Educational Development: Narratives from Indonesia

Uncategorized / By salmagmw

In this episode, I speak with Ahmad Thohir Yoga.

Ahmad Thohir Yoga is currently the deputy principal for public relation and partnership at MAN 2 Kota Malang, East Java, Indonesia. He has also been the coordinating teacher of Generation Global at the school  since 2012. 
Apart from teaching English at MAN 2 Kota Malang and facilitating training for teachers, he has been a non permanent lecturer at the University of Muhammadiyah Malang, State Islamic University of Malang, and other Universities in Malang since 1995. He was once the Director of Common Learning Resource Center (CLRC) and Head of Foreign Languages Development Center. 
Yoga was granted a Fulbright scholarship to pursue his Master’s of Education (M.Ed) at Ohio University, USA in 2005. Prior to that, he was also awarded a scholarship for his first Master’s degree in Education (M.Pd) at State University of Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. His solid passion in global education and partnership has led him to be connected with many international education agencies like Generation Global, Asia Education Foundation, BRIDGE- Australia, IGSN – Malaysia, IIMS – Japan, etc. 
He was an exchange teacher in Gold Coast Australia in 2011 and has been an International Students Outreaching Representative for AIWA Institute in Japan for many years.