Research Activities as Effort to Improvement Professionalism Math Teacher

By: Dr. Marsigit M. A

Reviewed by: Hany Tri Wahyono

About situation and effort to reveal learning mathematic phenomenon can be illustrated with a hermenitik circle where a teacher or a researcher effort the learning mathematic aspect as a phenomenon either the fact that examined directly or like potentials that need use for its improvement. To do learning mathematic we need have realization that learning mathematic as a world that save a lot mystery. People or the teachers have a limit to know that, but a teacher need effort to get image about mathematic learning world with doing deconstruction specifically math education world.

We can get the source research of math education from doing math education revolution, where can be realized that source innovation of math education can be from conceptual factor, value, pragmatic, empiric or polities. With some from that source teacher or researcher can improve how to do learning on math education. Contemporary math education research basically the researcher understand that math substance, math school substance, and math education substance. More than that, the comprehension then be the base also be purpose that will achieved in research or “grounded-theory” is build the education theory with math education theory. If we as the teacher want renewal math education so math education research will be needs. With math education research we can know about individual difference or group on math learning, we can specify student position in a group, can compare the result from learning activity among group.

We also can do examination compatibility among purpose and value from learning. The value from researching can use to completion program, guidance, and giving information to public. We can also compare between performance and criteria from each program dimension and completion the program and conclude the result from whole math education. Then we can do study about program activity that finally use to completion a whole math education program. So when math education will be do, not bad if the teachers be given an input then it can make research education activity can stick with mathematic learning activity.