Cooperative Learning: Promoting the Four Pillars of Education in English Foreign Language Classroom of Higher Education  

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Karmina, Sari

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 61st TEFLIN International Conference : English Language Curriculum Development: Implications for Innovations in Language Policy and Planning, Pedagogical Practices, and Teacher Professional Development, Solo, 7 - 9 October 2014, page 780-783 .
Topik: cooperative learning; four pillars of education; teaching method; higher education
Fulltext: COOPERATIVE LEARNING PROMOTING THE FOUR PILLARS.pdf (6.96MB)

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The implementation of the four pillars of education; learning to know, to do, to be, and to live together (Directorate General Higher Education(DIKTI): 2008, cited from UNESCO: 1996) has apparently been a rhetoric in higher education. Classes are still taught in traditional way. Competence-based curriculum seems to be neglected when it comes to teaching method. Thus, this study is aimed to promote cooperative learning as a teaching method in EFL (English for Foreign Language) classroom in higher education to transform the four pillars of education. This two-cycle-classroom action research is employed to answer the research question; how can cooperative learning realize the four pillars of education in EFL classrooms?. Observation on the teaching and learning process is employed to know the effectiveness of the method and questionnaire is used to know the students’ opinions on the method. Results show that cooperative learning enables students to know, to do, to be and to live together and students perceive the method in positive ways. Thus, cooperative learning is recommended as an alternative teaching method to promote the four pillars of education in EFL classrooms in higher education.

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