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MAGETAN: SD Magetan Complex School Becomes an International Standard School
The Education Office in Magetan district made a proposal to the Provincial Education Office in East Java that three primary schools in the district should have their status raised. These were SDN Magetan 1, SDN Selosari Complex, and SDN Magetan Complex. All three are MBE partner schools. They were proposed to become national standard schools.
As a result of the evaluation by the team from the Provincial Education Office SDN Magetan Complex was raised to the status of international standard school, while SDN Magetan 1 and SDN Selosari Complex were given the status of national standard schools. The staff of the schools got busy to prepare each of the schools for the evaluation.
The preparations involved the management, teaching staff and other stakeholders. Aspects of school management to be prepared for assessment included the organization of the students, the curriculum, buildings and equipment and community relations.
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1. Grade 5 children enjoy making their observations in even the hot sunshine. This is an example of the teaching at SDN Magetan Complex. They are observing the energy of the sun using a bowl to focus light from the sun.
2. Inside a grade 4 class at SDN Magetan 1. Classroom display includes a knowledge tree with displays of children's work as a mark of appreciation. The tree was made by the parents group.
3. Inside a grade 2 class at SDN Magetan 1. The children are taking part in a health education lesson given by Dr Dyana Etikawati, who is acting as a resource person. Dr Dyana Etikawati is the parent of a grade 2 student, a doctor by profession and organizer of the grade 2 parents group.
4. Children enjoying reading books in the reading corner. Children are encouraged to do this during break times or before school starts at SDN Selosari Complex.
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For the teaching staff, preparations included lesson preparation, preparing teaching aids and the appropriate choice of learning resources. Community participation included the role of the community as a partner and supervisor, as well as efforts to develop cooperation with business and industry.
MAGETAN: Continuing Dissemination to Non-Project Schools
The PAKEM training program has been disseminated to teachers of all private and public primary schools in Maospati and Magetan subdistricts. Magetan district has made training program for SBM, community participation and PAKEM training. More than 200 people have been trained in SBM, community participation and PAKEM in Maospati subdistrict.
The participants included the teachers of private and public primary schools in the subdistrict other than those being assisted directly by MBE. The training took place over a period of three days from 16 - 18 November 2006 at SDN Kraton 4. The training in Magetan subdistrict took place from 22 - 24 January 2007 at SDN Selosari Complex.
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Ibu Sri Winarsih, a district facilitator for the early grades and Ibu Niken Enggarwulan, and an SBM facilitator, helping the early grades training group
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BLITAR: Children's Reflections Used for Assessment
After they have finished a lesson, children restructure their knowledge in the light of what they have just learned.
This may mean that they enrich the knowledge they already have or they may revise their thinking. Children need to be invited to reflect on what they have learned.
This is so that they can really make full use of the new knowledge they have gained. Then the students will also feel an awareness that they have learned and mastered something new.
Students can be invited to reflect on what they have learned, after they have mastered the new competency, at the end of a learning theme, or at the end of a semester or school year. There are many benefits. As well as being beneficial for the students, as outlined above, the reflections can also be useful for the teacher.
From the students' reflections the teacher can obtain information in many areas, including level of mastery of a competency and the student's feelings, impresssions, advice and expectations. The teacher can use this data to evaluate the learning that has taken place.
On the right you can see an example of a reflection written by a grade 8F student at SMPN 1 Wlingi at the end of the first semester in the 2006/2007 school year, concerning what they have learned in Bahasa Indonesia.
By Drs. Slamet Prihatin, SMPN 1 Wlingi, Blitar
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