Humanistic Model in Teaching Writing: One Step to Develop the Students’ Motivation
Abstract
This case study explored the lecturer and the students’ experience in teaching-learning process of writing class using humanistic learning model. Humanistic learning model asserts the central role of the whole person in the learning process. Effective teaching learning process involves the whole person. It does not only involve the mind but also the body and the heart. The central person of the teaching-learning process is the learners (students). Involving two lecturers of writing subject and thirty students, the writer employed classroom observation and questionnaire in collecting the data of this study. Constant Comparative method developed by Glaser and Strauss was used in analyzing the data [1]. Analysis of the observation and interview yielded that humanistic learning model is an effective way for teaching writing subject especially in developing
the students’ motivation that can be seen from the four indicators of motivation. They are the students’ attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction. The conclusion suggests the need of the lecturers in implementing the humanistic learning model as an alternative model in teaching-learning process.
Keywords: case study; humanistic learning model; motivation; and writing.
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