BTL4 Training Takes Place in All Provinces
The Better Teaching and Learning 4 or BTL4 training package has been developed by DBE3 and trained to 15 national facilitators per province from September 28-30 in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Those facilitators have trained 15 facilitators from each district, who will in turn train teachers in their respective districts.
THE BTL4 TRAINING package introduces the idea of a simple 'lesson study' where teachers analyze and improve their lessons. The training is divided into five sessions as follows:
Training participants identify problems experienced in the implementation of 'Contextual Teaching and Learning' (CTL), the causes and possible solutions.
In groups of approximately 5 people they make a new Lesson Plan or improve an existing one in order to address the problems that have been identified during the previous activity. The topic in the lesson plan is a topic that will soon be taught in class.
One member of the group teaches in the classroom using the lesson plan that has been developed while the other four participants observe and assist with the lesson. After the lesson is finished, they reflect on the lesson and improve the lesson plan.
Next each participant brings the improved lesson plan to teach the students in their own class. If time allows, the teachers may be observed and mentored by a district facilitator.
The final stage is a joint reflection by the teachers at the MGMP about the implementation of the lesson plan in each of their classes.
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In BTL4 activities there are two teaching practices for the same topic. In many cases problems arose in implementing the lesson plan during the first teaching practice, but, after the plan had been improved, the second teaching practice was far more successful. The problems that often appeared in the first practice were
(i) some students were less active because they were not engaged in the activities,
(ii) the tasks which were designed did not challenge the students sufficiently to think and act.
However, after the lesson plans had been discussed and improved, many of the problems were solved before the second teaching practice.
Photos from the national facilitator training shown on this page:
- (Photo 1) Mathematics facilitators prepare lesson plans supported by DBE3 technical staff.
- (Photo 2) An experiment to filter dirty water to become clean water.
- (Photo 3) A trainee helping the students with their lesson tasks.
(Photo 4, 5, & 6) Practical activities to find the formula to work out the surface of a sphere. (Photo 4) Students cut circles to cover the surface of the ball. Three circles are needed to cover it. (Photo 5) A teacher helping the students. (Photo 6) A worksheet designed for this activity.
- (Photo 7) Students in another class test the amount of vitamin C in various types of fruit.
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Strengthening the MGMP
The activities above are the kinds of activities which can be done at MGMP. The BTL4 training for DBE3 partner schools will be conducted in five sessions, as mentioned above, and delivered via the teachers working groups (MGMP).
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Sharing Innovation in Junior Secondary Education
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Edition 08/November 2010
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