National Education Curriculum Research Articles

A Longitudinal Study of Learning Engagement of Math and Science Gifted Students in Junior and Senior High School

A Longitudinal Study of Learning Engagement of Math and Science Gifted Students in Junior and Senior High School

Possibility of educating ‘global citizens’ through a Chinese national school curriculum

ABSTRACT While global citizenship education (GCE) becomes increasingly popular, the concept is still contested in definition and assumes different meanings in various contexts. Many countries have started including GCE-related concepts in national educational policies and school curriculum. However, not much empirical research has been conducted on GCE in the curriculum in non-Western countries, particularly how GCE interacts with the existing citizenship education in national or local contexts. This article explores the possibility of educating global citizens in the formal curriculum in Chinese secondary schools dominated by nationalism. Utilizing a multiple case study design, data were collected from six high schools in Beijing and Shanghai, China. The study identified explicit and implicit elements related to global citizenship in the textbooks of a GCE-related subject and in teachers’ conceptions. The curriculum aims to develop qualified citizens with global awareness and global competence as defined in the Chinese discourse. The global elements in the curriculum reflect a tendency to cultivate global awareness derived from Confucianism, which contains a deep sense of collectivism, intertwined with China’s educational requirement to meet the need for building a modern country in the globalized world.

MULTIKULTURALITAS DAN NARASI PRIMORDIAL DALAM POLITIK ELEKTORAL INDONESIA

The purpose of this article is to examine primordial issues in electoral political contestation in a plural Indonesian society. Electoral political contestation became a breeding ground for primordial issues. The majority wants to be led by a leader who is of the majority religion. Religious and tribal issues are used to win political contests. Indigenous and pagan narratives are echoed and lead to division. This aticle uses qualitative methodology with a leterer study approach referring to Emmauel Levinas' ethical theory of responsibility for analyzing data. The levinian ethic of responsibility expresses the idea of placing others as unique and different subjects altogether through their visible faces. The consequence is that the other must be respected and valued as subjects. At the same time the presence of others becomes the responsibility of "me", not absorbing others to equate with myself or even subjugate or master. Data is obtained from internet searches such as news and surveys conducted by LSI (Indonesian Survey Institute). This article finds that the understanding of politics is reduced only to the understanding of electoral political contestation alone. Poltik lost its meaning as a form of living together to achieve the common good (Bonum Commune). The article proposes that Indonesian education incorporate political education into the national education curriculum and multicultural education is further emphasized in schools so that primordial issues do not develop rapidly, and future generations can accept Indonesia's plural reality.

Sustainability in Business Administration programs in Brazil: what curricula changes have taken place in the past ten years?

PurposeThis study aims to analyze the extent to which sustainability and its related core aspects have been integrated in the curricula of Business Administration programs in Brazilian federal public universities over the past ten years.Design/methodology/approachA longitudinal exploratory study, with a descriptive scope, was carried out to evaluate the changes that have occurred in the curricula between the years 2011 and 2021. The analysis focused on the Pedagogical Project of the Business Administration programs offered by the Brazilian federal universities identified in the e-Ministry of Education’s (MEC) database of higher educational institutions and course registration. From the total number of federal universities identified in the e-MEC, about 90% were considered for the research.FindingsThe number of courses related to sustainability in Business Administration programs increased considerably in ten years. However, these courses still represent a low percentage of hours in the overall curriculum. Moreover, almost a third of Business Administration programs may produce graduates who have never addressed sustainability during their studies.Research limitations/implicationsThis research does not consider other aspects of the curriculum beyond courses, nor does it collect primary data that allows for inferences about the transversal nature of the theme.Practical implicationsThis study contributes to monitoring the performance of Brazilian federal universities teaching sustainability and its related core aspects in Business Administration programs. This updated panorama may aid in the search for strategies to expand actions related to education for sustainability (EfS) in educational institutions (EIs).Social implicationsThis study presents some of the impacts of implementing the national environmental education curriculum guidelines. This study encourages discussion about EfS in Business Administration programs and in public EIs, which are important actors for promoting sustainable development.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first longitudinal study that maps the courses related to sustainability in Business Administration programs at Brazilian federal public universities. This study offers the first responses to a broad and complex topic, of a region and disciplinary field, of which there are not many studies done, opening doors to subsequent investigations.

Implementasi Pengembangan Kurikulum Pendidikan Agama Islam Berbasis Inklusi di SD Tumbuh 2 Yogyakarta

The purpose of this study was to find out how the implementation of PAI curriculum development in SD grew 2 Yogyakarta. Researchers used qualitative methods and then the research data was obtained through observation, interviews and library analysis. Test the authenticity of the data through continuous observation and triangulation of sources and methods. The results of this study indicate: first: in planning before the learning activities begin, the curriculum coordinator and educators hold a Teacher At Work which will then have a discussion between the curriculum coordinator and the educators. Second; In its implementation, PAI curriculum development is focused on PAI teachers. As in elementary schools, the growth in teaching still refers to the national education curriculum which is adapted to the conditions of students. For the evaluation stage at the school, it is carried out periodically, namely every mid-semester and end of semester. Then the PAI evaluation process itself is carried out by the PAI teacher by adjusting the student's condition, for example in giving the task of practicing prayer, distinguishing normal students from those with disabilities.ions.

