Langsung ke konten utama

Hai! Kumusta!


Helo! My name is Alfi Syahrin Zainuddin, student of Mathematics Education, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Universitas Negeri Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. I am a participant of SEA-Teacher batch 8, 2019.

I made this article to share my experiences and the excitement while in Tarlac Agricultural University, Philippines. I hope you can feel the excitement through this blog!

Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

Travel to Philippines

My home country in South Sulawesi, Makassar. One of the big islands in Indonesia. Then, I was accepted as a SEA-Teacher participant in Tarlac Agricultural University, Philippines. The first thing that crossed in my mind was that I finally got the chance to go abroad! Yay! I took a flight from Makassar to Jakarta  and then take another connecting flight straight to manila . What a long journey! But when I arrived in Manila, my tired is paid off. What a valuable opportunity to see the capital city of Philippines. The buildings, the bustle of the people, as well as the traffic system. After that, I met SEA-Teacher Batch 8 participants from other universities from Indonesia who were also accepted at Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU). The location of TAU is in Tarlac, that's why their staff can only pick us up at the nearest airport, which is Clark Airport. We have to take 5-6 hours from NAIA Airport to Clark by using a P2P bus located at terminal 3 of the NAIA, by paying 380 P

Practice Teaching & Class Observation

A week goes by with so many agendas from getting a Visa/Student Permitt, opening the program, to having dinner together. The second week quite different, it was filled with an introductory to the education system in Philippines. We have a tour and shown various laboratories that they used in the learning and teaching process. We were also taught to make lesson plans and exchange information related to differences in the education system implemented in Indonesia and Philippines. Indonesia applies the K-13 curriculum while Philippines applies a curriculum called k to 12. From the terms used they are almost similar but the application is different. Indonesia and K-13 apply the concept of learning more easily because some of the material is streamlined and narrowed down but it is still adjusted to international standard learning materials so that the education can be balanced with foreign education. Philippines with k to 12 is designed to provide holistic education for all Filipino s

Opening Program

After resting all night due to exhaustion with the trip the day before, we were invited to attend the Opening Program as a welcoming program for SEA-Teacher participants from Indonesia. The event was attended by the leaders of Tarcal Agricultural University and the staff of ELIA. The participant in batch 8 are 18 people from different universities. Universitas Pakuan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Universitas Mataram, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Universitas Negeri Padang, STIE Widya Gama Lumajang, and Universitas Negeri Makassar. In this event we were met with our Cooperating Teacher and Supervisor who will guide us during teaching practice at TAU-Lab School.