About Models of Instruction

            Well, in this opportunity, I would like to share about my opinion when I got previous meeting in PETA’s session. In that session, I got material about Models of instruction which defined some topics. The topics were Cooperative Learning, Differentiated Instruction, and developing lesson plan.

            According to my opinion, cooperative learning is one of the instruction models which focus on the student. It can be said that cooperative learning is Student Center Learning (SCL). When the teacher conducts the teaching and learning process, he can manage the class by making a group discussion to the students. The teacher does not only focus on the material but also he can see the students’ ability in the team work. The teacher can make the group after he explains what topics will he teaches after that the teacher gives some materials for each group.

            For each group, they can discuss the materials which they get from the teacher. In this situation and condition, the students can cooperate each other’s. They can discuss through their knowledge based on the materials.  They can take part each other to cope the problem in the material. They also can learn the materials from their friend’s presentation, so the teacher can see the students’ ability in delivering presentation in front of the class.

            By using Cooperative Learning Models, the students can get many advantages from this models in which students do not only learn from the teacher, but also from their friends. Furthermore, students can interact with others in the group discussion. They can ask to other groups if they are still confused about the materials. In this case, teacher has a function as a facilitator in this class. He gives clear explanation after the students presentation whether their presentation  are full enough or not, even if their explanations are rather vague but I think, this instruction model will face the obstacle if the students cannot observe and analyze toward the materials which the teacher given because they work in group. They discuss the material with their selves although in the end of their presentation the teacher will gives them explanation, so as the teacher he should consider students’ ability in analysis thinking, he should consider among the difficulties grade of the material, the students ability and the students grade of the class.

            In differentiated model, teacher should realize that every students are different, even they are unique. They have different in learning strategy and their learning styles. They also have different in their life-background, confidence, cultural/ethnic influences, cognitive abilities, and their socioeconomic and family factor. In this case, the teacher should consider all those factors. Based on those factors, teacher should create the classroom management which can cover all those factors, so that the students can get involve with the learning process and the teacher can deliver the material well.

            The lesson plan is one of the important things in teaching and learning process. It has relationship with the instruction models such as cooperative learning and differentiated instruction. They can work well if the development of the lesson plan is good. That is why in development of the lesson plan, the teacher should consider to the students character as seen in differentiated instruction models. By considering this points, the teacher can make the lesson plan becomes appropriate with the students characters and the instruction models. Finally, the teaching and learning process will be success as what teacher purposed in the objectives and indicator of the lesson plan.

            Overall, the instruction models and the development of the lesson plan are the important things. From these points, I can know that students are unique. That is why if they cannot understand the lesson, it doesn’t mean that they are stupid but, they have some different style in learning for instance, they can only learn by audio and kinesthetic style while the teacher only explains the lesson by visualization they will not understand it. For me as a teacher candidate, I have to be able in these points, so that I can conduct teaching and learning process well.