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News From Provinces
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DBE3 Having a Clear Impact in Garut!
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During the visit to Garut on February 10, 2010 of the DBE3 Program Director Stuart Weston the results of the program were clearly visible in the schools he visited.
At SMPN 5 Garut grade 8 students were using microscopes to observe living organisms helped by their teacher, ibu Lydia.
Budi, a grade 9 student showing his work on magnets. He did an experiment and presented his findings to his classmates.
The good impact of the program is a sign of the leadership of the Head of the District Education Office, H. Komar M.,M.Pd. (right) and the School Principal. Bpk. H.Yana Darmana, M.Pd. (left). They are seen here standing in a room at SMPN 5 which is used for displays of students’ works. Some of their work has been made into books and arranged on the tables.
At MTs Al Rohman displays of students’ work can be found in every classroom.
Assisted by their teacher, ibu Nunung, grade 8 students at MTs Al Rohman working on a practical task to compare the area of segments of a circle.
SMPN2 Cikajang is located in the mountains a long way from the town of Garut. But the school has made good progress, as can be seen by the student-centered learning in every class.
If you would like to see the impact of the DBE3 program we advise you to visit some of these schools in Garut.
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BTL3 Helps Teachers in Garut Reach Their Targets
If the results of the BTL3 training are applied properly, it can solve the problem of teachers’ not completing their teaching programs. Teachers won’t complain any more, ‘I haven’t taught that material!’ because they will have analyzed the curriculum and the competency standards have been clustered into themes.
That was what participants said after BTL3 training at Hotel Augusta, Garut. The training took place from December 4-7, 2009, involving 151 participants consisting of teachers from 10 DBE3 target schools and 2 school supervisors each from the District Education and Religious Affairs offices.
“The training was excellent and went very well,” said Endang, the Coordinator of School Supervisors from the District Education office. The smooth implementation of the training was the result of hard work by the district facilitators who were supported by national facilitators. Prior to the training, there were two preparation meetings on December 1 and 3, at SMP Musaddadiyah and at the Hotel Augusta.
On the last day of the training, participants did teaching practice at SMPN 1 Tarogong Kidul, SMPN 1 Samarang, and SMPN 5 Garut. After the teaching practice, there was a de-briefing and evaluation of the teaching practice. The teachers appeared optimistic they would be able to teach more professionally as a result of the training.
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The BTL3 training with group discussions (1) and teaching practice sessions at DBE3 target schools (2) & (3)
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Sharing Innovation in Junior Secondary Education
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Edition 05/February 2010
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