Educational Output Research Articles

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teacher Work and Teams

Cognitive abilities, personality, motivation, knowledge, behavior, emotions, development factors are essential for teachers. The purpose of this study is to provide capacity-building strategies to encourage teacher innovation through personal activities and the external work environment. This study was directed in a descriptive way based on the 2018 UKG scores, which were obtained from the NPD Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemdikbud) website. Our analysis shows that innovative teacher work behavior can be a reference and valuable contribution to improving teacher competency both in terms of pedagogical and professional abilities. Teachers must work in a climate fostering creativity and innovation to ensure a globally competitive educational output.
 Keywords: innovative behavior, teacher innovation, teachers’ skill

School efficiency in low and middle income countries: An analysis based on PISA for development learning survey

This study provides new evidence on school efficiency for low and middle income countries. We use data from PISA for Development (2017) for seven countries to obtain estimates on school efficiency using data envelopment analysis, both for cognitive and non-cognitive outputs, and their determinants. We find that there is a scope to increase efficiency by 20–22% via boosting both types of educational outputs and by reducing within-country disparity on schools’ efficiency scores by weakening the impact of students’ disadvantages. Our results suggest that schools cognitive inequality can be reduced alongside inefficiency. Cross-country results suggest similar drivers of efficiency across countries, at least for students’ school determinants, though we find more nuanced results on teachers and policies determinants for efficiency.

A Sound Framework for ICT Integration in Indian Teacher Education

This conceptual analysis aimed at preparing a sound framework for healthy integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Indian teacher education practices. An extensive and integrative literature review was made following the inclusion-exclusion criteria. The models proposed in several previous studies were also gone through and adequately contextualised with the needs and ethos of Indian teacher education programs to build an innovative framework leveraging the optimum potentials of ICTs in educational set up. The findings of the study synthesized with a proposal to build a sound framework for an ideal ICTs integration in Indian teacher education scenario based on seven cardinal principles of good practices with a major shift in emphasis from ‘education for ICT' to ‘ICT for education', effective to accost the educational transformations for 21st century India. The implication was that by adopting such a sound framework the teacher education in the country could exploit the genuine benefits of ICTs thereby augmenting its educational outputs to the fullest.

Disruptions from COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Research Outputs in South African Higher Education

Disruptions from COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Research Outputs in South African Higher Education

التقويم الدراسي في بعض دول العالم وإمکانية الاستفادة منه في المملکة العربية السعودية: دراسة مقارنة

يؤدي الوقت دورا حيويا في العملية التعليمية، لذا اهتمت به نظم التعليم في العالم، ووضعت تقويمها الدراسي الذي يتناسب مع تحقيق أهدافها التعليمية، إلا أن العديد من المعلمين والمشرفين التربويين يشکون من عدم إنجاز الأعمال الموکلة إليهم في الوقت المحدد، ويعزون ذلک إلى ضيق الوقت، من هنا جاءت هذه الدراسة بهدف تطوير نظام التقويم الدراسي في المملکة العربية السعودية في ضوء خبرة بعض دول العالم، وذلک من خلال تطوير ساعات اليوم الدراسي بما فيه من الحصص الدراسية والاستراحات، وتطوير العام الدراسي بما فيه من الأسابيع والفصول الدراسية وکذلک الإجازات، ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة استخدمت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي المقارن على مدخل جورج بريداي الذي يتدرج من وصف التقويم الدراسي في دول المقارنة، ثم تفسير نظام التقويم الدراسي في ضوء القوى والعوامل المؤثرة، ثم مقابلة البيانات في جداول تحليلية، وصولا إلى وضع التصور المقترح لتطوير نظام التقويم، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى عدد من النتائج، منها: عدد ساعات اليوم الدراسي أقل المعدلات بين دول المقارنة، قصر زمن الحصة الدراسية، عدم کفاية الاستراحات اليومية، أيام الدراسة الأسبوعية تتشابه في عددها مع معظم دول المقارنة، عدد الفصول الدراسية أقل من متوسط عددها في دول المقارنة، عدد أيام العام الدراسي هي الأقل بين دول المقارنة، وأيام الإجازات من أکثر دول المقارنة في عددها، وقد خلصت الدراسة إلى وضع التصور المقترح للتقويم الدراسي في المملکة العربية السعودية في ضوء نتائج الدراسة . Academic Calendar in Some Countries of The World and The Possibility to Take Advantage of it in Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Study Abstract: Time plays an important role in education, gaining great interest of educational systems worldwide and all curricula are scheduled in a way achieving educational objectives. Many teachers and educational supervisors complain that they cannot complete the assigned tasks in the deadline due to the lack of time. Thus, this study aims to develop the academic calendar in the Saudi Arabia in light of the experience of some countries of the world. This may be resolved through increasing hours of the academic day including sessions, breaks, and academic year including weeks, semesters, and public holidays, in order to improve the education outputs and allow students more learning as much as possible. To achieve the study aims, the Researcher uses the Descriptive Method of George Bereday that, on a progressive basis, describes the academic calendar in the comparing countries, explains the academic calendar in light of the influential factors and forces, compares the data in analytical tables, and develops the proposed perspective to improve the academic calendar. The study reaches many outcomes as follows: the number of the academic hours is the lowest among the comparing countries; the lesson time is short; the daily breaks are insufficient; the number of academic days per week is similar to the average days in the comparing countries; the number of classrooms is less than the average in the comparing countries; and the academic year days are the lowest while holidays are the greatest among the comparing countries. In light of the outcomes, the study concluded by developing the proposed prospective of the academic calendar in Saudi Arabia.

