Master Seminer

Among many experiences in joining so many courses in IDEC, one of the most challenging course is Master Seminar. 

Joining such course reminds me of my study experience more than 10 years ago. Though I have thought that I have prepared the best, I don't know what kind of situation, criticism, questions or comments would I face in my presentation. I was feeling very lucky however to have such an opportunity to express my ideas about mathematics education.

It is opening my eyes about many phenomena in mathematics education. Through this course, I find out that teaching process and learning process is not as simple as it seems. And in case of Indonesia, there are many things that need to be improved in mathematics education.

I chose the title of Teacher's Knowledge on Content and Teaching in Using Problem Solving in Indonesia. This is a very difficult topic to present, yet it was also very important issue for my country. And of course I don't have too enough confidence to present this topics without consulting with many other people, including my neighbor Ghafur san and Tuswadi san, and other valuable advises and help from Baba sensei and member of his lab. 

Honestly I don't really get used of making presentation. My hands were wet and my heart beat so fast. When I read my presentation, I made many incorrect spellings. And when I finished reading some questions making me aware of possible misunderstanding and also ideas. For instance when Justus asking me about problem solving approach. I thought he was asking of type problem solving classification. But soon after, I understood what he was saying.

Anyway, though I have many difficulties before and during the presentation, I got many important feedback in this presentation and valuable insight for development of my research forward.

Thank you