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BANYUMAS: MBE Program District Review Meeting
The MBE program has been running for two years in Banyumas district. So it was decided to review what had been achieved and what remains to be achieved, as well as the factors that support or hinder the implementation of the program. Banyumas held an MBE Program District Review Meeting over a period of two days from 13 - 14 November 2006 at the District Education Office with three levels of participants: local government (Education Office, Development Agency, Religious Affairs Ministry, Finance Department and Parliament); schools (MBE Partner Schools and Facilitators) and the community (School Committees, Education Council and representatives of Private Schools).
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Above: Local government participants determining the topics to be discussed on the second day of the review meeting.
Left: School principals and teachers from MBE schools drawing up action plans for implementing PAKEM
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The first day was taken up with discussions among local government participants to determine the topics to be discussed on the second day. The discussions were preceded by a visit to MBE schools in order to inform the subsequent discussions. The conclusions of the review meeting were as follows:
Recommendations for the MBE program in Banyumas
Follow-up action plans for the MBE program in Banyumas up to 31 March 2007
Follow-up action plans for the MBE program in Banyumas after 31 March 2007
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MAGELANG: PAKEM 3 Training in Magelang
From 17 - 19 and 22 - 24 January 2007 MBE and the District Education Office organized jointly PAKEM 3 training as part of the series of training activities (following on from training in PAKEM 1 and 2).
The training was conducted during the end of semester holiday. The 20 MBE partner schools and five non MBE schools, which had taken part in the previous PAKEM training, took part in this training.
The participants found the PAKEM 3 training quite difficult but at the same time very relevant and challenging. This was because the material in the training was enjoyable and challenged them think. Besides this, the most notable outcome was that the training helped schools draw up their school syllabuses (curriculum).
The participants learned how to develop these syllabuses.
During the PAKEM 3 training the participants were invited to a record their reflections about what they had learned in a learning journal, to map out the competencies in the curriculum and to develop thematic learning plans.
A one day follow up workshop from the original training of facilitators also helped the facilitators consolidate their skills and understanding. This was evident during the subsequent school training, where the activity is enjoyable and the atomsphere was relaxed but serious.
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Top: Ibu Lilik leading activities in the Social Studies group during the PAKEM 3 training
Above: Bpk Susanto (a national trainer) helping the participants map student compe-tencies in the Bahasa Indonesia group.
Below: Bpk Farid Setiawan (Social Studies facilitator) explaining the mapping of the competencies which was displayed in the exhibition of work
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The involvement of the national trainers in the training was also very helpful especially during discussions, when the participants asked lots of questions about student assessment in the context of PAKEM.
An additional session was included in the training, where each subject group made an exhibition, which was then visited by participants from the other subject groups. The participants found this very beneficial.
At the end of the training each of the participants made follow-up action plans, which were then discussed with the other teachers from their schools who had been taking part in different subject groups. These plans were then given to the school principal, the facilitators and schools supervisors.
MALANG: Religion Teachers Using PAKEM too
Although Islamic religion teaching is not covered by the MBE program, religion teachers don't want to be left behind. MBE facilitators were invited to a religion teachers working group meeting to explain about PAKEM.
The picture in above shows the enthusiasm of the Islamic religion teachers learning about PAKEM to make sure they really understand and master it. Before implementing it with the students, the religion teachers tried it out among themselves.
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