Improve Education Quality Research Articles

Contextual Character Education for Students in the Senior High School

<p style="text-align:justify">This research has the purpose to explore implementation contextual character education in Senior High School in Buli village, East Halmahera Regency, Eastern Indonesia, and Remote Indigenous Community (RIC) role in addressing student behavior to improve education quality in that area. Sources of data from this qualitative research are teachers, students, village leader, and religious leaders Focus of the research: (1) socioeconomic conditions in families who live in the remote areas regarding adolescent character; (2) the influence of mobile phones and the internet; (3) the role of customary leader in the control of norms in adolescents; (4) good habits in schools as an effort to implement the character education program of adolescents in schools. The results of this study are: (1) the economic condition of the family causes the child does not get the quality of attention and quality of time. Parents are preoccupied with working to sustain life, so schools are considered a burden because of school fees; (2) social media causes everyone to access all information in their own way and the lack of social control causes the use of social media to influence the pattern of relations and communication patterns; (3) the role of RIC can be optimal if supported by members who have better education, and awareness to promote education in their village; (4) good habituation can arise if the school implements positive discipline and commitment to carry out character education in accordance with local wisdom and local culture.</p>

Evaluación de la calidad de la Educación Física en la ciudad de Shahriar según el modelo SERVQUAL

El objetivo fue evaluar la calidad de la educación física en las escuelas secundarias de la ciudad de Shahriar utilizando el modelo SERVQUAL. La muestra consistió en 336 (217 hombres y 119 mujeres) estudiantes de secundaria de Shahriar en 2019-2020. La distribución de los alumnos fue: 166 alumnos (49.4%) de décimo grado, 132 alumnos (39.5%) de undécimo grado y 38 alumnos (11.1%) de duodécimo grado. El instrumento utilizado fue una adaptación del cuestionario SERVQUAL, con el título "Calidad de servicio en educación física" (alfa de Cronbach=0.949). Los datos se analizaron con SPSS 16. La calidad de los servicios educativos deseables fue significativamente (p<0.01) mayor que la calidad de los servicios educativos disponibles en todas las dimensiones estudiadas: elementos tangibles, fiabilidad, sensibilidad, seguridad, empatía. Para los estudiantes de décimo grado, la dimensión más importante fue la de elementos tangibles y la menos importante fue la de sensibilidad. Para los estudiantes de undécimo grado, la dimensión más importante fue la de seguridad y la menos importante la sensibilidad. Para los estudiantes de duodécimo grado, la dimensión más importante fue la de seguridad y la menos importante la de empatía. Los resultados de este estudio pueden usarse para mejorar la calidad de la educación en los centros educativos, particularmente en Educación Física. The objective was to assess the quality of Physical Education in secondary schools of Shahriar city using the SERVQUAL model. The sample consisted of 336 (217 males and 119 females) secondary school students of Shahriar in 2019-2020. The distribution of the students was: 166 students (49.4%) of tenth grade, 132 students (39.5%) of eleventh grade and 38 students (11.1%) of twelfth grade. An adaptation of SERVQUAL questionnaire was the instrument used, with the title “Quality of Service in Physical Education” (Cronbach's alpha=0.949). Data were analyzed with SPSS 16. The quality of the desirable educational services was significantly (p<0.01) higher than the quality of the available educational services in all the dimensions studied: Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, Empathy. For tenth grade students, the most important dimension was tangibles and the least important was responsiveness. For eleventh grade students, the most important dimension was assurance and the least important was responsiveness. For twelfth grade students, the most important dimension was assurance and the least important was empathy. The findings of this study can be used to improve education quality in schools, particularly in Physical Education.

Las Asociaciones Público Privadas (APP) para una educación de calidad en el marco de una Colombia en paz: revisión de literatura

El propósito de este artículo es presentar los avances, las tendencias y las contribuciones de las asociaciones público privadas (APP) para una educación de calidad, mediante un análisis y sistematización de los tópicos “Public-Private Partnership” y “Education” en revistas académicas indexadas en la base de datos Web of Science en el periodo de tiempo 2001-2019. Los resultados indican que este es un tema vigente, de gran interés para la comunidad académica y profesional, que se ha implementado con éxito en el desarrollo de infraestructura educativa, principalmente en países desarrollados y que puede ser aplicable en Colombia para el mejoramiento de la calidad educativa en el marco del proceso de reconstrucción del tejido social en zonas de posconflicto.

