Perspectives and Implications of Japanese Language Teachers on the Cooperative Learning Implemented in The Classrooms Conducted at Senior High Schools in Makassar

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to figure out the perspectives of Japanese language teachers and the implementation of cooperative learning conducted in the classroom at five Private Senior High Schools in Makassar. The research found that the teachers haven't clearly understood the perspectives and implications of cooperative learning as thosearenot commonly used at their schools. The teachers, which are considered as the participants in this research, tend to usegroup discussionsin traditional perspectives which highly focuson the grammatical patterns,while the cooperative learning is consideredas one scientific approach in the 2013 curriculum. Group discussion activities with authentic and attractive topicsmay encourage the students' motivation as reflected from the 2013 curriculum to the recently implemented learning activities in their teachings. In the other words, the implementation of group discussionsin the classroom is still conventional in which the teachers still become the centers of attention in learning the grammatical patterns. The teachers have not completely understood the roles, procedures andstrategiesused in the effective group discussionsof modern perspectives to reach the goals regarding to theimplementation of cooperativelearning.