Teachers In District Research Articles

Basic Knowledge of Middle School English Teachers in Indonesia in Assessing Students ' Writing Ability

<p>The capacity to plan lessons and assess students’ learning defines junior high school teachers’ professionalism. Because it significantly affects how they evaluate students’ writing learning outcomes, junior high school English teacher must have a solid foundation in assessing writing. 87 Junior high school teachers from the district and 38 junior high school teachers from the municipality were asked to participate in this quantitatively descriptive study by completing questionnaires regarding their fundamental writing assessment knowledge. Only 16.09% of district teachers and 26.32% of municipal teachers received scores above 60 as a result. These teachers still have significant difficulties planning, implementing, and evaluating writing even though they are all credentialed and routinely report significant professional activities. All stakeholders, particularly schools and the ministry of education.</p>

Open Innovation Towards Secondary School Innovation Performance in Kulai District

Open innovation is vital for every countries development which is consist of economy, political and social development. Besides, open innovation enhances these three categories of development as well. Studies related on open innovation in education sector far behind compare to the business world, the industrial sector. This is because, open innovation not fully focused on strategy and its implementation in the education sector. Furthermore, there is not enough empirical evidence of open innovation in education ecosystem. This study is focuses to fill this gap by studying open innovation in secondary schools due to their strong contribution to development of education. Further, this study will analyse the activities of in determining the innovative capabilities of secondary schools in Kulai district. The results, however, were generated based on a sample of 120 school teachers in the Kulai district of Johor region. The results are based on descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using mean values, standard deviation, correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The discussion of results was also carried out considering the focus of the study in mind and context of the study as well. Based on quantitative results outcome indicates that all the variables of the study are significantly related to each other generating a strong Cronbach alpha outcome of the variables. Based on this, further analysis was made and the outcome have help in drawing some conclusions in addition to putting forth some recommendations for the school top management and the government (Ministry of Education) to further re-examine innovation policies to encourage more the activities of innovation, mainly on open ecosystem.

Investigating the Impact of Modern Educational Technology on Improving Human Resources with the Mediating Role of Information Literacy of Physical Education Teachers in the 2nd District of Karaj

Investigating the Impact of Modern Educational Technology on Improving Human Resources with the Mediating Role of Information Literacy of Physical Education Teachers in the 2nd District of Karaj

The Integration of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) in Home Science: Teachers' Understanding and Challenges

The integration of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education was introduced in Home Science subjects in the year 2017. It aims to enable Home Science students to be competitive in facing the challenges of the 21st century. However, the integration of STEM was not fully implemented due to time constraint, lack of STEM knowledge, as well as heavy workload among the teachers. This study was conducted to explore the integration of STEM among Home Science teachers. Three research questions were derived. Firstly, by exploring Home Science teachers' understanding of STEM and the challenges faced by them in integrating STEM. This qualitative case study involved three Home Science Teachers in Larut Matang and Selama District, Perak. The research informants were selected by using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The findings indicated that Home Science teachers understand the concept of STEM integration. They successfully integrate elements of Science and Mathematics, but lack the knowledge to integrate the elements of technology and engineering in Home Science. Only certain topics were chosen to inculcate the STEM elements. Findings also showed that the teachers are not confident in planning STEM projects because there is no guidance and course given to them. Three main challenges faced by the teachers are time constraint, no allocation or budget, and limited creativity to implement STEM projects. The involvement of Home Science teachers in STEM-related activities organised by the District Education Office, State Education Department, or with STEM organisations need to be increased to make sure they get enough exposure to STEM integration in the classroom. Comprehensive training should also be given to Home Science teachers through a continuous Professional Learning Community (PLC) to improve their level of competence in teaching STEM.

