Teachers told to make classes more alive<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman
\nDjojonegoro asked teachers yesterday to make classes more
\ninteresting or risk having their students fall asleep from
\nboredom.<\/p>\n
"It is in fact your job to make a difficult subject easy to
\nunderstand, something abstract concrete and something complex
\nsimple," he told teachers at the opening of the School of Physics
\nin the grounds of the Jakarta Teachers' Training and Education
\nInstitute (IKIP).<\/p>\n
He said there were presently many physics teachers who taught
\nstudents loads of abstract and complicated concepts but gave only
\na minimum amount of time for practical work in the laboratory.<\/p>\n
During the training session, however, there was no mention of
\nteachers salaries, which are among the lowest of all civil
\nservants.<\/p>\n
Many teachers might say they have no choice but to apply
\nboring teaching methods to meet the demands of each curriculum,
\nWardiman said. This could cause serious undue stress to the
\nstudents, he warned.<\/p>\n
"Uninteresting teaching methods will not only put them under
\nheavy pressure, but also diminish their enthusiasm, motivation
\nand confidence," he said.<\/p>\n
Wardiman pointed out this was often the problem with physics,
\nwhich is one of the most unpopular subjects for junior and high
\nschool students.<\/p>\n
Its unpopularity can also be witnessed by the small number of
\nhigh school graduates who enroll in physics sciences upon
\nentering university, he added.<\/p>\n
The IKIP's School of Physics is an in-service training
\ninstitution aimed at enriching experienced physics teachers with
\nskills and knowledge to teach with methods that can produce
\n"people that are truly able to develop the country".<\/p>\n
The School works closely with the Indonesian Physics
\nAssociation and the Italy-based International Centre for
\nTheoretical Physics.<\/p>\n
The School's courses are comprised of educational and
\nscientific subjects which include application of technology,
\neliminating mis-conceptions in physics education, frontiers of
\nphysics, electronics today and communication systems.<\/p>\n
Courses which are currently underway will last until Nov. 24
\nand are attended by some 70 junior and senior high school
\nteachers from across Jakarta.<\/p>\n
About 35 percent of the lecturers at IKIP's Department of
\nPhysics Education have masters and doctoral degrees in science
\nand 17 percent have masters degrees in education.(pwn)<\/p>",
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