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STUDENT TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
IN MICRO TEACHING CLASS A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Angela Merici Yudiyanti Kusuma Dewi
Student Number: 071214038
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2012
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STUDENT TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
IN MICRO TEACHING CLASS A SARJANA PENDIDIKAN THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Language Education By Angela Merici Yudiyanti Kusuma Dewi
Student Number: 071214038
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2012
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I dedicate this thesis to:
☺ My beloved parents, Bp. Petrus Sugiyanto & Ibu Natalia Suratmi ☺ My siblings, Mbak Ita, Mas Henry, Mbak Gatha, & Mbak Lusi ☺ My nephews, Satria & Arvin☺ My beloved fiancé, Mas Anjar ☺ My best friends, Novi & Shanti ☺ My grandparents, Mbah Harjosuwito and (Almh.) Mbah Ginem
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ABSTRACT
Dewi, Angela Merici Yudiyanti Kusuma. 2012. Student Teachers’ Classroom
Management in Micro Teaching Class. Department of Language and Arts
Education, Faculty of Teachers Training and Education, Yogyakarta: English
Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University.Micro teaching is a teaching simulation which focuses on training for the
accomplishment of a specific task. Therefore, the student teachers take
responsibility of successfully teaching by employing many skills and techniques.
One of the skills is classroom management. The ELESP student teachers are
trained to be teachers. Thus, they have to be able to conduct the teaching well. In
order to do so, they have to be able to manage the classroom since it plays an
important role in the successful teaching.The research was aimed to answer two questions: (1) What are the
classroom management conducted by the ELESP student teachers? and (2) What
are the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers
teaching practice? Therefore, this research studied Student Teachers’ Classroom
Management in Micro Teaching Class.The subjects of the research were eight students of the ELESP of academic
year of 2008/2009 who were taking Micro Teaching Class. The data were
collected through four steps, first by using observation checklist, second by using
observation note, third by using questionnaire, and the fourth was by using
guiding questions for interview. The observation checklist was employed to gain
data on the classroom managements conducted by the ELESP student teachers and
as the main data. Observation note was employed in order to record the teaching
performances. Questionnaire was employed to gain data based on the respondents’
point of view. Then, guiding questions for interview was employed to validate the
data.The results of the research showed classroom management which was
completed successfully was covenant management in managing the diversity
which encompasses combining both female and male in a group, involving all
students’ participation, and taking part in the students’ activity. In addition,
content management and conduct management were also conducted by the
ELESP student teachers. The student teachers conducted content management
when they managed the space, material, conventional equipment, movement of
people, and lesson. While student teachers conducted conduct management when
they managed self behavior management: the student teachers showed friendly,
used students’ name in the learning process, and student teachers’ voice was clear
and students’ behavior management: the student teachers gave compliments or
reward to students. Meanwhile, there were several problems which occurred in the
student teachers teaching practice related to content management and conduct
management. The problems that occurred covering content management happened
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when the student teachers could not make contact with all students in big classes,
manage the time which led into the failure to completing assignment, operate
electronic equipment in less than three minutes which led into failure to preview
media, and forget to check out audio visual and monitor the students and explain
instruction clearly which led to student apathy and unclear assignment.
Meanwhile, the problems covering conduct management happened when the
student teachers could not build self-discipline which led into cheating and they
could not correct inappropriate behavior causing talking out of turn and attention
seeking.
