Teacher Flexible Immersion Option

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY)

The program of study held at UNY is a flexible immersion option designed to give student teachers, practicing teachers and those interested in education issues the opportunity to study at an Indonesian institution focusing on education as well as exposure to Indonesian schools. The ACICIS Resident Director and UNY staff work together to help students undertaking this option design a plan of study that suits the student's particular interests and needs. Students with advanced language skills would normally undertake the UNY Teacher's Option following a semester at UGM.

Students may request combinations of the following elements in their semester of study:

Observation and Practical Teaching

Students in a typical Indonesian classroom Regular Subjects can be chosen from the university curriculum and undertaken with other UNY students. As with the UGM Study Indonesia Program, the focus is on Indonesian Language aquisition and so students must select courses in which all lectures, tutorials and assessments are in Bahasa Indonesia. Immersion units offered at UNY which can be chosen by ACICIS students are in the area of the arts such as batik, gamelan, wood carving, sport, painting, photography etc..., or in theoretical fields such as education, arts and society. Some combination of these units is possible.

Indonesian Language Learning

Intensive language units on offer at the Indonesian Culture and Language Centre at UGM can be combined with UNY Immersion units.

A field Study Topic on an Educational Issue

This model is similar to the Field Study Option at UMM Malang where students conduct their own research, present a seminar paper and write a report in Indonesian. The student is supervised by a lecturer from UNY and must have an appropriate command of Indonesian. As with the UMM Field Study Option in East Java, students write a report of between 8-12,000 words and present their report and seminar in Indonesian for UNY staff and students, the Resident Director and others. ACICIS filed study reports and seminars are assessed by UNY academics.