Overview of the Relationship between Creative Teaching and Learning Method and Self-Esteem in Students Learning Mathematics

Abstract

Thinking differently refers to a person’s ability to come up with ideas to solve problems and logical thinking is a person’s ability to verify these ideas into creative solutions. The ability to logically solve problems can be developed by learning mathematics, because mathematics has a strong linkage structural between its concepts that enables students to think logically, critically, and systematically. Creative thinking is very important in this competitive millennial era, where the quality of education is closely related to creativity so efforts to improve creative thinking should start from school. Senior high school students are the main millennials, so high school and equivalent teachers are required to be able to provide education that provides an initial description of creative thinking. Learning innovation through lessons with the Creative Teaching and Learning (CTL) method for high school mathematics teachers and the equivalent can encourage teachers to improve cognitive and didactic pedagogic abilities as well as increase the self-esteem of students in learning mathematics. Keywords: Creative Teaching, Learning Mathematics, Learning Methods