Teacher Training Department Research Articles

The Implications of Assessment Based on Contextual Learning on Students' Results

Creating contexts in teaching, learning, and assessing the student involves a complex activity whose purpose is the student's progress. The connection between the three processes can be assured by choosing the best educational context for the university teacher. In the student-centered university educational process, having the students as partners in the teaching process and assessing them based on contextual learning is essential. This study analyses the influence of assessment based on contextual learning on students' learning results and used descriptive and comparative quantitative research with a non-experimental design to achieve this goal. The sample was 114 students from the Teacher Training Department, West University of Timisoara, Romania, second year of study, Level 1 of the Postgraduate Program, for the academic year 2021–2022 (20 males and 94 females). Using two formative context-based assessment tasks and one summative content-based assessment task, the study revealed that assessments based on practical contextual learning tasks positively impact students' results more than content-based assessments. Also, the contextual assessment task type influences students' results, with the practical context determining better results than a cognitive-theoretical context. The study's limitations suggested that many factors could be involved in studying the impact of different types of contextual assessment on students' results. Future experimental research could be done on considering experimentally confirmed variables and criteria for construing and choosing the appropriate type of task for formative and summative contextual assessment that confirms students' progress, including new technologies support in contextual assessment.

Sustainable Education in German Language Teaching in Preparatory Classes of German Teacher Training Departments

Die Qualität des Sprachenlehrens und -lernens in den Vorbereitungsklassen der türkischen Universitäten hat eine relevante Auswirkung auf die Durchführung und Nachhaltigkeit des Fachunterrichts und dem damit verbundenen studienbegleitenden Sprachunterricht an den Abteilungen für Deutschlehrerausbildung. Aus diesem Grunde ist es vonnöten ein besonderes Augenmerk auf den Deutsch- bzw. Sprachunterricht in den Vorbereitungsklassen zu richten. Ausgangspunkt unserer Überlegungen ist die Feststellung, dass jede Diskussion zu den Vorbereitungsklassen gleichzeitig auch eine Diskussion der Deutschlehrerausbildung ist und vice versa. In dieser Arbeit geht es darum, den aktuellen Stand der Vorbereitungsklassen der Abteilungen für Deutschlehrerausbildung deskriptiv darzulegen und den Übergang zu der Deutschlehrerausbildung bezüglich ihrer nachhaltigen Bildung zu bewerten.

The Effectiveness Of Learning During The Covid-19 Pandemic : Case Study At Stain Teungku Dirundeng Meulaboh

This study aimed to find out and describe the learning effectiveness during the Covid-19 pandemic at Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Department, State Islamic Institue (STAIN) Teungku Dirundeng, Meulaboh, along with its obstacles and solutions. This study employed the descriptive qualitative research method and was also categorized as field research. The subject of this study was limited to the learning process experienced by students in the sixth semester at the Islamic Education study program, Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Department, STAIN Teungku Dirundeng Meulaboh. The data-collecting techniques used in this study were observation, interview and documentation. The findings revealed that the learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic was executed in two ways: online and offline learning. Offline learning was viewed as more effective than online learning because offline learning allowed students to interact live with the lecturers and other students despite the health protocol application. On the other hand, online learning caused some obstacles, one of them was the unstable internet connection. There were some reasonably solutive solutions to this issue which as the reliable internet connection reaching out to the remote areas.

Records Management Audit Using the ARMA Information Governance Maturity Model: A Case of the Department of Teacher Training and Technical Education (DTT&TE), Botswana

The information environment is rapidly growing due to increased data from business transactions and processes. This calls for records management to support decision-making and business functions. This is possible through what we refer to as information governance. This paper aims to bridge the gap between existing records management practices and the ideal state by undertaking a records management audit at the Department of Teacher Training and Technical Education (DTT&TE) using the ARMA Information Governance Maturity Model, ultimately improving information governance and records management processes. The study employed a qualitative case study approach. Data was collected through observations and interviews with three respondents, including the chief, principal, and senior records officers. The study's key finding reveals that DTT and TE are at level 3 (essential) of the maturity level. This finding implies that DTT&TE has well-defined regulatory requirements and processes. However, the study also revealed that the organisation does not meet the required maturity level (5). To this end, this poses risks such as poor performance due to a lack of accountability, poor execution of records management practices, low levels of compliance with requirements, and backlogs of records resulting from a lack of retention and disposition schedules in the organisation. Furthermore, the study reveals that the above risks result from challenges such as shortages of storage, security issues, and inadequate staffing, among others. To address these challenges, the paper recommends that DTT&TE review records management policies, adopt compliance frameworks, and provide staff training by DTT & TE.

