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Learning About the Local Elections in Banyuwangi
Included in the subject PPKn (Citizenship) there is material called "PUBLIC ELECTIONS". In order to help students know more and understand the subject, Ibu Lilik, one of the PPKn subject teachers, designed a lesson that was creative, innovative, and challenging for her students. They conducted three main activities to learn more about public elections. The activities focused on the election of the Bupati (district head) in Banyuwangi. Firstly students had to get information from interviews with the Local Election Commission. Secondly, students made a report based on the interviews, and thirdly, students made a model of a polling station including the voting and counting areas.
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Model showing the location of the registration desk, waiting area, voting room, ballot box, ink desk, and vote counting board.
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Ibu Lilik with her students, Nissa and Ernina showing their work.
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SD Sembaturagung and SD Sonorejo, Pati
A schedule has been drawn up for parents to take turns in giving regular support to various lessons at SD Sonorejo and SD Sembaturagung primary schools. They help with a variety of aspects from class organization and displays to giving assistance to individual students (especially in the early grades). With some assistance from the teacher the students’ work is displayed by the parents.
The school's principal actively monitors classroom activities and provides assistance on particular days, for example, Saturday while KKG meeting are taking place in MBE target schools in Jakenan.
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1. Grade 1 parents’ group in SD Sembaturagung
2. Ibu Sumini Grade 2 teacher in SD Sembaturagung
3. Principal of SD Sembaturagung looking at the reading corner
4. Students of SD Sonorejo looking at displays of their classmates' work.
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The children themselves give praise and feedback to the other children about their work through small group discussions, without the teacher intervening. Daily/weekly reflection on lessons or other extracurricular activities (scouts, evening classes) is conducted by students themselves.
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Above: Bpk Bob Cannon, Bpk Toto and Bpk Umar visiting SD Sembatur-agung (Jakenan) and SD Kutoharjo (Pati). They discussed a number of issues including teaching and learning, school planning and scouting activities with the students, principal, school committee and teachers.
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Who Gets the Star Today?
SD Betek 1 is one of the MBE target schools in the Krucil Sub-district, Probolinggo, which is situated about 50 km from Probolinggo. Even though its location is far from the city it in no way diminishes the enthusiasm or innovation of the teachers.
In order to encourage the students' passion for learning Ibu Lies S., a grade 4 teacher, provides creative reinforcement. At the end of every lesson students are encouraged to public-ly evaluate their own learning.
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Ibu Lies (right) assisting students with a science experiment on the sense of smell.
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Each student evaluates him or herself and his/her friends, then they decide who is the best student on that particular day for each of the lessons. The student who is chosen by the highest number of votes receives a star which is displayed at the front of the classroom.
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1. Student using seeds to solve an open-ended problem about mathematics.
2. Students’ work displayed
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