Research Competence among Public Senior High Teachers of District 1 in Ifugao Province

Teachers are one of the prime movers in helping students to come up with efficient and effective research outputs. In relation, the purpose of this study is to determine the research competence of public senior high teachers in District 1 of Ifugao Province. A descriptive design was used in the study. A questionnaire and assessment were used to gather data from 64 volunteer teachers from the different public schools with senior departments using a total enumeration sampling. The tool was both adapted and a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed through Excel and SPSS. The finding revealed that teachers have adequate knowledge and a positive attitude but with fair skill and assessment toward research. The teacher’s profiles such as number of years handling research, highest educational attainment, and number of researches produced have significant differences in their level of knowledge and assessment toward research except number of research-related training and seminar attended while only the number of years in handling research have significant differences on their level of skill toward research whereas the profiles have no significant differences on their level of attitude. In general, teachers need to increase their knowledge, skill, and assessment toward research by practicing and utilizing what they already know and joining still to research-related training and seminars while sustaining their positive attitude. A research seminar plan was proposed based on the results of the study.

Analysis of Learning Design Using The Canva Application in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)Training

Canva is one of the programs in designing online learning that provides various tools such as presentations, infographic videos. The use of platforms for learning design is an innovation that must be developed by teachers. With the learning design, learning will be active and more interesting. The research used the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE model. 5 stages in the ADDIE model, namely the stages of analysis (Analysis), Design (Design), Development (Development), Implementation (Implementation), and Evaluation (Evaluation). The results of the analysis show that the learning design using the Canva application in ICT training for madrasa teachers in Central Maluku district stated that 20% often used the Canva application in designing lessons and 60% had used the Canva platform or application in designing learning, 20% stated that they had never used Canva in designing learning and using the Canva-based learning animation video application.

PENGARUH SUPERVISI AKADEMIK, MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA GURU SMP DAN MTs DI KECAMATAN SUBAH DAN PECALUNGAN KABUPATEN BATANG

The formulation of the problem in this research is 1) is there any effect of academic supervision on the performance of SMP and MTs teachers in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency, 2) is there an effect of work motivation on the performance of SMP and MTs teachers in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency, 3) is there any effect of academic supervision and work motivation on the performance of teachers in SMP and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency.This study uses a quantitative correlation approach. Data mining using a questionnaire instrument. The research locations were public junior high schools and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan sub-districts. Test Instrument is a test of validity and reliability. Prerequisite test using normality test, linearity test, multicollinearity test, homogeneity test. Data analysis used correlation test, simple linear regression test and multiple linear regression test.The results of the study (1) the effect of academic supervision on the performance of SMP and MTs teachers in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency. Based on the Fcount value of 134.127 > Ftable 3.93 with a significance value of 0.000 <0.05. which means H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The hypothesis which reads "there is an influence of academic supervision on teacher performance in SMP and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency" is accepted. (2) the effect of work motivation on the performance of SMP and MTs teachers in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency. Based on the Fcount value of 148.330 > Ftable 3.93 with a significance value of 0.000 <0.05. which means H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. The hypothesis which reads "there is an influence of work motivation on teacher performance in SMP and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency" is accepted. (3) the effect of academic supervision and work motivation on teacher performance in SMP and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency. Based on the Fcount value of 81.128 > Ftable 3.08 with a significance value of 0.000 <0.05. Which means H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. In other words, the hypothesis that reads "there is an influence of academic supervision and work motivation on teacher performance in SMP and MTs in Subah and Pecalungan Districts, Batang Regency" is accepted.

TEACHER SELF-EFFICACY AS A MEDIATOR OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ COMMITMENT

Background and Purpose: Since preschool education is the cornerstone of change and overall development of children, it is a very important phase that prepares them before they enter the school world. Thus, the development and expansion of preschool programs need to be given further attention and improvement of the quality of services to the community. Teachers' emotional competence and self-efficacy are closely related to teacher commitment. Therefore, it is important for us to identify the relationship between preschool teachers’ emotional competence and teachers' commitment as well as to investigate the mediating effect of teachers’ self-efficacy to perform their role toward developing children's potential holistically. This study aims to examine the mediating effect of teachers’ self-efficacy between the relationship of emotional competence and self-efficacy of teachers with the commitment of preschool teachers in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. This study was based on the Emotional Competency Theory developed by Goleman (2001), the Self-Efficacy Model by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001) as well as the Teacher Commitment Model by Thien et al. (2014).
 
