Teachers make studying fun with creative lessons<\/p>\n
Dewi Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
As students become more and more burdened with schoolwork,
\nteachers face the challenge of coming up with lesson plans that
\nmake school fun by encouraging the students to be active and
\ncreative learners.<\/p>\n
A teacher at State Senior High School 32 (SMUN 32), A.
\nFatkhurrohman, for example, has come up with a lesson called
\nPelangi Sepanjang Hari (A rainbow every day) to introduce his
\nstudents to multiculturalism.<\/p>\n
\"In this program, two students from different ethnic or
\ncultural backgrounds are paired together, then each week they are
\nto spend a night at each other's house, just to see and learn
\nabout each other's family background,\" Fatkhurrohman, a history
\nand sociology teacher, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The idea, he said, is to open his students' eyes and minds to
\ndifferent cultures, races and ethnic groups, to teach them how to
\nlive together in harmony.<\/p>\n
\"With this program, students get to learn about different
\ncultures and history in a more active and fun way than in the
\nclassroom,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Esti Nurhidayat, a teacher at YPPI Surabaya High School, said
\nthat by coming up with creative teaching methods that encouraged
\nstudents to play active roles, learning could be an easy and fun
\nprocess.<\/p>\n
She has created a program called Permainan Cash Flow Quadrant
\n(Cash flow quadrant game), which is a kind of board game in which
\nstudents learn to buy bonds and stocks. The game is played
\nentirely in English.<\/p>\n
\"The purpose of the game is to encourage students to learn
\nEnglish and economics in a more fun and creative way,\" said Esti.<\/p>\n
Fatkhurrohman and Esti's ideas drew the attention of Citibank
\nPeka, which selected on Wednesday 133 teachers -- including
\nFatkhurrohman and Esti -- and will give them the opportunity to
\nimplement their programs.<\/p>\n
Through its CitiSuccess Fund 2004 program, the U.S.-based
\nbanking group awarded Rp 665 million (US$72,282) to the 133
\nteachers from Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Each teacher will receive Rp 5 million, which is to be used to
\ncover the operational costs for implementing their lessons.<\/p>\n
The process of selecting the 133 teachers began with the
\nsubmission of proposals. Eight jurors, including education
\nexperts, journalists and representatives of Citibank and the Hope
\nIndonesia Foundation, then selected the best proposals.<\/p>\n
Dewi Dewo, one of the jurors, said the 133 teachers were
\nselected because their proposals were deemed feasible, fun,
\ncreative, clear, unique, enriching, connected to the country's
\ncurriculum and student-oriented.<\/p>\n
The teachers are expected to implement their programs, in
\ncollaboration with a Citibank Peka volunteer, for 35 students
\neach.<\/p>\n
Ten of the teachers will then be selected in February 2005 and
\nawarded Rp 5 million each by Citibank Peka for their efforts. In
\naddition, Citibank will donate Rp 10 million to the teachers'
\nschools.<\/p>",
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