SEAMEO QITEP in Science Visit to Little Scientists' House, Thailand.
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Post. 28-02-2012.

SEAMEO Regional Centre for QITEP in Science and Centre for Development and Empowerment Teacher and Education Personnel (CDETEP) in Science have initiative to establish Little Scientists' House (LSH) in Indonesia. To implement the initiative, the Centres contacted Little Scientists' House Foundation in Germany and IPST (The Institute for The Promotion Teaching Science and Technology) in Bangkok, Thailand. Furthermore, Centres team, namely Prof. Ismunandar, and Mr. Maman Wijaya accompanied by the (CDETEP) in Science teams: Dr. Sediono Abdullah, Mr. Dedi Herawadi, Mr. Komarudin, , visited IPST on 20th January 2012. The purpose of the visit was to know how to set up LSH and observe directly how to implement LSH in the IPST. The team visited a school, attended the meeting with IPST's team, and discussed with Dr. Peter Rosner, CEO of Little Scientists' House Foundation, Germany, through teleconference in the meeting.

In the LSH Programme, science is introduced to early childhood, namely 3-5 years old, with simple method. Children are habited to do something as scientists do: asking a question, doing an experiment, and clarifying or trying to explain a phenomenon. In the learning process in the school visited, Thai Christian School, where the Programme was implemented, children did an experiment, using two used bottles to explain that in the bottle there was something, not really empty. The Children were very happy and enthusiastic.

The main purposes of LSH are that:
- Children know science through basic experiments and take an active interest in learning science.
- Children can learn and develop skills through scientific process.
- Children have positive attitude toward learning of science and mathematics.
- Children develop holistically in four domains: motor skills, emotion, socialization, and cognition including skill of thinking.
- Children are encouraged in scientific mind.

The IPST has run LSH programme since 2010, targeting 200 guided schools each year. Now, IPST has 610 guided schools, 8 members of the Core Team, 13 Local Networks, and 31 Local Trainers. The project is supported by the Princess, the Minister of Education of Thailand, and a lot of public and private companies in Thailand.

Children moved water from one bottle to the other bottle that looked empty, but the water was not easy to move because there was air in the bottle that looked empty.

First Training-Workshop on Knowledge Management (KM)
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Post. 09-03-2012.

On 29 February 2 March 2012 the First Training-Workshop on Knowledge Management (KM) was held at SEAMEO SEARCA, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. It was attended by representatives from almost all SEAMEO Centres and Networks. Prof. Dr. Ismunandar and Ms. Lili Indarti, the representatives of SEAMEO QITEP in Science, took part in the event.

The training-workshop was well-organized by SEAMEO SEARCA and co-hosted by SEAMEO Secretariat.There were four main key persons delivering lectures and facilitating on the practice of Knowledge Management for organizations namely Dr. Serafin Talisayon (the chief expert in KM), Mr. Oliver Serrat (the Head of Knowledge Management Centre in Asian Development Bank), Mr. Winifredo B. Dagli (he instructor at the College of Development Communication in UPLB), and Mr. Garry Jay S. Motemayor from the College of Developemnt Communication (CDC) of UPLB.

The sessions provided all attendees with information of the importance of Knowledge Management (KM) in the Centres or Networks, important centres and network policies on the KM implementation, and hands-on using Google Doc supporting KM implementation.

QITEP in Science Contribution in CRICED 10th Anniversary Symposium and APEC - Tsukuba International Conference VI
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Post. 15-03-2012.

On the occasion of 10th CRICED (Center for Research on International in Cooperation in Education Development) Anniversary, QITEP in Science participate in the Anniversary Symposium and APEC - Tsukuba International Conference VI. The symposium and conference have a theme of Role of Education in Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano Eruption, Typhoon and Flood). The symposium and conference held in Tsukuba International Congress Center on February 14 and 15, 2012.

In the symposium QITEP in Science Center Director, Ismunandar, present a paper “Teacher Professional Development for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Education in ASEAN”. The paper described that ASEAN countries sit on a territory vulnerable to disaster. The losses that each country incurs with the disaster occurrences continue to pose threats not only to their respective economies but also to thousands of lives. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) begins at home, in communities and in schools. It generally points out education, which is unavoidably vital in nurturing a culture of disaster resilience. The paper cited the output of ASEAN Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Education, held in Malaysia, 18-19 February 2011, especially in the field of teacher professional development. Based on this, efforts needed for sustainable teacher and relevant education personnel capacity development programme for teaching DRR are identified. Activities of SEAMEO QITEP in Science in DRR education, i.e. introduction of DRR in Earth and Space Science regular course and workshop on "Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction for teachers Around the Lembang Fault" are also included.