Spanish and Swedish teachers’ perspective of teaching STEM and robotics in preschool – results from the botSTEM project

This article describes outcomes from the Erasmus + project botSTEM, involving a theoretical framework for Science, Technology, Engineering & Technology (STEM) and robotics and teaching activities for preschool teachers and teachers educating children 4–8 years old. Spanish and Swedish preschool teachers’ self-efficacy and views of teaching STEM and robotics are presented, using a mixed methodology based on a questionnaire and focus group interviews. The 3-year long project has improved the preschool teachers’ self-efficacy in STEM and robotics teaching, as described in a questionnaire answered by the preschool teachers after the project. Possibilities in STEM and robotics teaching experienced by them include an increase in children’s agency, knowledge and interest, and the obstacles are mainly structural or technical. Robotics teaching also supports children with special needs when interacting with peers. The results from the botSTEM project point to the benefit of supported long-term professional development for STEM and robotics teaching in preschools.

PENGARUH PERENCANAAN PEMBELAJARAN TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KUALITAS DAN MUTU PENDIDIK DALAM KEGIATAN MENGAJAR DI SDN BANJAR 1

ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the application of learning planning at SDN Banjar 1. To find out the quality of teachers in the process of teaching activities. And to find out the effect of learning planning on improving the quality and quality of educators in teaching activities at SDN Banjar 1. The research population is all educators at SDN Banjar 1, totaling 50 people. The results of the study illustrate that the professionalism of teachers at SDN Banjar 1 in teaching is classified as very good, competent and has achieved learning objectives as expected and in accordance with what has been previously determined Keywords: Teaching Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Learning Planning ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan perencanaan pembelajaran di SDN Banjar 1. Untuk mengetahu kualitas guru-guru dalam proses kegiatan mengajar. Dan untuk mengetahui pengaruh perencanaan pembelajaran terhadap peningkatan kualitas dan mutu pendidik dalam kegiatan mengajar di SDN Banjar 1. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh pendidik di SDN Banjar 1 yang berjumlah 50 orang. Hasil penelitian menggambarkan bahwa bahwa profesionalisme guru di SDN Banjar 1 dalam mengajar tergolong sangat baik, berkompeten dan telah mencapai tujuan pembelajaran sesuai harapan dan sesuai dengan yang telah ditetapkan sebelumnya. Kata Kunci: Kualitas Mengajar, Guru SD, Perencanaan Pembelajaran

Newton’s law learning assessment: an experience with high school students

The Force Concepts Inventory is a test to determine the level of conceptual knowledge of students about mechanical physics and to evaluate the effectiveness of different teaching strategies on the conceptual component of learning. The test is applied with the purpose of knowing the level of conceptualization of the students of a Physics subject course. The results of the pre-test made it possible to find out the level of conceptualization that the students possessed and provided information for the development of workshops based on real physical situations that required the elaboration of force diagrams. The results of the post-test allowed estimating Hake’s learning and showed evidence about the conceptual evolution of the students and information to develop future teaching activities on Newton’s laws.

CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS IN STUDYING TARKÎB WITH ZOOM PLATFORM DURING PANDEMIC

This paper discusses the difficulties of Arabic department students when dealing with Tarkîb al-Marfû’ât subject and the using of Zoom/forced technology due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Using the qualitative approach, this paper aimed to explore whether students were negatively impacted by switch of learning mode to online. Interviews were conducted to nine students who live in remote areas, and it revealed that those students experienced delay in learning the subject due to their lack of the internet availability. Teaching activities were not optimal due to signal interference so that the exposure to the relevant material was not comprehensive. Moreover the students also lacked understanding to the subject because of the specific difficulty level of the subject. The students missed additional explanations and material from the lecturer, even equipped examples. This paper contributes to educational policies in the ways Indonesian government addresses distance learning for students in Islamic higher education.

STRATEGI PENGUATAN KARAKTER RASA INGIN TAHU PADA PESERTA DIDIK MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN SAINTIFIK DI SD CENDEKIA ISLAMIC SCHOOL KELAS IV

This study aims to determine the strategy of strengthening curiosity as a trait using a scientific approach. The population of the study is among the 4th-grade students of SD Cendekia Islamic School. This study uses qualitative research methods and data collection techniques such as direct interviews with educators and observations in the learning process as well as documentation studies. Sources of data in this study are educators and students. The teaching activities of 4th graders at SD Cendekia Islamic School class IV have been carried out on a distance learning basis since the outbreak of covid-19 in Indonesia. The results of this research, conducted on fourth-grade students at SD Cendekia Islamic School, show that the learning activities carried out during the distance learning period were not optimal in terms of scientific approaches. Because, according to researchers, the use of a scientific approach, when face-to-face interaction with students is possible, is more efficient than its use in distance learning, which is the current situation. Hence, the researchers conclude that the study conducted during the distance learning process that utilized scientific approaches did not maximize strengthening curiosity as a trait. Researchers suggest that, in distance learning exercises, it is necessary to pay attention first to all components that can support the successful implementation of scientific approaches on the development of curiosity as a trait.