Students’ Ability in Writing Opinion Essay Using Writing Process Method and a Story Based on Adab Education

A Good writing is determined by some things, one of which is its process. This study aimed at finding out the influence of the writing process method and a story based on Adab education on the student’s ability to write an opinion essay. The design of this research is mixed method research. The research population was eight classes of undergraduate students in semester 3 of the English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty in the academic year 2019/2020. The research sample was 37 students that were purposively chosen. The instruments used were a pretest and a posttest. The findings showed that the average posttest score for the experimental class (71.0) was two points higher than the score for the control class (69.0). The results of calculating the difference between the experimental class's posttest and pretest values, a value of 24, were obtained. In contrast, in the control class, a value of 26 was obtained as the result of calculating the difference between the posttest and pretest values. The difference between the two results was -2. Based on that, the conclusion was that the influence of the writing process method and a story based on Adab's education was insignificant. In other words, the writing process method and a story based on Adab education were similarly good in improving students' competence in writing an opinion essay. The findings suggest the necessity of doing or implementing the writing process and a story based on Adab’s education if students hope to have good English writing particularly an opinion essay.

Revitalizing Islamic Education: Professionalism of State Islamic Religious College Lecturers in Welcoming the Industrial Era 4.0

This study focused on three aspects: 1) the professionalism of lecturers in the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FTK) at the State Islamic Religious College (PTKIN) in Aceh in welcoming the industrial revolution 4.0 era; 2) the skills of FTK lecturers at PTKIN in Aceh in using technology for teaching; and 3) strategies to develop the professional competence of FTK lecturers in welcoming the industrial revolution 4.0 era. This research applied a qualitative method with fifty informants from FTK-PTKIN in Aceh. The informants were determined purposefully: two deans, one head of the Department of Teacher Training and Education, six deputy deans, and forty-nine lecturers. Data collection was done through interviews, observations, and documentation, and the data were analyzed through three steps: data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This study revealed that FTK-PTKIN lecturers in Aceh have high professional competence and good skills in using technology for teaching to welcome the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era. The common media used in teaching are Google Classroom, Google Meet, Zoom, and WhatsApp. Moreover, the professional competence of FTK lecturers is developed through the following strategies: doctoral education, technology training, and scholarship provision.

A Study of Learning Achievement Using a Flipped-Classroom Model Combined with Online Cooperative Learning in Soil Mechanics Laboratory

The objectives of this research were (1) to assess the appropriateness, (2) to study the learning achievement, and (3) to study the satisfaction of learners of the flipped-classroom model combined with online cooperative learning in the Soil Mechanics Laboratory. The research sample are 56 students enrolled in Soil Mechanics Laboratory, semester 1/2021, Civil Engineering and Education Program; Department of Teacher Training in Civil Engineering; Faculty of Technical Education; King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. There were five experts in content and another 10 in education. The tools used in the research were online lessons and a learning achievement test. Another tool included a student satisfaction questionnaire with a flipped-classroom model combined with online cooperative learning. The statistics used in the research were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results showed (1) the overall suitability of the flipped-classroom model combined with online cooperative learning was at a high level of 4.30/5.00, (2) the overall mean exercise/quiz scores (E1/E2) of learning achievement with a flipped-classroom model combined with online cooperative learning were 85.18/81.01 (100), and (3) the overall learner satisfaction with the flipped-classroom model combined with online cooperative learning was at the highest level of 4.56/5.00.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN FORMULATING RESEARCH INTRODUCTION THROUGH SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

This classroom action research was conducted to solve the students’ difficulties in designing a research introduction by applying scientific approach. The subjects were the sixth semester students of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of HKBP Nommensen University Indonesia who took Writing Research Paper subject. There were 30 students and they were organized into 8 groups. This research occupied 2 cycles which involved 4 steps (planning, acting, observing, and reflecting) for each cycle. The findings showed that using scientific approach has successfully developed the students’ ability in designing introduction of a research. The development derived from the increasing of students’ mean score in pre-cycle (54), first cycle (67.73), and second cycle (77,5). The students’ difficulties (fail to identify problems of research, decide research title and determine technique of solving the problem) were also decreased significantly after the second cycle had been conducted.

