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How to Make Boka Fertilizer (grade 3,4,5 and 6)
The materials needed for this program included: rice husks, stems, about 300 Kg of goat manure, about 10 spoonfuls of EM4 (contains millions of microorganisms) and 10 spoonfuls of sugar. All the materials were mixed and shaken until they blended. With the correct temperature and humidity in about 2 weeks we can get a better quality of organic fertilizer than the chemical varieties.
According to the original plan, the actual making of the fertilizer was to have been done directly by the students, but because of rain, for the time being, the students only noted down the production processes involveed. The results of an earlier activity could be seen by the presence of the healthy plants in the backyard of the school.
To improve the quality of education, the consultant suggested to the school and the agriculture office, to look for a variety of good seeds, then to plant them in the school yard, and after this has been done successfully, the students can be encouraged to plant them in their own homes. Besides this, it is best if the various plants in pots and in the school yard are given their Latin names in order for the students to learn and practice them at the same time.
Collective Fund Raising - Community Participation in Pati
Besides developing 20 schools (SD, MI, SMP and MTs) in every district, MBE also provides assistance and guidance for other schools wishing to improve. MBE team members were approached by MI Ya Umi Fatimah, Pati about working together to improve the education in their school.
Positive aspects of MI Ya Umi Fatimah, Pati include: students are already doing active learning and the community participates in the management of education development, especially at kindergarten and primary school levels. The picture above illustrates the role of the community participation in education development. The school tries to manage the community funds to best of their ability, including transparency and the clear identification of all parties involved in fund raising for the school.
Introduction to PAKEM for SMP Principals in Pati
Principals have a vital strategic role in improving the vision and mission of the school. Also, when schools are going to adopt new approaches in teaching and learning, as when they implement PAKEM (or contextual learning), training should include not only the teachers but also the principals who act as a pioneers, according to Drs. Suwarno, head of SMP curriculum section at the Pati education office, when he gave a presentation about the introduction of PAKEM for teachers of state and private junior secondary schools on 15 - 16 December 2004.
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The PAKEM introductory materials included: 'What, Why, and How PAKEM', modeling PAKEM, pre-sentations by facilitators, and discussions about PAKEM. Guest expert speakers included: Ujang Sukandi and Wahyudi from MBE, with MBE facilitators from Pati who modelled lessons in individual subject areas. Drs. Mashuri modelled mathematics teaching. In the picture above Bpk Mashuri is helping students, together with the principal (in the beige suit).
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Freedom is Important for Learning
By Lamudji, Principal of SMPN 1 Wlingi, Blitar
Currently the world of education is faced with the need to develop quality human re-sources (HR), that is people that 'can survive' in this century and also in the future. The type of people we are talking about are those that possess the competencies to enter the global era, especially to address the competition and challenges.
To fulfill these needs the strategy of education has to be focused upon the learning of specific competencies. One of the important issues linked to this education strategy is how we organize learning so that it is enjoyable and at the same time encourages the students to learn. The learning environment has to provide the students with freedom to engage physically, emotionally, and mentally in the learning process, so that they each in turn contribute creatively and productively.
Students' initiative to learn will be destroyed if they face too many controls or rules that are not connected to the learning. Too many rules created by teacher that have to be obeyed by the students will make them afraid of taking chances and afraid of being wrong. Besides destroying student creativity also creates a non-enjoyable learning environment in the school.
In line with the importance of the freedom factor in learning, the PAKEM (Active, Creative, Effective, Enjoyable Learning) model that is offered by the MBE (Managing Basic Education) provides one solution to improve the teaching and learning processes in schools. With PAKEM the students have some freedom of choice during the learning processes.
PAKEM also gives the students opportunities to develop their creativity. Hopefully the arrival of PAKEM will bring meaningful change to help bring the world of education in line with current needs.
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