Second E-Reflection: Yunira Noor Rachmah

         The next meeting, I learn about thematic learning. We watched the video together and analyzed the effective and the ineffectiveness of thematic learning. It is my first time to hear thematic learning. I have already known about thematic learning. Thematic learning is integrated some of subjects into one subject in once meeting. I think, this is a new subject in education. 

           Based on the video, I got the effective and the ineffectiveness of thematic learning. The effectiveness of thematic learning has 4 things. There are students could learn multi-subjects in one time; it could increase students’ motivation both intrinsic and extrinsic; the students could feel real learning experience that using the real thing; and encourage the students’ communication and presentation skills. Whereas the ineffectiveness of thematic learning has 3 things. There are the teacher still using teacher-centered learning; lack of classroom management; and no ground rule set up before learning. 

           If I were the teacher like on the video, I will teach this subject differently. The first step, I will set up the rules in the classroom. The rules are the students can answer the teacher’s question if the teacher have chose one student; the teacher and the students must respect each other; etc. The second step, the teacher create physical activity or use Total Physical Response. The third step, the teacher could increase the students’ interaction through collaborative learning. Actually, the teacher could approach many methods in  thematic learning. Before the teacher using that methods, the teacher must know well about that. 

Yunira Noor Rachmah

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Section C – 3rd Semester