“REVITALISASI PENDIDIKAN MATEMATIKA”

Oleh : Marsigit
The psychological aspect that found
Reviewed by
Siti Nurrochmah Dani
(10313244004)

Teaching mathematics is not easy because student is also difficult to study mathematics. Teacher always needs some methods to teach appropriate developing era in education. Actually, to change a method to other method is not easy too. Mathematics education revitalization effort setting teacher as key position to create mathematics education as agree with the meaning of education and the object study.
Development of education is marked by changing old paradigm to new paradigm. Old paradigm shows that teacher predominantly on student activity and student initiation. Teacher is very active. So lesson will be abstract and more theoretical. Students as empty vessel, so they are passive and they only listen material. It makes students feel boring. So they think mathematics is very formal and difficult to accept. The traditional is also a way in disciplining students in school. But it make students get traumatizes in school and to be afraid with teacher. Traditional method is easy method where education transforms from teacher to students. It is classical learning; the students do not know what purpose they learn on that day.
New paradigm also called constructivist teaching shows that teacher as facilitator. So education can not transform from teacher to students, but education is empowering of students. Teacher is aware that every student has the unique ability. So they are different. And teacher should teach each student with difference way. The student-centered learning approach allows students to work together in small groups and answer a posed question. In this paradigm, students are seeds, where they can grow and bear fruits. So students will be active.
Known that to change attitude or change method of teacher to teach math is not easy. Alexander in Bourne(1994:69) there are six factor that influence the manner of teaching: value, theory, pragmatism, empiric, context, system(politic). But in real life social cultural and system value also influence the manner of teaching. And we see that there is distance between educate theory and educate practice. Needed government to carry back the meaning of education where study is needed by student. In good practices, student will grow and aware that study is needed by her/him self, so there is no pressure in her/him self to learning mathematics.