is Learning from Home More Effective than Learning at School?

is Learning from Home More Effective than Learning at School?

Dina Irfana1, Laela Wulandari2, Lola Handayani

1, 2, 3, English Language Education Study Program, Universitas Islam Negeri Mataram

School closures in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic have left 45.5 million school students  and 3.1 million teachers dependent on online teaching and learning (Mailizar etc., 2020). The government ask the public to limit all activities, all activities done at home like work from home and learnimg at home. Learning from home still used until now for some reason like security problem and natural disaster.

  With learning from home we can repeat the material that we can understand by watching explanation from YouTube or search in google. But learning from home has many distraction like television and phone, that make students' concentration disturbed. Research shows that phone user without control can reduce student's concentration. For example when online class, but the student choose to scroll or open TikTok app or playing game than hear the teacher explanation. Learning from home usually close with gadget, that's mean theres some impact if we more often playing gadget.  (Poujol etc., 2022) said, choice to spend excessive time in front of screens can provide incentives to adopt lifestyle practices that are detrimental to health, such as sedentarism; nutritional deficiencies or lower indicators of a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet; and disrupted sleep patterns, which in turn can eventually lead to the development of chronic diseases that place a heavy burden on the individual and society. Even though learning from home has many advantages, school still more effective than at home because we can meet teacher and friends directly in the class.

  On the other hand, learning at school can give more effective environment for student. We can ask to the teacher directly if we don't understand about the materials, and teacher can answer or re explain directly. Learning at school also can make student interaction with another student, so they can discuss together. Beside that, learning at school is more controlled and free from any distractions. For example, we can't bring phone or another electronic devices to the school, so we can't get the distractions like playing game or open any social media, but we will focus just for learning. Therefore, learning at school is not only make learning process more effective, but also can build the discipline. 

  Another reason is school make us more active because we meet teacher and friends everyday. We can practice to talk, ask, and answer directly in the class. If we always study at home, sometimes we feel bored an lazy. But at school we can feel the learning situation and get spirit from our friends. This makes learning not only about the lesson, but also about experience.

  So learning from home has some good sides like flexible time and easy to find material from internet. But if you compare, studying at school is still better because we can more focus, meet teacher and friends, and also get discipline. That's why many students still need school more than only learning at home.

References:

Mailizar, Almanthari, A., Maulina, S., & Bruce, S. (2020). Secondary School Mathematics Teachers' Views on E-Learning Implementation Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Indonesia. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(7). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1272650

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