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Observation Time at MIN Tegalsari
Learning doesn't always have to be from books. Besides using the general environment, we can also observe specific objects. In this way students will hopefully discover more facts and information about the objects. MIN Tegalsari, Blitar has introduced 'observation time', and all stakeholders are involved in the activity including the principal, teachers and students.
The activities are conducted once a week on Saturdays from 8.20 - 8.50 a.m. The observers choose what they want to observe. They have a free choice but for the moment must choose non-living objects. The program has been running just one month. Although the focus of the activity is on the students, the teachers and principal also lead by example.
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Through this activity it is hoped that the students will:
Become skilled in observing objects/issues.
Become used to discovering new facts.
Be able to solve problems using research and observation skills.
Develop into generation of more competent researchers because they have practiced from an early age.
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The outputs from the observation time are displayed outside the class-rooms (photo above). Over the past few weeks they have tended to observe the same object each week and as a result are finding out more new facts each week about the object.
District Government Disseminating PAKEM in Blitar
PAKEM 1 training for non-MBE sub-districts in Blitar was held at SDN Babadan 1 from 18 - 20 August. It was opened by the Head of the Blitar Education and Culture Office Drs. Bambang Suntoro, M.Si., and the participants included 80 primary school teachers and principals from 20 sub-districts and 40 junior secondary teachers and principals.
The purpose of the training was to introduce PAKEM to the participants, and to give them a feel of PAKEM. It was hoped that the participants would enjoy learning using PAKEM and that it would encourage them to introduce joyful learning in their own schools.
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Group doing an observation task.
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The participants in this training were selected teachers and principals from each area. It is hoped they will become pioneers of PAKEM in each of the non-MBE sub-districts. The cost of the training was covered by the Education Office using the Blitar district budget.
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Pak Asari giving instructions to the participants
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During the three days of the training, which was conducted from 7.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. the partici-pants were full of enthusiasm. Judg-ing by interviews conducted by the facilitators and con-sultants with the participants and also from their written comments it was clear that the participants felt the training was very useful. They said they were committed to implementing the results of training in their own schools.
Expo At Blitar PAKEM III Training
There was something new at the Blitar PAKEM III training which was held from 2 - 5 of August 2005, it included an Expo. It was called an Expo because they organized an exhibition of the work of the participants. The walls of the hall at SDN Babadan 1, the training venue, were turned into exhibition stands.
Three walls (west, north and east) of the hall became six exhibition stands, the number being related to the six subject areas included in the training, i.e. Early Grades, Bahasa Indonesia, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and English. As often happens on such occasions, the participants from target schools in Talun and Wlingi sub-districts competed to produce the best display.
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Participants displaying their work
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Each group displayed their work that reflected their own subject areas. They also displayed special items on curriculum scanning and long-term, medium-term and short-term planning, which were produced during the first three days of the training.
The expo was held on day four of the training, 5 August 2005. For 60 minutes the participants visited the expo stands to observe and record the findings, they also discussed the exhibits with the attendants at each expo stand. They then discussed their findings in groups.
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