Keywords: micro teaching, classroom management, content management, conduct
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ABSTRAK
Dewi, Angela Merici Yudiyanti Kusuma. 2012. Student Teachers’ Classroom
Management in Micro Teaching Class. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Pendidikan
Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Sanata Dharma .Micro teaching merupakan simulasi pengajaran yang berpusat pada
pelatihan untuk tercapainya tugas tertentu. Oleh karena itu, mahasiswa praktikan
bertanggung jawab atas keberhasilan pengajaran dengan menerapkan teknik-
teknik dan keterampilan-keterampilan yang mereka pelajari. Salah satu
keterampilan tersebut adalah manajemen kelas. Karena mahasiswa micro
teaching PBI merupakan mahasiswa yang dididik untuk menjadi guru, mereka
harus mampu untuk menerapkan manajemen kelas karena hal tersebut memegang
peranan penting terhadap kesuksesan pengajaran.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjawab dua permasalahan, yaitu (1)
Manajemen kelas apa saja yang diterapkan oleh mahasiswa praktikan PBI? dan
(2) Permasalahan apa saja yang muncul dalam manajemen kelas ketika
mahasiswa praktikan PBI mengajar? Dengan demikian, penelitian ini meneliti
tentang tentang bagaimana cara mahasiswa praktikan dalam menerapkan
manajemen kelas.Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap delapan mahasiswa PBI tahun angkatan
2008/2009 yang sedang mengambil mata kuliah Micro Teaching. Ada empat
tahapan dalam mengumpulkan data, yaitu observasi, catatan observasi,
kuesioner, dan wawancara. Observasi digunakan untuk memperoleh data
mengenai jenis manajemen kelas apa saja yang diterapkan oleh mahasiswa
praktikan PBI dan sebagai data utama. Catatan observasi untuk mencatat seluruh
kegiatan mengajar. Kuesioner untuk memperoleh data berdasarkan pendapat
mahasiswa, sedangkan wawancara untuk mengklarifikasi hasil yang berbeda
antara observasi dan kuesioner.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa covenant management dalam
manajemen keanekaragaman meliputi kombinasi antara pria dan wanita dalam
satu kelompok, partisipasi seluruh siswa, dan keterlibatan didalam aktivitas siswa
telah diterapkan dengan baik oleh praktikan. Selain itu, content management dan
conduct management juga turut diterapkan oleh praktikan ketika mengajar.
Content management diterapkan oleh praktikan ketika mereka melakukan
manajemen ruang bahan ajar, peralatan konvensional, gerak siswa, dan
pelajaran. Conduct management diterapkan oleh praktikan ketika mereka
memanajemen tingkah laku diri sendiri: praktikan bersikap ramah, menggunakan
nama siswa dalam proses belajar, dan penggunaan suara yang jelas serta
manajemen tingkah laku siswa: praktikan memberikan pujian kepada siswa.
Sementara itu, ada beberapa masalah yang muncul dalam penerapan manajemen
kelas. Masalah-masalah tersebut mencakup content management dan conduct
management. Masalah dalam content management terjadi ketika praktikan tidak
bisa menjangkau seluruh siswa di dalam kelas yang besar, manajemen waktu
yang mengakibatkan tidak terselesaikannya tugas, mengoperasikan peralatan
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elektronik kurang dari tiga menit sehingga mengakibatkan kegagalan
menampilkan media dan kealapan untuk mengecek audio visual, serta memantau
siswa dan menjelaskan perintah secara jelas yang menimbulkan keacuhan siswa
dan tugas yang tidak jelas. Sedangkan masalah conduct management terjadi
ketika praktikan tidak bisa menciptakan disiplin pribadi siswa dimana hal ini
mengakibatkan siswa mencontek, mengkoreksi tingkah laku yang kurang baik
yang mengakibatkan siswa berbicara bukan pada waktunya dan mencari
perhatian.
Kata kunci: micro teaching, classroom management, content management,
conduct management, covenant management
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to God the
Almighty for his blessing, love, and strength. He always helps me in enlightening
my path, especially in completing my thesis. I believe that this achievement is
nothing without Him.My gratitude also goes to Christina Kristiyani, S.Pd., M.Pd. as my
advisor. I thank her for guiding me in the process of completing this thesis from
the beginning until the end, spending her time to read and give beneficial
feedback for my thesis, and for always giving me encouragement to finish this
thesis. I also thank her for giving me permission to do the research in her micro
teaching class.I am indebted to my lecturers, especially Yose Rianugraha, S.Pd.,
Hanadya Darjito, S.Pd., M.Hum., and Sr. Rachel, FCJ who gave me
permission to observe and conduct my research in their classes. I really thank
them for being so cooperative. They also gave me valuable suggestions for my
thesis. My thanks are also addressed to Sr. Margaret, FCJ for correcting
grammar mistakes in my thesis.My wholehearted thanks go to my family, especially my father and my
mother, my grandpa, my brother and sisters, also my nephews for the prayer,
support, and encouragement in every step I took in completing my thesis. I thank
them for putting their trust in me to finish this thesis. I am also grateful to my
fiancé, Mas Anjar, for giving me motivation not to give up whenever I was
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down. I also thank him for being patient whenever I was distressed during the
process of my thesis completion.My gratitude expressed to my beloved friends, Novi, Shanti, and Alfon
who kept motivating me to do the best, Lita, Dina, Aurel, Calvin, Deni, Sance,
Widi, Patric, Rieta, Reta, Tanti, Hedwig, Sr. Yusta, Ajeng, Nicho, and Aik
who always gave me support in completing my thesis. My thanks also to my PBI
friends Ria, Eli, Susi, Gobe, Ephin, Galih, Ristia, Yosa, Beni, Yuyun, Rima,
Rudi, and Mbak Ping who became my partners in finishing the thesis, and to
those whose names cannot be mentioned one by one.I am further indebted to all Microteaching students who became my
research respondents, especially Enda, Fani, Sabrina, Nita, Seto, Tia, Meita,
and Delis for their cooperation in filling in the questionnaire and being my
interviewees.I would also like to express my appreciation to PBI secretariat staff, Mbak
Danik and Mbak Tari for their assistance in providing information during my
study.Finally, nothing is perfect and neither is this thesis. Any correction, comments, and critique for the improvement of this thesis are always welcome.
