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(07/30/24) The Indonesian Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya conducted a curriculum review agenda held in the Meeting Room of FIB B building. To follow up on the ongoing national accreditation application process, a curriculum review was carried out as a more comprehensive evaluation. The agenda was attended by the department head, study program coordinator, lecturers, and invited an expert practitioner as a reviewer, namely Dr. Jochem Van Den Boogert from Leiden University.

Dr. Ive Emaliana, M.Pd., as the head of the Language Education department, expressed hope for a beneficial exchange of information for curriculum development in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program. Dr. Eti Setiawati, M.Pd., continued with a brief opening regarding the expectations of the curriculum review activity.

Based on the review results by Dr. Jochem Van Den Boogert, he criticized several aspects, namely the credit system for each course and the ongoing learning methods. Dr. Jochem provided a lot of information about how learning takes place at Leiden University, ranging from the distribution of courses, methods, teaching staff, student conditions, and so on. Additionally, a question and answer session was conducted to obtain solutions to real problems that occur.

In the closing session, Dr. Dany Ardian, M. Hum., as the event host, thanked all parties who attended and were involved in this agenda and did not forget to convey great expectations from this activity, namely that the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program can have a curriculum that is worthy of competing globally with excellent accreditation.

Malang, Saturday, June 24, 2023, the leadership of the Faculty of Cultural Studies (FIB), Brawijaya University (UB), together with the Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) team and the lecturers of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education program (Diksasindo), welcomed the arrival of five students from Fatoni University, Thailand. These five students came to FIB as part of the Student Inbound program to participate in BIPA learning at FIB UB. The students will participate in the BIPA program at FIB UB for a period of one month.

“These five students will learn Indonesian in the BIPA program at FIB UB for about a month. After that, they will return to Thailand to continue their studies at Fatoni University,” said Muh. Fatoni Rohman, the Chairman of BIPA FIB UB.

The welcoming ceremony began with a performance of the Beskalan Putri dance. Then, accompanied by a Thai lecturer named Mr. Islahuddin, the five Thai students continued the welcoming activities in the meeting room of Building B, FIB UB. There, the welcome was given by Mr. Sahiruddin, the Vice Dean I of FIB UB. He stated that FIB would provide the best facilities to assist Thai students in learning Indonesian at BIPA FIB UB.

“FIB will provide our best facilities to assist our younger siblings from Fatoni University in learning Indonesian at BIPA FIB. I will also speak with the library department so that students can access all the references that can help the learning process here,” he said.

The activities continued with a placement test conducted in the classroom. The test was conducted to determine the level of proficiency in the Indonesian language of the students. Additionally, through this test, the students will be divided into classes based on their proficiency levels in Indonesian. (Ren)

Teaching Campus is one of the Merdeka Learning Campus Merdeka (MBKM) programs which opens opportunities for students to study outside the classroom. The Teaching Campus trains student skills so that students have several skills and abilities in becoming partners with teachers and schools. The role of students is needed in developing learning models and fostering creativity and innovation in learning. Student contributions are expected to strengthen students’ literacy and numeracy abilities. Bearing in mind, literacy and numeracy problems in Indonesia are ranked at the bottom. Therefore, educational development innovations are needed that involve students directly in order to improve the quality of literacy and numeracy. The Teaching Campus Program can be a place for students to implement their expertise and knowledge in contributing to helping basic education units. The Teaching Campus Program can be attended by students from all tertiary institutions under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, Research and Technology. Students will be placed in program target schools throughout Indonesia as an effort to help increase literacy and numeracy at the basic education level. Students who pass the selection will be assigned in all regions of Indonesia according to the applicant’s domicile area on the MBKM page.

The Teaching Campus Program has several benefits for fellow students, one of which is to provide opportunities for students to contribute as agents of change in Indonesian education. Then, students can also become partners with teachers to develop innovations in learning including developing literacy and numeracy learning, making learning more creative and innovative, and aligning learning developments with technology. Students will later hone their skills, abilities, expertise and social empathy (critical thinking, problem solving, group management, leadership, creativity, and communication). Reporting from the Kemendikbud.go.id website explained that the Teaching Campus program will provide 20 credit conversions, monthly living expenses assistance, and UKT funding assistance to students.

The Teaching Campus Program can be attended by all students with the condition that students are from all over Indonesia, active students of Bachelor/D4/D3 study programs accredited at State Universities (PTN) and Private Universities (PTS) under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and Culture, students are in at least one semester 4 (four) at the time of program registration, have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00, have never been designated as participants in the previous batch of Teaching Campus programs, student data is registered at PDDikti and has a match between names on PDDikti and names on KTP. Then, there are several documents that must be completed by students, including a letter of integrity pact, transcript with a minimum GPA of 3.00, letter of recommendation, letter of parental consent, health certificate, certificate of organizational experience (optional). After that there will be selections, such as filing selection, numeracy literacy tests, and others.

Several students from the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program had the opportunity to take part in the Teaching Campus MBKM Program, namely Asri Kamila Ramadhani and Ivan Listyawan. Asri Kamila Ramadhani explained her motivation in participating in the Teaching Campus, namely wanting to gain experience in participating in the MBKM program and utilizing the Teaching Campus program as a place to teach children. He stated that the role of the Teaching Campus was very important because it helped him deal with problems related to learning programs. He stated that many teachers needed help from students, especially in adapting technology to the education system. He was assigned to one of the basic education units in Klaten. Then, one of the benefits gained is that he becomes more understanding and aware that the world of education is still not evenly distributed and there is still much that needs to be fixed. In addition, the Teaching campus program makes him get out of his comfort zone by learning problem solving together in a team.