MANAJEMEN MEDIA POWER POINT UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MUTU PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (PAI) (STUDI KASUS DI SMKN 1 TALAGA MAJALENGKA)

The background of this research is the problem of power point media management is one part of the problem of improving the quality of learning. The problems that occur in power point media management are not optimal planning, implementation, and assessment so that it has an impact on the quality of teachers and the quality of learning. The lack of success in power point media management is due to the less than optimal use of learning media implemented in each school that has not been managed optimally, the learning process has not reached the target effectively, the learning media has not been well managed, so that teachers have not been able to show the expected improvement in the quality of learning. The quality of education is something that must be considered and strived to achieve, because education will be in vain if the quality and graduates are low. It will be worse and worse if the educational output adds to the burden on the community, family and country. In general, the management of learning media at SMKN 1 Talaga Majalengka has not shown a satisfactory impact on improving the quality of teachers themselves, especially for students, this is influenced by many factors. Power point media management is still not optimal in improving the quality of learning. This research is a qualitative research which takes the background of power point media management to improve the quality of Islamic education learning at SMKN 1 Talaga Majalengka. Data collection was carried out by conducting observations, interviews, and documentation studies. Data analysis was carried out by giving meaning to the data that was collected, and from that meaning it was concluded. Checking the validity of the data was carried out using triangulation by means of check recheck and cross checking.

The Antecedence of Teacher's Professional Performance: Evidence from Indonesia

Teacher professionalism determines the quality of education output. Hence, this study aims to explore the effect of good corporate governance (GCG) and knowledge management (KM) on the teacher's professional performance in Indonesia mediating by affective commitment. A questionnaire collected the research data through the survey method. The research participants are 375 teachers spreading across three provinces (Jakarta, Banten, West Java) determined by accidental sampling. Data analysis uses path analysis supported by descriptive statistics. The results show that GCG and KM have a significant effect on the teacher's professional performance, either directly or indirectly, mediating by affective commitment. The affective commitment has a direct effect more adequate on the teacher's professional performance than GCG and KM, KM has a direct effect more adequate on teacher's affective commitment than GCG, and KM has an indirect effect more appropriate on the teacher's professional performance mediated by affective commitment than GCG. Therefore, a fit research model about the effect of GCG and KM on the teacher's professional performance mediated by affective commitment was found based on data from teachers in Indonesia. This model can be adopted as a reference or discursus by researchers and education practitioners in developing teacher professional performance models in the future and various contexts, fields, and educational organizations.

The Spatial Variation of Unemployment in Jordan by Using Geographic Information System GIS

This study is concerned with studying the phenomenon of unemployment and its spatial variation in Jordan and analyzing the causes and effects resulting from it and ways to address unemployment and reduce its social, economic and security risks in the society, as well as to identify the concept of unemployment and its types and the reasons for its prevalence and continuity, in addition to the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in distribution to the category Active age, educational level, gender and governorate by employing statistical data on employment and unemployment indicators in Jordan based on government statistical data of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for 2015 and 2016. The main reasons that exacerbate this phenomenon, the most important of which were poor planning and expansion by encouraging investment and creating job opportunities and not linking the outputs of education and training to the needs of the labor market, as well as insufficient attention by the government to small and medium enterprises (SME) and neglect to raise the proportion of women in the Jordanian labor market. It is considered one of the lowest levels in the world, as well as the impact of expatriate labor which posed an additional challenge to the Jordanian government.