A two-phase machine learning approach for predicting student outcomes

Learning analytics have proved promising capabilities and opportunities to many aspects of academic research and higher education studies. Data-driven insights can significantly contribute to provide solutions for curbing costs and improving education quality. This paper adopts a two-phase machine learning approach, which utilizes both unsupervised and supervised learning techniques for predicting outcomes of students following Higher Education programs of studies. The approach has been applied in a case-study which has been performed in the context of an undergraduate Computer Science curriculum offered by the University of Thessaly in Greece. Students involved in the case study were initially grouped based on the similarity of specific education-related factors and metrics. Using the K-Means algorithm, our clustering experiments revealed the presence of three coherent clusters of students. Subsequently, the discovered clusters were utilized to train prediction models for addressing each particular cluster of students individually. In this regard, two machine learning models were trained for every cluster of students in order to predict the time to degree completion and student enrollment in the offered educational programs. The developed models are claimed to produce predictions with relatively high accuracy. Finally, the paper discusses the potential usefulness of the clustering-aided approach for learning analytics in Higher Education.

THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) TERINTEGRASI SAINTIFIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA DI SMP

Various efforts are made to improve education quality in schools become a priority. One of the efforts that can be taken is to improve the quality of the learning process. Improving the quality of the learning process can be done by increasing the potential of the teacher as one of the elements in the learning process. The purpose of this study was to obtain student learning outcomes by implementing cooperative learning model of the type of think pair share (TPS) integrated with additives and addictive substances in food and drinks at a State Junior High School 1West Halmahera. This research is a quasi-experimental design, consisting of two experimental classes with one group pretest-posttest research design. The results showed that the think Pair share (TPS) learning model integrated scientific was able to improve student learning outcomes in additives and addictive substances in food and drinks. The pieces of evidence can be seen by the average increase in student learning outcomes before after treatment 40.84 to 73.06. Thus it can be concluded that the Think Pair Share learning model integrated science has the potential to improve student cognitive learning outcomes.

China’s New Laws and Policies on Nongovernmental Education: Background, Characteristics, and Impact Analysis

Purpose: China has a long history of private school education. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, nongovernmental education (private school education) once disappeared from Chinese society until its revival following the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. With its development of more than four decades, nongovernmental education has become an important part of China’s educational system and is vigorously promoting the modernization progress of Chinese education. Design/Approach/Methods: Being different from the overseas private school education, which is mostly funded by donations, China’s nongovernmental education sector has operated on the basis of private capital investments and contributions, with the organizers (contributors) typically expecting economic returns. Marked by the introduction of regulations and policies for nongovernmental education around the year of 2016, China’s nongovernmental education sector officially entered a new era of registration, support, and regulation by category. Findings: The macroscopic policies of China’s nongovernmental education in new era present the following new characters: (I) Emphasizing education provision as a public interest and comprehensively strengthening private school leadership; (II) managing negative lists and broadening the means by which social forces participate in operating schools; (III) implementing preferential policies for private schools through categories based on the principle of being fair but different; (IV) supporting the development of private schools with the goal of improving education quality; (V) standardizing private schools’ operating practices in order to promote healthy and orderly development. Originality/Value: The implementing of the new policies on nongovernmental education shall have significant impact on the development and reform of China’s nongovernmental education in the future: (1) The rapid development of nonprofit private schools due to government support; (2) for-profit private schools may face polarization in a fiercely competitive market environment; (3) heavy burden of categorizing and transferring existing stock of schools due to various historical and realistic constraints.

Improving Quality Education through Better Working Conditions of Academic Institutes

Education has become inevitable for every country and specifically for every person to proceed in with the appropriate pace. Life is really difficult to be lived without essential amount of education. Many countries are giving attention towards this cause and are making strategies and policies to improve the quality of education in the country. For better quality of education, working conditions of the educational institutes is very important. In addition, faculty retention and employability are very crucial in this regard. In the current study, the aim of the author is to study the impact of working conditions on quality education in Indonesia in the presence of mediation of faculty retention and employability. For this purpose, data was collected from 293 faculty members of the educational institutes of Indonesia. To analyze the gathered data, confirmatory factor analysis CFA and structural equation modeling approaches have been used. The results of data analysis have shown that the impact of working condition on quality education is insignificant but the mediating role of employability and faculty retention are significant in this regard. In the last section of the study, several theoretical, practical and policy making implications have been discussed by the author. In addition, some limitations and future research indications have also been described.

