On the third week, MMSEL’s class focuses on how belief can motivate someone to learn. We learn about beliefs about future outcomes, beliefs about intelligence beliefs about capability, beliefs about value and beliefs about causes of performance. Firstly, in class we are asked to have future expectation about five to ten years ahead. I just shocked with my friends’ answer. I thought that everyone in class has a high dream and they can be easily to share their idea. Actually, there are some of them who cannot tell the detail to others. That’s a little bit interesting.
I will tell you how the class activity running. As usual in Ms Mima’s class, the first session activity is about sharing, even the true experience or only dream. That was good to relate the sharing result to the topic that will be taught in the class. The next agenda is jigsaw activity. There should be always the expert and big group, right? So, I got in a group with Sabrin, Richa and Ester, in a big group. Then every member has their obligation to master some sub topics. It also interesting, since we have to share what we already know about what belief is then we have to relate it with the real life cases that we might found in a class.
As a teacher, we have to act carefully, what we say, what we do can affect students’ belief and motivation toward learning. If we always support students, it also can make them depend on the teacher. Teacher only has to at least stimulate their curiosity and make them belief that they can pass every test if and only if they learn more. As I read on the article, the more you learn, the more you understand. So, I hope in the future, I will be able to be inspiring person that automatically motivate people, that’s should be a teacher as a role model.
Beside the activity inside a class, I do have a deep reflection about what belief is. Once, when I believe about something, than the motivation comes inside and people support you, then I will be more motivated. But, when I belief about something then people do not sure with my belief, I always getting down of this, I feel like the one who always trying harder. Soo galau. But I realize that most people always feel that he/she is the one who trying harder and getting down alone, in fact that was wrong. So, it just about the perception, I think. No matter what others says about, if we belief that we are in a right place, so, don’t be doubt to do something through learning. The reason is, it will be too late to make an improvement, if we force people to understand. Since every person has their own definition and perception.
Just belief, that every succeed comes with the powerful belief in achieving the goal. (Mulyani, 2011)
Hai via.., I want to ask you .
as a teacher you have a strategy or methods that can be use in classroom to increase students motivation, but not all students agree with your method, some students feel bored or uncomfortable but you belief that you method is not wrong, according your opinion in the last paragraph “No matter what others says about, if we belief that we are in a right place, so, don’t be doubt to do something through learning”, does you still don’t care about your students feeling ? What should you do to make students motivation increase and agree with your method?
thanks,,
Nice question Meti,
Of course I will not force students to do what I want, though I have perception that my choice is for their own good sake. I do need to cooperate with them, because students are a part of my class, so we should have agreement.
In this point, I just want to share my opinion about being a smart worker to reach something. Because sometimes, if we always consider what will happen and what people perception, it just will give you another problem. The solution is trying, some trial and error will you face as long as you try, all of those things are a part of learning.
Does my answer acceptable?
nice posting via, you have strong personality to defend one’s opinion.
However, how can we know that our belief is the right one? I once get a lesson from bu Rosa about something that called as Johari window, that there is a part of us that people know, but we our self did not know, like a blind spot of our perception, sometimes we can be strongly think that we are the right one, but people can see that we are not right. I think sometimes we also have to consider other’s view.
fredy maulana
Thank you for the question, Fredy
Do you still remember when I share about my problem to the class. So, I highlight my statement about belief, that it is not only coming from my perception but also from others.
I mean, when we have decide something (agreement, suggestion, comment from other) then we start to do the plan. Caring about people perception will not having the end, since each person has different perception. Do you got it?
i think we should continuously reflect to our teaching and learning. sometimes what we think to be the right one turn out to be worse one. however there is nothing wrong to believe that our method is the best one. otherwise we never start to teach. we will be busy on choosing which are the best one
Yup, I do agree with you Miss. I hope you can see my explanation about others question. I think someone who read my article sometimes will get another point of view about my perception through belief. I hope it can clarified what I mean from this posting.
Thank you Bu Mima
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