PPL LN UBU 2019
Name : Kadek Unggah Adi Nope
Major : Education of Informatics Engineering
Home University : Ganesha University of Education
Receiving University : Ubon Ratchathani University
Name of School : Lukhamhanwarinchamrab School
Om Swastyastu, I would like to explain my teaching practice experience in Thailand, Ubon Rachathani province, in Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school. Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha for giving me a chance to join the teaching practice program overseas and for UBU University as partner university. Little did I know I would join teaching practice overseas before. I am so pleased and proud because I could make my parents proud of me that I got a rare chance to join it. Being here for 1 month, I have learnt a lot by teaching Thai students, because the classroom’s environment was different from Indonesia’s, moreover when I had to adapt myself from daily routines and cultures here, it was certainly a challenge to remain as an optimal teacher at Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school. Not only did I adapt in school environtment, but also learnt about their habits and cultures. Started from how to book a public transportation, how to order food, find out delicious food, or even how to bargain for a discount when shopping. All of those were not as easy as imagined because not all of the local people understood English. However, it became challenge for myself because I was able to learn Thai language and I was able to gain new knowledge. Besides adapting with environment and habit, I also got a lot of new good friends, friendly students who respect their teachers and older people, kind hearted and friendly teachers, the lecturers/staffs of UBU University who were very kind. As well as the friends who came from foreign contries, such as, Turky, Laos, the USA, and so on who joined the internship program. The following is the report that I got while joining the teaching practice at Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school.
- General Information
1.1 The Profile of the School
Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school is located in 37 Moo 11 Sathon Mak street, Saen Suk district, Distrik Warin Chamrap Province Ubon Ratchathani. Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school was built on the 10th of June , 1974 based on Dr. Ko Sawatdipanich’s initiative who was as a general director of general education department. The school was established for teaching for the first time by using old building of Benjama Maharaj school which was located behind provincial hall of Ubon Ratchathani, named “Sekolah Warin Thammakitta” with a name Khun Dharm Kittika Sheriff first from Distrik Chamrap. Then, sir Charoen Phantong, the governor of Ubon Ratchathan province changed the name into “Lue Khamharn Warin Chamrap School” by the name of the godfather, the rumors and words believed to be souldiers during the reign of the lord of Phra Ta and the founder of Distrik Kham Nam Saap (currently Distrik Warin Chamrap).
In the 1976 academic year, the classrooms were organized into 25 classrooms, therefore the classrooms were inadequate. The 1st grade students On the August 3rd, 1977, were moved to study together at current school located in no.37, Moo 11, Baan Kham Saen Rat, Saen Suk district, Warinchamrap Ubon Ratchathani. In 2010 academic year, the students anticipated in World Class Standard School Program.
1.2 Facilities of the school
Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school had adequate facilites, it had 72 classrooms, a laboratorium, a cumputer lab, a field, and sport facilities, traditional and modern music facilities. With those facilities, it made students were able to develop themselves not only in education field, but also in their own hobby and skill. Last but not least, Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school had a large car park as the result it didnt bother the surrounding facilities.
1.3 Teaching System
Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school had 2 level of educations, among others junior high school and senior high school. Second level education was called Matrium (Matthayom). There were 6 Matrium in this school. Matrium 1-3 for junior high school students, and matrium 4-6 for senior high school students. The teaching process was started at at 08.30 a.m – 04.00 p.m from Monday-Friday. For Informatics Technology lesson here were devided into several other sub teachings such as WEB, Application, Mobile Application, basic programming, computation knowlegde, and multimedia.
- Pedagogical Contents
2.1 Teaching Method
There were some teaching methods used by teacher, it depends on the subject and the teacher. There were direct teaching method, problem based learning, and project based learning.
2.2 Source of Learning
Source of learning used by students awere not only from given materials but also from provided books in class. Besides that, the source of learning is from internet too, students were allowed to bring handphones. There would be an evaluation or practice after the material given or provided.
