Given Indonesia's learning and Memorization

Education expert Professor Izumi Nishitani of the Faculty of Education Gunma University in Japan gave presentation on the Lesson Study (LS) at the workshop'''' Lesson Study in Mathematics and Natural Sciences UNY. Workshop participated by all lecturers in Faculty. In his presentation Prof. Izumi said, there are some good points of learning in Indonesia, among many teachers who wish to enhance teaching skills, most students are friendly and follow him, children, parents, and teachers appreciate the community, as well as old school teaching. While the constraints faced by the teacher and the child is dependent on textbooks and worksheets, the lack of discovery and exploration in learning, students are asked to memorize and then recall the formula and use it, write on the blackboard, the way students take notes, lessons are too long (80 minutes). '' In Indonesia, the majority of the lesson is to remember / memorize. The problem of teachers today is the national exam and the books are very thick and terms of cargo to be delivered to the students and then at the end of the year there learning the national exam. Thus, students and teachers romp to finish the target,'' he said. What happens in the day-to-day learning is the teacher teaching students to memorize a continuous basis, and forget all the test run, because the test is complete. Japan also had never experienced such conditions in which teachers teach and students to memorize. But then little by little phenomenon can be changed for the better. He was told, in Finland there are many integrated schools are elementary and junior high together. Amenities are very supportive, including electric board. The number of students do not like in Indonesia that an average of 30 or 40. There are very few students per class. Indonesia and Japan almost as students, a lot. In Indonesia and Japan teacher room table is usually one of the teachers. But it is different in Helsinki, which is like a living room. When it comes be sitting there but when teaching a seat that may be occupied by another teacher who is not teaching. Almost the same between Finland and Indonesia is a teacher after teaching and then go home. But in Japan, teachers remain at school until the wee hours in the morning to prepare the material so that the material preparation really mature. '' Finnish small country, population is not much, no natural resources, but the focus on education. With higher education in the world that can compete globally. Ranging from primary to university education free. Stationery and school prepared lunch. Education can be free because it comes from the very high tax. The tax would be allocated to education. berita, belajar, article, learning