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SMP/MTs in Probolinggo Ready to Teach 2004 Curriculum
The partnership between MBE and the local government in Probolinggo is now in its second year. One form of technical assistance given by MBE is providing the support of MBE district facilitators and consultants during training activities. All the principals and teachers of state and private junior secondary schools in Probolinggo have benefited from their assistance.
Between March and May 2005, Probolinggo Education Office provided training for 76 state and private junior secondary schools (SMP and MTs). They trained 868 principals and teachers, and all the training was funded by the schools and participants themselves. The total cost of the activities was over Rp.80 million.
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1.: The teachers of SMPN Gading 1, 2, and 3, and SMPN Besuk 2 working carefully during the training.
2.: The results of the curriculum mapping were made into a book.
Below: Bpk Asmad Hartono, a Secondary School Supervisor, initiated the training that resulted in all of the Probolinggo state and private junior secondary principals and teachers being ready to implement the 2004 curriculum using PAKEM/CTL.
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The training included an introduction to and analysis of the 2004 curriculum, lesson plan preparation for the long, medium and short term, and PAKEM/CTL teaching practice in the classroom.
An interesting aspect of this training for the SMP and MTs was additional training in guidance and counseling for school principals.
Role Play in Science in Probolinggo
In Science, sometimes there are phenomena that are difficult to observe, hear, touch, or feel directly. Taking into account the priority targets for the 2004 curriculum which are the competencies that the students must possess, there needs to be appropriate learning strategies to achieve these objectives.
Role playing is not a new learning strategy, but it is usually only used in social science or language learning. Normally in teaching science teachers look to practical experiments to develop student competencies. In attempting to carry out experiments teachers frequently encounter difficulties with teaching aids or the availability of suitable media.
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Bpk Kholis Hasyim, a MBE science facilitator in Probolinggo, uses role-playing in his science lessons. This strategy is effective and has been shown to help develop student understanding of natural phenomenon which are difficult to be observed directly.
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Students role-playing the rotation and orbit of the earth and moon around the sun
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The photo above shows the students role-playing to improve their understanding of the natural phenomenon of the rotation and orbits of the earth and moon. Acting can also being developed for other natural phenomenon such as the hearing process in humans. In role-playing for learning about the human hearing processes each student acted as an individual function of the hearing organs. By using this method the students can feel and understand the process of how a signal from outside can be heard by humans.
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Students role-playing the human hearing process with each student acting as a function of the organ.
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Meeting Place for Parents in Blitar School
SDN Bajang 2 Blitar has built a meeting place for parents. In the photo we can see the Head of the Branch Education office, Bpk Supardi, together with the school supervisor, Ibu Endang, in front of the new building.
Also at SDN Bajang 2 the students work in every class displays the characteristics of PAKEM. On the right, Muji, a grade 6 student shows the speech he has written and which is on display. Each student has his or her own display space.
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