Manajemen Kepala Sekolah Dalam Meningkatkan Mutu Pendidikan di SMP Berbasis Pesantren

This article aims to 1) To find out how the process of implementing principal management in increasing educational quality at SMP BP Amanatul Ummah. 2) Knowing what are the supporting and inhibiting factors of the principal management process in improving the quality of education at SMP BP Amanatul Ummah. 3) Knowing the principal management process on the quality of professional education at SMP BP Amanatul Ummah Pacet Mojokerto. This research is qualitative research using descriptive methods, namely research methods to solve actual problems. Data collection was carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation. The management of school principals in order to increase education output at SMP BP Amanatul Ummah the program carried out is to increase the ability of school personnel in resource management and program preparation, encouraging greater community participation to support education in schools, encouraging the use of school budgets according to school needs. functions are implemented by taking four stages, namely: planning, organizing, implementing and supervising. From the results of research and data obtained from the implementation of school principal management, the impact of the implementation of BP Amanatul Ummah Junior High School education, especially the achievement of students, shows high achievement both academic and non-academic achievements. In implementing principal management, it is inseparable from supporting and inhibiting factors, to anticipate inhibiting factors a solution is needed to overcome them.

Manajemen Pengembangan Peserta Didik Berbasis Total Quality Management di MI Al-Hidayah Bagor Miri Sragen

Students are an important element in education, without students it is impossible to develop in the classroom. This research was conducted at MI Al-Hidayah Bagor Sragen regency. This study aims to improve the quality of the students quality to have qualified abilities when completing studies at an educational institution and implement the development of students based on total quality management (TQM) as an alternative in printing intelligent educational outputs of intellect and morality, one of the educational institutions implementing the management is MI Al-Hidayah Bagor Sragen regency. Researchers in researching MI Al-Hidayah used a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. The results of this study are that in developing the quality of students requires good management also in developing students such as understanding the process and customer satisfaction, the madrasa will be able to realize and appreciate quality. Management of student development used by researchers namely Planning, mechanism for student acceptance, selection process and orientation activities for new students, division of classrooms, guidance and development, monitoring and evalation of student management in MI Al-Hidayah Bagor Sragen regency. Keywords: Students, Development, Management.

Evaluation of Brazilian research output in education: confronting international and national contexts

Scientific production has increased considerably in the last two decades in Brazil, placing the country as an emerging scientific power. In the field of Education, the same can be observed, with a significant growth in the number of articles published by Brazilian researchers in the recent past. In this article we evaluate Brazilian research output in Education from 2007 to 2016, with the intent to understand how national evaluation standards compare with international parameters dictated by bibliometric indicators. We confront the citation impact of Brazilian publications in the period with their classification in an expert-based journal evaluation system called QUALIS. We used Scopus’ SNIP bibliometric indicator for this analysis. The study was carried out using data about 40,825 articles published in 2719 different journals. Results showed that only a small percentage of these articles featured in Scopus indexed journals (13.28%), and most of these journals were published in Brazil (66%). The citation impact of the Scopus indexed publications had a significant growth in the period, but journals with dissimilar citation impact were not distinctively distributed in separate QUALIS categories. These findings show a certain publishing pattern that is likely to be related to the association of the Brazilian research evaluation and funding systems. In addition, they raise questions about how the establishment of evaluation criteria that is mainly subjective and does not include specific metrics may hinder the visibility of research output from a global perspective.

