CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Being a teacher does not mean only delivering materials to the students. Teachers are educators. Mudyahardjo 2001 states that education
is what schools do as the efforts for children and adolescents studying there to gain knowledge and full awareness to social relations and duties. From
this definition, we can draw a general conclusion that a school is supposed to enrich the students with any knowledge and it is not only academic
knowledge. Students need also some knowledge for their social lives. In line with this statement, an example of a good way to teach which not only
focuses on academic side can be seen in a movie entitled Dead Poets Society. This is the first thing that leads the researcher to the choice of this
movie. In the movie, Mr. Keating as the main character in Dead Poets
Society movie tries hard to make the students understand what education is. Mr. Keating breaks down the orthodox rule of teaching which has been
always textbook-based. This movie teaches us how a good teacher is like. Beidler 2002 states ten characteristics of a good teacher. They are having
a desire to be a good teacher which means keeping trying to be better than before, taking risk, having a positive attitude, never having enough time
because a good teacher loves what he does, considering teaching as parenting, giving confidence to students, keeping the students off balance,
motivating students, not trusting students’ evaluation, and listening to students.
The Dead Poets Society movie shows that Mr. Keating has some of a good teacher’s characteristics stated in the previous paragraph that make
him different from other teachers. Mr. Keating often brings his students to study outside the class and even uses no books. Here is one of the
differences between his teaching method and other teachers’. This method then fits the students. There are many more that Mr. Keating does as a good
teacher. It is then expected that this movie can be one of references for teachers to teach and learn through this movie as movies somehow can be
the representation of real life.
B. Focus of the research
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