Peranan Lulusan Progsam S-1 Pendidikan Guru SD dalam Peningkatan Mutu Guru Sekolah Dasar

Membicarakan masalah mutu pendidikan tidak lepas dengan membicarakan masalah mutu guru. Bahkan mutu guru menjadi wacana dan fokus perhatian. Hal ini dikarenakan dalam seluruh perangkat tenaga kependidikan, guru mempunyai peran yang sangat strategis. Walaupun rendahnya mutu pendidikan merupakan masalah yang komplek, namun demikian perlu dicarikan jalan keluar. Benang merah permasalahan yang ditemukan dapat dijadikan sebagai salah satu formula dalam menjawab permasalahan tersebut. Permasalahan pengelolaan kurikulum sarana prasarana dan biaya, pengelolaan SDM dan SPL, serta pemanfaatan berbagai potensi lainnya, akan bermuara kepada bagaimana kemampuan dalam mengelola dan memberdayakan potensi sekolah. Pendidikan bermutu tidak akan terwujud tanpa adanya guru berkualitas. Sejalan dengan Kenyataan tersebut, upaya awal yang harus dilakukan untuk mewujudkan pendidikan bermutu adalah meningkatkan kualitas guru. Melalui peningkatan mutu guru, guru akan mampu mengembangkan mutu pembelajaran yang dilaksanakannya. Peningkatan mutu pembelajaran ini akan berdampak pada peningkatan mutu lulusan. Pada akhirnya kepemilikan karakter guru yang efektif akan berdampak pada peningkatan mutu pendidikan. Melalui guru yang berkualitas, pendidikan bermutu bukan sebuah keniscayaan

Model Pembelajaran Inovatif Berbasis Konsep Sekolah Ramah Anak

Anak yang belajar dengan dimensi sekolah ramah anak selain anak merasa senang, potensinya tergali dan terkembangkan. Dengan model pembelajaran yang lebih mengutamakan aktifitas siswa, sekolah juga menyediakan lingkungan dan fasilitas yang mengakomodir apa yang diinginkan siswa sehingga siswa menjadi senang belajarnya. Siswa dilibatkan dalam berbagai aktifitas yang dapat mengembangkan kemampuannya (learning by doing). Siswa diberi kesempatan untuk menyampaikan gagasannya, memajangkan hasil karyanya diikutsertakan dalam pemeliharaan fasilitas sekolah. Dengan memperhatikan hal-hal tersebut akan memungkinkan menghasilkan lulusan yang berkualitas. Dengan demikian untuk tercapainya kualitas lulusan, pendidikan tidak harus dilakukan dengan kekerasan. Malahan kekerasan dapat menghambat bahkan hilangnya potensi yang dimiliki anak. Jadi betapa pentingnya sekolah ramah anak dimunculkan dalam pengembangan pendidikan dasar

Pengembangan Model Penyusunan Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP) yang Mengacu pada Standar Nasional Pendidikan

This research is performed due to the presence of gap between the policy in the improvement of curriculum and the existing field‐condition in elementary school. On one side School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) is expected to be applied in schools autonomously, on the other hand, neither the principals nor the teachers, especially of elementary schools, have had comprehensive understanding on the concept of School‐Based Curriculum, its construction process, as well as the implementation. The problem of this research, therefore, is ”How is a model for the construction of School‐Based Curriculum that refers to National Education Standard developed to result in School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) document”?With reference to the above mentioned background, this research is purposed to offer facilities to schools, especially elementary schools, in the process of constructing School‐Based Curriculum that refers to the guideline of KTSP construction by Badan Standar Nasional Pendidikan (National Standard Agency for Education), so that they can have KTSP document. In other words, this research will result in a product of the process of School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) model development for KTSP document. In order to achieve the objectives, this research is conducted using Research and Development approach. In the implementation, this research and development forms a cycle, which begins with a preliminary study to find an early product required. This early product is then developed in a certain condition, with a test, the result of which is revised and retested until the final product, which is considered satisfactory, is obtained. The validity of this final product is then examined. This research is conducted in elementary schools in Cileunyi District of Bandung Regency, of which the principal and the teachers become the subject of this research. Referring to the Research and Development measures, as mentioned above, the process of constructing School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) contains two stages. The first stage is the work discussion of the team that consists of Headmaster as the chairman, teachers, and school committee, and involves related parties from the Subdistrict Office of National Education Department and experts (in this case: the research team), which produces book 1 containing general guideline of School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) development. The second stage is the work discussion of the research team, Headmaster, and teachers, which produces book 2 consisting of six copies of books for each grade, from the first to the sixth. Suggestions put forward in this research is that the socialization of School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) should be carried out in whole and applicable so as to give clear description of the process and product of School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) construction to those school, since they –elementary schools in particular‐ have not been able to create School‐Based Curriculum (KTSP) autonomously

