People of Creative History Teachers in Indonesia

Abstract

This research is motivated by the fact that some history teachers still teach history conventionally, which only presents material chronologically to students. This situation of course makes it difficult to achieve the noble ideals and goals of history education which is able to provide inspiring learning to students. As for the literature review, the researcher included three main concepts, namely the first related to creative pedagogy, namely a way to inspire students to think and act more creatively during the learning process. Second, regarding the creative teacher profile whose contents describe various teacher attributes in behavior, appearance, speech, and strategies in the learning process and second is learning history which explains the interactions created between students and their environment that have something to do with history subjects. The method used is a qualitative method, which is a method that is carried out in depth by observing phenomena and examining more into the substance of these phenomena. The results and discussion refer to creative pedagogic concepts that facilitate and encourage cognitive playfulness through fun learning so that students become active, skilled, capable, agile in finding out and critical. The conclusion is that creative learning designs designed and managed by teachers will also provide creative learning experiences for their students, and can even create a fun learning atmosphere in class.