AN ANALYSIS OF SOME TEACHING CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES IN THE MOVIE “THE RON CLARK STORYâ€

Alizza Nur Fauziah

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Abstract : Effective teaching requires strategic approaches for optimal learning and fostering a positive teacher-student relationship. Some educators, however, employ monotonous methods, hindering the educational experience. This research examines Ron Clark’s teaching challenges and strategies with 6th-grade students at Inner Harlem Elementary School, as depicted in “The Ron Clark Story†movie, reflecting real-life scenarios in educational settings. This research design used descriptive qualitative research; as stated by Creswell (2012), qualitative research describes, analyzes, and illustrates a phenomenon, social problem, or human problem. The main instrument of this study was the researcher who analyzed the documents from “The Ron Clark Story†movie. To analyze the data, the researcher watched “The Ron Clark Story†movie to find the teaching challenges and strategies used by Ron Clark, identified, and analyzed the teaching challenges and strategies found in the movie. The result of this study indicated that Ron Clark faced teaching challenges, including students’ attitudes, discipline issues, lack of honesty, and students’ arguments and fights. These challenges extended beyond the classroom, involving cultural and parenting differences, the headmaster’s criticism, the headmaster and parent’s disagreement, and the teacher’s over-workload. Despite these obstacles, Ron Clark applied various teaching strategies, such as games, demonstrations, and one-to-one learning, tailored to address the specific challenges he encountered. Additionally, he utilized some strategies according to the teaching material like lecturing/presentation, questions and answers, direct, interactive, experiential, and self-learning strategies. Based on the study’s result, teaching young learners demands extra energy to sustain enthusiasm in the classroom. Also, adaptation and modification of teaching strategies are crucial to align with each unique cultural context.

 

Keywords : Teaching Challenges, Teaching Strategies, Movie, EYL


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