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D. FOR BPI Application
PERSONAL STATEMENT (BPI)
Ronal Rifandi
My name is Ronal Rifandi. I am a lecturer in Mathematics Education study program at Universitas Negeri Padang. I took my bachelor degree of education at Universitas Negeri Padang and then continued it with an International Master Program on Mathematics Education. This program was a collaboration between Universitas Negeri Surabaya (Indonesia) and Utrecht University (The Netherlands).
In this letter I will explain
about “my contribution”. In my point of view, contribution is the hearth of my
success. When I said “success” it is not only about myself, but also about the
positive effects I can give to the community. In the following I will point out
some activities that I have already done, the things I currently work in and
the vision of my contribution in the future. Then, I will describe about my
dream of Indonesia in the future along with my role in reaching that dream.
To begin with, I
started to realize that ones really cannot live without others when I was
in junior high school. It was the time when I started to define myself. I came
up with a conclusion that being clever in the classroom only is not enough to
face the world. Therefore, I joined with several students’ organizations. When
I was in my undergraduate university I ever be the chairman of a student
association. Together with my team, we conducted several programs that gave
effect not only for the students in my department but also to the people
outside the institution. For example, when there was a big earthquake happened
in Padang (2009) our association also took part in the trauma healing process.
Another example of I and my association contribution to the community was that
we conducted a voluntary teaching for children in an orphan house.
Furthermore, in my current carrier as a lecturer, I actively contribute
in the three main duties of Indonesian lecturer namely, teaching, conducting
research and community services. In term of teaching, I am one of the lecturers
who is given responsibility by the university to teach in the international
class. To support my teaching, especially when the pandemic covid-19 attack our
country, I manage to develop learning videos to support my students during the
distance learning and I disseminate it through my youtube channel. Moreover, in
term of research, in the past 5 years I got research funding from my university
and also one from overseas institution. In
addition, I am also active in publishing scientific papers, both in
international conference proceedings indexed by Scopus and in accredited
national journals. In the field of community services, I am involved in various
activities which main purpose is to provide support to teachers in schools
related to teaching and learning mathematics in accordance with my scientific
field. One example of this activity is my participation in the activities of
the driving organization which is the flagship program of the Kemendikbudristek.
Through this program, we assist elementary school teachers in designing and
applying innovative learning based on a realistic mathematics education
approach.
I realized that as an academician, I need to continue to improve my
scientific capacity. For that I am trying to find a scholarship to continue my
studies at the doctoral level. I plan to take a higher degree by research in
mathematics education at Deakin University, Australia. I already joint with a
pre departure program conducted by Deakin University and Andalas University in
2015. I got a completion certificate declare that I already completed the
module of language intensive, developing academic study skills, academic
writing workshop, cultural introduction, preparing a PhD application, and
English Language Testing. I also already have correspondence with my potential
supervisors from Deakin to discuss about my research topic. Further, I got the
offer to continue my study there. The only condition stated in my Letter of
Offer is about the funding. When I got a scholarship, I can start as the PhD
student at Deakin University.
There are at least two reasons for me
to choose Deakin University as the place to take a PhD. First, regarding the
area of research and the potential supervisor availability, I found that there
are experts at the mathematics
education department of Deakin University that also concern about integrating
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in education. This is
the area of study that I propose in my research proposal. Some of them also have
a connection or ever work together on a project with my previous supervisors from
Indonesia and also from the Netherlands. The second reason to choose Deakin
University is because the Deakin
University provides several
offers for their students such as the quality of the degree, the lively campus
atmosphere, the flexibility of the learning
methods used, the focus for
the career and also it has won numerous awards.
Last but not the least, I will keep the agreement I made when asked the
permission to apply for the scholarship with the chairman of my institution.
The agreement that I will back to Indonesia and continue my job as a lecturer.
When I can finish and get a PhD degree from overseas, I hope that I can improve
my ability in conducting the Tri Dharma of a higher education
institution. In terms of teaching, I will share and adapt the good academic
atmosphere I got and enrich it with the initial value that we already have. In
conditions of research and community service, I plan to create connections between
the researchers in my institution and the researchers from other countries (may
be my PhD supervisors and my PhD fellows). In a more specific way, since my
research will be about designing learning instructions in teaching mathematics,
I plan to initiate a kind of a center for the development of mathematics
learning materials in my institution. The center where I can work together with
experts and college students to produce study or research in order to help
teachers to improve the quality of their teaching.
Komitmen Kembali ke Indonesia dan Rencana Kontribusi di Indonesia Pasca Studi (Max 1500 kata)
I commit to comeback to Indonesia after finishing my
study. Further, I will describe about my vision
of the contribution that I could give in the future. When I can finish and get
a PhD degree from overseas, I hope that I can improve my ability in conducting
the Tri Dharma of a higher education institution. In terms of teaching,
I will share and adapt the good academic atmosphere I got and enrich it with
the initial value that we already have. In terms of research and community
service, I plan to make connections between the researchers in my institution
and the researchers from other countries (may be my PhD supervisors and my PhD
fellows). In a more specific way, since my research will be about designing
learning instructions in teaching mathematics, I plan to initiate a kind of a
center for the development of mathematics learning materials in my institution.
The center where I can work together with experts and college students to
produce study or research in order to help teachers to improve the quality of
their teaching.
Furthermore, I dreamed of
Indonesia as a country with a high development in technology and can be a
leader in the region. I dreamed of a country where globalization can live side
by side with traditional culture, value and local wisdom. And the most
important point is about being a better place to live in for me, us and our
next generation.
Relating to the dream I mentioned above, I will dedicate myself to support
the development mainly in educational field and in the character building of
the people. This is fit with my role as a lecturer. In order to reach the
dream, at least i can contribute by doing the three following actions. First, I
will integrate the teaching and learning in my classroom with the use of
technology and internet based. I also will try to design learning materials
involving technology to support my students in reaching the larning goals.
Second, I will also concern on using local value and culture as the integrated
part of the learning process. And third, I will continue to take part on
community development activities in order to support young generation in
preparing their future life.
Based on the explanation above, contribution should be an important part of
our “success”. Hopefuly, the contribution I did in my life will stay longer
than my age. Then, I will keep in my mind that the success I get will remain
nothing if it is not contribute anything to the community and our nation,
Indonesia.
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