Electricity generation from wetlands with activated carbon bioanode

Paddy fields are potential non-tidal wetlands to apply Plant Microbial Fuel Cell (PMFC) technology. World widely they cover about 160 million ha of which 13.3 million ha is located in Indonesia. With the PMFC, in-situ electricity is generated by a bioanode with electrochemically active bacteria which use primary the organic matter supplied by the plant (e.g. as rhizodeposits and plant residues). One of limitations when installing a PMFC in a non-tidal wetland is the usage of "expensive" large amounts of electrodes to overcome the poor conductivity of wet soils. However, in a cultivated wetland such as rice paddy field, it is possible to alter soil composition. Adding a conductive carbon material such as activated carbon is believed to improve soil conductivity with minimum impact on plant vitality. The objective of this research was to study the effect of activated carbon as an alternative bioanode material on the electricity output and plants vitality. Lab result shows that activated carbon can be a potential alternative for bioanode material. It can continuously deliver current on average 1.54 A/m3 anode (0.26 A/m2 PGA or 66 mW/m2 PGA) for 98 days. Based on this result the next step is to do a test of this technology in the real paddy fields

Raw experimental data from paper "Activated Carbon mixed with marine sediment suits as bioanode material for Spartina anglica Sediment/Plant Microbial Fuel Cell: plant growth, electricity generation and spatial microbial community diversity"

The main objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of mixture of activated carbon and marine sediment as a bioanode in a plant-MFC system with Spartina anglica. Here it was studied how different mixtures of the activated carbon (AC) and the marine sediment (MS) as an anode material affected the plant vitality, electricity generation and spatial microbial community. Four different anode compositions were used to fill the anode compartments (650ml). Plant-MFC 1 and Plant-MFC 2, this duplicate was named as AC100, were filled with 100% activated carbon (AC); Plant-MFC 3 and Plant-MFC 4, this duplicate was named as MS100, were only filled with marine sediment; Plant-MFC 5 and Plant-MFC 6, this duplicate was named as AC67, were filled with a mixture of 67 % AC and 33% marine sediment; and Plant-MFC 7 and Plant-MFC 8, this duplicate was named as AC33, were filled with a mixture of 33% AC and 67% marine sediment

Electricity generation by a plant microbial fuel cell with an integrated oxygen reducing biocathode

In this study we show that a chemical ferricyanide cathode can be replaced by a biological oxygen reducing cathode in a plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC) with a new record power output. A biocathode was successfully integrated in a PMFC and operated for 151 days. Plants growth continued and the power density increased reaching a maximum power output of 679 mW/m2 plant growth area (PGA) in a 10 min polarization. The two week record average power densities was 240 mW/m2 PGA. The new records were reached due to the high redox potential of oxygen reduction which was effectively catalyzed by microorganisms in the cathode. This resulted in a 127 mV higher cathode potential of the PMFC with a biocathode than a PMFC with a ferricyanide cathode. We also found that substrate availability in the anode likely limits the current generation. This work is crucial for PMFC application as it shows that PMFC can be a completely sustainable biotechnology with an improved power output

Raw experimental data from paper "Activated Carbon mixed with marine sediment suits as bioanode material for Spartina anglica Sediment/Plant Microbial Fuel Cell: plant growth, electricity generation and spatial microbial community diversity"

The main objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of mixture of activated carbon and marine sediment as a bioanode in a plant-MFC system with Spartina anglica. Here it was studied how different mixtures of the activated carbon (AC) and the marine sediment (MS) as an anode material affected the plant vitality, electricity generation and spatial microbial community. Four different anode compositions were used to fill the anode compartments (650ml). Plant-MFC 1 and Plant-MFC 2, this duplicate was named as AC100, were filled with 100% activated carbon (AC); Plant-MFC 3 and Plant-MFC 4, this duplicate was named as MS100, were only filled with marine sediment; Plant-MFC 5 and Plant-MFC 6, this duplicate was named as AC67, were filled with a mixture of 67 % AC and 33% marine sediment; and Plant-MFC 7 and Plant-MFC 8, this duplicate was named as AC33, were filled with a mixture of 33% AC and 67% marine sediment

Ivium Raw data of Charging and Discharging experiment for article "Marine sediment mixed with activated carbon allows electricity production and storage from internal and external energy sources: a new rechargeable bio-battery with bi-directional electron transfer properties"

In this study, we investigated the potential of marine sediment and activated carbon to generate and store electricity. Both internal and external energy supply was validated for storage behavior. Four types of anode electrode compositions were investigated. Two were mixture of different volumes of activated carbon (AC) and mixed with Dutch Eastern Scheldt marine sediment (67% AC, 33% AC) and the others were 100% AC or 100% marine sediment based. Each composition was duplicated. Operating these BES’s under MFC mode with solely marine sediment as the anode electron donor resulted in the creation of a bio-battery system. The recharge time of such bio-battery does depend on the fuel content and its usage