Untuk yang belum terbiasa menangani anak-anak dalam situasi
mengajar atau berkomunikasi dalam waktu lama, menghadapi anak-anak dapat
menjadi hal yang cukup sulit. Ron Clark adalah guru di Amerika Serikat yang
menggugah amerika dengan mengajar anak-anak yang cukup sulit didaerah Harlem. Perjalanan
mengajar Ron Clark sudah dibuat film karena begitu menginspirasinya
Disalah satu buku Ron Clark yang berjudul The Essential 55 (link ebook) Ron berbagi 55
peraturan dikelas yang dapat diterapkan. Selama mengajar Ron dapat menyimpulkan
4 hal mengenai anak-anak yang dpat kita terapkan.
1.
Kids
need and like structure
Anak-anak membutuhkan kerangka yang jelas apa saja peraturan yang
ada, mana yang boleh mana yang tidak, dan siapa yang memegang control. Kita
perlu menjaga agar anak dapat merasa aman dan nyaman
2.
Kids
will work hard for you, if they like who you are as a person
Memiliki program pendisiplinan yang bagus tidak cukup untuk
membuatmu disukai anak-anak. Pada praktik mengajarnya Ron Clark mengirimi surat
ke anak-anak muridya mengenai apa yang ia sukai dan apa hobi Ron.
"I don't care if you don't like me. I
couldn't care less. I am not here to be friends with any of you either. I have
plenty of friends and I don't need any more. I don't care if you get mad and
call me bad names in your mind. You are more than welcome to do that, because
my objective here isn't to have you like me; it's to have you learn. I care
about each and every one of you, and I am dedicated and driven to giving you
the best education possible. I want each of you to know that I am going to do
whatever it takes to make that happen, and nothing is going to stand in my
way."
3. Kids like to know what is expected of them
Seringkali kita bingung kenapa anak anak melakukan hal tidak baik
yang sebelumnya dilarang oleh orang dewasa. Inilah perlunya spesifik dalam
memberi tahukan kepada anak mengenai hal apa yang kita inginkan dari anak.
“It’s unrealistic to
expect kids to automatically behave exactly as you hope they will. Kids are
kids, and many actions that may seem like common sense to us will seem foreign
to them. I have found that no matter who the child is, if you explain exactly
what you want from him and exactly how you hope he will act, then he will try
his best to perform up to your standards.”
4. Kids like to know they are cared for
Anak-anak perlu tahu dan merasakan bahwa sebagai orang
dewasa, kita menyanyangi dan perhatian terhadap mereka, karena sebelum mereka
menginvestasikan perasaannya terhadap kita, mereka perlu tahu seberapa besar
kita menginginkan perhatian mereka
Cerita menarik dari Ron mengenai salah satu anak muridnya
“In my first year of
teaching, there was a child named Raymond who was a very disrespectful and
disruptive child. In the classroom he was a leader to other students, and the
chaos he created affected the climate of the entire class. I knew if I could
find a way to reach him that it would go a long way in terms of helping to
control the entire class. One Friday afternoon, Raymond told me in a very cocky
tone that he wasn't going to complete his weekend homework, because he had
basketball games to play on Saturday and Sunday in the recreation league. I
didn't argue with him. Instead, I found out where the games were going to be
played and I attended the games. When Raymond saw me, he was shocked and asked
what I was doing there. I told him I was there to cheer him on, and he couldn't
believe it. Throughout the games, everytime he made a shot, dribbled the ball,
made a steal, or got a rebound, he would glance over to see if I was watching.
My being there that day meant a great deal to Raymond, and that Monday he came
in with all of his homework completed, neat and correct. In fact, Raymond
turned into a model student. He became respectful and hardworking, and he no
longer was a source of negative leadership; on the contrary, he became a
positive role model for the rest of the class.”
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