Training and Capacity Building in Creating Multiple Intelligence-Oriented Instructional Media for Elementary School Teachers

Abstract

This study is aimed at improving knowledge and skill of elementary school teachers in Buleleng district at making instructional media that target children across all levels and of multiple intelligences. The target participants of this activity were 30 elementary school teachers in Buleleng district. It was split into three stages: general training, intensive building of the teachers’ capacity and evaluation of the implementation process, and results of the activity. The participants’ attendance was 100% which indicates the research activity was a success. At the end of the capacity building exercise, four instructional resources were produced: a wayang (puppet); a counting box; comic strips; and a cultural needle. The data analysis showed that all four products produced, (wayang, the computing box, the comic strips, and the cultural needle) qualified as very good. Overall, the resources produced were rated as very good.