In The World, Teacher Education Is Allowed To Punish Students, But Must Be Right On Target

Illustration of a teacher giving punishment to students who are deemed to have committed a violation. (steemit.com)

JAKARTA Sentencing students by hitting and pinching first may have become commonplace. Because some teachers think that by being beaten by students becomes more obedient and reluctant to repeat mistakes.

But now, the pattern of punishment in the world of education has changed considerably. Being considered no longer a solution to overcome delinquency, has actually become a negative behavior in educational efforts.

The educational mission is to improve and develop students, not damage them. That is why, the focus of punishment is also to improve behavior, not to take revenge and make children the object of emotional outlets.

No wonder, if parents currently react strongly when there are teachers who still apply punishment by hitting them. Many cases of parents who reported the teacher to the police, some parents even replied directly, punishing the teacher in the same way as what had been done to their child.

As happened at SD Negeri 13 Paguyaman, Gorontalo recently. The student's parents forcibly cut the hair of the teacher because they did not accept that their child was treated the same way.

Education practitioner from Makassar State University, Abdullah Pandang, believes that punishment does have a negative effect. Many figures do not recommend punishment as part of educational action. But actually, punishing can be one option that can be chosen to improve students' behavior. As long as it is in accordance with the terms and conditions.

It's like taking hard drugs. It must be according to the recipe, not carelessly. If it's careless, instead of making things worse, Abdullah said as quoted from the Abdullah Pandang Learning Room YouTube account.

Likewise, if the way to punish him is not in accordance with the prescription, the results will have a bad impact, far from actual expectations. Maybe students no longer repeat mistakes, but in the long term the punishment can damage other things that are in students.

Examples when a student uses his stationery to scribble on the table. He wanted to be creative showing his existence. The teacher was angry and immediately hit him. Students will learn not to cross out the table again. However, the punishment also killed his creation power.

"So you have to be really careful, what causes a lot of harm is the fading of positive behavior that accompanies negative behavior. That's why, in educational psychology, not all penalties can be done," Abdullah said.

There are some clues that can be a recipe, such as punishment must be in accordance with the wrong parts of children's behavior and not punishing the child's entire personal. Focus only on children's mistakes.

Then, punishment must be equal and in line with error. If the mistake is littering the floor, the punishment is enough to ask students to close the floor, there is no need for additional stamps, kicks, or painful blasphemy.

The additional punishment is not in line with the name, not educational punishment. That is precisely what makes the child and his family respond in unexpected ways to us, for example reporting to the police. One recipe should have been 2x1 to 3x1," Abdullah said.

The punishment must also be carried out immediately after an error occurs so that students will better understand the reasons why they are punished. And, must be fair, consistent, and indiscriminate.

Teachers must make sure to punish in a calm atmosphere, with the sole intention of improving children. Do not impose punishment when angry. There is no education with anger emotions. Education is by reason, our decisions punish based on consideration, not by emotions," he explained.

After imposing the sentence, do not leave students confused or disappointed. Give time to talk from heart to heart.

"So that the child understands what really happened, why he was punished, why was he punished, because if this is not realized it means that the punishment is ineffective," Abdullah said.

This is the essence. According to him, Punishing is sometimes needed as a part to teach children that not all behavior is permissible.

On the other hand, not only teachers, parents must be wiser in their attitude, especially in responding to their children's complaints at school. This is because teachers and parents are actually the main foundation of children's education. Both must be in rhythm, intensely in establishing communication for the sake of advancing education.

Riduan Situmorang admitted that the case of parents reporting teachers to the police or coming to school emotionally because they did not accept the teacher's treatment had often happened.

However, according to him, it is generally due to misinformation. Parents do not receive complete information about the actual incident because it only comes from the confession of children who sometimes tell stories excessively.

In this position, it is necessary to cooperate and communicate intensively between the school and parents. However, in this sophisticated era, not only technology is rapidly developing, but also bad seeds, even crime," said the teacher of SMAN 1 Doloksanggu-Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra in his writing in Kompas entitled Teachers' Similarities and Parents.

The seeds have penetrated the current generation through digital technology. Today's children are no longer like the old children who were easily directed.

Look at the behavior of the students who had gone viral on social media some time ago. There was a 5th grade elementary school (SD) student in Ternate City beating her classmates like she was catching a thief. Reportedly just because she didn't give a contact during the repeat.

Then, a number of students in South Tapanuli just kicked a grandmother. In fact, without a sense of guilt, they laughed as the grandmother fell sitting on the side of the road. This is proof, the children are now no longer innocent people.

"Believe me, if parents tend to threaten teachers who reprimand naughty students, it is very possible that teachers will no longer care about these students," said Riduan.

If that's the case, what do you want to expect from education? According to Riduan, Only with cooperation can we discipline students who are currently poisoned by crime pollution.