Angela Merici Yudiyanti Kusuma Dewi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageTITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................... i
APPROVAL PAGES .............................................................................................. ii
DEDICATION PAGE ............................................................................................ iv
STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ........................................................ v
PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI ....................................................... vi
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... vii
ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................... ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..................................................................................... xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... xiii
LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................. xv
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................. xvi
LIST OF APPENDICES ...................................................................................... xix
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1
A. Research Background ...................................................................... 1 B. Research Problems ........................................................................... 3 C. Problem Limitation .......................................................................... 3 D. Research Objectives ......................................................................... 4 E. Research Benefits ............................................................................. 4 F. Definition of Terms .......................................................................... 6CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ....................................... 8
A. Theoretical Description ................................................................... 81. Classroom Management ............................................................. 9
2. Components of Classroom Management .................................. 11
a. Content Management ........................................................... 11
b. Conduct Management .......................................................... 16
c. Covenant Management ......................................................... 19
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B. Theoretical Framework .................................................................. 19
CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.................................................. 21
A. Research Method .......................................................................... 21 B. Research Setting ........................................................................... 22 C. Research Participants.................................................................... 23 D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique ................................. 23 E. Data Analysis Technique .............................................................. 27 F. Research Procedure ....................................................................... 35CHAPTER IV. RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ............................. 38
A. Classroom Management Conducted by the ELESP Student Teachers ....................................................................................... 391. Content Management .............................................................. 40
2. Conduct Management ............................................................. 71
3. Covenant Management............................................................ 76
B. The Classroom Management Problems that Occur in the Student Teachers Teaching Practice.......................................................... 79
1. Content Management ............................................................... 80
2. Conduct Management .............................................................. 82
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION .......................... 84
A. Conclusions .................................................................................... 84 B. Recommendation ........................................................................... 86REFERENCES ....................................................................................................... 88
APPENDICES ....................................................................................................... 90
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LIST OF TABLES
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4.1 Observation Checklist Results 1 ...................................................................... 99
4.2 Observation Checklist Results 2 .................................................................... 103
4.3 Questionnaire Results 1 ................................................................................. 119
4.4 Questionnaire Results 2 ................................................................................. 123
4.5 Guiding Questions for Interview Results 1 .................................................... 137
4.6 Guiding Questions for Interview Results 2 .................................................... 141
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LIST OF FIGURES
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1.1 Diagrams of Possible Room Arrangement ....................................................... 12
4.1 Seating Arrangement as Ordinary Row for Watching Movie or Listening
to Lecture ......................................................................................................... 40
4.2 The Setting of Chairs/Tables did not Disturb Classroom Activity .................. 41
4.3 All of the Students Obtained the Handout ....................................................... 43
4.4 Teacher Gave Example/Description about the Materials Given ...................... 43
4.5 The Time to do Activity was Appropriate ....................................................... 44
4.6 There was not any Time Left (5-10 minutes) after the Materials and Tasks
were Given ........................................................................................................ 45
4.7 Teacher Provided Sources of the Materials ..................................................... 46
4.8 Students could Do the Task by the Time Given .............................................. 48
4.9 Students did not Require Additional Time more than 10 Minutes .................. 48
4.10 Teacher Wrote Down/Explained by Employing Marker/Chalk ..................... 50
4.11 Employing White-Board to Write Down Notes ............................................. 51
4.12 The Use of Eraser ........................................................................................... 52
4.13 Equipment Employed were Related to the Topics ......................................... 52
4.14 Equipment Employed did not Disturb Activity ............................................. 53
