Albert's Trip To Amazon Forest (Story for Kids)

In the last holiday, Albert wanted to fill his holiday with freak things. So, he decided to spend his holiday at an extreme place, Amazon forest. He went there by his own bus, alone. His journey to Amazon from his country took a long time and energies. Eventually, he could arrive there safely. He was going to spend his holiday a week in Amazon.

Kang Guru Magazine (Kang Guru Indonesia)

Kang Guru Magazine is one of English magazines that provides a lot of beneficial information for teachers and students. Kang Guru shows news and information about two countries, Indonesia and Australia. It also gives information about education, entertainment, and partnership between the two countries. Kang Guru Magazine also provides some pages that useful for students, such as idioms and quizzes. It is so interesting.

Unexpected Achievement

January 25^th, 2009 was my lucky day, because I could win the third winner of Japan Calligraphy or Shodou competition in province level in Malang, whereas I was the beginner in this field. I never followed this competition before. Although my brother often won it, but I was not interested to follow it. I was not confident at that time, because I sometimes failed in art, although sometimes I could get achievements in art but it was just in regional level.

Saya Siap!

Mendapatkan beasiswa Sampoerna School of Education merupakan hal yang tak disangka-sangka. Dari 1200 pelamar, hanya diambil 89. Saya merasa bangga dapat menjadi mahasiswa dan sekaligus keluarga Sampoerna School of Education dan Sampoerna Foundation. 

Increasing Self-Concept and Self-Esteem While Teaching and Educating

           Schools are built for education development, but some people judge that schools’ purposes are just for teaching knowledge and improving intelligence, whereas there are other aspects that affect student development. They are self-concept and self-esteem. Self-concept and self-esteem give contributions for students to achieve as well as possible in school. They also give good influences for students to succeed and give a chance to improve their talent and become optimistic, so improving students’ self-concept and self-esteem in school is important.

           Self-concept and self-esteem are important values for student to encourage their learning activities. Self-esteem is positive or negative image of self that can make someone become optimistic if he/she has high self-esteem. Self-concept is a specific evaluation of self such as skills in academic or athletic (Santrock, 2008). High self-concept can encourage high self-esteem because if someone has good talents in some fields and he can improve his skills, he will feel that he has self worth as a human. He can show that his life is meaningful so he will be accepted in social context. Self-concept also related to achievement, in other words their relationship is strong and interdependent, (Choi (2005), as cited in Eggen & Kauchak, 2010). Students with high self-concept and self-esteem can performance well and they will be able to reach many achievements in school.