Is the Standardization of Compulsory Education School Helpful to Improve Students’ Performance? An Empirical Analysis Based on Monitoring Data in Province A

The standardization of compulsory education schools is an essen-tial measure to promote education balance and improve education quality. However, when the implementation effect of this policy was evaluated, the improvement of input factors such as facilities and equipments, teaching faculty and funding were only focused on, but with less attention was paid to the impact of the standardiza-tion on students’ academic performance. This kind of imbalance makes it difficult to fully grasp the real effects of standardization and its potential problems, which may lead to deviations in the direction of standardization construction. Therefore, this study used the monitoring data in province A that includes the standard-ized construction of compulsory education schools and academic quality of students to analyze the correlation between standardiza-tion construction and student performance through Ordinary Least Square (OLS). Further, a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) was used to analyze whether standardization construction is the cause of differences in student performance. The results showed that there was no significant correlation between standardization construction and elementary school students’ performance, and negative correlation with middle school students’ performance; no substential causal relationship exists between standardization con-struction and student performance. This is majorly due to the em-phasis on the conditions of school-running was set too much, and then the student performance was neglected. Therefore, future evaluation should be gradually changed while deepening the standardization construction with more attention paid to the con-notative development and efforts made to the improvement of the education quality.

Manajemen Bahan Ajar Menulis Puisi Pada Tadris Bahasa Indonesia IAIN Curup

This study aims to explain and analyze about how the management of teaching material poetry’s writing in Tadris Bahasa Indonesia at IAIN Curup. As well as knowing curriculum management in improving the teaching material of writing poetry in Tadris Bahasa Indonesia at IAIN Curup. The results of this research are expected to be able to contribute thoughts in an effort to improve quality education and increase knowledge about the management of teaching material poetry’s writing in Tadris Bahasa Indonesia at IAIN Curup. This study uses a development approach. Data collections was carried out using questionnaires, interviews and tests. To obtain information on the feasibility of teaching materials, a validation test was carried out on the material eligibility about language (poetry). The subjects of this study were 22 students. Based on the analysis, poetry writing teaching materials can be categorized as good and appropriate to be used. Students have diverse needs in writing poetry. The need for aspects of the content and physical aspects of teaching materials. Entertaining teaching materials as well as clear and varied poetry, exercises and evaluations in accordance with the theme desired by student. Teaching materials such as modeling the making of poetry and presenting images are needed to motivate students in carrying out exercises and evaluating poetry writing varied examples of poetry. Teaching material for writing poetry entitled fun writing poetry used in learning. Teaching material development in the form of textbooks can improve student’s abilities. So the management of writing poetry can improve students, understanding of writing poetry.

Evaluation of Education Finance Policies In Improve Education Quality Original Papua In 2018

It has been nineteen (19) years of special autonomy imposed in the land of Papua. But the problem of education in Papua and West Papua is not something new to hear. Papua and West Papua still rank 31 out of 34 provinces in Indonesia. Policies to improve the quality of human resources of Papuans are an important part of the framework for bringing prosperity to all Indonesians. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. To see the results of the policy evaluation researchers used the theory of evaluation according to Willian N Dunn on four (4) criteria namely; Efficiency; Effectiveness; Leveling out; Responsiveness. Research Results: 1. The education budget allocation of 20% of the APBD is only 13% which has been realized, around 7% that has not been implemented. 2. Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Teacher Welfare Program, and Dropout Rate Program, which is implemented by the City Government of Sorong, has been running well. But there is no clear budget transparency from the Government related to these education financing programs. 3. Every year around 200 indigenous Papuan students are given scholarships. Teacher welfare has been noted but is not guaranteed. Weak economic students are given tuition fees. 4. The implementation of the education funding program by the City Government of Sorong is still unknown by all Sorong city residents, lack of socialization and some programs are still closed. Otonomi khusus sudah diberlakukan di tanah Papua selama sembilan belas tahun lamanya. Tetapi, masalah pendidikan di Papua dan Papua Barat bukan sesuatu yang baru untuk didengar. Papua dan Papua Barat masih menempati peringkat ke-31 dari 34 propinsi di Indonesia. Kebijakan untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumberdaya manusia Papua menjadi bagian penting dari kerangka kerja untuk membawa kesejahteraan bagi seluruh rakyat Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Untuk melihat hasil evaluasi kebijakan, peneliti menggunakan teori evaluasi menurut Willian N Dunn pada empat (4) kriteria: Efficiency, Effectiveness, Leveling out, dan Responsiveness. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan: pertama, alokasi anggaran pendidikan sebesar 20% dari APBD hanya 13% yang telah terealisasi, sementara sekitar 7% belum dilaksanakan. Kedua, Program Beasiswa Sarjana, Program Kesejahteraan Guru, dan Program Angka Putus Sekolah, yang dilaksanakan oleh Pemerintah Kota Sorong, sudah berjalan dengan baik meskipun tidak ada transparansi anggaran yang jelas dari pemerintah terkait program pembiayaan pendidikan. Ketiga, sekitar 200 siswa sudah mendapat beasiswa setiap tahun. Kesejahteraan guru telah dicatat meskipun tidak ada jaminan, sementara siswa dengan ekonomi lemah diberi biaya kuliah. Keempat, implementasi program pendanaan pendidikan oleh Pemerintah Kota Sorong masih belum diketahui oleh semua warga kota Sorong, terutama karena kurangnya sosialisasi dan beberapa program masih ditutup.

