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Non-formal education EMPOWERMENT LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA

INTRODUCTION Era of globalization today continue to hit our lives. Current strength continues to pursue and can not be avoided. Human resources (HR) quality, the man who has the professional capability and competitive advantage is an absolute answer that communities are able to take the lead and agents of change / development. The process towards the creation of human resources is expected to take place on a variety of educational activities both formal non-formal, or informal Non-formal education as one of the sub-national education systems have a variety of learning programs and containers, such as course and institute Center for Community Learning (PKBM). PNF container such learning has spread to all corners of the country, there is a growing some are standing and then disappeared. Each institution / place of learning PNF need to take a real position and role of dynamic, proactive, interactive and far into the future-oriented. For that need to be empowered, so it can continue to exi...

Children's Early Reading Ability Affect Academic Achievement

Reading fluency became the basis of academic success of children. Children who are skilled at reading from an early age and are always presented with printed materials will have a greater curiosity, and always looking to expand his knowledge. Instead the children are slow in the mastery of reading skills, more rarely receive training in reading than their peers so that it will lose the opportunity to develop the ability to read fluently. Thesis was expressed by Prof.. Dr. Amitya Kumara, MS, when he was inaugurated as professor of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Gadjah Mada, in the Senate Hall, London, Thursday, May 27, 2010. In a speech "Sharpen Reading Skills In Children Learning Through Play Or", Coordinator of Education Programs of Professional Psychology Master UGM expresses not uncommon ketidaklancaran read because children are always exposed to reading material that is too sophisticated and not proportional to their abilities. As a result the children's sel...

Early Childhood Education, Foundations for the Future of Children

Education is the most important investment that parents do for the future of their children. Since the child is born into the world, he has a lot of potential and hope to succeed in the future. Pendidikanlah the bridge connecting with the child's future. It can be said, education is one of forming the foundation for growth and development of a child to obtain a better future. As the "baby", then with great affection of parents willing to sacrifice for her child, because the future of children is also a future parent. The success or failure of parental responsibility for their children will be seen from his feelings when witnessing his son's life as an adult. In essence the child's future is also the future of the nation and state. Future it will be seen twenty or thirty years into the future, at which time millions of children who are now entering adolescence and adulthood. It is they who will become agents of development in various sectors of life. Later, among t...

Literacy Education Model: Individual Learning-BasedSequential Recruitment

Until now literacy education programs are still covered with various problems as a result of implementation in the field using a top-down approach, structural approach. That is, the program centers on the government, especially in terms of regulatory administration, budget setting, and time limit provisions of its implementation. In addition, important things that affect the low quality of learning outcomes is the conventional approach to learning, ie learning that is still centered on the teacher, does not accommodate differences in the characteristics and literacy competencies that exist in the Learners. Implementation of the program as mentioned above tend to produce output which is quantitatively high, but just to meet the administrative target. At the end of the implementation and lessons learned people only get a certificate as proof of literacy education programs have followed a low-quality, mechanical, and more concerned with political aspects, such as literacy memercepat decla...

INTRODUCING PRE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SCIENCE

INTRODUCTION Child's life can not be separated from science, creativity and social activities. Eating, drinking, using various objects in the home such as radio, TV, and the calculator can not be separated from science and technology. Therefore, teachers should be able to stimulate children with various activities related to science and technology. For that, a teacher needs to learn the scientific concepts and ways of teaching. The introduction of science for preschool children with more emphasis on process rather than product. For preschoolers science process skills should be done in a simple while playing. Activities allow children to explore science on various objects, both living things and nonliving things around it. Children learn to identify symptoms of objects and events from symptoms of these objects. Science also trains children to use the five senses to recognize the various symptoms of objects and events symptoms. Children are trained to see, touch, smell, feel and hear...