PPG Study Program FKIP UNS Holds Global Diversity Insights Training for PPG Daljab Category II and Ex-PLPG Students in 2022

FKIP – Teacher Professional Education Study Program (PPG) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta held Training on Global Diversity Insights for PPG Students in Position (Daljab) Category II and Ex-PLPG ( Teacher Professional Education and Training) Year 2022 on Saturday (26/11/2022). This activity was held offline at the Kusuma Sahid Prince Hotel, Surakarta, and online through the Zoom Meeting application.

The activity was opened with a report by the Head of the PPG FKIP UNS Study Program, namely Dr. AG Tamrin, M.Pd., M.Sc. He said that insight into global diversity is one of the contents of PPG activities to produce teachers with Pancasila character.

“This insight into global diversity is indeed important because it is one of the contents of PPG activities where teachers have characters that are in line with Pancasila values. I need to report that this activity was carried out to introduce Strengthening Character Education in the 2013 Curriculum and the Strengthening Pancasila Student Profile Project or the Implementation of the Independent Curriculum. One of the dimensions is the insight into global diversity,” said Dr. Tamrin.

The activity was continued with remarks by the Dean of FKIP UNS, Dr. Mardiyana, M.Sc. In his remarks, he invited all training participants to participate in training optimally.

“This activity is a series of PPG activities in which we were asked to equip teachers with insight into global diversity, both for PPG Daljab Category II and Ex-PLPG Students in 2022. Let’s take part in this activity optimally until the end so that later ladies and gentlemen can successfully implement it in PPK and P5,” said Dr. Mardiyana.

The activity continued with the screening of an introductory video guide to learning the values of diversity by Dr. Iwan Syahril, Ph.D. as the Director General of Teachers and Education Personnel. In his introduction, he invited the participants to plant the seeds of peace.

“The Indonesian nation is a nation that is resilient in diversity. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia, through the learning module for strengthening diversity, actually reinforces educators and education staff to be stronger in protecting the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Let’s plant the seeds of peace so we can harvest peace,” said Dr. Ivan.

Next, is the presentation of the material by the PPG FKIP UNS facilitator. The material in this training is divided into 5 topics, namely Global Diversity, National Diversity, Personal Diversity, My Diversity School, and My Peaceful School. In addition to the presentation of the material, training participants were also given pre-tests and post-tests regarding national diversity insights to find out the extent of their understanding. The training activities ended with a joint reflection and documentation session.