47 Education “Jaman Now”: Reward and Punishment Review Ismail Darimi, Bachtiar Ismail Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh ismail.darimi@ar-raniry.ac.id; bachtiar.ismail@ar-raniry.ac.id Abstract: Many cases that ensnare teachers are related to the punishment of students. Reward and punishment are repressive educational tools. A reward is a motivational tool, a tool that can lead to extrinsic motivation. Rewards can also encourage students to learn better, more actively. Whereas punishment is an unpleasant educational tool, a negative educational tool, but punishment can also be a motivational tool, a tool to encourage student learning. Basically, reward and punishment are two fun educational tools and become drivers of learning for students. But many teachers are trapped inside. The method of reward and punishment influences the improvement of children's motivation in learning. Keywords: Education; Jaman Now; Reward; Punishment; PRELIMINARY The phrase "Anak Jaman Now" or Kids Now is used by a netizen on social networks, such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The use of the term invites similar terms, namely Youth now, Students now, and Teachers now. Next Education nowadays is also associated with the use of the present era. The use of the term now in this paper is an attempt to present an old menu that is polished with a new cover for readers who are following the trend that is being broadcast in cyberspace. The main point of this paper is not the discussion of the present era, but there is something more important than that. Some cases that ensnare the teacher are related to the punishment of students, one of which is the case that befell the religious teacher of SMAN 3 Parepare, Darmawati until convicted for hitting his students when ordering prayers to be a concern of the people of Parepare. and several other cases that happened to the teacher caused by giving punishment to students. This article does not intend to defend, let alone justify one of the two elements of education that should guide and be guided, students who should guide and teachers must be a guide, but it is important to look for concepts or strategies that are good in the learning process. Seeing the conditions and facts that occur the authors are interested in reviewing Reward and Punishment. Islam as a Rahmatal Lil'alamin religion certainly highly appreciates the knowledgeable person, in this case, the teacher, because the teacher is a noble profession, as well as those who are studying in this case students. DISCUSSION Understanding of Reward and Punishment The reward is a feeling that is satisfying, pleasant and which is directed in a certain direction from behavior caused by things that come from the outside environment or that are carried out by themselves as an expectation of the encouragement of repetition of his behavior. According to the Complete Dictionary of Psychology, the reward also means "any stimulus, situation, or oral statement that can produce satisfaction or increase the possibility of an action that has been learned". According to Arikunto (1994), a reward can be interpreted as, "a gift or something that is given to someone else because it has behaved according to what is desired, namely following the rules and regulations that have been determined at school". While the notion of punishment, according to the Big Indonesian Dictionary is "torture imposed on people who violate the law". In Islamic education, punishment is better known as "taḥrīb" brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Portal Jurnal Elektronik Universitas Negeri Malang