 Methodology: The methodology used was a survey study involving 428 preschool teachers in the state of Selangor who were selected through cluster sampling and convenient sampling to answer a set of questionnaire through Google Forms. The instrument was validated by six experts and a pilot study was conducted on 75 samples of preschool teachers in the Klang district. Data collected were analyzed quantitatively using IBM SPSS V23.0 & Smart-PLS 3.0.
 
 Findings: The results of structural model analysis showed that the relationship between emotional competence, self-efficacy and commitment was positively significant and teacher self-efficacy served as a partially mediating effect in the relationship between emotional competence and teacher commitment.
 
 Contributions: The previous studies of emotional competence, self-efficacy, and commitment were in the field of education in general and did not focus on preschool education. Based on the issues and long-term implications of the quality of preschool education, this study provided an improved new model to fill the research gap in the field of early childhood education to improve the quality of continuing education.
 
 Keywords: Commitment, early childhood education, emotional competence, mediator, preschool teacher, self-efficacy.
 
 Cite as: Phaik Im, K., Fong Peng, C., & Hutagalung, F. D. (2023). Teacher self-efficacy as a mediator of the relationship between emotional competence and preschool teachers’ commitment. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 8(2), 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol8iss2pp1-26

Structuring the Individual Plan of Professional Development (IPPD) For Teachers in the Advancement of Career Demand Growth

This research assessed the implementation of the Individual Plan of Professional Development (IPPD) towards career demand growth for secondary public-school teachers in South District 7 at Cebu City Division, Cebu City school year 2021-2022 as bases for a developmental action plan. Findings of this study reveal that the school heads and teacher-respondents belong to the age group of 31-40 years old, female, married, obtained units in their master’s degree, have been linked with the institution for more than 6 years, have a performance rating of very satisfactory, and attended national trainings, seminars, and workshops. Looking into the extent of implementation of the individual plan of professional development (IPPD) which is divided into five indicators – professional development in school; learning through professional development; participation experience in IPPD; impact on learners; and attitude and beliefs, accumulated an overall grand mean of 4.27, which means that the respondents strongly agree that the extent of implementation of the IPPD across all indicators increases their career demand growth

Analysis of the Need for Development of Teaching Materials in the Form of STEM-Based Electronic Modules

The purpose of this study was to analyze the needs of teachers for the development of teaching materials in the form of STEM-based electronic modules. Development using the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementatin, Evaluation). The data obtained through interviews with one of the physics teachers in Kerinci district, the results of the interviews are that in the learning process teachers have not used electronic modules with the STEM approach and require electronic modules with the STEM approach because the STEM approach focuses more on real-world problems or problems in everyday life. based on a combination of four aspects, namely Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, making it easier for students to understand the material, besides that it can also improve students' scientific literacy. So that researchers will carry out the development of STEM-based electronic modules.

Teachers’ Motivation in State Payaraman Elementary School Ogan Ilir

The purpose of this study was to determine the motivation of teachers in public elementary schools in Payaraman District, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra. This research was conducted on teachers in Payaraman district, Ogan Ilir Regency. The sample size was taken as many as 102 teachers. The sampling technique is intended for sampling, namely where the respondents are some of the teachers in Payaraman District, Ogan Ilir Regency. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale to measure 25 statement items. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Findings have shown that teachers have a high motivation to go to work and have a job as a teacher.

Planning Professional Learning to Support the Implementation of a New English Language Arts Program for Middle School Students

A critical part of implementing a new instructional program is professional learning. Multifaceted training was planned and delivered to teachers in a Midwestern urban school district prior to and during implementation of an online accelerated English language arts curriculum in four middle schools. Working in partnership with two universities, district teachers were trained to utilize the Integrated Curriculum Model as well as practical training in navigating the Schoology online learning platform. During a 3-year period, teachers engaged in additional professional learning related to curriculum and instruction, assessment, and online teaching pedagogy in both a workshop and consultative format. This article summarizes the approaches used in this professional learning plan and lessons learned for future applications.

Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Kompetensi Manajerial Kepala Sekolah Terhadap Kinerja Guru

This study aims to determine the effect of leadership style and managerial competence of school principals on the performance of State Middle School teachers in Kayuagung District. The research was conducted at a state junior high school in Kayuagung District. The study used a descriptive quantitative research method, with a total population of 261 teaching staff at SMP Negeri Kayuagung District, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency. The number of samples calculated using the Slovin formula obtained a sample of 72 people—data collection techniques using questionnaires, observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques in this study used the t-test for partial tests and the F-test for simultaneous tests. The results of this study show that the principal's leadership style and managerial competence partially influence the performance of teachers of the SMP Negeri Kayuagung District. In conclusion, the principal's leadership style and managerial competence of the principal have a significant effect on teacher performance at the Kayuagung District Public Middle School
 Keywords: Leadership Style, Managerial Competence, Principal Teacher Performance

Peningkatan Profesionalisme Guru Polewali Mandar melalui Pelatihan Tindakan Kelas (PTK)

The improvement of the quality of education is important to the advancement of a nation and is the responsibility of all parties, including goverment, the private sector, individuals and others. In learning activities, a teacher will certainly be confronted with various problems, both students, subject matter and learning methods. One of the ways that professional educators can make to enhance the quality of learning is action research in the classroom. Presently KGP Polewali Mandar has never organised any training events for other teachers, so this community needs partners who can be brought together to train teachers in Polewali Mandar in order to enhance the professionalism of teachers in district. The PKM team worked with the KGP to provide on teacher training and mentorship. It took place from April to June 2022. This event was attended by 103 teachers in Polewali Mandar vi online. The title of the workshop activity on "Enhancing the Professionalism of Polewali Mandar Teachers through classroom action training. Based on the results of the evaluation, it is recognized that the material presented is important and in line with the current nedds of teachers

Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi dan Motivasi Terhadap Kinerja Guru di SMP Negeri Kecamatan Pangkalanbaru

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of organizational culture and motivation on Teacher Performance in State Junior High Schools in Pangkalanbaru District, Central Bangka Regency. The sample size taken was 78 teachers in Pangkalanbaru District, Central Bangka Regency. The sampling technique was purposive sampling, where the respondents taken were some of the teachers in Pangkalanbaru District, Central Bangka Regency. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale to measure 90 statement items. The analysis technique used was multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that organizational culture and motivation simultaneously had a significant effect on teacher performance Second, that organizational culture has a partial and significant effect on teacher performance Third, teacher motivation has a partial and significant effect on teacher performance.

The Perceptions of Junior High School Teachers in West Nias Regency towards the Implementation Independent Curriculum in 2023

The article was to find out how enthusiastic Pendidikan Jasmani Olahraga dan Kesehatan (PJOK) teachers in West Nias district about the process of implementing learning using the independent curriculum in 2023. The researchers used survey approach in quantitative descriptive investigations. The data collection method used questionnaire, and the data analysis used descriptive statistics with percentages. Quota sampling was used to determine the population in this study, which totaled 40 PJOK teachers in West Nias District. The number of samples was based on the number of people visited by the researchers of 40 PJOK teachers in West Nias District. The instrument used a reliability level of 0.975 which is relatively high. The result showed that the teachers with keywords have moderate perceptions of the implementation of independent curriculum learning in West Nias Regency in 2023. The results of distributing questionnaires at the SMP level in West Nias Regency have a percentage of 5% or 2 teachers have categories very positive, the percentage of 3% or 1 teacher has a positive category, the percentage of 80% or 32 teachers has a moderate category, the percentage of 12% or 5 teachers has a negative category and the percentage of 0% or 0 teachers has a very negative category. This indicates that the opinion of PJOK teachers regarding the implementation of learning using the independent curriculum at the West Nias District Middle School level in 2023 is in the moderate category, this can be seen from the highest percentage results which state that the percentage of 80% or 32 teachers is in the moderate category. Keywords: Perceptions of junior high school teachers, independent curriculum implementation

