PENDAMPINGAN BELAJAR LENTERA: UPAYA MENGATASI KESULITAN BELAJAR SISWA PAPUA PEDALAMAN
Abstract
The limited educational opportunities in the interior of Papua prompted the Pelita Harapan Foundation to bring junior high and high school students from the Lentera Papua Pedalaman school to the Lentera Moria School in Tangerang and implement the Lentera Tutoring program for junior high and high school students attending the Lentera Moria School in Tangerang. Their limited initial cognitive skills result in difficulties of learning according to the standard curriculum material at each level. Seeing the high need for tutoring to equalize education, tutoring is provided. This program aims to help students overcome learning difficulties due to differences in cognitive backgrounds and adapt to the national curriculum. The mentoring activities are carried out through active and contextual learning in the subjects of Mathematics, English, and Indonesian. Learning will be conducted on-site after students finish school three times a week for one year. After the tutoring activities, the students' learning abilities have improved, and this tutoring activity needs to be continued. Students can understand school lessons, where students can be helped to overcome their learning difficulties. This program has a positive impact on the readiness of Papuan students to participate in formal learning in a public-school environment.
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