Final relfection

1. What development do you experience in Micro Teaching class?

I have several developments in this class. First, I become more open minded with many suggestions. I admit that I am a stubborn girl, but seeing my friends tried their best, make me want to learn from them. When it comes to comments I try to be more open with an understanding that all of us are still learning. Besides that, I also apply some micro teaching techniques when I am teaching. First I start with questions and move on the materials and move to the summery of today’s lesson. Some of those techniques work, but some of them do not. Now, I also know how to ‘behave’ as a teacher and know ‘what teacher should do, can do and shouldn’t or can’t do’. It helps me a lot when I taught lower class.

Have you had the characteristics of a good teacher?

I will say yes. It is because this class. This class has forced me to have at least three characteristic of a good teacher. Besides be open minded, master the material and manage the class, it has forced me to listen and examine the class. In my opinion, a good teacher should have a good pair of ears and eyes to listen and to examine her/his class. So, I can say Yes I have, even though some of them I get with forcefully feeling.

Do you think you have become a better teacher?

Be honest, I am not really interesting in working as a teacher. I do enjoy teaching but I don’t really think I will be a teacher for a long time. I have passion on children but I realize it is difficult to be teacher. If I can change the question “Do you think you have become a better teacher?” to “Do you think you have become a better educator?” well, my answer for the second question is yes. This faculty really changes my point of view about education, teacher and some teacher’s stuff. Being an educator will not always be a teacher, I believe I will be a better educatior after taking this class because this class has changed the way I enjoy teaching.

2. Do you help your friends to have the characteristic of good teacher? How do you help them? Or do you think your friends help you to become a better teacher?

Yes, I do help them with giving honest comments in the observation sheets and also verbally. I hate telling something good which is the truth is not. Why I do that if that only make my friends get worse in teaching? I also help them with discussing, sharing, exchanging materials. Talking about helping friends, it likes a symbiosis mutualism. We are helped and they were helped. So, the answer for those questions is yes, they help me in a same way when I help them, saying honest comments (when it was not a good one, we say it with encouragements, so it will not bring them down, but motivated them to be better), sharing, discussing materials or our problems in teaching.

3. Do you help them honestly and sincerely?

Yes and I should be. They had helped me a lots in this class, and for return I should help them honestly and sincerely. There were times when maybe I was not honestly and sincerely help them, but in this process of teaching I learn to be honestly and sincerely in helping them.

Do you feel happy/ mad with their comment?

I felt happy, sometimes disappointed, and sometimes funny. I will not feel mad, what for? They had spent their time to observe me and why should I get mad? I should be thankful that there are people who still want to help me to see my weaknesses. I also know that it is not easy to give comments. I once felt disappointed but not mad. I felt disappointed with the few-lines-comments. Two until four sentences, simple sentences, and those simple sentences do not help me at all. For me, they do not really help me or I can say they do not really observe me.

There is also a time when I feel funny. That was Bayu’s comment on my holding tissue everywhere. I don’t feel mad, but funny. I was totally not in a good condition and I had a runny nose. It would be disgusting if I clean my runny nose with hands! When I read that I laughed. It was totally funny.

4. What grade do you deserve in this class?

I believe all us deserve to get A. Why? First, we had prepared the material + RPP at the same time with so many tasks from other lectures. It was not easy, though it was also our responsibility. In this case why I deserve to have A, it's because I had given my best, even though I was lazy to submit weekly reflections. I know I was not diligent, it’s because I have to make exercises to my students who have four different grades. When I finished that and also some tasks, I completely forgot about weekly reflections. So, I know in this part, it was my bad. However, When looked back on my two performances and one performance in teaching lower class, I think I deserve to get A. But, If I get B, it’s still okay for me but I will ask for the detail why. I also have the right to know about my mark.