Asri Kamila Ramadhani is very happy to be able to take part in the Teaching Campus program because behind her experience in teaching, she also has the opportunity to learn. Learn from the surrounding environment, learn to understand children, and learn to manage feelings and self when dealing with children. He realized that teaching is a calling. He is happy to be able to help children and see the enthusiasm of children in learning. For him meeting with children is the best medicine. He also explained that the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program was very supportive in assisting the student orientation process starting from the registration process, the process of completing files, to the process of converting grades.

Asri Kamila Ramadhani expressed her gratitude for receiving full support and assistance from the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program.

Ivan Listyawan also took part in the Teaching Campus program. He wants to gain teaching experience as he is in the education department. He was placed in a junior high school in Karanganyar Regency. He is motivated to make an impact on improving the learning system, especially in the areas of literacy, numeracy and technology adaptation. He was grateful for the warm welcome from the principal, teachers and students at the school. The Teaching Campus Program makes him learn to deal with student problems, especially problems regarding student discipline. Through the teaching campus program, he gained new friends and experience working in a team. Then, he also got a lot of hands-on experience from the teachers at the school. Ivan Listyawan also feels happy to be able to get to know students more closely to help schools improve their quality and quality. He also advised that the Teaching Campus activities could be maximized for students to develop their potential and contribute to the school.

Mr. Maulfi Syaiful Rizal, M.Pd. as Head of the Student Development Institute and Lecturer in Indonesian Language and Literature Education stated that the Teaching Campus Program is very beneficial for students, especially for students majoring in education. This is because students will undergo programs planned to help with problems at the school for one semester. Students can be directly involved in helping the development of education in Indonesia, for example developing learning appropriate to children’s emotional, language and cognitive development. Students will also gain experience in dealing with problems in the world of learning so that later they can learn from these experiences. Then, the Teaching Campus Program can improve the soft skills of students. Therefore, Mr. Maulfi Syaiful Rizal hopes that the Teaching Campus program can be used by students as a forum for student self-development. What’s more, the study program really supports MBKM activities for students so that later students can gain experience, expand their network of relationships, and improve their soft skills. He hopes that students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program can contribute actively to the MBKM program because the study program always helps, facilitates, accompanies, and prepares conversion courses. So, being students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program, you don’t need to worry anymore because the study program is ready to assist students in the process and contribute to the country through the Teaching Campus Program.

The Independent Student Exchange is one of the Free Learning -Free Campus (MBKM) programs through student exchange activities launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. This program opens opportunities for students to gain learning experience outside the study program, especially in universities on different islands from the domicile and the university the students come from. The Student Exchange Program is held for one semester and can be joined by odd semester students, starting from the third semester. The Merdeka Student Exchange is expected to be able to give a deep impression to students in acquiring new knowledge in a relatively short time (one semester). This is in accordance with the tagline of the Free Student Exchange, namely Temporary Exchange, Meaningful Forever.

The Merdeka Student Exchange Program is able to add experience, knowledge, relationships, and exploration that helps students develop their potential through one of the compulsory subjects, namely the Nusantara Module. The Nusantara Module is an activity that aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of diversity, national insight, and love for the motherland which includes four types of activities, namely cultural exchange, inspiration, reflection, and social contribution. These activities help students in supporting the acquisition of educational knowledge as well as carrying out diversity tolerance awareness in the country. Through this program, students will get credit recognition of up to 20 credits. The Merdeka Student Exchange which has extraordinary benefits is expected to be able to get student enthusiasm, especially in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, Universitas Brawijaya.

Mr. Maulfi Syaiful Rizal, M.Pd. as Chair of the Student and Lecturer Development Institute of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences explained that the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program provides support for students who are interested in participating in the Independent Student Exchange activities. This is shown by the several efforts made by the study program, namely in the form of mentoring the MBKM team from the study program. The mentoring team from the study program helps direct students in choosing a university, choosing courses to take, and converting courses. Assistance by the study program is able to increase the opportunities for students of the Language and Literature Education study program in the Independent Student Exchange. Study Program fully supports things that can provide insight and new experiences for students.

Of course, the Independent Student Exchange program goes through several selection stages that must be passed by fellow students, starting from creating an account and registering on the Merdeka Student Exchange (PMM) page, filling in information according to instructions, uploading the required documents, choosing a college. high taking into account the location, distribution, quota, minimum interest limit at the destination tertiary institution. Then, the PMM Team will verify, validate, and determine the selected students. Selected students will take part in a diversity survey at the time of registration. Students also need to complete the required documents. Then the last stage, namely the announcement by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research and Technology.

One of the two Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program students batch 2021 who took part in the Merdeka 2 Student Exchange program, namely Yazid Farisy and Nadia Khairun Nisa. They had the opportunity to take part in the PMM program in Kupang, West Nusa Tenggara, at Nusa Cendana University to be precise. They are happy to have the opportunity to take part in the Merdeka Student Exchange program and enjoy the natural beauty of Kupang. They expressed a lot of experience, knowledge, and the range of new relationships they got. They learn new things, adapt to diversity, tolerate, and respect each other in the midst of differences. However, they also hope that there will be an upgrade of the Merdeka Student Exchange program to make it even better in the future, considering that the Merdeka Student Exchange program is only running its second PMM. The Merdeka Student Exchange is expected to be able to evaluate the implementation of the previous PMM program.

For students who are interested in participating in the Independent Student Exchange program, they can prepare themselves because the third PMM program will soon be opened. Students can prepare the documents needed at the time of registration so that later filing can run smoothly. In addition, students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program need not be afraid of converting credits because the MBKM Team from the study program is ready to help friends in participating in this Independent Student Exchange program. Come on, prepare yourself to develop your potential in educational diving while exploring the country through the Free Student Exchange program!