Tina Marsigit
From 1999 to 2005, under a cooperation between the Government of Indonesia (GOI) and JICA-Japan, three universities, UPI Bandung, UNY Yogyakarta and UM Malang, carried out a project called IMSTEP-JICA [JICA Technical Cooperation Project for Development of Science and Mathematics Teaching for Primary and Secondary Education in Indonesia] for pursuing good practices of mathematics and sciences teaching by developing and strengthening teacher education. The project resulted in pilot lesson study activities for secondary mathematics teaching in three cluster sites of West Java, Central Java, and East Java. The results of the studies indicated significant improvements of the practice of secondary mathematics teaching and learning processes in teaching methodology, teacher competencies, students’ achievement, alternative evaluation, teaching learning resource and syllabi. However, some misconceptions remained as obstacles to effective implementation of lesson study. The current lesson study activities are conducted under the auspices of SISTTEM (Strengthening In-Service Teacher Training of Mathematics and Science Education) at the junior secondary level. The overall goal of SISTTEM is to develop the model of in-service teacher training primarily through MGMP [Teachers Club] activities using lesson study to continue teacher professional development in the target province and to improve the level of student learning in mathematics and science in the target districts. © 2015 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
State University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
