Project
Integrated Contextual Teaching and Learning
Integrated Contextual Teaching and Learning (ICTL), is a learning method in which materials from several school subjects are linked in a theme, so that there is a continuity and correlation between the various subjects. This is to ensure that the knowledge learned is not only limited to theory or formula, but also how it correlates and applies to other aspects of life.
Aim
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Linking materials from several school subjects to everyday life
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Reducing regular school hours as the material is discussed collaboratively with other subjects
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Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of learning time
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Integrating multiple subjects
Overview
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Theme in each term within a period of four months
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In the first week of each period, there will be ICTL learning in which students are taught the materials of several subjects that correspond with a predetermined theme.
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In the following week, there is a learning schedule consisting of 3 sessions.
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Students must get used to independent learning and learning by means of discussion.
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Students can request an independent assignment if they feel the value obtained in regular class is less satisfactory
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Students in groups are required to make one project which encompasses skills and knowledge obtained from integrated subjects (obligatory) as well as additional subjects (optional)
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One ICTL project group consists of 5 students and 1 supervising teacher
Aloe Vera Lamp Project
Regarding our ICTL Project, we have decided to make an Aloe Vera Lamp. This lamp can be used as a light source for reading, for lighting up the porch, and also as a bed lamp. The Aloe Vera plant creates electric voltage when it is connected to an anode and cathode, because of the occurrence electrolysis caused by the bio-processes in the plant. This can be used to turn on light bulbs (Picture 1).
We have decided to do this project in response to the issue of limited electricity access, especially in the rural parts of Indonesia. According to a survey in 2021, which sampled 361 schools consisting of 93 elementary schools (SD), 105 junior high schools, 107 senior high schools (SMA), and 56 vocational high schools (SMK), as many as 96.61% of schools have electricity from the State Electricity Company (PLN). Of the schools that have electricity, 26.83% have little power, namely below 1,300 watts.
According to the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency, as of 2019 0.05% of people do not have access to electricity at all, which puts the numbers at around 13.600.000 people having no electricity at home. Moreover, with the growing demand for electricity in Indonesia, it is even more imperative to find clean alternatives to produce them.
Picture 1. Mini LED light powered by Aloe Vera
We hope that by creating an alternative source of electricity, for now in the case of lamps, we can help reduce the need for PLN based electricity for those who have limited access, or no access to it. Decreasing the use of PLN, even by a fraction, will also be of benefit, as PLN currently uses non-renewable energy as its source.