Sundusiyah, Anis
(2010)
Addressing Inadequacy of Bilingual Teachers in International-Standard Public Schools.
In: Konferensi Internasional Pelajar Indonesia (KIPI), 2010, Melbourne, Australia.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The English bilingual initiative, implemented in International Standard Schools, or SBI, establishes high standards and expectations for students learning performance. While it is evident that teachers’ knowledge, skills and dispositions influence students’ learning performance (King and Newmann, 2000), the bilingual policy lacks resources and coherent supports to assist bilingual subject teachers in meeting the high expectations. SBI schools are short of qualified subject teachers with solid instructional English competence.
Teaching is a professional activity open to collective observations, study, and improvement (Hiebert, Gallimore, and Stigler, 2003), thus, building an accountable and quality teacher corps requires collaboration and shared responsibilities among stakeholders. In the spirit of sustainable collaboration, three key recommendations are proposed for policy makers at district and local government levels.
The first is to establish a district-wide bilingual partnership as a collaboration effort among professionals and experts for sustainable and continuous capacity building. At the early stages, the partnership focuses on resolving emergent school-level bilingual issues, providing right-on-target instructional advocacy and channeling teachers’ collective bargaining. The second recommendation advocates for higher education institutions to develop bilingual concentration for pre-service Math-Science teachers, to offer English for Academic/Specific Purposes (EAP/ESP) courses for English pre-service teachers, and to have their faculty involved in the bilingual advocacy partnership. The third recommendation suggests governments align maximum resources and support, including scholarships and grants. The three recommendations altogether will reduce the critical gap between bilingual teachers’ supply and demand, and they require immediate action.
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Unpublished |
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| Date: |
2010 |
| Event Title: |
Konferensi Internasional Pelajar Indonesia (KIPI) |
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2010 |
| Event Type: |
Conference |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Education > Administrative and Policy Studies |
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Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Indonesia, language policy, bilingual schools, International schools, RSBI, SBI, global competence |
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23 Jan 2025 13:21 |
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23 Jan 2025 13:21 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/47313 |
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