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Students preparing for post-graduate study in Australia under the AusAID-funded scholarship programs attended a guest lecture on gender awareness, given by Nina Shatifan, at IALF Jakarta. Nina presented a session on What Does Gender Have To Do With Me? to the group and challenged them to examine their traditional views on gender and sex. She also discussed with them the importance of gender in development and why it is a crucial factor in social and economic progress.
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Siti
Hajar from IALF Bali was recently awarded an Australian Leadership Award to
undertake post-graduate study in Australia. Siti has chosen to study for a Masters
of Education in Leadership and Management at Flinders University, Adelaide beginning
in January 2007. The award also includes five days of leadership training in
Canberra.
Siti will undertake a combined research/coursework degree focusing on educational management and how aspects of this can be applied in the context of regional autonomy in Indonesia. Siti will conduct her research in her home regency of East Flores and will look at secondary schools in terms of school leadership, teacher training/development, curriculum & materials design, assessment & testing and teaching & learning resources.
On her return Siti hopes to contribute to the improvement of secondary school education as part of community development in Eastern Indonesia.
Australian Leadership Awards are administered by AusAID and information can be found on www.ausaid.gov.au
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Kity Karenisa and Esra Nelvi Siagian from the National Language Centre of Indonesia – Pusat Bahasa – visited IALF Jakarta recently to discuss resources for the teaching of Indonesian as a foreign language. Kity and Esra met with IALF teachers Asjik Mubanar and Tetty Simanjuntak and were particularly interested in the Album Indonesia CD Rom. This resource, recently revised and updated, is produced by Planet Learning and is an excellent multi-media learning resource at the beginner level. Kity and Esra were also interested to know how the IALF promoted its Indonesian language program to foreigners living in Jakarta and discussed the possibility of creating a database of providers of Indonesian language training to expatriates in Indonesia. Information about Album Indonesia can be found on www.planetalbums.com It is also available through the IALF. |
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| Jakarta Sentra Mulia Building, Ground Floor Jl Rasuna Said Kav X-6 No. 8 Jakarta 12940 Tel. (62-21) 521-3350 Fax (62-21) 521-3349 ialfjkt@ialf.edu |
Surabaya Jalan Sumatera No. 49 Surabaya 60281 East Java Tel. (62-31) 502-6400 Fax (62-31) 502-6408 ialfsby@ialf.edu |
Bali Jalan Raya Sesetan 190 Denpasar Bali 80223 Tel. (62-361) 225-243 Fax (62-361) 263-509 ialfbali@ialf.edu |
Other
presentations in the Guest Speaker program for the scholarship students
this year have included Dr. Purnamawati, Clinical Pediatrician, on Rational
Drug Use for Children and Dr. Anne Russon of York University, Toronto,
on Recent Research on the Psychology and Behaviour of Orangutans, with
reference to her work in Kalimantan.