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SD Bungur 1, Tulakan Sub-district, Pacitan
SD Bungur 1 in Tulakan Sub-district is situated about 34 Km from the town of Pacitan and can be reached by a windy road over the mountains. Even though it is situated in a rural area, the teachers and principal have a high level of commitment to improving their school. In all classes the arrangement of the tables and chairs encourages interaction between the students. Displays can be seen in several classrooms and most of them consist of the children’s own work (not work copied from the teacher or other children).
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Wahyu, a class 4 student showing his painting in the class display (top).
The class 6 teacher, Ibu Lilis Mugilestari and Ibu Titiik, one of the national trainers watching a group of children holding a discussion during a Social Studies lesson (lower picture).
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MIN Tulakan,Pacitan
The parents of the kindergarten of MIN Tulakan, Pacitan are waiting in front of the class. It seems that they are very interested in the school. Their presence at school presents an opportunity. What if some of the parents were invited in turns to help a group of children in class? What if there were discussions with the parents from time to time on how to help and prepare their children for entering grade 1?
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Your Stories and Questions
We are ready to answer your questions about any matters concerning MBE. We also ask you to send in your stories to us from MBE or other areas about innovations or educational issues at school, community and district levels. Send them to us in Jakarta for Suara MBE. If they are accompanied by photographs, so much the better. Send by post, fax or e-mail. Our address, fax number and e-mail address are at the bottom of the back page.
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SMP Muhammadiyah, Tulakan, Pacitan
SMP Muhamadiyah has 258 students divided into 8 classes. They have a new library built with grant assistance from Jakarta. The school principal, Bpk. Bambang Sutaryo, is very enthusiastic about developing his school. According to his research the main problem facing the school is the teaching. Although the children can answer the multiple choice questions in the tests, most of them are unable to explain why they have chosen their answers. It appears that they learn answers by heart rather than understanding the topics they are learning.
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The school principal of SMP Muhamadiyah, Tulakan, Bpk. Bambang Sutaryo
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SD Baleharjo II, Pacitan
SD Baleharjo II has just been trained in School Based Management (SBM) but has already started to develop the school using SBM principles. The school budget has been made together with the School Committee and is displayed openly in the school office. When the children arrive at school in the morning, they have to clock in. This helps them to learn to tell the time and to be on time. Besides this. in several class there are ‘breakfast’ question and answer boxes, where children make up questions for their friends to answer. When they get into school in the morning they take the questions and answer them before formal lessons start.
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The school budget is displayed transparently in the office (top), The ‘breakfast’ boxes in class 5 (above right), Mega, a class 3 student clocking in in the morning (above), Helped by their teacher, Ibu Mintarti, the children in class 1 are using abacus to learn mathematics (right)
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