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A Description of The Student-Centered Characteristics in Teaching and
Learning Process in Senior High School
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jeany Bella Putri Widya
112010038
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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A Description of The Student-Centered Characteristics in Teaching and
Learning Process in Senior High School
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Jeany Bella Putri Widya
112010038
ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2014. Jeany bella Putri Widya and Victoria UsadyaPalupi, S.Pd., MA-ELT. All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, SatyaWacana Christian University, Salatiga.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This thesis would not have been completed without the help and support from many people. Therefore, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the following people who have assisted e in completing this thesis. First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to:
• Jesus Christ who has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time. • Mrs. Victoria Usadya Palupi, S.Pd., M.A., my beloved supervisor, who was
abundantly helpful and gave meaningful assistance, support, patience and guidance.
• Mrs.Debora Tri Ragawanti, S.S, MA-ELT., my second reader, without her knowledge and assistance this study would not have been completed.
• My beloved parents, thank you for always here to educate, support and motivate in the process of the making of this thesis.
• My beloved husband and son, thank you for the love and motivation in the process of the making of this thesis.
• My best friends: Sara Linawati, Nilam Astriani, Ester Kusuma, and Yuni Kurnia thank you for the motivation and support.
• My participants, for their cooperation during the process of data collection.
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDENT-CENTERED CHARACTERISTICS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Jeany Bella Putri Widya
Abstract
This study investigated the implementation of student-centered characteristics in teaching and learning process in Senior High School. The participants of the study were two English teachers and students of tenth and eleventh grades in a private senior high school. The data were collected using observations. The data were analyzed qualitatively. As the result of the study, the writer found that several student-centered activities were done in classroom activities based on Lom (2012) framework. Furthermore, this study analyzed the implementation of characteristics of student-centered activities and the roles of teachers and students through student-centered activities using Gonzales et.al (2000) framework. The writer concluded that the classroom activities conducted by Teacher A and Teacher B applied the principle of student-centered activities. Within the activities, teachers and students roles characteristics supported the classroom activities.