4.15 Teacher did not Tend to Come Closer to A Student/ A Group when
Explaining ...................................................................................................... 54
4.16 Teacher did not Move around very Often ...................................................... 55
4.17 Teacher Made Sure that the Students were Ready to Hear ............................ 56
4.18 Teacher Finished One Activity before Starting next Activity ....................... 57
4.19 Teacher did not Start another Topic/Activity then Jumped Back to the
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Unfinished Previous One .............................................................................. 58
4.20 Teacher Avoided Distracter Caused by Irrelevant Happening ...................... 58
4.21 Teacher Gave Brief Explanation .................................................................... 59
4.22 Teacher Avoided Going into much Detail ..................................................... 59
4.23 Teacher Involved Students’ Participation ...................................................... 60
4.24 Teacher Called up a Group at Once and did not Call Them up One by One…………………………………………………………………………61
4.25 Teacher Explained Instruction Clearly so that the Students did not Make
Disturbance during the Activity ...................................................................... 62
4.26 No Person Moved around very Often during Teaching Activity .................. 62
4.27 Teacher Kept an Eye to Entire Class at Once to Make Class Aware ............ 63
4.28 Teacher Listened to One Student while Monitoring other Students .............. 64
4.29 Teacher Explained Instruction Clearly on How to Do the Activity .............. 65
4.30 Teacher Provided several Topics to Discuss so that the Students Were
Enthusiastic ..................................................................................................... 66
4.31 Teacher Provided enough Materials............................................................... 67
4.32 Teacher Provided Fun Activity ...................................................................... 67
4.33 Teacher Explained the Lesson to Teach ......................................................... 68
4.34 Teacher Had Plenty of Materials to Conduct ................................................. 68
4.35 Teacher Finished One Activity before Starting another Activity ................. 69
4.36 Teacher did not Jump Back to the Unfinished Activity ................................. 69
4.37 Teacher Showed Friendly/Cheerful/Interest/Helpful ..................................... 71
4.38 Teacher Called Students’ Name in the Learning Process .............................. 72
4.39 Teacher Combined Sense of Humor in the Class........................................... 73
4.40 Teacher’s Voice was Clear Heard at the Back ............................................... 74
4.41 Student Worked in a Group Cooperatively when It was a Group work ........ 75
4.42 Teacher Gave Reward/Compliment to Students who Behaved Well ............ 75
4.43 Teacher Combined Female and Male in a Group .......................................... 77
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4.44 Teacher Involved the Participation of All Students ....................................... 77
4.45 Teacher Took Part with the Students in Conducting the Activity ................. 78
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LIST OF APPENDICES
AppendixPage
A A Sample of Permission Letters .................................................................. 91
B Observation Checklist ................................................................................. 93
C Observation Checklist Results ..................................................................... 98
D Questionnaire ............................................................................................ 113
E Questionnaire Results ............................................................................... 118
F Guiding Questions for Interview .............................................................. 132
G Guiding Questions for Interview Results .................................................. 136
H Samples of Observation Note .................................................................... 152
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter, the researcher presents the research background, research
problems, problem limitation, research objectives, research benefits, and definition of terms.
A. Research Background
Teaching is the world's biggest profession in terms of the number of teachers teaching at different levels. Unfortunately, the assumption on the part of the society that all can teach has led to many problems in the profession of teaching (Ahmed, 2008). Therefore, becoming a teacher is not easy since teachers have to face many things in the educational world, such as various characteristic of the students and the limitation of media in teaching. The difficulties in handling the situation and the classroom condition and in managing the time or conducting the classroom management are another example of the problems since the students’ learning and the classroom management are not easy to control.
On the other hand, the student who is trained to be a teacher, especially becoming a professional and or good teacher, has to be able to conduct the teaching well. The teacher has to minimize the trouble in the learning process and maximize the learning process so that the learning process can be conducted well.
One of the skills that a student teacher has to possess is managing the classroom since classroom management acquires an important role in the teaching activities.
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It is also not easy for the student teachers to manage the classroom since classroom management can be considered as the most fundamental - and the most difficult- task the teacher performs (Weber, 1982, p. 280).
The ELESP students of the academic year 2007/2008, PPL II offered a real situation where they experienced some problems related to the classroom management when they conducted the teaching. Some of the problems were difficulties in handling the students who made noise and the difficulties in asking some students to participate or be active in the learning process, such as reluctance in answering the questions given by the teacher since the students were afraid to make mistakes. Another problem faced by students who have taken PPL
II was the difficulty in managing teaching equipment and the difficulty in
involving all of the students in the class.Thus, the activity in the learning process should be conducted well by the ELESP student teachers. One of the ways is by managing the classroom well since classroom management plays an important role in the success teaching. Besides, the student teachers are required to solve the problems in the classroom by conducting classroom management, such as content management, conduct management, and the covenant management which are often faced by the student teachers in the real teaching (Froyen & Iverson, 1999, para. 2).
