I believe students are not lazy to study. I have to defend myself first before I elaborate on my opinion. I do not deny that all students are hardworking and there is no such thing as lazy student, but in most cases students' laziness is because of other causes. In my cases, I will pick up one root: teachers' out-dated teaching methodology used by teachers that bored the students, that demotivate students, that do not engage students to participate, that turn students completely off.
I have come to experience many different teachers. Students can easily identify whether or not teacher is enjoy his/her teaching. As a result, students can easily get affected by this things. Do not think that students are stupid. When teachers look like he is enjoying with his teaching, students obviously can feel that energy which can boost their activeness. How can students feel energetic when their teachers are very lazy to teach. I can bring proof for my stance. I will raise 2 teachers teaching the same class and make comparison. The first teacher comes to class late every session. He brings no extra handout to deliver to the class. He teaches for 1 hour and leaves the class early. When looking at how students behave in the class, they talk to each other, paying no attention. The second teacher is a complete opposite of the first teacher. He comes to class on time with handout. He uses the problem-posing model before he starts his lecture to arouse students. When looking at the students, they are paying close attention to lecture; they try to contribute ideas and answer to teachers' question. Why??? Is the answer not obvious?
Problem-posing model is the best approach to stimulate students. It is very effective when it comes to pose curiosity into student to do more research on a particular topic, to do more reading as well as to pay more attention to the lesson. Let's have an analogy. You need to turn someone on before you can do it. Explaining to students is the same. Warm up is the key to engage students to your lesson.
All thing considered, teachers play a huge role in students' learning.
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