On 4/22/06, m.c. ptrwn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tadi presiden mendarat di moffet field, lapangan terbang usaf yang > berseberangan dengan hq kita (juniper,yahoo,google), rencana hari ini > ia akan meeting dengan cisco john chambers, denger dari kawan di cisco > hari ini sebagain pegawai diliburkan karena jalanan ditutup. > > anyway, ada intiatif perbaikan dari informasi yang barusan diupload di > san jose mercury news di > http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14395265.htm > http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/14395288.htm > dalam hal meningkatkan kompetisi dengan emerging countries :
Program Bill Clinton "Goals 2000" project untuk membuat American students first in science literacy tidak tercapai sehingga menjadi tanggungan Presiden US yg sekarang. Buku Pelajaran kalau terlalu tebal siswanya juga jadi ogah untuk membacanya tidak heran students akhirnya getting bored. Buku pelajarannya berubah jadi Ensiklopedia-like books. http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/11/03/badbooks/ "..With only a handful of major U.S. textbook publishers, Driesler says none could stay in business if they put out a different book for every state. That's how books grow to 700 or 800 pages,.." "..No publisher is ever rejected for too much content," said Driesler. But they will be rejected if they don't cover almost all of the curriculum requirements of a school district...." Sementara yg di Jepang http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/digest5.html "..All Japanese texts are written and produced in the private sector; however, the texts must be approved by the Ministry of Education. Textbook content, length, and classroom utilization in Japan is quite different than in the United States. The content of Japanese textbooks is based upon the national curriculum, while most American texts tend to cover a wider array of topics. Japanese textbooks typically contain about half the pages of their American counterparts. Consequently, unlike many American teachers, almost all Japanese teachers finish their textbooks in an academic year..." Tidak lupa memberi pengajaran lainnya agar dapat menjalani kehidupan sosial "...Still, Japanese teachers endeavor to inculcate good character traits in students through the hidden curriculum. For example, all Japanese students and teachers clean school buildings every week. Japanese students are constantly exhorted by teachers to practice widely admired societal traits such as putting forth intense effort on any task and responding to greetings from teachers in a lively manner.." "..While the Japanese K-12 curriculum is actually quite similar in many respects to the curriculum of U.S. schools, there are important differences. Because Japanese teachers at all levels are better prepared in mathematics than their American counterparts, instruction in that subject is more sophisticated in Japan..." Memang tidak ada magic formula Why the United States Should Look to Japan for Better Schools http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/21/opinion/21mon4.html?ex=1290229200&en=ca7b8468204cc25c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss "...Japanese teacher-development strategy in which teachers work cooperatively and intensively to improve their methods. This process, known as "lesson study," allows teachers to revise and refine lessons that are then shared with others, sometimes through video and sometimes at conventions. In addition to helping novices, this system builds a publicly accessible body of knowledge about what works in the classroom The lesson-study groups focus on refining methods that improve student understanding. In doing so, the groups go step by step, laying out successful strategies for teaching specific lessons. This reflects the Japanese view that successful teaching is the product of intensive teacher development and self-scrutiny. In America, by contrast, novice teachers are often presumed competent on Day One. They have few opportunities in their careers to watch successful colleagues in action. We also tend to believe that educational change would happen overnight - if only we could find the right formula. This often leaves us prey to fads that put schools on the wrong track..." Kalau ada yg ingin lihat review U.S. Science Textbook yg ber-bug ada di: http://se02.xif.com/articles/20010317/bob9.asp http://www.science-house.org/middleschool/reviews/index.html Semalam ditayangkan cuplikan speech Presiden US ttg Science Education itu di TV setelah itu ada talk show yg menyinggung: Super Science High School (cool juga namanya) http://www.jst.go.jp/rikai/eng/ssh/main.html http://www.jst.go.jp/rikai/eng/ -edo-
