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1. Teaching Reflection
During the TP program, student teachers must write reflections after each teaching. The refection reflected on how they teach the students in the class, and to know the strengths
and weaknesses in teaching in certain classes. From reflection, they are able to measure their knowledge about they way they to teach the students. The reflection may also help the
student teachers to improve their teaching skills and strategies for the next teaching. Below were the statements from student teachers who stated that by making reflection, it would help
them to improve their teaching skills:
I think by reflecting my experience it made me know what mistakes I made, the lack of my teaching, the good of my teaching, so I believe that by doing reflection on my teaching it makes me better in
teaching skill. Sabat, SMP Lab I wrote reflections after teaching the students. By making the reflection, the problems that I‟ve made in
the previous teaching will not appear again in my next teaching. Mocca, SMP Lab
2. Errors
As the new teacher in formal schools, it is inevitable for student teachers to make errors. This is true especially for those who have not known about the school situation and
about the students‟ characteristics yet. One of the participants explained a little bit about her experience in making errors while teaching:
I have ever experienced that. I miss pronounced one word. Well, after that my partner said that my pronunciation was a little bit wrong, but my partner didn‟t correct me directly in front of the class, my
partner just corrected me after I have finished my teaching. So, for the next teaching I have to speak carefully and correctly. Dewi, SMA Lab
All the participants reported that they experienced making errors or mistakes while teaching. Since it was the first time to teach the students in schools, so maybe the student
teachers felt nervous then they made mistakes in their teaching. According to Dewi SMA Lab, errors actually helped to make better teaching for the next teaching. By doing errors,
the student teachers would realize their mistake and weaknesses during doing TP. Errors also could improve the student teachers‟ awareness for not to make the same mistake in their
teaching. That was one of the ways for student teachers to gain pedagogical knowledge from their errors during doing TP.
3. Interaction