EKSPLORASI PENGETAHUAN GURU IPA SMP TENTANG PEMBELAJARAN BERDIFERENSIASI DALAM KURIKULUM MERDEKA : PENGUKURAN BERDASARKAN COMPLEX MULTIPLE-CHOICE SURVEY

Changes in the national education curriculum and learning approaches in the Merdeka Curriculum become problems for teachers. In contrast, the key to successful curriculum implementation depends on the understanding and ability of teachers to translate and develop the curriculum itself. This study purposed to reveal science teachers’ knowledge and understanding on differentiated learning and the Merdeka Curriculum. This study involved sixty-five participants with a professional background as science teachers at the Lower Secondary School level. Small-scale surveys were conducted using complex multiple-choice item questions. This study reveals the average science teacher’s understanding of differentiated learning and the changes in science subjects in terms of content and process according to the Merdeka Curriculum only 37.85%. Furthermore, the findings show that current training had minimal impact on the science teachers’ preexisting knowledge. Therefore, according to the Merdeka Curriculum, the training pattern’s vital role must be concerned with developing teacher knowledge and understanding of changes in science subjects for the Lower Secondary School and the learning process. However, despite some limitations, we also think that the spaces for teachers’ curriculum agency patterns can be used to improve the science teachers’ knowledge and understanding on differentiated learning and the Merdeka Curriculum.

PERKEMBANGAN DAN PROBLEMATIKA KURIKULUM PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (PAI) DI INDONESIA DARI MASA KE MASA

This research was driven by changes in the national education curriculum in Indonesia which has undergone several changes and modifications. Along with the growth and development of science and technology in the realm of education, it requires our educational curriculum to adapt to current development. The curriculum of Islamic religious education or PAI also experiences development and keeps up with the times. This study seeks to reveal the development of the existing Islamic religious education curriculum in Indonesia and the problems faced in each era in which the curriculum was implemented. This research method is descriptive with a qualitative approach. Based on this research, it is revealed that the development of the Islamic religious education curriculum in Indonesia is influenced by changes in the national curriculum and the dynamics that occur in society. The dynamics that occur in the PAI curriculum include: increasing the portion from 25% to 30% in 1975, emphasis on aspects of interfaith tolerance in the 2004 KBK curriculum, PAI occupies top priority over other subjects in the 2013 curriculum. However, the challenge is the emergence of various religious understandings, the lack of readiness of teaching staff, facilities, laboratories, and information technology facilities. The Independent Curriculum provides an opportunity for educators to design lesson plans because this curriculum gives educators the flexibility to apply appropriate methods. However, the challenge is that it requires high creativity from educators.

PENGUATAN NILAI KEPEDULIAN LINGKUNGAN PADA SISWA JENJANG PENDIDIKAN DASAR

Human activities have contributed to environmental degradation. Improvement efforts are needed, one of which is through instilling pro-environmental behavior in children at the elementary education. This program aims to build and increase environmental awareness in elementary school. This community empowerment is carried out used the learning by doing method through the provision of materials, mentoring, and coaching. The participants had high enthusiasm for learning material about environmental education. Through the learning by doing method, the values ​​of concern for the environment can be easily accepted by children because they are in a happy and comfortable atmosphere, resulting in an increase in knowledge, sensitivity, and participation in conservation actions as the basic capital for forming pro-environmental attitudes and behavior. This successed has the potential to encourage wider implementation in everyday life, including waste management behavior, clean water use, electricity use, yard management, food selection, and consumption patterns. This program is one of the role models to fill the void in environmental education in the national education curriculum through the support of all parties, including academia, the private sector, government, community, and the media to mainstream environmental education in the non-formal sector in order to form a generation that cares about the environment and has the commitment to manage and maintain its sustainability in order to achieve sustainable development.

Development of supplementary respiratory system teaching materials integrated with Islamic values in the formation of an attitude of caring about the dangers of smoking

SMA Al-I'tishom is a boarding school that applies two curricula, namely the national education curriculum and the pesantren curriculum. Seeing the condition of the school environment with the background of Islamic boarding schools and the absence of integrated teaching materials with Islamic values. This study aims to develop a supplementary respiratory system teaching material that integrates Islamic values ​​in the formation of an attitude of caring about the dangers of smoking. This development research refers to the ADDIE development model which consists of the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluate. The test of the validity of the teaching material supplements was carried out by three biology learning experts as validators. The practicality test is carried out through learning in class XI science high school students. Test the effectiveness of teaching material supplements through a pre-experiment with a one-shot-case-styudy design. The test results show that the average percentage score of the validity of the three validators is 88.33% with very valid criteria. The results of the practicality test obtained an average of 90.45% with very practical criteria. The results of the learning implementation trial obtained an average score of 89.50% with very practical criteria. The results of the trial of the attitude of caring about the dangers of smoking obtained an average score of 85%. Based on the results of the validity test, practicality test, and effectiveness test, the supplement of Islamic values ​​integrated respiratory system teaching materials produced through research can be declared valid, and can form an attitude of caring about the dangers of smoking.

