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FROM MALANG
So Many Changes in Just Six Months
Even though the MBE program has only been running 6 months, its echo is spreading rapidly and has been widely accepted by education practitioners in Malang district. After the SBM and PAKEM training and study visits, the MBE target schools showed great enthusiasm for implementing real change in their schools.
Besides the visible physical changes, the motivation and commitment of school management and stakeholders had clearly increased. The MBE target schools were trying to show that constructive change had taken place in their schools, and there was a desire to be better than other schools. Evidence of this is that several target schools made their own study visits to other MBE target schools that were more advanced.
About 11 target SD schools made these study visits and some of them more than once. They also invited committee members, parent groups and some non-target schools to take part. Generally, the changes included: Most of the principals of the target schools have been implementing democratic principles of leadership, participation, transparency, and open management, and given their teachers and students creative freedom in a positive atmosphere; almost all the teachers in the target schools feel "challenged" to implement PAKEM to the best of their abilities.
The result is varied, with each school having its own style. In relation to SBM and community participation many principals have publicly displayed their school plans and budgets. Community participation has increased and is varied in its nature. Parents and parents' groups are showing more concern and getting involved, for example, in supervision of students, painting classrooms, making displays and in the learning processes.
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The role of the community is not confined to fund raising. The class parents' group at SDN Sedayu 3 Turen is actively involved in helping the teachers with the teaching in class.
The school budget is also displayed at SDN Sedayu 3, Turen under the leadership of Ibu Cholifah.
The enviroment in the classroom of Ibu Sri, a teacher at SDN Kendalpayak, Pakisaji encourages the children to learn actively.
At MI NU Wadung Pakisaji not only the children are creative, Ibu Rini W. is also active and creative in creating an appropriate environment and learning media for the children.
The students at SMPN 1 Turen actively learning English with Ibu Sri Rahayu. The lesson is more enjoyable and effective , because the teacher uses learning by doing.learning by doing
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