Monday and Tuesday (2 & 3 September 2013) are memorable days for PPs UNY because Prof. Jerry G. Gebhard, Ed.D. , who has been in the field of observation on teaching for 30 years teaching at Indiana University, Hawaii, has provided observation training for dozens of students and lecturers for undergraduate PBI (English Language Education), Masters LT (Applied Linguistics) and S3 IPB (Language Education Science) PPs UNY in PLA building, 3rd floor of FBS UNY. This workshop aims to provide opportunities for teachers and education practitioners to determine and practice observational strategies that can be used for richer learning decision making through a deep awareness of the concept of learning itself. 

Prof. Sugirin, Ph.D., Head of the S3 Language Education Study Program, PPs UNY, gave a report on his speech which was delivered before the workshop was opened. In his report, it was stated that he met Prof. Jerry G. Gebhard at the TEFLIN conference that took place the previous week and asked Prof. Gebhard to attend to provide workshops and observation training for S2 and S3 PPs UNY students, especially students of the PPs UNY LT and IPB study programs. Following Prof. Sugirin, Prof. Gebhard gave a few remarks and in it he gave a glimpse of the workshop that would be given. Furthermore, the event was opened by the Chancellor of YSU, Prof. Dr. Rochmat Wahab, M.Pd., MA The Chancellor hopes that this workshop will bring cooperation between the two universities.

This workshop lasted for two days. On the first day, there were three panel sessions filled by Prof. Jerry G. Gebhard. The concepts and understanding of observation strategies were conveyed by Prof. Gebhard was interactive and interesting during the three panel sessions. According to Prof. Gebhard, there are various ways an educator can develop himself and the learning he provides, including reading various journals and books on learning, attending various conferences and workshops, building 'mentoring' relationships with students, learning other languages, writing journals. teachers, observing learning in their own class, and observing learning taking place in other classes. Prof. Gebhard explores the opinions of workshop participants regarding the benefits that teachers get when they succeed in developing themselves through the various activities mentioned earlier. Not only lecturers, but also S2 and S3 students are able to convey their ideas in realizing self-development that is useful for teachers in their profession. 

Furthermore Prof. Gebhard provides a variety of ways that can be used to record in a teacher's journal that should be routinely done by a teacher after observing the learning he is doing and after observing the learning done by other teachers. While providing direction and material regarding concepts and ways that teachers can take notes and record everything that has been observed, Prof. Gebhard never forgets to ask the workshop participants' opinions and accept questions submitted by participants even when the question session has not been opened. The workshop participants were not only silent and listening, but also asked some questions related to the material presented. The participants seemed enthusiastic about participating in this panel session.

In the second session of the panel session led by Prof. Gebhard, stated that there are four principles that underlie learning observations, namely seeing learning from various aspects, not judging, describing rather than suggesting, and developing observations through self-reflection. These four important principles can be used as a guide in observing learning that is carried out by a teacher himself or when observing the learning carried out by other teachers, such as when there are lesson study activities. Through the four principles that can be applied in observation activities, a teacher or a researcher can describe in a neutral and non-judgmental manner and are able to see themselves in the learning process.

In the third session of this workshop Prof. Gebhard said that there are certain processes that apply when we, as teachers, observe the learning process carried out by other teachers. This happens when a teacher conducts action research or observes fellow teachers during the lesson study. The process consisting of preparation for observation, observation, reflection and interpretation, as well as the selection of other alternatives for teaching was conveyed by Prof. Gebhard was quite clear and used by the participants as a guide for observation activities that would be carried out the following day. As a closing activity on Prof. Gebhard gave a quiz to the workshop participants and most of the workshop participants answered enthusiastically and seemed to want to compete to answer the questions asked.

On the second day of the workshop, the participants were divided into several groups which were divided into several classes. The participants, each coordinated by a representative of the participants, entered the classes to observe the learning carried out by the model teachers whose learning process had been recorded by Prof. Gebhard himself. Discussions and observations were carried out in accordance with the procedures that were presented by Prof. Gebhard the day before. During the discussion, Prof. Gebhard entered the classrooms for a brief discussion. After all the participants have finished conducting parallel discussions, they return to the main discussion room to present their findings. All groups presenting their observations presented their findings with enthusiasm and enthusiasm, to the point that one group had to cut their presentation because it had taken up a lot of time. After all groups were finished, they were given comments and feedback by Prof. Gebhard, the workshop was closed by him by giving a series of quizzes like the previous day. Almost all participants competed to answer the questions posed as evidence of considerable enthusiasm in participating in the workshop.

In closing, in a brief interview Prof. Gebhard conveyed his positive impression of the workshop held in Yogyakarta with more than usual and enthusiastic participants. Prof. Gebhard hopes that on the next opportunity when he can visit Indonesia again he will be able to invite professors who are experts in the field of action research such as Anne Burns to be able to provide similar workshops, especially for teachers, postgraduate and doctoral students who are and will do action research. (ika)