Teachers and The Application of Constructivism Learning: What Their Relationship is

Abstract

Educational expert is teachers. Teachers need the skills to implement their work optimally. The skills have several standards, one of them is the competence of practice. The competence of practice is how the teacher implements the learning process effectively. Effective learning will occur if the learning method used in suitable with the needs of students. Students need a teacher who can facilitate learning. Learning can be done in various ways, namely by using habits, reinforcement, even from within yourself by using a mind that can construct new knowledge by beginning with existing knowledge with new experiences and then generate conclusions that make it a new knowledge. The process of constructing new knowledge is known as the theory of constructivism learning. This process will not work properly teachers do not have competence of practice. Basically in this competence has a standard of appearance through the practice and social competence of a teacher.

Indonesian EFL students’ perceptions of TikTok utilization in EFL learning

“…Surprisingly, none of the students reported that they opened the application for pedagogical purposes, more particularly for English language learning purposes; it is to be borne in mind that the information they searched on TikTok had nothing to do with improving their English communication skills. This finding is consistent with the finding of the study conducted by Pratiwi et al (2021). The students in the Pratiwi et al (2021) study reported that they used TikTok for the following two purposes: information searching (e.g., to look for information pertaining to life hacks and recommended skincare) and entertainment (i.e., they opened TikTok to entertain themselves).…”

“…This finding is consistent with the finding of the study conducted by Pratiwi et al (2021). The students in the Pratiwi et al (2021) study reported that they used TikTok for the following two purposes: information searching (e.g., to look for information pertaining to life hacks and recommended skincare) and entertainment (i.e., they opened TikTok to entertain themselves). Although two of the students mentioned that they also looked for information about education on TikTok, none of them clearly stated that such information was related to English language learning.…”

“…Although two of the students mentioned that they also looked for information about education on TikTok, none of them clearly stated that such information was related to English language learning. Unfortunately, Pratiwi et al (2021) did not elaborate on what information about education their research participants looked for on TikTok. With that being said, it is quite safe to assume that the educational information looked for by the two students in the Pratiwi et al (2021) study did not pertain to improving English communication skills.…”

“…Unfortunately, Pratiwi et al (2021) did not elaborate on what information about education their research participants looked for on TikTok. With that being said, it is quite safe to assume that the educational information looked for by the two students in the Pratiwi et al (2021) study did not pertain to improving English communication skills. Otherwise, the students would explicitly use phrases such as English language, English learning, etc.…”