2. Quantum Teaching
Quantum is an interaction which changes energy into light DePotter, 2004:5. It means the students’ ability is used in the learning process to make
them have better knowledge. Quantum teaching is much interaction in a learning process. The interaction is done to make the learning process runs effectively and
change the students’ ability and talent into light which can be useful for themselves and others. The interaction is between the teacher-students, students-
students and also the experiences in the process. The main idea of Quantum Teaching is bringing joy in the teaching-learning activity. This model also
integrates the learning material and life skill related to the learners’ background, so that the students can apply the material.
The basic principle in Quantum Teaching is ‘bring the learners into our world and bring our world to their world. The main idea is the ability to be a
bridge between the teacher and the learners students. There are five principles in Quantum Teaching DePotter, 2004:7:
a. Everything speaks: everything around the learners brings important message about learning.
b. Everything is on purpose: everything we do has its purpose. c. Experience before label: learning is best facilitated when the learners
experience first then label the activity’s done. d. Acknowledge every effort: every effort of each learner is important and it has
to be acknowledged to encourage them. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
e. If it’s worth learning, it’s worth celebrating: celebration means the respectful of the learners’ progress.
In teaching-learning activities, those five principles are represented in the following steps DePotter, 2004: 88-93:
a. Experience The teacher gains the students’ attention and raises the students’ motivation in
learning the material. The strategy is by giving the students questions, short funny story, drama, video, stories, pantomime, etceteras. Then let the students
experience the material. It can be by listening, experimentation, role play, games, group work, etc. It can be based on the students’ experience. The
activity in this step is also to raise the students’ curiosity. b. Learn and Label
In this step the teacher gives the concept of the material. The teacher answers the students’ curiosity after they experience it. Learn and label can be the
information, the fact, the formula, place, etc. Experience and learn the material before the students know the information the name can make the knowledge
or the material they learn to be really meaningful. c. Demonstrate
In this step, the students have an opportunity to demonstrate or apply what they have learned. The students can show what they have understood. The
activities can be role-play, video, songs, graphic explanation, etc. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
d. Review and Reflect The students review what they have learned on the teaching learning activity
and the teacher ask the students to make reflection on what they learned. The format depended on the teacher’s creativity. The reflection or repetition can
strengthen the students’ memory of the material. e. Celebration
This step aims to acknowledge the students’ effort in the teaching-learning activity. Reinforcement can raise the students’ motivation and also students’
interest in the learning activity. This step can also give satisfaction to the students for all their efforts in the learning process. The celebration can be
done through a compliment, sing a song, yell, clap hands, etc. In Quantum Teaching, the material covers at least five intelligences of the
students. There are nine multiple intelligences and their characteristics prominent ability by Howard Gardner:
a. Linguistic intelligence: understanding something in a sequence, understanding word meaning, explaining, telling a story, debating, remembering,
memorizing, giving speech, making poem, linguistic analyzing, writing, speaking, and playing a role-play.
b. Logical-mathematical intelligences: logic, reasoning, categorizing, classifying, abstraction, symbolizing, inductive and deductive thinking, counting,
scientific thinking, problem solving, syllogism. c. Spatial-visual: recognizing things in a space correctly, having the right
perception from different point of view, graphic representation, picture PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
manipulating, drawing, active imagination, responsive to color, line, and shape.
d. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: easy to expressing something using body, relating main and body, having ability in facial expression, playing role-play,
sport, dancing, having high body coordination and flexibility. e. Musical intelligence: sensitive to sound and music, knowing musical structure
well, creating melody, sensitive to intonation and rhythmic, singing, music performing, creating music, playing music instrument.
f. Interpersonal intelligence: cooperating, having ability to recognize and differentiate others’ feeling and personality, verbal and nonverbal
communication, responsive to friend, empathy, giving feedback. g. Intrapersonal intelligence: having good concentration, deeply self recognizing,
empathy-ego balance, reflective, conscious thought to spiritual reality. h. Naturalist intelligence: recognizing flora and fauna, classifying and
identifying flora and fauna, loving nature. i. Existential intelligence: sensitivity and ability to answer human existential
problem. In order to reach the best achievement for the students, the material covers at
least five intelligences. In Quantum Teaching, those intelligences are represented in the previous five steps.
Teaching using Quantum Teaching forces the teacher to pay attention to the teaching-learning process. There are three principles which have to be
underlined by the teacher to make the process runs effectively. The first is Know PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
It. The teacher has to know what heshe wants in the teaching-learning process. It includes the teacher’s purpose, the students’ background, the teachers’ strategy
and also material’s mastery. It is important to prepare the learning process. The second is Explain It. Knowing all the material well make the teacher get ready to
explain it to the students. In this second principle the teacher explains the material using the appropriate language to the students. To make it effective, the teacher
has to have a good communication with the students. The last principle is Get It. After the students having the explanation, they are asked to do some activities. It
is the time for the teacher to get the result and give the feedback. By listening and paying attention to the students’ activities, the teacher is able to know whether the
students understand the material or not. That is the importance of interaction in Quantum Teaching. After knowing the result, the teacher gives feedback to the
students. This feedback will improve the students’ ability.
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