Second Reflection_Dina Fauziah (Ayyash)

    Education is one of the way to educate, to learn, and to improve our ability. Being a teacher has to implement what we learn about education. In this second meeting of PETA, we learn about implementation of  “tematik”. “Thematic” is one of the way to deliver one material related with any kinds of material. In that kind video, which I watched in the second meeting. My friends and I watched about how to deliver a material which related another material such as counting in mathematic combinate with learning about “rambutan” fruit.

     The teacher in that video was explaining about rambutan. The characteristic of that kind fruit, analyzing rambutan, and counting how much rambutan which students get. The teacher gives the chance to the students to find out the rambutan outside the class. The students were directed by the teacher, identifying the rambutan together . The colour of Rambutan. The students seem very enthusiastic when they can touch rambutan directly outside the class. After that, they back to the class. The teacher tried to make a good understanding about the rambutan itself. The weakness of the teacher, she does not manage the class well. The students already grouping but she doesn’t take the advantages from that kind sitting management. The teacher should be able to involve all the student in learning process not only focus on some students.

    In short, based on the video, I can conclude that when we use thematic method we can not explore deeper the material. The student only learn the material briefly. This method good only for reviewing the material.

    Using thematic method also has two sides. The advantage from that we can serve a relax learning because the teacher should not force the student to be master in the material and we can related one each other of the material, but disadvantage from this, the students can not go deeper the material. The key point is from a teacher to learn more and more how to be an effective teacher for the students based on the real context which is student needs.