing another of sophistry for using persuasion techniques. There are also several parties who consider sophism as an attitude who argue that truth is relative existence.

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Siswa juga bisa mengubah kurikulum. Ya kah?

Siswa juga bisa mengubah kurikulum. Ya kah?

   14:55:00       Ilania Eka

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Forum Tanya Jawab 63: Bagaimana Siswa Bisa Menentukan Kurikulum? 

By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit,MA

Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

I think the statement that student can change curriculum is not impossible, as long as the government and the teacher willing to open their eyes to the fact that happen. What i mean here is, they (the government and the teacher) should understand that they already enough force the student to doing what they should do. Can't student do what they wanna do? (in this case,what they wanna do is about mathematics. All what i mean here is about learning math ^_^ )
All this time, government and teacher is the one who decide about when the curriculum change and how the curriculum change. They never think about student willing. Whereas the one that underwent the curriculum is the student.
It's better if we use curriculum that facilitate the student to develop their skill, ability, and knowledge, rather than the curriculum that just giving without receiving from student (the student just passive. not active in the learning process).
I think the curriculum that can give a chance to the student to active participate in the learning process is a curriculum that according to what the students want (we all know that student is tend to like or active doing something if that thing is something that they like or they want.)
So, i think it's the way the student can change the curriculum (make the government and teacher change the curriculum become what the student want --> maybe the student can speak up their wish ^_^)

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Research say " I have a role in developing math edu "

Research say " I have a role in developing math edu "

   14:21:00       Ilania Eka

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Peran Penelitian dalam Pengembangan Pendidikan Matematika

By : Prof. Dr. Marsigit, MA

Reflection By : iLania Eka Andari

I'm totally agree with the argument in this article.
The definition of research is the collection, processing, analysis, and presentation of data which is done systematically and objectively to solve a problem or to test a hypothesis to develop general principles. From the definision above, so we can conclude that the way the teacher searching for a new pattern is also a research. It's one of the example of the role of research in developing mathematics education.
Research in developing math education has an important role. As i say before,one of the example is research that doing by the teacher in order to get a new pattern to teach their student. Their teaching pattern is one of the most important factor that determine the success of the teaching that they do.
After they feel they already find a certain pattern to teaching, teacher should not stop to doing a research. They should doing a research again and again,to find the best pattern, so the teaching learning process that happen between teacher and student can become more active, innovative,and be better.

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