2.3 Authentic Assesment
Assesment process given by the teacher was usually a test form or a practice form in the end of the lesson. Not only that, there were other assesments such as middle test and final test. In addition to the provision of test and assesment tasks also carried out by giving project that would be presented by students as well as the result of discussion and question and answer students.
- Teaching Plan
3.1 Curriculum
Curriculum used in Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school was semester program which had been matched with Thailand Education system (World Class Standard School), therefore when I arranged a lesson plan, I had to discuss it with my tutor teacher.
3.2Lesson Plan
In Thailand, the teachers always prepared a lesson plan as their reference before teaching. There wew some differences between lesson plan in Indonesia and lesson plan in Thailand. In Thailand, the lesson plan was simpler and more detail than lesson plan in Indonesia. However, the structures were generally the same, consists of preface, core activity, closing.
- Teaching Practice
4.1 Teaching Prosedures in the Classroom
Teaching prosedure in Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school was typically the same with the teaching procedure in Indonesia. There were 3 procidures, preface, core activity, and closing. The procedures are explained as follows:
a. Preface
In preface, I opened with greeting, cheecking students’ attendant, asking for assignment, then explaining material that would be discussed in the ongoing lesson
b. Core Activity
In core activity, I firstly explained the theory of material that would be delivered. Next, I gave the students tutorial and guided the students to participate in the tutorial I given. In this stage, I allowed students to ask freely if they have a question.
3. Closing
Before ending the class, I re-checked if there was a student who had not understood the material. After that, I gave students a homework for the next meeting and told them what material that would be discussed in the next meeting.
4.2 Time Management and Activities for Each Meeting
For Web Application lesson in Lukhamhanwarinchamrab school, students got 1 meeting in a week (2 hours of meeting), for 1 hour of meeting was 50 minutes. Based on what I have mentioned before, before starting for the for the first practice, I would explain the theory a liitle bit from the material.
4.3 Problem Solving
There were some problems when I taught in classrooms, one of them was: not all of students could speak English. Moreover, because I taught Informatics Technology lesson, the difference of software used for teaching was also an obstacle, because I had to get used to use the installed software in the computer lab.
- Summary and Suggestion
5.1 Purpose of the Teaching Practice
The purpose for teaching practice is for giving a teaching experience for future teachers, and by joining teaching practice overseas in hope to prepare a professional and competent teacher. Other purposes of teaching practice, among others:
- Applying teaching skill
- Making future teacher masters their teaching skill
- Developing social and individual skill of the future teacher
- Developing the competency of learning English
- Understanding school condition overseas
- Gaining experience of teaching students overseas
- Undertanding academic process and non academic process in school overseas
5.2 Outcomes of the Practice
- Having an international experience in developing new competency
- Having a competency to compete in globalization era and industry 4.0
- Being an ambassador of UNDIKSHA in the form of education and culture overseas
5.3 Challenges of the Practice
The main challenge in this teaching practice was language itself. Not all of the students, teachers, and other people understand English. This obstacle challenged me as a teacher to be able to guide students, make them undertsand the materials. Moreover, cultural differences pushed me to be a good role model for the students.
5.4 Overall Impression
The teaching practice overseas was excelent and beneficial because I had a new experience to teach students overseas. I also got new knowledge in term of cultures, foods, tourism objects, and others. By joining this program, I was able to learn a new language too, such as English and little bit Thai language. Last but not least, this program allowed me to have more new friends from other contries
5.5 Suggestion for Future Improvement
For the next university students who want to join this program, firstly you have to prepare your mental and physical health. Because when you spend 1 month overseas, you body has to get used to the weather and foods. In addition, you have to master at least basic English, and try to explore the culture in the country. It will be better if you master basic language of the country itself too
6. Others
explain the material to students.
WEB Application practicum.
culture Exchange.
photo with students and tutor.
Those are my explaination in this report. Hopefully it can encourage the juniors who want to join the teaching practice overseas. Thank you very much.
