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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...

Tiga Challenges Besar Guru & Sekolah di Era Industri 4.0

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Tiga Tantangan Guru di Era Industri 4.0      Di era indutri 4.0 guru mempunyai beberapa challenges yang sangat berat, seperti penguasaan teknologi dalam kegiatan pembelajaran, abuse of technology, dan Global Challenges; Kualitas SDM, Sarana prasaran, dan  mutu pendidikan. 1. Penguasaan Tenologi   Kemajuan teknologi tidak hanya berdampak pada dunia industri; akan tetapi juga pada dunia pedidikan. Kemajuan atau efek teknologi pada dunia pendidikan tidak bisa dihidari baik itu yng berssifat positif muaupun berfat negatif. Oleh karena itu perlu adanya peningkatan terhadap guru- guru tentang penggunaan tekologi yang baik dan benar.                                                                               Namun perlu disadari bahwa pemahaman dan penggunaan ...

How to Simplify a Lesson Plan? Theory and Practice

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The Way of Simplifying a Lesson Plan A. The definition of a Lesson Plan     A lesson plan is a urgent part in the teaching and learning activities that should be made by all the teachers, because the lesson plan is a guide for teachers. Acoording to Ginting in Fadillah, Lesson plan is a scenario of learning becoming a guide for teachers to prepare, hold, and evaluate the results of teaching and learning activities.  Spratt, Pulverness and Williams (2005) pointed out that lesson plan was a series of course plan which provides direction for a teacher of what kind of materials of study to be taught and how to teach the m.        There are a lot of different format for lesson plans but all of them have the same core element. The formats of lesson plan mostly are very complex. They not only make the teachers confused, dizzy, and stressful, but also ignore or  leave their main task as teachers. Therefore, the format of lesson plan sho...