https://padlet.com/ccdufort332/ch8lapefr0h5 Teacher Blog en-us 2019-01-15 19:22:20 UTC 2019-02-14 17:59:09 UTC hello@padlet.com ccdufort332 https://padlet.com/ccdufort332/ch8lapefr0h5/wish/320964957 Education varies around the world, with many students from different cultures having extremely different experiences. One thing can be agreed upon and that is the need children have for knowledge that can be provided by a mature and responsible adult. In this blog we will begin to touch on school systems in different countries with this specific post touching on the placement of students and schools in the educational system in Bali, Indonesia. I personally taught in Bali at several different locations for a short period of time and learned much about how they run the classrooms.
The classrooms there vary based on different educational needs, with many students who could be considered "normal" being educated in portable classrooms that they themselves have the keys to. Each class begins and ends with a quick yoga session, as well as having each student place the teachers hand on his or her head as a sign of respect as the head in Bali is considered sacred. Children with mental health, physical health, low socioeconomic status or learning disabilities are sent to orphanage schools, where they both live and get educated. Generally they all sleep in one or two large rooms with the common area being used for teaching. There are no school buses so students will walk to the closest school, or if they are unable to walk their parents will drive them on a motorbike. There are very little classroom resources in the smaller village towns, with paper, scissors and crayons being almost non-existent, as well as not toys or equipment to play on outside.
All students regardless of where they are receiving their education are respectful of their teachers and all elders in Bali, as well as excited by the opportunity to learn.
This leads to the questions, how can the students be so excited to go to school when they have so little there, and in what ways does this look different from the school system we in Ontario are used to? Would we ourselves let schools and classrooms run in the same fashion?]]> 2019-01-15 19:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ccdufort332/ch8lapefr0h5/wish/320964957