Released on Gema Widyakarya PGRI No. 05/Th.XXVII/2022
By: Ahmad Bachtiar Zen (Bach)
Recently, continuing the pandemic curriculum or the emergency curriculum (KD), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek), Nadiem Makarim introduces a prototype curriculum. It is a curriculum that had had an improvement and a purification process. The curriculum is much simpler than the 2013 curriculum. It is independent/Merdeka Curriculum or Kurikulum Merdeka. Sri Wahyuningsih,, Director of Elementary Schools of the ministry's Directorate General of Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, and Secondary Education curriculum stated in one of her interviews that the curriculum is one of the government's efforts to increase students' and parents’ high motivation in having the online learning. (ANTARA/Rizka Khaerunnisa, Resinta S) Based on Nadiem the Merdeka Curriculum has an objective to get back from learning losses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In
order to recover from learning losses, Maria Kite, one of the team members of the school
planner in her article at https://www.schoolplanner.com entitled 7 Strategies to Help Mitigate Learning Loss explains
seven strategies to mitigate
learning loss. They are
1.
Spiraling Methods used to teach the Essential Skills
The focus of the method
is on the common reviewing of certain topics. Using the method, the students
will be presented with the same materials several times. One thing we need to
remember is that the materials stay in the student’s mind only in the short term.
It may only be a month or so. They may not have the material anymore, after.
The method is useful for getting the material into long-term memory.
2.
Focus on Materials that Fulfill the Qualifications for the Future
Learning
One thing we should do as
a teacher before presenting learning in our class is identifying all materials
that is a prerequisite to further
learning. We also need to determine the standards of basic learning and courses
that students will need to take. Hopefully, it will help them to decide exactly
what to include next year.
3.
Create Extra Classes for Specific Lessons
Here, it’s important to
create extra materials and courses that will make students learn this material
as fast and comprehensively as possible. Building short materials is a good way
to get a specific material in a short time.
4.
Use Personalized Planners
When the students affect or
struggle, they need a hand to administer their time and line of duty and a
planner that is arranged around their particular curriculum can assist them to stay on the path.
5.
Focus on Embodiment
The followings are ways teachers
can get easily illustrate lesson plans, teaching methods, and curriculum.
·
Work
together –
A teacher who works with a student should assist him/her
·
Customize – After working together, we
can then customize our materials and teaching methods in several areas that may
help mitigate learning loss.
·
Evaluate – Start by having baseline evaluations
before customized learning starts. Conduct short assessments in every few weeks
to once a month. It is to determine if our learning techniques work.
·
Mediate – After each evaluation,
plan mediation that is specific. It is necessary for the students who need the
most help.
6.
Popularize Project Based Learning
Project-based learning employs
students in real-world problem-solving. The teacher can prepare a project
that can be carried out and last anywhere from a week to a semester. Problem-solving, critical thinking, and a variety of collaboration and communication
techniques should be included in the project. The projects in long term can
provide the students several profits especially when we attempt to mitigate
learning loss.
·
Combining
Several Majors at the Same Time –
When the students are working on a project, they are often learning several majors
and applying different learning standards at once.
·
Connecting
Academics and Real-Life Situations –
The scenarios will provide high motivation for learning.
·
Assists-on
Experience –
Learning and retaining more
knowledge instead of listening or even watching an activity are always done by
the students.
·
Getting
better at Student Teamwork –
When the students learn something they don’t get it only from their teacher,
but also from others (read: their friends). The activity is a great way for
them to help mitigate learning loss.
7.
Affect Families and Communities
There are a few ways can families
and communities do in order to reduce learning loss.
·
Develop
Communication among Family Members– There are so many ways to develop communication among family members. One of the ways is informing parents of date and relevant educational information. It will help parents in accompanying
the learning process and mitigating learning loss.
·
Bring
in a Class Parent –
we can ask our students’ parents to involve in the learning process activity.
We can ask them to lead reading circles or help with math tutoring. It can be
conducted for one or two hours every week.
·
Encourage
Experts or Professionals into the Class – Experts or professionals can be involved
in a learning process. It is a great way to make interesting and fun learning
for students.
·
Send
Students into the Community – It
is a great way to send our students to
the community, including having an interview and working beside local professionals.
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