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Performing Monkeys: October 2011
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Saturday, October 29, 2011. International-Standard Pilot Project Schools. In the Jakarta Post in March last year (2010) closed with these remarks. It is the task of all elements in this country to improve the quality of our education, which ranks low even among Asian countries. Therefore, we appreciate the number of corporations that run schools, including those with international standards. Teachers to request review of RSBI schools. The review request would ...
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Performing Monkeys: U.M. Time - Again
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Sunday, March 25, 2012. UM Time - Again. Yep, it's that time of year when elementary, junior and senior high school students face the dreaded U. The multi-choice exams set by regional and national education authorities. The tests set by the national Department of Education, which in its (lack of) wisdom or vision has emasculated the English language teaching sector. This is what Iqbal Widastomo said. They have not been given a chance to think and explore as th...
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Performing Monkeys: March 2012
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Sunday, March 25, 2012. UM Time - Again. Yep, it's that time of year when elementary, junior and senior high school students face the dreaded U. The multi-choice exams set by regional and national education authorities. The tests set by the national Department of Education, which in its (lack of) wisdom or vision has emasculated the English language teaching sector. This is what Iqbal Widastomo said. They have not been given a chance to think and explore as th...
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Performing Monkeys: April 2014
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Sunday, April 13, 2014. 2B or not 2B? That is the question —. Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer. The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,. Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,. And by opposing end them? That Our Kid has a stash of 2B pencils is but one indication of how well schooled he has become, much like the performing monkeys, the tethered topeng monyet. Now banned by Jokowi from Jakarta's streets. The most creative part of his 'educ...
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Performing Monkeys: February 2013
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Thursday, February 7, 2013. What's Wrong With This? I'm not referring to the mix of English and Indonesian, but there's a marketing ploy in this package which justifies its inclusion in the Boggles category. Regular readers of Jakartass will be aware that I take great care with sentence structure and punctuation. None of us are perfect, so if I spot an error in a post, however old it is, I correct it. This past week I've been helping Year 9s with ' simulasi.
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Performing Monkeys: Graduation Day
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Saturday, April 20, 2013. Published in the Guardian. These senior high school students in Medan, North Sumatra, completed their national exams on Thursday. Compared to previous years. They had something extra to celebrate: they actually took the ujian monyet. Students in 11 provinces were unable to sit the exams, set by the Ministry of Education and Culture, because the papers hadn't been delivered. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Performing Monkeys: May 2012
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A Critique of the Indonesian Schools System. Sunday, May 6, 2012. It’s not what we teach . But how we teach it. This article by Andrew Vivian, an educational consultant and former principal of two national plus schools, was first published in the. If they are correct, why do so many teachers not teach their students how to actually learn and think? What are the restrictions? First, there is not unanimous agreement about the purpose of schools. Some sections of society want schools to prepare students...
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Educational Journey: Characteristics of written language from writer (student) point of view
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Characteristics of written language from writer (student) point of view. Did you know that to learn English as a second language or foreign language have some characteristics? May be not all English teacher realized about it, but these characteristics are very common in students writing process. Well Pay attention with these characteristics:. Production time - This part is crucial issue for me. In this part students think about the deadline. The possibility case in here ...Dista...
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Educational Journey: Happy arrange group :)
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Monday, November 29, 2010. Happy arrange group :). In teaching learning process, sometimes we do individual task and group task. Individual task is very common in Indonesia especially. I remember start from elementary until graduate from secondary school I often got individual task. How about group work? Sometimes we use this method right? Do you know to assign students to make a group have an art? There is some strategies to make assign group interesting for students. 1 Turn to your partner. Student are...
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Educational Journey: Director in drama
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Monday, December 13, 2010. What do you know about director? Have you ever been a director in a drama or theater? What is director actually? Director is one of the element of drama. We can say director is a main person who controls how a play is performed. That's why director is one important thing that support drama successfully. Basically the concepts of director are:. Director give the example of how to look and play about drama. Director select the cast to through rehearsal to finished production.
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