Therefore, the researcher examines the English Language Education Study Program student teachers’ performance in teaching, especially in managing the classroom when they are conducting the teaching process. In the research, the researcher attempts to investigate classroom management conducted by the
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student teachers of the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP), or they are usually called as PBI students, of academic year 2008/2009. The student teachers are those who are conducting the teaching practice, especially when they are teaching the lower semester students. In addition, the researcher examines the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers teaching practice.
B. Research Problems
In relation to the topic of the study, it is expected that the result of the study would be able to answer the following questions.
1. What are the classroom management conducted by the ELESP student teachers?
2. What are the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers teaching practice?
C. Problem Limitation
In conducting the teaching, a teacher sometimes will find some difficulties in facing a lot of characteristics of the students and also in conducting the teaching itself. The problems which arise can be the difficulties in handling the teaching media, managing the situation of the classroom, managing the time in delivering the activity, and or in managing the students’ behavior related to the classroom management.
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In order to anticipate and solve the problems which come up during the teaching process, it can be minimized by conducting classroom management. The classroom management itself is content management which deals with the classroom and its contents, conduct management which refers to the ability of the teacher in addressing and resolving the discipline in the classroom, and covenant management which focuses on the interaction and the relationship in the classroom.
In this research, the researcher attempts to investigate the classroom management conducted by the ELESP student teachers and the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers teaching practice.
D. Research Objectives The research is intended to achieve some objectives. They are as follows.
1. Identify the classroom management conducted by the ELESP student teachers.
2. Identify the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers teaching practice.
E. Research Benefits
The research will bring some benefits for the student teachers, microteaching lecturers, and the future researchers. They are as follows.
1. For the Student Teachers
The study would help the student teachers to improve their ability in teaching, especially in managing the classroom so that in the future if they
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become teachers, they can anticipate and solve the problems related to classroom management. Besides, it can help the student teachers to teach better when they are conducting their PPL II by knowing what components of classroom management should be conducted in order to anticipate the problems which occur.
2. For the Micro Teaching Lecturers
The study would help the lecturers of microteaching to know the student teachers’ ability in teaching related to the classroom management. Therefore, the lecturers will know what aspects in teaching related to the classroom management which should be improved for the student teachers. In addition, by knowing the problems that occur in managing the classroom during the teaching practice conducted by the ELESP student teachers, the lecturers could give solution or anticipation about it.
3. For the Future Researchers
This study would help the future researchers to know the components of classroom management which can be explored more since this research studies classroom management which encompasses three components. Therefore, the future researchers would have a specific classroom management to study. In addition, the future researchers could obtain more respondents as the sample by focusing on a certain skill of a class since the researcher obtained limited number of respondents.
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F. Definition of Terms
There are two definitions that are discussed in order to clarify the title of the research.
1. Classroom Management
According to Johnson and Bany, classroom management is the process of establishing and maintaining the internal environment of the group and the classroom conditions for the attainment of educational goals which consist of provision and procedures (as cited in Clark & Starr, 1991, p. 98). Meanwhile, Clark and Starr (1991) explain that classroom management is the process of organizing and carrying out classes so that learning occurs smoothly and efficiently. To focus classes on learning is the major purpose of it (p. 111). In addition, it conveys components of classroom management namely conduct management, content management, and covenant management as the three major components (Froyen & Iverson, 1999, para. 2).
In this study, classroom management is all components of classroom management so that the disturbance or other noise activities in the classroom can be minimized. The classroom management is conducted by the ELESP student teachers in the academic year of 2008/2009 who were taking micro teaching class and conducting teaching practice to lower semester students. In addition, the student teachers are required to manage the classroom which covers content management, conduct management, and covenant management as one of the teaching skills so that the flow of learning process during their teaching practice runs smoothly.
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2. Micro Teaching
Allen and Ryan (1969) state that micro teaching is real teaching which focuses on training for the accomplishment of specific task. The students of micro teaching should be skillfully taught. Besides, the skill or technique practiced must fit in well with the lesson specified for that day (pp. 2-4). Here, the student teachers take responsibility for successfully teaching an entire unit, and, to do this well, the student teachers have to utilize many skills and techniques.
In addition, there are several skills that student teachers should be able to master in conducting micro teaching. They are material mastery, self teaching performance, classroom management, and the use of language and grammar (Buku Pedoman, 2008).