News Article - SDN Sedati Gede 2, Sidoarjo

U.S. CONGRESS DELEGATION VISIT SDN Sedati GEDE 2 September 8, 2009

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The delegation was visiting the class

A total of 4 (four) Delegates Congress of the United States (John Packer, the U.S. Agency for International Development, Caryn R Mc.Clelland, Consul General, Jessica Lee and Coss Mixtu, House Foreign Affairs Committee, USA) visited SDN Sedati Gede 2 (20/08 ). Their visit in order to see directly the activities at the school who have a lot of innovation in the process of active learning student-centered. Their arrival was greeted with crazy dance by 4 (four) students and two (2) children dressed Guk Yuk draping flowers. Besides Dani (grade III) with good English guide them around the school. Before around the school they were greeted by the Principal, Jeni Trisulisjayanti, School Committee Sarjito, Kacabdin Education Sidoarjo, Sutjipto, SH. MM., Provincial Coordinator Rosdiani Rachim. 
In his speech, the principal of SDN Sedati Gede II said, "We would like to welcome the arrival of a delegation from America to here are already pleased to see our school. Our school includes the village school, so this is the situation, we could be like this with the assistance of USAID. What is given to our school encourages us do our best to become school innovation and creativity with active learning student-centered ". 
Under these circumstances our school was chosen to be one of the school to the national standard in wiliyah Sidoarjo, in addition to our school also received support tools ICT (Information & Communication Technology) which can then be used by teachers to support various activities in developing active learning using the technology, he said. 
Further invited guests around the school by Dani, a student of class III SD conversant with English, as well as a guide. They show the whole class learning model and learning system that uses Pakem math class VI with a guided Bambang Tirtowijoyo math teacher. They were very impressed with the class of learning systems and procedures that have been changed, in the form of discussions and groups, indicating that the SDN Sedati Gede II has changed the patterns of learning. 
They also visited PSBG (learn some vital lessons Cluster Resource Centre) is a place that became a miniature teachers to practice the system of student-centered learning. In this group there are 10 computer assistance from USAID, which can be used also for the use of active learning with technology is limited and as a venue for teachers to make inexpensive props that can be used for learning in the classroom. The delegates had a chance to dialogue with the teachers who are doing the practice of making inexpensive props to peek in the cardboard. 
Then they visited the kindergarten Darma Women, about 200 meters from SD Sedati Gede II, a kindergarten, which also received support from USAID. TK is also one that has succeeded in developing interactive learning techniques using audio instructions. 
With this visit they were very impressed with what he had seen, they are expected to return to the United States will make a report on the success of education in Indonesia. In addition, the delegation also visited the SMP 2 Sedati which has also received support from USAID. (Rief).