Brain Dump

This time Mr. Marsigit did question-answer session. First Mr. Marsigit told us about learning ethnomathematics. If we learn instantly, then we can’ t have the knowledge completely. Ethnomathematics is inovative, ethnomathematics can be applied in our daily life. Like Street Mathematics in Brazil, and maybe someday we can make mathematics for our own area. Now we will discuss the question-answer. The first question came from Hildergadis Mulu,” How do teachers implement innovative teaching methods without having collided with the educational system of results-oriented National Exam ? ”. In class , the one who innovative is teacher . Teacher is the one who authoritarian , the democratic one is teacher . Innovative is yourself , the traditional is you. In applying the innovative learning method all depends on the teacher . So Ethnomathematics was a student himself. If education is considered as an investment in the future , there is no need to worry ...

Nawangwulan Vennia Hanung Hershanasti Pendidikan Matematika Internasional 2011 11313244016 Assalamualaikum w.w. Saya adalah salah satu siswa yang mengalami pembelajaran matematika yang amat sangat menyenangkan di sekolah dasar. Dari apa yang saya alami, cara mengajar guru atau cara guru menyampaikan materi mungkin sama dengan apa yang saya pelajari selama ini, menggunkan lembar kerja, ada diskusi antar siswa, bahkan dibentuk kerja kelompok dimana memungkinkan siswa yang 'lebih unggul' dapat mementori kawan dalam satu kelompoknya, sehingga dalam pembelajaran matematika tidak hanya melulu belajar matematika saja, tapi juga memberikan pelajaran lain, yaitu pelajaran kehidupan di mana adanya bahu membahu dan membantu dalam menyelesaikan suatu problema, terutama berlajar bertanggung jawab atas apa yang dibebankan kepada siswa secara kelompok (berupa soal-soal). Jadi pembelajaran matematika juga membangun kepribadian siswa. Prestasi belajar matematika di sekolah dasar mu...

I am glad that finally I write on this blog again since it seems like a year ago from the last post about reflection on Mr. Marsigit's course. Of course this time the reflection is not about English course that Mr. Marsigit taught, but it is about his course in this semester, Ethnomathematics. Since I am still in Mathematics Class, studying ethnomathematics is one of the important course. Otherwise some people thinks that ethnomathematics is not really necessary for the material of the mathematics itself. But what is the ethnomathematics? From the first I read the course's name, the first thing came to mind is that ethnomathematics will give us some enlightenment about the past of mathematics that has some connection to culture, especially Indonesian culture. Mr. Marsigit said the same thing about it. Ethnomathematics was the head or maybe the mother of mathematics. Every area has its mathematics, then we call it by ethnomathematics. So does Indonesia. We knew, everybody kne...