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KEBUMEN: Children Writing a Conversation
At SD Benerkulon in Ambal Subdistrict, Kebumen the grade 6 students made up conversations together with their friends. They then enacted these conversations using string telephones which they had made. It was a simple but effective and enjoyable activity.
Right: Bpk Suyanto, the grade 6 teacher listening to students enacting their conversations using their string telephone.
PURWOREJO: Children Writing about a Picture
Right: Grade 2 children at SD 1 Kutoarjo, Purworejo cutting up and arranging pictures about rain and flooding. Then they wrote a story based on the pictures.
SMPN 5 Kutoarjo: A Practical Science Lesson
The grade 9 students at SMPN 5 Kutoarjo are used to doing practical work during their science lessons. In the picture 1 they are discovering that electrical energy can be generated from fruit. On the picture 2 grade 9 students helped by their teacher, Bpk Giono, are learning about natural selection outside the classroom using small different colored squares of paper.
MADIUN: Children Finding Information from an Atlas
In traditional lessons teachers normally just give information to the students. Using PAKEM methods, it is better if the children find the information for themselves. It is important to remember that the ability of students to find information for themselves is just as important as (or possibly more important than) the information itself.
Right: Grade 6 students at SD Kanigoro 3, Madiun finding out information about the seas around Indonesia.
PURWOREJO: Practical Lessons at SD Pacor 2
Among the most enthusiastic schools in Kutoarjo Subdistrict, Purworejo is one of the more remote schools, SD Pacor 2. Lessons there are generally practical, effective and enjoyable. Below there are three examples, One of them involves the community helping with local content lessons.
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In the picture on the right you can see that the teachers, Ibu Sri Wahyuni (left) and Ibu Sumarti (right) joining in the experiment. This encouraged the students as well!