PAKEM Training In Blitar

We visited Blitar during the PAKEM training for Talun subdistrict. The training was being conducted at SD Babadan 1 in Wlingi sub-district, which happens to have a hall that is large enough and was constructed with the help of the local community.

SD Babadan 1 is already implementing PAKEM in most of its classes. Below, the partipants in the PAKEM training are working in subject groups in a classroom at SD Babadan 1 where you can see signs of PAKEM taking place.

The classroom is organised in groups and attractive and interesting students' work is displayed on the walls. The grade 6 classroom (No. 1), which was used by the social studies group already has a class library. The science group (No. 2) is also working in a comfortable and conducive environment. The training was conducted using PAKEM methods, that is, using participative and active learning.

SMPN 1 Wlingi is on the Move

The practical teaching sessions of the PAKEM training were conducted in Wlingi schools. During this we had the opportunity to visit a number of MBE target schools. The extent to which School Based Management and PAKEM were being implemented was very impressive, even though the MBE program has only been running for a few months.

At SMPN 1 Wlingi the school principal, Bpk Lamudji who is also an MBE fasilitator, has already disseminated PAKEM to all his teachers. As a result the students are used to expressing their personal opinions. Most of the classes have been arranged so that students can work cooperatively in groups and there are many displays of students' work (top No. 3).

During the teaching practice many examples of good PAKEM practice emerged, among these Bpk Haris Supriano (Photo No. 1) is listening to a student in grade 1 named Prisca reading her composition about her classmates. After the lesson the students had to write down their reflections about what they had learned. Putri (Photo No. 2) whose writing is shown (Photo No. 3) below says she is happy because the style of teaching does not pressure her and does not make her feel overloaded.

During a grade 2 English lesson, Ibu Yayuk Indrawati, a teacher in SMPN 1 Kanigoro (below right) asked a student to write a description about an animal. Other students had to guess what animal it was from the des-cription. The lesson was very simple but it was int-eresting for the students!

Below is a sample of writing by Dyah, a grade 2 student. Can you guess what animal she is describing?

MIN Tegalasri The MBE target schools in Wlingi including Madrasah Ibtidayah Negeri (MIN) Tegalsari are developing at similar rates. We were very impressed with this particular MIN. They have already produced a school development plan and the school's vision and mission are displayed at the front of the school. In the office there is a large transparency board on which the school's RAPBS is displayed. All the teachers are very enthusiastic and in the classroom signs of PAKEM were clearly visible, for example the student work is displayed and the student's seating is arranged in groups. Ibu Lilik,a grade 2 teacher at MIN Tegalasri, in front of individual displays of her students' work.