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BANYUMAS: MBE Spreading Fast
The sub-district education office in Baturaden want-ed to be first off the mark. They held training for primary schools in the sub-district, which show-ed that the Education Office in Baturaden was taking steps to be ahead of the others. The training was carried out between 23-24 January and was the first training given to schools outside the MBE sub-districts in Banyumas district. Below you can see one of the activities in the science class.
SMPN 1 Wangon was keen to learn all about PAKEM. At training which they ran for themselves on 13-14 March all the teachers in SMPN 1 Wangon enjoyed learning from the Banyumas MBE district facilitators. On the right you can see a group of teachers planning the arrangement of furniture in their classes.
Teacher Exchanges Very Effective
Bpk Sukardi, a primary school supervisor in Kebasen, who is also an MBE facilitator, is committed to his work both as a supervisor and a facilitator. Hoping to make progress and develop MBE across the whole of Banyumas district, especially in Kebasen sub-district, he has implemented a program whereby teachers from outside MBE primary schools went to work in MBE primary schools.
The program took place from 6-25 February 2006. At the start the participants kept asking 'what's PAKEM?". Now they already have a good idea because they have observed and practiced it directly. The facili-tators actively supported the participants and held discussions with them.
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Above: One of the teachers taking part in the teacher exchange doing practical teaching. All the children in the class are active.
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The Students have Fun in Class
The children of class 2 in MIM Pandansari are weighing two different objects using a simple balance that they have made themselves. They discover that an eraser is heavier than a plastic ball. They are also using non standard units to measure. They are measuring the length of the table in hand spans.
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