Speaker 5: Todd Wayne Saurman (Asia SIL Ethnomusicology Coordinator and Mainland Southeast Asia Group Ethnomusicology Consultant SIL International)
Todd Saurman has a BS in Music Therapy, an MA in Intercultural Studies/Ethnomusicology, and completed a Ph.D. in Social Science at Chiang Mai University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He has worked in Asia with SIL International for the last 22 years as an advocate for the music and arts of ethnic minority groups. In Thailand, he works for Mahidol University in Bangkok Thailand and trains others as catalysts for the creation of culturally relevant arts throughout Asia.
Field Visit Options
Field visits are available after MIPCE 2 to sites where Multilingual Education Programs are being conducted. Participants can choose to visit schools nearby Kuching, or travel north of Sarawak to the Penan area. These visits are great opportunities to see indigenous education at work. Don’t miss this unique experience!
DBNA Multilingual Education Playschool and Preschool
Kampung Sinjok and Kampung Benuk
Date: 23 September 2015
Time: 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Spaces available: for 20 people.
Cost: Subsidized by DBNA
This trip provides an opportunity to visit two Bidayuh Heritage playschools and kindergartens, to observe the classes, see the curriculum in use and interact with the teachers and kids.
The visit includes: Transport from Damai Beach Resort to kampung Sinjok. Transport to kampung Benuk. A simple kampung lunch at the Benuk playschool. Guided visit to kampung Benuk longhouse. Tansportation to DBNA headquarters in Kuching.
Observe the teaching of Iban as a subject in a government school
Kampung Apar, Bau
Date: 23 September 2015
Time: 7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Spaces available: for 20 people
Cost: Subsidized by DBNA
This group will visit SK Apar, Bau -a government primary school- to see and interact with Bidayuh pupils studying the Iban language and with the Bidayuh teachers that teach this classes with limited knowledge of the language. The trip will also include a visit to a small MLE Playschool, just opposite the government school and a stopby at the Redeems Centre to see the replica of the Bidayuh Singai longhouse, where the Gawai celebration is held every year. To complete the day, the group will visit the famous Catholic Memorial and Pilgrimage Centre Mount Singai - a site where the ancestors of Bidayuh Singai tribe once lived and where Christianity started in Sarawak.
Around Kuching Area
In Northern Sarawak
CLC (Community Learning Centre) SEKA PENAN - PACOS
SEKA PENAN has been established as a result of greater awareness by the community on the importance of early childhood education. This will help children from rural areas that have no preschools facilities to get their early education and prepare them for primary schools. Apart from that, other reasons were due to the inexistence of government preschool in the area and also due to the distance.
Objectives:
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To prepare Seka Penan children for their primary school using the preschool standard curriculum from the Education Ministry and other programmes based on local material, mother tongue, local cultures and values.
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To give supplementary education on health, nutrition, child development and environment.
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To promote and strengthen positive indigenous values, culture and beliefs that strengthen the community across generations.
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To promote and share issues concerning gender, land, economy, indigenous knowledge and other issues connected with children.
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To strengthen ECD skills in families, communities and also childcare centres.
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To increase awareness on the importance of non-formal and formal education among indigenous communities.
To register to visit the PACOS CLC's in the Penan Area, Please contact finakoyou@yahoo.com
Participants are expected to cover their travel expenses to Miri.
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