Role of Quality Enhancement Cell in Developing Quality Culture at University Level

The current study was designed to investigate the current practices and the effectiveness of quality enhancement cell in developing quality culture at university level in Pakistan. This study was descriptive in nature. All public sector general universities in Punjab were the population of the study. Heads of the departments of public sector universities in Punjab, Pakistan were the population of the study. A total of 300 departmental and institutional heads from 7 selected universities were chosen as a sample of the study. A questionnaire on a five-point Likert scale, consisting of 47 statements was prepared for obtaining data. To arrive at findings, frequencies, percentages, mean scores, and standard deviations were calculated. The results of the study indicate that the quality assurance practices i.e. Quality Enhancement Cells (QECs) of universities don't provide training to non-teaching staff. Faculty members are not selected for the next grade in time by teacher training departments of the universities. Major problems with quality assurance have been found as scarcity of financial resources, shortage of permanent faculty members, and lack of infrastructure. Facilitating factors towards quality assurance were good teacher-student relations, cooperative attitude of administration with teachers, and well-educated teachers in universities, were good.

ENGLISH STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES TO SPEAK ENGLISH (A CASE STUDY OF SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) THE STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES SULTHAN THAHA SAIFUDDIN JAMBI

This study aimed to discuss about English students’ strategies to speak English of sixth semester English Education Department of The State Institute for Islamic Studies Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. The design of the study is Qualitative Method with a case study approach. Subjects of the study are the Sixth Semester Students of English Education Department and Faculty of Education and Teacher Training of The State Institute for Islamic Studies Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. In the collecting of data, the researcher used Observation and Interview. The analyzing technique is the data reduction, data display and conclusion drawing. The results of the research show that most of English students have strategies applied to increase their ability to speak English. They use learning strategies from watching movies, absorb the structure of English through Silent Period and Improving Fluency. Researchers did not find the learning strategies of Native Speakers applied by English students because very difficult to find native speakers in their areas. Researchers also find difficulties faced by English students to speak English such as Pronunciation, Vocabulary and Meaning and Grammar. But researchers have also found the other difficulties faced by English students which are fearful or nervous and the lack friends / partners who want to speak English with them to increase their speaking skills.

Motivational Influences and Challenges in Quranic Recitation Proficiency: A Study Among Islamic Educational Teacher Training Department State Islamic University Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh Students

This study delves into the complex dynamics of Quranic recitation proficiency among students in the Islamic Educational Teacher Training Department at State Islamic University Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh. Through surveys, interviews, and discussions, the research explores motivational factors, challenges faced, and the relationship between teaching methods and proficiency, and proposes strategies for enhancement. The findings emphasize the importance of understanding intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, addressing challenges hindering proficiency, and adopting interactive and culturally sensitive teaching methods. By integrating personalized learning approaches, teacher training programs, and community engagement initiatives, this study provides valuable insights for optimizing Quranic education, fostering motivation, and nurturing a deep connection with religious heritage.

Impact of Changes in the Learning System on Students’ Learning Motivation

This study aims to determine how the impact of changes in the learning system on student learning motivation. The research design in this study is a mixed method design. The population in this study were all active students majoring in Physics Education Teacher Training and Education Department in Syiah Kuala University as many as 274 people. The sampling technique in this study used purposive sampling technique. So that the sample used is 132 people. The instrument used is by using a questionnaire with the help of google form. The analytical technique used in this study will be processed using a Likert scale which is then categorized based on a score index to determine the level of student learning motivation and use the Mann-Whitney Test to determine the impact. The results showed that learning motivation when using the offline learning system was 486.11 with the "High" category and 372.28 with the "Low" category when online. Based on the impact analysis test, it shows that changes in the learning system on students' learning motivation have significant differences (p value = 0.00; p < 0.05). The conclusion of this study is that changes in the learning system make learning motivation of Physics Education student is subject to change.

