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How to Cultivate Focus and Emotion to Our Students?

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The Strategies  of Cultivating Focus and Emotion to the Students The Students entering into the classroom have diverse background, condition or situation, and potency. Majority of them have difficulties in focus and emotion, and it is not easy to tell them to cncentrate or focus in learning. They enter into the classroom with empty brain, and they do not have any purposes to go to school. Therefore, the alternative ways or strategies are very urgent. There are ten strategies that can be used to cultivate focus and emotion to our students in learning. Before understanding the strategies, we should know the definition of focus and emotion in advance. A. The definition of Focus and Emotion 1. The Definition of Focus In the educational context, focus denotes the capacity to direct one's attention and concentration towards a specific objective, subject, or task. This entails the ability to eliminate distractions, sustain attention over time, and actively participate in the learning proc...
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What are the 21st Century Skills?

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                                     The kinds of  the 21st Century Skills?

 There are three types of the 21st century skills that students need to develop in order to succeed  in the information age, namely:
a. Critical Thinking
The Critical thinking is a core component of 21st century learning. Speaking the critical thinking it means speaks “ left brain” activity. The Students have to  engage in learning activity process that require deep and complex thinking, like  they analyze, infer, compare, reason, interpret, synthesize, and evaluate., as described below:
1. Analyzing
     The analyzing  is breaking something down into its parts, examining each part, and noting how           the  parts fit together.
2. Arguing 
    The arguing is using a series of statements connected logically together, backed by evidence, to
      reach a conclusion.
3.  Classifying 
     The classifying is identifying the types or groups of something, showing how each category is 
     distinct from the others.
4.  Comparing and contrasting
       The comparing is contracting is pointing out the similarities and differences between two or                 more   subjects.
5.  Defining 
      The defining is explaining the meaning of a term using denotation, connotation, example,                      etymology, synonyms, and antonyms. 
6.   Describing
      The describing  is explaining the traits of something, such as size, shape, weight, color, use, 
      origin, value, condition, location, and so on.
7.  Evaluating 
     The evaluating is deciding on the worth of something by comparing it against an accepted 
      standard of value.
8. Explaining
     The explaining  is telling what something is or how it works so that others can understand it.
9. Problem solving
    Problem solving is analyzing the causes and effects of a problem and finding a way to stop the 
    causes or the effects.
10. Tracking cause and effect
     The tracking cause and effect is determining why something is happening and what results from it.
b. Creative Thinking
The meaning of  creative thinking is the ability to discover and create the new thing  constructed that  includes innovation, original ideas, and risk-taking. When we speak of “right brain” activity, we speak about right brain.   The creative thinking consist of some abilities, namely :

1. Brainstorming 
    The brainstorming is ideas that involves asking a question and rapidly listing all answers,
     even those that are far-fetched, impractical, or impossible.
2. Creating 
    The creating means something requires forming it by combining materials, perhaps
     according to a plan or perhaps based on the impulse of the moment.
3. Designing 
    The designing means finding the conjunction between form and function and shaping
    materials for a specific purpose.
4. Entertaining 
    The entertaining means the others involves telling stories, making jokes, singing songs,
    playing games, acting out parts, and making conversation.
5. Imagining 
    The Imaging means ideas that involves reaching into the unknown and impossible, perhaps
     idly or with great focus, as Einstein did with his thought experiments.
6. Improvising 
    The improvising is a solution that involves using something in a novel way to solve a
      problem.
7. Innovating 
     The innovating means creating something that hasn’t existed before, whether an object, a
     procedure, or an idea.
8. Overturning
     something means flipping it to get a new perspective, perhaps by redefining givens,
      reversing cause and effect, or looking at something in a brand new way.
9. Problem solving 
     The problem solving requires using many of the creative abilities listed here to figure out
       possible solutions and putting one or more of them into action.
10.Questioning 
      The questioning actively reaches into what is unknown to make it known, seeking             information or a new way to do something

C. Collaborating

1. Allocating resources and responsibilities ensures that all members of a team can work
optimally.
2. Brainstorming ideas in a group involves rapidly suggesting and writing down ideas without pausing to critique them.
3, Decision-making requires sorting through the many options provided to the group and arriving at a single option to move forward.
4. Delegating means assigning duties to members of the group and expecting them to fulfill their parts of the task.
5 Evaluating the products, processes, and members of the group provides a clear sense of what is working well and what improvements could be made.
6. Goal setting requires the group to analyze the situation, decide what outcome is desired,and clearly state an achievable objective.
7. Leading a group means creating an environment in which all members can contribute according to their abilities.
8. Managing time involves matching up a list of tasks to a schedule and tracking the progress toward goals.
9. Resolving conflicts occurs from using one of the following strategies: asserting, cooperating, compromising, competing, or deferring.
10.Team building means cooperatively working over time to achieve a common goal.

d. Communicating

1. Analyzing the situation 
     Analyzing the situation means thinking about the subject, purpose, sender, receiver, medium,
      and context of a message.
2. Choosing a medium 
      Choosing a medium involves deciding the most appropriate way to deliver a message, ranging             from a face-to-face chat to a 400-page report. 
·         3. Evaluating messages
           Evaluating messages  means deciding whether they are correct, complete, reliable, authoritative,          and up-to-date.
·         4. Following conventions 
            Following conventions means communicating using the expected norms for the medium chosen.
6. Listening actively
     Listening actively requires carefully paying attention, taking notes, asking questions, and 
     otherwise engaging in the ideas being communicated.
7. Reading
     Reading is decoding written words and images in order to understand what their originator is              trying to communicate.
·         8. Speaking 
            Speaking involves using spoken words, tone of voice, body language, gestures, facial 
            expressions,  and visual aids in order to convey ideas.
       9.  Turn taking
     Turn taking means effectively switching from receiving ideas to providing ideas, back and forth            between those in the communication situation.
10. Using technology
     Using technology requires understanding the abilities and limitations of any technological 
      communication, from phone calls to e-mails to instant messages.
11..Writing involves encoding messages into words, sentences, and paragraphs for the purpose of 
       communicating to a person who is removed by distance, time, or both.


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