Applying ABET Standards to Academic Engineering Programs (Field Study at the Technical Engineering College- Baghdad)Applying ABET Standards to Academic Engineering Programs (Field Study at the Technical Engineering College- Baghdad)

The research aims to identify the standards of the American Engineering and Technology Accreditation Authority - ABET specialized in accrediting academic programs, including technical engineering, and see the view of teachers and lecturers at the Technical Engineering College - Baghdad, which is one of the formations of the Middle Technical University on the rate of achieving the criteria of students' output outcomes axis among graduates, Where these outputs represent one of the important axes of the requirements of the academic accreditation of the Engineering Accreditation Authority ABET, and to reach the opinions of teachers and lecturers at the college about the goal of the research a questionnaire has been designed that includes the axis of the educational outputs, which are 11 standards (a-k). the paper is based on Likert scale, the five-rank for the answers of the sample members, and it consists of (I agree totally and it has five degrees, I agree and it has four degrees, neutral and it has three degrees, I oppose and it has two degrees, very opposed and it has a score of zero) and the research sample consisted of the teachers of the Technical Engineering College - Baghdad and the lecturers from the Institute of Technology – Baghdad, a total of 63, and after analyzing the responses of the sample members about their expectations of the specifications of educational outputs according to the standards from (a-k). The research came out with a number of conclusions about the results of the questionnaire from general conclusions and some recommendations. Keywords: ABET Standards, Academic Programs, Quality, Quality Assurance.

Management of Data in Higher Education and the Quality of Academic Research of University Lecturers: A Case Study in South-South Nigeria

The existing body of knowledge has witnessed gaps arising from the paucity of research literature on the quality of educational research output in higher education. This study shows how the management of data in higher education affects the quality of academic research conducted by university lecturers in South-South Nigeria. The study adopted a factorial research design. The population of this study includes all the Faculty of Education academic staff in both public and private universities situated in South-South Nigeria. Using results of a survey administered to a sample of 602 accessible lecturers during data collection, one research question and one null hypothesis were resolved in the study. Multiple regression was employed in the analysis of data. Findings revealed amongst others that; data storage, data security, data retrieval, data sharing, and data re-use jointly contributed to the total variance in educational research effectiveness in terms of proper citations by 56.25%, problem-solving by 22.14%, knowledge creation by 34.50%, and generation of testable data by 36.88%; and their composite influence on educational research effectiveness in terms of proper citations, problem-solving, knowledge creation, and generation of testable data, is statistically significant. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that data management practices play an important role in higher education that significantly influences the quality of research output in universities in South-South Nigeria. It was recommended among others that, there should be an up-to-date database or data warehouse in Ministries of Education where researchers can easily access data in order to increase the quality of researches by eliminating the problems of data fabrication and falsification.

The Relationship Between Human Capital and the Economic Growth in Sudan: علاقة الاستثمار في رأس المال البشري بالنمو الاقتصادي في السودان

The study aims to test the relationship between investment in human capital and economic growth in Sudan. It assumed that the growth in both of enrolled in different levels of education and government expenditure on education will lead to increase the economic growth in Sudan. The variables were subjected to several econometrics tests, such as Augmented Dickey–Fuller test (ADF), Autoregressive Distributed- lagged Model (ARDL) and the Error Correction Model (ECM) to test the short- and long- term relationship between study variables. The results of long- run parameters of the (ARDL) model showed a positive correlation between real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate and the percentage of enrollment in universities from the total population. Also it showed a positive correlation between real GDP growth and education expenditure as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI). While the estimated results of the bounds test for co- integration within the (ARDL) methodology results provided evidence of a long- run equilibrium relationship between the real GDP growth and the enrollment ratios of primary, secondary and university levels to the total population. Also provided evidence for a long- run equilibrium relationship between real GDP growth and the education expenditure as a share of GNI. Export of goods and services as a percentage of GDP and inflation rate. While the results of the estimated error correction model (ECM) confirmed that the real GDP growth is adjusted to its equilibrium value in each time period by 93% and 88%- for the two models respectively- of the remaining balance of the period with onetime lag. The study recommended the expansion of university education to raise the rate of economic growth through the development of policies to encourage investment in it, raise the quality of university education and improve the outputs quality, enhance the curricula to keep pace with the modern technology progress, linking education outputs with the needs of the labor market requirements and raising the percentage of education expenditure from GDP, as well as to encourage the governmental educational institutions to develop and diversify their self- financing resources.