DIDACTIC ESCAPE ROOM, APPLIED AT UNIVERSITY, IN ONLINE TEACHING

ABSTRACT. The use of active teaching techniques combined with ludic aspects and game-based learning is a current field of investigation in higher education. “The use of escape rooms is also being considered as an educational tool in many schools. Using a variety of scenarios and challenges, the escape rooms create an experience that is simultaneously motivational and educational for the participants” (Manzano et al., 2021, p. 1). Our Didactic Escape Room was applied in the 2020-2021 academic year, at the end of the first semester, during the Covid-19 pandemic period, with online teaching, on a group of students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport (FEFS), enrolled at the psycho-pedagogical specialization within the Teacher Training Department, and on a group of students from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, specializing in Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education (PIPP), within Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca. Through this intervention we measured the general attractiveness, stimulation and novelty of a didactic Escape Room applied online, and we found that the degree of attractiveness for a didactic Escape Room, applied online, was high. Also, it was stimulating enough to generate engagement at the group level. We believe that the specificity of the group involved in the Escape Room is very important, and that each didactic activity of this kind be properly adapted for the class to which it is applied.

Strategies for Ability Training of Music Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools

This research uses the literature method to sort out the relevant theoretical context of teacher ability training and determine the research questions, and uses the interview method to conduct interviews with music teachers, teaching researchers and school leaders in primary and secondary schools. By analyzing the data, firstly, the professional ability, teaching ability and comprehensive ability of music are extracted as the constituent elements of the ability of music teachers in primary and secondary schools. Secondly, this paper divides teachers' ability training strategies into four levels. Finally, this study puts forward the following suggestions based on the analysis: the state should grasp the core issues of teacher ability training and formulate a systematic management plan; local teacher training departments should promote cooperation and exchanges among teachers to improve the overall ability level of teachers; colleges and universities should train more teachers Aspects of ability and pay attention to the balanced development of pre-service teachers' theoretical and practical ability; primary and secondary schools need to provide a good platform for teacher ability development to help promote teachers' post-service ability improvement.

University Teachers’ Skills and Roles in Student Centered Education

"In academic education, according to the regulations imposed by the Bologna Process, the student is placed in the center of the educational process, fully considering the trainee interests for deepening the knowledge and taking into account the own personality, as autonomous and responsible citizen. This paradigm attributes to student an active role, becoming in this sense a partner for teacher in the fulfilment of own training and professional development. Based on constructivist theory, student-centered education emphasizes the understanding, building and reconstructing of knowledge experiences, experimentation, reflective approach related to teaching-learning process, involving also the adaptation of the teaching methods to learners’ interests and needs, creativity and innovation. The relationship between teacher and student has multiple values, it is based on respect and trust, in order to achieve common goals. Feedback has an important and relevant role in optimizing the educational process. In the current socio-economic and cultural context, amplified by the effects of the pandemic, the rate of school leaving becomes high, which implies the adoption of effective measures for students to benefit from support, help, counseling and guidance. In addition to their roles required by student-centered education, teachers must express more openness, flexibility, ability to adapt to online constraints and understand the students’ needs. The paper aims to identify the expectations that students have in relation to university teachers and to design a teacher’s skills pattern in the actual context. For this purpose, 245 students from Valahia University of Targoviste, enrolled in the Teacher Training Department programs have been interviewed and asked to express their expectations, attitudes and perceptions about their teachers. Keywords: teacher’s skills; teacher’s roles; student-centered learning; students’ perception. "

Meaning behind the Poem: An Analysis of Transitivity of Poems for Students at English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Mathla’ul Anwar University Banten

The study aims to be analyzed observed meaning in poetry written by English Department at of Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Mathla’ul Anwar University. It applied Halliday Systemic Functional Grammar to identify and analyze the occurrences of processes in the poetry. Gerrot and Wignell (2008:6) explain that the theory of grammar is needed to know the text working. By using the theory, the reader will understand the text clearly. One of the ways to convey meaning is by analyzing the transitivity pattern in the poetry. Transitivity is represented experiential meaning that are meaning about the world experience and what is going on in the clause. The authors applied descriptive analysis method, it was in order to elaborate the appearing process types of transitivity in poems and to describe the percentage of process types. After determining the type of process for each predicator, the percentages were counting and comparing one to another independently in each poem. Further, the choice of processes and patterns lead to the discussion on the purposes and effects. The examination on the transitivity analysis shows that the processes employed to meaning behind the poems using transitivity are material, mental, relational, verbal, and behavioral processes. The processes tell particular significant to the process of meaning. For instance, material processes frequently dominated the meaning of the poems. The other transitivity processes resemble the purpose and effect based on their meanings. Hopefully, this paper might serve an example of how to examine the language patterns in a literary work to further observe the purposes and the effects of the patterns.

