Research Procedure RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
41 group
12 Nov 9, 2015
Moral value
of storytelling video.
Revisiting the Gun Debate in America.
Sharing about storytelling videos in a small group.
13 Nov 16, 2015
Moral value
of storytelling video.
Discussing home
assignments. Sharing about storytelling
videos in a small group. 14
Nov 23, 2015 Introvert and Extrovert. Which One Are You?
Sharing about introvert and extrovert person in a small
group. 15
Nov 30, 2015 WHO: Bacon, Hot
Dogs Can
Cause Cancer.
Women’s Entrepreneurship on
The Rise. Vietnam Shoots to
YouTube’s Top 10 Countries.
On The Wrong End of Globalization: The
Kolkota Slums. Preparing final test by
discussing final
test materials together.
All activities above bolstered students’ curiosity and understanding of the content. Based on Table 4.1 and the data collecting, the researcher found three
main features of the application of constructivist pedagogy which held by the lecturer. The first feature is valuing the learning process. In valuing the learning
process, three characteristics of constructivist learning offered by Brooks and Brooks 1993 were summarized. Those three characteristics are pursuit of
learners’ questions is highly valued, students are viewed as thinkers with emerging theories, and a
teacher seeks the learners’ point of views in order to understand learners’ present conceptions for use in subsequent lessons.
42 The second feature
is building students’ enthusiasm. According to Brooks and Brooks 1993, constructivist teacher should encourage students’ autonomy,
initiative, inquiry, and natural curiosity. On the other words, constructivist learning should engage student
s’ enthusiasm. The lecturer strengthened students’ excitement in learning through self-reflexivity and high expectations.
The third feature is seeking accountability. Constructivist learning requires students’ cooperation in the process of learning. Students will more cooperative in
the classroom when a teacher can be trusted by them Peterson, 1992. The researcher points out lecturer’s attitude to gain learners’ trust by becoming an
effective model who is accountable. Those three applications of constructivist learning are discussed in the following parts.