ENHANCING LEARNING INTEREST OF EIGHTH GRADERS AT SMP N 1 ABUNG SEMULI BY THE APPLICATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING METHOD AND MEDIA

Abstract : Enhancing Learning Interest of Eighth Graders at SMP N 1 Abung Semuli By The Application of Cooperative Learning Method and Media.Direktorat pembelajaran always makes effort to improve education quality in Indonesia through revitalization program of Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan (LPTK). One of the programs is Penugasan Dosen di Sekolah (PDS). PDS is a program which aimed to build partnership between LPTK and lab schools as well as the other partner schools. The main goal is to improve the quality of teacher candidate and professional teacher. Relating to that goal, LPTK lecturer has a duty to teach directly at partner school and collaborate with partner teacher in the attempt to prepare and conduct an interesting, effective and technological based learning in order it can engage students’ learning interest. Therefore, cooperative learning method and media in this PDS program are applied in the attempt to increase students’ learning interest in English class.

Self–efficacy and student satisfaction in the context of blended learning courses

ABSTRACT Higher education institutions are increasingly looking for the adoption of new ways to improve education quality, enhance student engagement, and manage knowledge resources. Technological developments have a significant impact on education, and technology-mediated learning is steadily progressing, with blended learning being implemented in education institutions. This article focuses on student satisfaction resulting from the introduction of a blended course, which was implemented in a ‘Management’ course, in university premises. In particular, we investigate Learning Management System (LMS) factors that affect its self-efficacy and the impact it has on student satisfaction. The results show that LMS self-efficacy positively impacts students’ satisfaction with their education. Moreover, we identify the content of the system, system accessibility, and system components related to the enhancement of critical thinking, to be important determinants of LMS self-efficacy.

An innovative evaluation method for undergraduate education: an approach based on BP neural network and stress testing

ABSTRACT In this paper, a new evaluation method for under-graduate education quality is proposed based on Artificial Intelligence Neural Network Back-Propagation (BP) algorithm and stress testing. Using this method, a publically available indicator pool is constructed, consisting of 19 variables in 4 dimensions such as Teaching Attitude, Teaching Content, Teaching Approach, and Basic Characteristic of Teachers, which impact under-graduates’ mastery of knowledge and capacity building. After the BP neural network algorithm is used to learn the optimum parameters for this evaluation model, sensitivity test is applied to identify the indicators that have significant effects on the quality of education. Furthermore, scenario analysis is utilized to explore the influence of the quality of education under pre-specified situations, which provides theoretical and empirical support for evaluating under-graduate teaching, improving education quality, and enriching teacher resources.

Library–faculty collaboration in the light of a business administration bachelor’s program

This paper elucidates the process of creating and maintaining a successful librarian-faculty partnership which originally was intended as a quality improvement tool for a bachelor program in business administration at University West, Sweden. In 2012, after receiving criticism from the Swedish Council for Higher Education regarding the learning outcomes of students’ information literacy skills within the field of business administration, the process of regeneration started.
 A quality improvement process called “A Scientific Wave” was initiated to support the student's development regarding skills in critical and analytical approaches, presentation techniques and media and information literacy skills. The Scientific Wave includes different quality aspects and applies a holistic approach to improve education quality and accentuate progression of knowledge throughout all courses of the program. Furthermore, work-integrated learning, WIL, is applied as an educational and pedagogical model throughout the program to reinforce the link between work life and learning - theory and practice. Earlier research states that successful integration of media and information literacy in higher education should be based on close collaboration between librarians and discipline faculty, strategic anchoring and visualization in curriculums, syllabi, course objectives and examinations, and developed in line with the mission of the university. The Scientific Wave is here viewed as a co-creative continuous process based on the separate but still complementary skills of librarians and faculty to provide students with tools for critical and creative thinking in today’s digital society.

