Professional Teacher Training Program (PPG) 3

Stages in Workshop of SSP (Subject Specific Pedagogy)

“Indonesian Professional Teacher Training Program (PPG)”

Written by Aziza Restu Febrianto

1. First meeting (Plenary 1)

• General explanation about the program
• Discussions and questions and answers

2. Focused Group Discussion (FGD)

The discussion is guided by two professional lecturers and a designated official representative school teacher. The first lecture focuses on the teaching skill and the second lecture is concerned about the subject.

• Choosing the teaching topic and materials
• Synchronizing the topic and materials with the curriculum
• Grounding the subject (if needed) facilitated by the guardian lecturers
• Choosing the teaching method, technique, and approach

3. Individual work and teamwork developing the instruments of the lesson plan

• Developing the learning targeted indicators and the purposes of the teaching and learning
• Planning and staking out the teaching and learning evaluations
• Staking out the subject materials:

• Choosing the appropriate course books for students
• Students’ worksheets
• Teaching and learning medias

• Planning and staking out the lesson plan

4. Second meeting (Plenary 2)

• Presenting the works of each group of FGD in peer teaching
• Critics and advise from lecturers, official representative school teacher, and the other participants

5. Revising the Lesson Plan
6. Approving the Lesson Plan by lecturers and official representative school teacher
7. Peer Teaching and Micro Teaching
8. Reflections and Evaluations

• Creating Lesson Plans and Preparing for the next term: Field Practical Teaching in school (PPL).

Reference: State University of Malang (UM)

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 Simile Game

Level       : High School Students

Topic       : Comparing things

Material   : Degree of Comparison/ Comparative Sentences

Skill         : Speaking and Writing

Written by Aziza Restu Febrianto

Simile game is a teaching game used to enrich the students’ vocabulary (especially adjectives) and to make the students accustomed to using “comparative sentences,” sentences for comparing things. In this game, the students use the words “Like” and “as.”

Step 1

Students ask each other to identify certain objects around.

Step 2

Two students start to identify two similar objects.

Step 3

Finally, the other makes a complete simile.

Examples:

1. As old as

• Student A identifies that his/ her grandfather is old (My grandfather is old).
• Student B also identifies that the hill is old too (The hill is old too).
• Student C makes a complete sentence of simile:

My grandfather is as old as the hill.

2. As strong as

• Student A : Alex is strong.
• Student B : The bull is strong.
• Student C : Alex is as strong as bull.

3. Is/ are like ……

• Student A : He is tall
• Student B : His father is also tall
• Student : He is like his father

Teachers may use this game in group of students. Each group includes three students. Every group in class compete each other by making as many simile as they can.

Worksheet

1	She is as sweet as …………………………………………….	Honey
2	He sings like…………………………………………………….	A bird
3	He can run as fast as…………………………………………………..	A horse
4	His face is as cute as ………………………………………..	A baby
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Professional Teacher Training Program (PPG) 2

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Learning System Used in Indonesian Professional Teacher Training Program (PPG)

written by Aziza Restu Febrianto

The system of learning is divided into two terms of semesters. In the first semester, teachers as the participants are involved in the workshops of SSP (Subject Specific Pedagogy). In these workshops, they are required to prepare all sets of equipment such as Lesson Plans, Material resources, Teaching and Learning Medias, Evaluations of Learning, etc. In addition, they actively participate in the Focused Group Discussion (FGD) guided by professional lecturers. Workshop of SSP is a workshop which prepares the participants for being able to create effective educational teaching materials based on the subjects/ Subject Specific Pedagogy. They also do the teaching practices (Peer Teaching and Micro Teaching) in class.

After completing the workshops, it is assumed that all the participants are ready to take the teaching practices in schools named Field Practical Teaching (PPL). In the second semester, they do practice to teach in the real class situation. Meaning that they teach in schools and they are guided by the official designated teachers of the schools.

First Semester: Workshops of SSP

Targets:

• Lesson Plans
• Material Resources
• Teaching and Learning Medias
• Additional Supporting equipments
• Scientific Research Proposals
• Professional Teaching Performances

Second Semester: Teaching Practices in Schools

Targets:

• Teaching skill and competence in the real class situation
• Creating teaching instruments based the real class situation guided by official school teachers
• Making reports