The Perspective of Christian Religious Student/Teacher in Kasongan, Central Kalimantan Towards the Concentration of Dialogue: A Study of Paulo Freire

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the perspectives of teachers and students regarding opinions in the dialogue between teachers and students in three high schools in Kasongan. The main question is how students' and teachers' reactions to the teaching and learning process in and out of the classroom are affected the research method uses qualitative research with interview techniques to raise voices (narratives) that are not heard. The results of the verbatim transcript are then processed into factual statements, categories, and themes. Based on this theme, the author analyzes Paulo Freire's philosophy regarding conscientization (there are psychological conditions, namely low self-esteem and fear; social construction) in dialogue. The research subjects were representatives of students and teachers from three public and private high schools. According to a search of teachers at three high schools in Kasongan, dialogue is a consistent egalitarian trail that teachers lay for students, even though there are dual roles as teachers both inside and outside the classroom under certain conditions. However, the perspective of students is that the teacher is a person who is obeyed, thus bringing students into the network and lowering their self-esteem when having a dialogue with the teacher. Nevertheless, dialogue is still possible as long as the teacher positions himself as a traveling partner, so that dialogue is able to run in and out of the classroom.