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IJEE (Indonesian Journal of English Education), 2 (1), 2015, 59-72
Received: 29th March 2015; Revised: 28th April 2015; Accepted: 28th May 2015
ABSTRACT
Some research has argued that effective teachers significantly influence students’
performance. However, becoming effective teachers are not easy because they have to apply
some strategies of effective teaching. For that reason, this paper intends to investigate
whether teachers from three Islamic Senior High Schools in South Jakarta practice effective
teaching strategies. These schools have been considered good due to the high mean score of
English subject in Ujian Nasional. The framework of effective teaching follows the model
developed by Creemers and Kyriakides, which relate teacher behavior in the classroom and
student achievement. The framework consists of orientation, structuring, questioning,
teaching modeling, applications, teacher role in making classroom a learning environment,
management of time, and classroom assessment.
Key words: teaching; effective teaching; effective teaching strategies
ABSTRAK
Banyak penelitian yang menyatakan bahwa guru-guru yang efektif sangat berperan penting dalam
perkembangan siswa. Namun, menjadi guru yang efektif tidaklah mudah karena mereka harus
menerapkan beberapa strategi pengajaran yang efektif. Oleh karena itu, paper ini bertujuan untuk
melihat apakah para guru yang berasal dari tiga Madrasah Aliyah Negeri (MAN) di daerah Jakarta
Selatan mempraktekan strategi pengajaran yang efektif. Framework pengajaran yang efektif mengikuti
model yang dikembangkan oleh Creemers dan Kyriakides, yang menunjukkan adanya hubungan
antara apa yang dilakukan oleh guru dikelas dengan pencapaian siswa. Framework tersebut terdiri
dari: orientation, structuring, questioning, teaching modeling, applications, teacher role in making
classroom a learning environment, management of time, and classroom assessment.
Kata kunci: pengajara; pengajaran yang efektif; strategi pengajaran yang efektif
How to Cite: Aida. L. (2015). An Investigation of the Practice of Effective Teaching Strategies in Three
Islamic Senior High Schools in South Jakarta. IJEE (Indonesian Journal Of English Education), 2(1), 58-75.
doi:10.15408/ijee.v2i1.2195
Permalink/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/ijee.v2i1.2195
learner to learn, and to set the condition Teaching is also called as an intentional
for learning. Indirectly, this process activity concerned with student
provides teachers to create an academic learning. The remaining question is
cooperative environment in the school. how do we define effective teaching,
which concerns what teachers do in the
The content of learning may be
classroom that leads to better students’
facts, procedures, skills, ideas and
performance.
values which are applied in the
learning activities. Moreover, the According to Kriyacou (2009, p.
content is useful in some activities such 8), effective teaching can be defined as a
as comprehending the material, teaching process that successfully
providing student needs, and solving facilitates students’ activities of
the learning problem which are obtaining knowledge and skills
included in the teaching objectives designed by the teacher. This is to say
(Brown and Madeline, 2002, p. 2). that effective teaching concerns the
effects of learning activities on
In addition, Moore (2012) explains
students’ performance. In other words,
that teaching is an activity, which
effective teaching deals with teacher
provides students to maximize their
activities that lead to better students’
abilities in all aspects of development.
performance.
In line with this, Gage (1984) states that
not only is an art regarded as a Barry (2010) argues that these
component of teaching, but science is activities require a deep inside of
also included as the other component. subject matter, learning theory of
Teaching has a scientific basis, which diverse students, designing and
applications are derived from research. teaching strategies, student needs, and
Further, it is called as an art because it evaluation of student outcomes.
depends on teachers’ intuition Further, the activities also involve
combined with teacher’s experiences. teachers’s competence to reflect, work
Hence, teaching can be viewed as with team, and keep on establishing
having both artistic and scientific professional teaching in order to
components (Richard, 2007). enhance students’ achievement.
Further, not only does effective
In summary, teaching is a
teaching need the teaching strategies,
complex process, which involves
but also require human abilities,
students’ diverse ability and
instinct, and intelligence to maximize
backgrounds in terms of linguistic,
teaching and learning process.
cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity.
The sixth is teacher role in because the factors cover what effective
making classroom a learning teachers do from the beginning until
environment. Effective teachers the end of the classroom session.
manages the classroom in such a way
In short, this study attempts to
that enable different groups of students
investigate whether teachers apply
involved in the classroom interactions.
these eight classroom factors of the
In the dynamic model, five elements of
dynamic model in their teaching
the classroom as a learning
practices. The result of the study is
environment are taken into account i.e.
expected tp be useful not only for the
teacher-student interaction, student-
researcher but also for teachers and
student interaction, students’ treatment
other parties. For teachers, the findings
by the teacher, competition between
of this study could provide important
students, and classroom disorder.
information on what they should do in
The seventh is management of order to effective teachers. For other
time, which is one of the most parties especially policy makers, the
important indicators of a teacher’s findings could serve as a fundamental
ability to manage the classroom in an basis to develop teacher development
effective way. Effective teachers program concerning what teachers
organize and manage the classroom should focus if they have to improve
environment as an efficient learning their quality.
environment and thereby to maximize
engagement rates. The last one is METHOD
classroom assessment, which is seen as
In this study, the researcher used
an integral part of teaching. Formative
two instruments to gather the data of
assessment, especially, is one of the
teaching and lerning process, which
most important factors associated with
were observation sheet and
effectiveness at all levels, especially at
questionnaires. All components of the
the classroom level.
eight effective teaching principles of the
In this paper, the eight factors dynamic model were included in both
explained in the dynamic model is used instruments. Five scales were designed
as a reference in conceptualizing in the two instruments to indicate the
effective teaching. This is because those quality of each observed activity, in
factors have been previously found to which 1 is minimum and 5 is
be related to students’ outcome. In maximum. The questionnaire were
addition, the model is comprehensive given to teachers and students to gather
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