국내 특수교사 양성 대학의 행동분석 관련 과목 운영 실태: 행동분석전문가 학사학위 과정 자격 기준 마련을 위한 기초 논의

The purpose of this study was to obtain implications for preparing Korean Behavior Analyst Certification by analyzing the subjects related to behavior analysis at special education teacher training that reflects the qualification standards of bachelor's degree program, which has recently been increasing interest in Korea. We analyzed the curriculum posted on the department's website for 46 departments of 31 universities with special education departments among universities that are special education teacher training institution of nationwide. The results of the study are as follows. First, 23 out of 31 colleges (74.2%) have both behavioral analysis principles and clinical practice courses in the department (major) for training teachers in special schools nationwide. Second, 49 subjects related to behavioral analysis principles were opened in the National Special School Teacher Training Department (major), and mainly consisted of 3 credits for elective major, with subject names such as ‘Behavioral modification’, ‘Positive Behavior Support’, and ‘Special child behavior modification’. Third, 123 subjects related to clinical practice were opened in the department (major) for training teachers in special schools nationwide, and mainly consisted of 3 or 2 or less credits for elective major and teaching profession, with subject names such as ‘Educational volunteer activities’, ‘School field practice’, ‘Educational volunteer activities’, and ‘Special education field practice’. According to the results of this study, in order to prepare a bachelor's degree course for behavioral analysis specialists, the necessity of opening additional courses related to behavioral interventions to strengthen the professional competence of preliminary special education teachers was discussed.

Students’ Online Experiences in Online Collaborative Writing with Focus on Language Rules

Collaborative works among pairs, groups or one pair with another pair are favoured to accomplish, particularly in writing tasks. Students cannot undertake collaborative revision face-to-face during classroom instruction in EFL writing during the pandemic. Therefore, online collaborative revision has become a practical solution, especially in the context of EFL writing classes. This study aims to apprehend students' experience in online collaborative writing revision in the L2 writing context, focusing on language rules. This study employed qualitative research with a narrative inquiry as a research design. A proportionate interview with probability sampling is used as the main instrument to collect data from the EFL students at the Department of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Lancang Kuning. Five students from the seventh semester who had taken an argumentative writing class were chosen as the participant. The findings reveals, through experiencing online collaborative writing revision, students were knowledgeable and well-improved in revising their writings, particularly on language rules. The analysis showed the students managed to share multiple perspectives on how they are experiencing the online collaborative writing revision. In conclusion, online collaborative writing revision helps students with their writing revision through the feedback they obtain during the activities in the class and makes them have an exceeding writing performance. The expected contribution from this research is to gain an exceeding description of students' needs in implementing online collaborative writing revision.

UNIVERSITIES AND THE PANDEMIC: GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH AMBIGUITY

As a result of the closure of higher education institutions, students and teachers had to swiftly adapt to online teaching and learning. The need to design learning environments for students implies choices, adjustments and decisions in order to meet not only students’ expectations but also the conditions in which universities had to operate. Our study seeks to explore the innovative practices used by educators that allowed them to form engaging classrooms in a pre-service teacher education programme during the Covid-19 pandemic. The participants of the present study were educators (n=9) from the teacher training department. By making use of a qualitative inquiry, data was collected through participating at semi-structured interviews via ZOOM videotelephony software. The key findings suggest that the digital instructional setting has been a distinctively challenging experience for university teachers. The sudden shift in institutional teaching activities and conditions reshaped pedagogical practices and challenged the academics to identify and creatively respond to the students’ needs with ingenuity and speed. Therefore, it is paramount that educators retain the advantages of working from home in ways that transform their practice.

An Analysis on Students’ Pronunciation of a Scientific Text

This research was conducted to find out what errors the student made when reading a scientific text and the sources of those errors. The subjects of this research were 14 fourth-year-students of English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tanjungpura University. The research methodology used in this research is Error Analysis. There were three steps that were done to find the result of this research, distribute, quantify, and analyze. The result of this research was all 14 subjects made errors when reading the text. Based on the analysis that was done during the research, it was concluded that the sources of errors occurred were intralingual and interlingual errors. Intralingual errors are errors that were made during the transfer process from L1 to TL. Interlingual errors are errors that are made because of the influence of external factors, such as L1 characteristics, slip of tongue, and habits.
 Keyword: Error Analysis, Scientific Text, Fourth-Year Students