The Role of Teacher Education in Improving Quality Education for a Functional Society

The role of teachers’ education in improving quality education for a functional society is a paper-based upon the need to reiterate the essence of teacher education in Nigeria. The study adopted the use of two research questions, tested using mean, and two hypotheses also tested using Pearson Correlation and t-test statistics. A questionnaire designed with an internal consistency of 0.89 coefficient using Crombach Alpha was administered to lecturers and students from three (3) Colleges of Education (Namely, College of Education Warri, College of Education, Agbor, and College of Physical Education, Mosogar) all in Delta State, and a sample size of 174 was derived based on the number of questionnaires retrieved. The finding of the study revealed that Teacher education contributes to quality education in the Nigerian Society when educationist is acknowledging as a source of reference as custodians of knowledge and as a consultant to consultants. It further demonstrated that there is a statistically significant correlation between teacher education in enhancing quality education and a functional Nigerian Society. It was established that teacher education is the channel for achieving not only educational goals (quality education) but also industrialization, which implies a successful and functional society. The researcher recommends that a feedback mechanism be put in place by the government, policymakers and educational stakeholders to actualize implementation of educational policies on teacher education.

Implementation of 2013 Curriculum in Improving Education Quality

Curriculum implementation is an application of concepts in the form of curriculum documents into learning process. This study aims to analyze the implementation of K13, using the qualitative and multi-site study design in State Senior High Schools 4 and 6 of Palangka Raya. Data was collected through interviews, observation, and documentation from principals, curriculum representatives, teachers, and selected students through the purposive sampling technique. Furthermore, data validity was carried out through credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results show that both schools (1) have properly implemented K13, although it is not yet effective (2) its training and socialization were provided by the LPMP, supervisors, as well as the Ministry of Education and Culture, (3) its obstacle, include teachers’ less optimal ability in utilizing learning tools and infrastructure, (4) principals and curriculum representatives were able to provide solutions tailored to meet the obstacles experienced by schools and teachers to create a pleasant and meaningful classroom atmosphere, and (5) educational quality, seen from the achievements of students and schools is have properly. This research is recommended to enable teachers to create various media and learning resources supported by technological devices and for Principals to assist teachers in developing learning tools.

THE IMPACT OF KINDERGARTEN HEAD’S MANAGERIAL COMPETENCY ON IMPROVING PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL QUALITY

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of managerial competency on improving education quality in preschool education. When the kindergarten head has managerial competency, she is able to manage, regulate and move the educational institution to the maximum in achieving the institution’s targets and ideals stated in the vision and mission of the institution with high and measurable quality of education. This research survey was conducted in one sub-district in Palembang city, Indonesia. The samples were 131 kindergarten heads, teachers and administrative staff from 12 kindergartens in Ilir Barat 1 district Palembang city. The sampling technique used is random and the data analysis used is structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis. The results show that the managerial competency of the kindergarten head has a positive and significant impact on improving the preschool educational quality , as well as improving the image of the institution in the community.

The Implementation of Characters’ Values Through Local Wisdom of Sadranan in Elementary Schools

Characteristic education is one of government flagship program to improve education quality in Indonesia. The main issue of Indonesian’s education is currently focuses on characteristic education. Characteristic education can be used as a process to form moral and characters of each individual. The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation process of local wisdom in elementary schools. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and interviews, observations and documentation for collecting the data. Furthermore, the data are validated use source and technique triangulation. The result shows that the implementation of local wisdom can be accomplished by habituation and integrating the local wisdom values into class subject.

Improving Education Quality in Chemistry through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Programs for Undergraduates

Improving Education Quality in Chemistry through Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Programs for Undergraduates

The Neural Mechanism of Positive Emotion and the Effect of AI + Education on It

Cognitive psychology, represented by the expansion-construction theory, believes that positive emotions can broaden the scope of cognition, promote cognitive processes such as creative problem solving, executive control, cognitive flexibility, attention and decision-making. However, they cannot explain the phenomena in some experiments that are contrary to this conclusion. Thus, the motivational dimension model came into being. The theory believes that the effect of emotion on cognition is related to the motivation of emotion rather than its valance. After combing the literatures, it was found that dopamine mediates the positive emotions promoting cognitive activities. The activation of frontal lobe, anterior cingulate cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, hippocampus and amygdala are all the brain mechanisms for positive emotions. Looking ahead, further research on neurophysiological mechanisms will promote scholars’ more comprehensive and profound understanding of positive emotions. AI + education refers to the deep integration and development of artificial intelligence and education, taking the application of artificial intelligence based on education scenes as the path to promote education equity, improve education quality and realize education personalization. It can better perceive students' dynamic learning path and emotional change, and the teaching effect is better.