Reflective Teaching as a Tool for Teacher Professional Development

Reflection has long been known as an important component for teacher professional development, and it has been widely researched. However, little is known about how teachers reflect on their teaching. Aiming at finding out how in-service English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers reflect on their teaching activities and how their self-reflection impacts their professionalism, the current study employs a qualitative case study as its research design. It involved six in-service EFL teachers at various levels of education, such as kindergarten, elementary, junior, and senior high schools, who were taking the postgraduate program in English Education at FKIP Universitas Tanjungpura as the research participants. The data for this study were obtained through questionnaires and interviews, as well as the written analysis of participants' teaching videos. After being analyzed qualitatively, the findings of this study indicate that most respondents reflect on their teaching activities at a very basic level. In relation to the impact of their reflective teaching on their professionalism, however, overall, respondents thought that their reflection activities helped them know their weaknesses and strengths in teaching, which encouraged them to become better teachers.

DETERMINING BEST GRADUATES OBJECTIVELY USING THE WEIGHTED PRODUCT METHOD

The purpose of education and teaching activities in higher education is to produce quality and effective graduates. Among the graduates there are of the best graduates for each study program each year. This study aims to find the best graduates who are able to compete in the world of work in accordance with stakeholder needs. The data processed in this study were sourced from the 2018 Royal Computer Information Management College graduates. The method used in this study is the Weighted Product method. The results of this study can determine the best graduates quickly and accurately. research can help in terms of decision makers for determining the best graduates in each college. Keywords: Best Graduate; Student; Weighted Product Abstrak: Tujuan kegiatan pendidikan dan pengajaran di perguruan tinggi adalah untuk menghasilkan lulusan yang berkualitas dan efektif. Di antara lulusan ada beberapa lulusan terbaik untuk setiap program studi tiap tahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan mencari lulusan terbaik yang mampu bersaing di dunia kerja sesuai dengan kebutuhan stakeholder. Data yang diolah dalam penelitian ini bersumber dari data lulusan Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Informatika Komputer Royal tahun 2018 sebanyak 100 lulusan. Metode yang dipakai dipenelitian ini, metode Weighted Product. Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat menentukan lulusan terbaik secara cepat dan tepat. Penelitian dapat membantu dalam hal pengambil keputusan untuk penentuan lulusan terbaik disetiap perguruan tinggi. Kata kunci: Lulusan Terbaik; mahasiswa;Weighted Product

A lack of mess? Advice on undertaking video-mediated participant observations

PurposeThis article offers practical advice to ethnographers venturing into doing participant observations through, but not about, videoconferencing applications such as Zoom, for which the methods literature offers little guidance.Design/methodology/approachThe article stems from a research project about a BioMedical Design Fellowship. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Fellowship converted all teaching activities to online learning via Zoom, and the participant observations followed along. Taking an autoethnographic approach, the authors present and discuss concrete examples of encountered obstacles produced by the video-mediated format, such as limited access and interactions, technical glitches and changing experiences of embodiment.FindingsChanging embodiment in particular initially led the authors to believe that the “messiness” of ethnography (i.e. misunderstandings, emotions, politics, self-doubts etc.) was lost online. However, over time the authors realized that the mess was still there, albeit in new manifestations, because Zoom shaped the interactions of the people the authors observed, the observations the authors could make and how the authors related to research participants and vice versa.Practical implicationsThe article succinctly summarizes the key advice offered by the researchers (see Section 5) based on their experiences of converting on-site ethnographic observations into video-mediated observations enabling easy use by other researchers in relation to other projects and contexts.Originality/valueThe article positions video-mediated observations, via e.g. Zoom, which are distinctly characterised by happening in real time and having an object of study other than the online sphere itself, vis-à-vis other “online ethnography” methods. The article further aims to enable researchers to more rapidly rediscover and re-incite the new manifestations of the messiness of ethnography online, which is key to ensuring high-quality research.

Viktor Nikolaevich Ivanov: the Director of the Leningrad Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the 1950s

The article is dedicated to the director of the Leningrad Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute (now the Saint Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University), a specialist in the field of chemical absorbers, Viktor Nikolaevich Ivanov, who headed the university in 1951-1958. The contribution to the development of chemical science has been revealed, also the activities during the years of the defense of Leningrad in 1941-1944 have been traced. In addition to the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute, his teaching activities were associated with the Leningrad and Moscow State Universities. During the era of his directorship at the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Institute, he managed to significantly strengthen the teaching staff, including specialists in the humanities, the famous sociologist I. S. Kon, as well as construct a new building and create a medicinal plant nursery in Lembolovo.

PEMBUATAN KONTEN PEMBELAJARAN YANG MENARIK BERBASIS PEMECAHAN MASALAH DI SMP BP-ALMUNAWAROH

Creating engaging content is the foundation for teachers to improve the quality of their students' learning. The training is designed to assist teachers in creating engaging learning experiences for their students and increasing student motivation to learn. Because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, all levels of education require distance learning. As a result, all teachers must deliver lessons to students remotely. Furthermore, this training is intended to prepare teachers to adapt to technological advancements because learning and teaching activities may be carried out online or offline in the future.