Integration of educational outputs of STEM approach and the requirements of comprehensive and sustainable development

integration of educational outputs of STEM approach and the requirements of comprehensive and sustainable development

ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES EDUCATION POLICIES IN INTEGRATED ISLAMIC SCHOOLS (SDIT) INSAN MANDIRI KALISARI JAKARTA TIMUR

This study aims to analyze, to get information on whether the implementation of the multiple intelligences education policy in the Insan Mandiri Kalisari Integrated Islamic Elementary School, East Jakarta, is in accordance with Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, that each student has the intelligence and uniqueness of one another. This research is categorized as a qualitative research type, using descriptive analytical methods to describe and explain the learning management system, both from primary sources, namely the Insan Mandiri Kalisari Elementary School, East Jakarta documents, and secondary sources, namely research supporting data from books, journals, and articles. The implementation of the theory of multiple intelligences in the scope of education and teaching in schools, includes student input starting from research on intelligence trends or learning styles using multiple intelligences research, the education process and teacher teaching using choice strategies based on the results of research on student learning styles, and educational output through Authentic assessments carried out during the learning process. The results of this study indicate that teachers who know and understand the dominant learning styles of students, and use teaching strategies that are in accordance with the learning styles of students will produce a fun learning process. The implementation of the learning process according to the learning styles of students is applied through a learning management system.

Autonomous Management of Educational Units At Al-Islamiyah Education and Social Foundation (Yapisa) Tanggulangin District, Sidoarjo Regency

The National Education System Law No. 20 of 2003 as a refinement and replacement of Law No. 2 of 1989 strengthens the implementation of education decentralization, which was originally top down to bottom up, with the hope of improving the quality of education. Including the granting of autonomy in the management of educational units in foundations will provide broader opportunities for educational unit managers to find competitive strategies in the competitive era of achieving strong and independent educational outputs. This study aims to determine the extent of autonomy in the management of educational units in Al-Islamiyah educational and social foundations (yapisa). In this case the authors use qualitative phenomenological research methods, and historical methods. The data collection technique uses participatory observation, interviews and document review, while the data analysis uses descriptive. The results of this study, that the Foundation is very free in giving full autonomy to each education unit under its auspices. Most foundations develop their educational institutions, but educational institutions in Yapisa actually develop foundations.

The role of higher education institutions in partnership with civil society institutions in activating the role of educational outputs in sustainable development.

The role of higher education institutions in partnership with civil society institutions in activating the role of educational outputs in sustainable development.

Data Management Practices and Educational Research Effectiveness of University Lecturers in South-South Nigeria

The existing body of knowledge has witnessed gaps arising from the paucity of research literature on the quality of educational research output in higher education. This study shows how the management of data in higher education affects the quality of academic research conducted by university lecturers in South-South Nigeria. A sample of 602 lecturers were accessed during data collection and responded to two questionnaires (Data Management Practices Questionnaire – DMPQ and "Educational Research Effectiveness Questionnaire – EREQ). Multiple regression was employed in the analysis of data. Findings revealed amongst others that; data storage, data security, data retrieval, data sharing, and data re-use jointly contributed to the total variance in educational research effectiveness of university lecturers in terms of proper citations by 56.25%, problem-solving by 22.14%, knowledge creation by 34.50%, and generation of testable data by 36.88%. The five data management practices compositely influences the educational research effectiveness of university lecturers in terms of proper citations (F=152.25,p<.05), problem-solving (F=33.90,p<.05), knowledge creation (F=62.78,p<.05), and the generation of testable data (F=69.65,p<.05), is statistically significant. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that data management practices (storage, security, retrieval, sharing, and re-use) jointly and relatively contributes to the total variance in educational research effectiveness in terms of proper citations, problem-solving, knowledge creation and generation of testable data at varying extents. It was recommended, among others that, lecturers should practice the habit of managing research data in their personal computers and through manual channels. These records could become vital in the future for further problem-solving.

Essential competencies for engineers from the perspective of fresh graduates

Abstract Determining the competencies required for engineering programmes has become important due to the increasing challenges faced by engineers after graduation and the tremendous development in technology. This research aims to identify the general competencies that fresh graduate students of engineering schools in Jordan believe they need to become competent and effective in their profession as engineers. This study was the first of its kind with students as respondents, and it was the first study of this kind in Jordan. Competencies were collected from a previous study with 48 competencies split into 11 groups. A questionnaire was prepared with these competencies, then rated for the degree of importance by answering “What engineering competencies graduates will require for their future work in Jordan?” The study showed that all competencies were vital, including technical, personal, non-technical and attitudinal competencies. This study will help to link the outputs of university education provided by engineering departments with market needs as well as to harmonise study programmes offered by Jordanian universities. Also, the research outputs are expected to facilitate the transition process of students from one university to another. The empirically identified competencies could be used to help assess different engineering study programmes in Jordan.