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Project Citizen: Kami Bangsa Indonesia
CCEI develops and implements the program which is called Praktik Belajar Kewarganegaraan-- Kami Bangsa Indonesia in Junior High School and Dasar-Dasar Demokrasi in Elementary School, collaborating with the teachers from the university, school, Local National Education, Religious Institutions and also Ministry of National Education. In general, the program of CCEI is divided into 3 steps: Training, Implementation, and Evaluation program. Until February 2007, CCEI Indonesia already did those steps in the program of Praktik Belajar Kewarganegaraan--Kami Bangsa Indonesia which is held in the Junior High School.
In seventeen provinces from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam to Papua, teams of middle school students are working on projects, which they've selected, to identify issues that directly impact their communities. They work with their families, the local business community, and religious and political leaders towards solutions that are appropriate for their area. Over 400,000 students from across Indonesia have participated in this program. Their efforts, and the showcases, where they explain their projects to a panel of community leaders, are the essence of Kami Bangsa Indonesia (KBI), a program of the Center for Civic Education Indonesia (CCEI).
University Activities in Collaboration with CCEI Using Kami Bangsa Indonesia-Phase 1 (unfunded, supported)
Universities
1. University Student Teachers
All university/IKIP lecturers and professors involved with CCEI teach Kami Bangsa Indonesia to their students at the civic education departments of each university/IKIP. Later the students are expected to teach Kami Bangsa Indonesia to the middle/high school students where they are doing practice teaching (required before graduating from the university/program). This program is a necessary subject for students of semester 1 and 2.
2. Training for Lecturers
Yogyakarta State University had conducted a training of Kami Bangsa Indonesia for 28 civics lecturers in Yogyakarta.
3. Seminars
The following universities have scheduled seminars that were attended by university students and middle school teachers/principals:
• Manado State University (25 teachers. October 2003)
• Bandung: University of Education of Indonesia (proposed)
• Yogyakarta State University (September 2002)
• Lampung State University (annually seminar in 2002 and May 2003)
Activities in collaboration with CCEI using Kami Bangsa Indonesia (unfounded, Supported)
The following universities have conducted teacher training:
1. Lampung State University
Cooperated with the provincial/regencies education office conducted a workshop for junior high school teachers in Kalianda, South Lampung, 30 – 31 July 2004
2. Manado State University
Cooperated with the provincial Dinas office conducted a workshop on the new civic education teaching in the context of Competence based curriculum.
3. Makassar State University
Cooperated with the provincial Dinas office and the principal of SLTPN 18 Makassar conducted a teacher training for 18 teachers and cooperated with the provincial Dinas office conducted a workshop for high school teachers entitled the try-out of the new civic education teaching in the context of Competence based curriculum.
4. Bandung University of Education of Indonesia
Cooperated with the provincial Dinas office has asked and monitored the implementation of the program to 168 classes (approximately 6720 students) in the academic year 2002/2003.
5. Yogyakarta State University
-- Trained for 49 high school teachers (February-March 2003);
-- Trained for 80 middle school teachers from Java/Outside Java, cooperated with the Middle School Directorate. (May 2003);
-- In one of the Yogyakarta regencies (Gunung Kidul regency), the university cooperated with the provincial Dinas office and the principal of SLTPN I Gunung Kidul introduced the program to the teachers/principals of primary and middle schools.
6. Medan State University
Cooperated with the local Dinas office conducted a workshop for 60 junior high school teachers in Kutacane, Aceh Tenggara on February 24 – 26, 2005.
7. Mataram State University
Cooperated with the local Dinas Office conducted a workshop for 50 junior high school teachers in Bima, Sumbawa Besar on September 3 – 6, 2005.
8. Ternate Islamic Institution
42 Teachers of both private and state junior high schools in Ternate were trained on November 27 – 30, 2006.
9. Haluoleo University
30 Teachers of both private and state junior high schools in Kendari were trained on December 12 – 14, 2006.
The following institutions have conducted teacher training:
1. Muhammadiyah Education Board
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Jakarta Muhammadiyah Education Board in collaboration with CCE Indonesia has done the trainings for approximately 30 junior high schools teachers under its board. It was held on May 18 – 20, 2005
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Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah Education Board has also collaborated with CCE in holding a teacher training on September 3 – 5, 2006. Almost 50 participants attended the training.
2. Ma'arif Education Board – NU
CCE has cooperated with the educational wing of NU – Ma'arif in holding training of teachers in Jakarta, Cirebon and Bangkalan, Madura island since 2005. Around 100 teachers under this board have been trained in using the project citizen – Kami Bangsa Indonesia.
3. Cathotolic Education Board
On February 24 – 26, 2006 Catholic Education Board in Jakarta has collaborated with CCE in making the teacher training for about 55 teachers under this board.
In addition to its efforts in teacher training and dissemination of new teaching methodologies through the KBI program, CCEI has consistently sought out and facilitated partnerships that assist Indonesian educators in general. These programs include:
Indonesia Youth Leadership Program (IYLP). An exchange program for up to 40 Indonesian high school students and teachers who visit the United States for one month each July. Students study about democracy and civic education, meet American families and learn to work together as teams to find solutions to public policy issues. CCE's Indonesia office complete all Indonesian aspects of this program including the recruitment, selection and orientation of candidates.
School Administrators and Community Leaders Program (CLP). In cooperation with Heartland International, based in Chicago, in 2006, CCE will complete all Indonesian aspects of a visitor exchange program for school and community leaders involved in civic education. Local leaders, such as Kyai, Catholic school educators, and school principals, will visit the United States for one month and, while living with American families, will observe the US educational system, civic education and the culture in general firsthand.
Linc: Linking Individuals, Knowledge and Cultures Program. In cooperation with Legacy International, a non-profit foundation based in Southern Virginia and largely staffed by Americans of the Muslim faith, CCE will initiate and complete all Indonesian aspects of a two way civic and democracy education program for Indonesian and American youth. For the first time in years American youth will visit Indonesia to complete a two way exchange that begins with Indonesian youth from West Sumatra, Yogyakarta and Lombok visiting the United States.
Religion and Society: a Dialogue (RSD) - is a two-year, two-way exchange between religious scholars, clerics, and community leaders of Indonesia and the United States. Fourteen Indonesians and six Americans will travel each year, visiting four distinct regions in each other's countries, where prestigious institutions will host them. This exchange will provide participating professionals with an opportunity to increase their knowledge of the counterpart country; to establish a dialogue about the scholarship and practice of religion (particularly Islam) in both countries; and to examine the compatibility of religious practice with democratic social and political values.
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