PKM Pelatihan Penilaian Akademik Untuk Guru-Guru SD/SMP/SMA/Sederajat Di Kabupaten Sidrap

Academic assessment is an evaluation process or learning outcomes to measure student learning progress and achievements in the context of formal education, using established methods, instruments and criteria, as well as providing relevant feedback. In improving the quality of education in schools, it is necessary to have an effective and objective academic assessment system which is an important element in improving the assessment system. Therefore, this study aims to provide training on how to assess learning outcomes or academic results for SD/SMP/SMA/equivalent teachers in Sidrap District. The method of implementing the service is lectures, discussions, and the practice of using the instruments provided. The results of the evaluation of practicing the instruments obtained are that teachers get a simple and easy academic assessment system when processing students' grades and teachers will be able to make assessment instruments according to the 2013 curriculum standards. This service in the form of training is expected to provide great benefits for teachers -teachers in SIdrap District in an effort to increase their understanding of good academic assessment and can improve the quality of assessment in schools.

Study the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Marital Adjustment among Secondary School Teachers of Amritsar District

The present study was conducted to explore the relationship in emotional intelligence and marital adjustment among secondary school teachers of Amritsar district. The sample consisted of teachers of Amritsar district. They were selected by random sampling technique. For this study Marital adjustment of Promod Kumar and Kanchan Rohtagi (2010) and emotional adjustment inventory by S.K. Mangal (2012) was used . Result of this study showed significant difference between emotional intelligence and marital adjustment among secondary school teachers. Correlation analysis showed a significant relationship between emotional intelligence and marital adjustment among secondary school teachers.

Psychological Capital and Job Involvement of Secondary School Teachers in North-West Senatorial District of Benue State, Nigeria

Job involvement has continued to receive great attention of management scholars and organisational practitioners globally. In a similar direction, this study examined psychological capital as a predictor of job involvement among secondary school teachers in North-West Senatorial District of Benue State, Nigeria. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design. Participants were 354 teachers comprising of 195(55.1%) males and 159(44.9%) females randomly sampled from 40 secondary schools. Teachers’ Job Involvement Scale (TJIS) and Psychological Capital Questionnaire were used for data collection. Results of Multiple Linear Analysis revealed that psychological capital is an important factor in predicting job involvement of secondary school teachers. Particularly, resilience is the most important component of psychological capital with positive influence on job involvement and its two dimensions. Hope and optimism are also important psychological capital components but only predict emotional and not physical job involvement. Finally, self-efficacy seems to be less important component of psychological capital with no significant independent influence on both physical and emotional job involvement dimensions. It is concluded that psychological capital enhances job involvement. Therefore, curriculum developers in teachers’ colleges should incorporate training courses targeted at developing psychological capital of teachers in order to enhance their job involvement during professional practice. Keywords: Job involvement, psychological capital, hope, optimism, resilience, self-efficacy.

Technology Use Among Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Teachers in the Ahafo – Ano South District

The study sought to investigate technology use among Ghanaian Junior High School mathematics teachers in the Ahafo-Ano South District of Ghana. Descriptive survey (cross-sectional survey) design with mixed quantitative and qualitative data was gathered for the study. The population of the study comprised of all JHS mathematics teachers in Ahafo-Ano South District, Ashanti region. A stratified sampling technique was used to select 60 JHS mathematics teachers from rural, peri-urban and urban schools in the district. The findings revealed that mathematics teachers technology use in teaching Mathematics at the Junior High School level in the district was low (2.048 ± .85388). These technologies were grouped into manipulatives, digital/computer-based and audio-visual technologies. The results established that most of the teachers used manipulates in teaching Mathematics (3.120 ± 1.063). On the contrary, the results also showed that digital/computer-based technologies such as virtual protractors, calculators, geometry pad, stepping stones 2.0 comprehensive mathematics and computer game programs such as Globaloria etc., were never used by mathematics teachers in the district (1.621 ± .840). Similarly, evidence from the study adds that audio-visual technologies including television, pie chart assignment to students based on TV program and other audio-visual devices were never in use by mathematics teachers in the district (1.416 ± .712).