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mendukung pencapaian tujuan tersebut, pengembangan kompetensi peserta didik disesuaikan dengan potensi, perkembangan, kebutuhan, dan
kepentingan peserta didik serta tuntutan lingkungan. Memiliki posisi sentral berarti kegiatan pembelajaran berpusat pada peserta
didik.”BSNP, 2006: 5 Curriculum is developed based on principle that learners have a central
position to develop their competencies in order to be human beings who believe in God and have a noble characteristic. The curriculum also
develops students to be healthy, educated, capable, creative, and independent and to be democratic and responsible citizen. In order to
achieve those goals, development of learners’ competencies is matched with learners’ potentials, learners’ development, learners’ needs, learners’
necessities, and society requirement. Having a central position means that learning activities are focused on learners.
From this point of view, it is clear that development of the curriculum which is
going to be implemented focuses on students along with their characteristics as a human being and a learner as well. It is also clear that schools, especially teachers,
have to develop learning techniques which focused on learners; it means that teachers should conduct learner-centered learning activities.
The designed and developed KTSP should cover educational goals of the school, structure and content of curriculum of the school, academic calendar, and
syllabus BSNP, 2006: 5. Among those terms that KTSP covers, a term which a teacher should consider in applying learning techniques is the syllabus. According
to BSNP 2006: 15, syllabus development could be done by a teacher independently or in a group of teachers in a school or several schools, in a group
of Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran MGMP in Pusat Kegiatan Guru PKG, and in Bureau of Education.
When teachers recognize characteristic of students, KTSP requires teachers to design and develop syllabus independently. For teachers who cannot design and
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develop syllabus independently, the school then form a group subject teachers, to facilitate the designing and the development process of the syllabus which is
going to be implemented in the school. BSNP 2006: 14 states, “Silabus merupakan penjabaran standar
kompetensi dan kompetensi dasar ke dalam materi pokok pembelajaran, kegiatan pembelajaran, dan indikator pencapaian kompetensi untuk penilaian.” Syllabus
is standard competency and basic competency which are described into main material or learning material, learning activities, and competencies achievement
indicators for evaluation. This point of view implies that a certain subject’s syllabus contains learning materials, learning activities, and achievements
indicators which are derived from standard competencies and basic competencies. In addition to that, BSNP 2006: 16 states that learning activities are
designed to give students learning experiences that involve mental and physic interaction among students, among students and the teacher, neighborhood, and
other learning sources in order to achieve the basic competencies. This point of view implies that learning techniques applied by teachers should not only cover or
deal with knowledge about the subject being learned, but also involved interaction among students, the teacher, and environment around the school in order to make
the learning activities more meaningful. The learning experiences could be achieved through the use of various learning approach and learner-centered
learning BSNP, 2006: 16. It means that teachers may use any kind of learning approach along with learning methods under the approach. One thing that the
teachers should put as a priority is that the learning techniques must be techniques which focus on learner.
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