Management of Basic Education and Its Development (A Case Study in MIN 3 Pinang Sori)

Management has a central role in organizational structure and culture. This is also the basis for the integrality of management and organization in Islamic educational institutions. This study aims to analyze the management of basic education and its development. The research background is located at MIN 3 Pinang Sori, with a focus on the study of management and development aspects. This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive-analytical study method. Phenomenologically, researchers tried to collect data in the field by means of interviews, observations, and documentation. Next, the researcher interprets the data through reduction efforts, data presentation, and verification. Finally, the data is declared valid (valid) if it passes the triangulation test. The results of this study indicate that education management at MIN 3 Pinang Sori is well implemented. This is viewed from the implementation of the institution's vision, mission, and goals through the development of a community-based curriculum (a combination of the madrasa curriculum, national education curriculum, and local wisdom). Then, the strategy used in madrasah development is to improve the quality of academic services and the quality of madrasa graduates. The concrete form is in the form of optimizing extracurricular activities to support the potential of students with academic and non-academic achievements, giving prizes as an appreciation for outstanding students and teachers, increasing human resource competencies based on community needs, training for madrasa human resources, and mediation conducted by the madrasa committee with the local community.

Liberating and Enlightening Education on Qur’anic Perspective

This research is to reveal that education is not only dealing with issues of intelligence and thinking, but it is also fully responsible for the development of students' character. Due to the said reason, it is important to explore such research considering that the mental situation of this nation is clearly correlated with the spirit of national education which has been value free. Our educational philosophy is indeed intellectual, but our learning strategy is no longer concerned with the mental, moral, and developmental aspects of enlightening thinking skills. The national education curriculum and methodology are designed only to fill the mind with a series of knowledge and do not provide enough opportunity for the growth of an enlightened human being. Al-Qur'an for Muslims is not a mere a religious scripture, but it is also indeed to be an enlightening guide to find some basic principles of education which can then inspire in developing a qualified education. This study uses the Qur'anic literature method as well as a descriptive and qualitative research with a library research approach by analysing Qur’anic verses. This article analyzes the signs of al-Qur'an as the basic framework for building a liberating and enlightening education.

Role Model Pengembangan Kurikulum Grass Root di Sekolah Dasar

Progress in the field of education must be able to improve the quality of students. To follow these developments, it is necessary to be accompanied by the development of learning curricula by schools to improve the quality of students by adjusting the circumstances in each school. There are many models of curriculum development that can be used in schools. The research method in this article is qualitative. This field research (Field Research) aims to analyze the curriculum development model applied by SD Negeri 104 Palembang. The research finding is that the curriculum development model applied by SD Negeri 104 Palembang refers to the national education curriculum and initiates curriculum development according to school needs. The curriculum development model applied is a grass root, the initiatives and ideas come from the principal and teachers at the school. Teachers in schools form teams to develop or perfect the curriculum, either in one or several components or its entirety.

Immersive educational curriculum on intracoronary optical coherence tomography image analysis among naïve readers

BackgroundOptical coherence tomography (OCT) is an intravascular imaging modality for analysing coronary vessels. Image interpretation remains an obstacle for novice readers due to technical artefacts and uncertainty in tissue characterization. Despite an expanding clinical and research role for OCT, few training efforts exist, and there is an absence of a national standardized educational curriculum. We sought to determine whether an interactive, feedback-based OCT curriculum improved image interpretation among naive readers.MethodsNaive OCT readers completed both a Standard curriculum, comprised of self-directed didactics and consensus statements, and an Augmented curriculum, which provided real-time digital feedback of feature identification and measurements. Modules were separated by a minimum one-week washout period. After each module, and blinded to the exam answers, subjects completed an identical expert-designed 413-item exam to assess technical knowledge and ability to identify and measure vessel features. Performances were compared using Exact Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.ResultsAmong the 7 included subjects were 3 medical students, 3 internal medicine residents, and 1 cardiovascular medicine fellow with no prior OCT experience. The technical knowledge score (maximum 13) was significantly higher with the Augmented compared with the Standard curriculum (median 11 vs. 7, p = 0.03). After undergoing the Augmented curriculum, all 7 subjects were able to identify features of plaque rupture (Standard curriculum: 5/7 subjects, p = 0.5) and macrophages (Standard curriculum: 6/7 subjects, p = 0.99), differentiate the components between red and white thrombus (Standard curriculum: 6/7 subjects, p = 0.99), and characterize lipid plaque by attenuation, signal, homogeneity, and borders (Standard curriculum: 5/7 subjects, p = 0.5). Performances on the remaining exam portions did not differ between curricula.ConclusionsThe need for standardized, effective training in OCT image interpretation is increasingly essential as the intravascular imaging modality becomes widely utilized among interventional cardiologists and trainees. A novel interactive OCT curriculum enhanced naive readers’ technical knowledge and may supplement traditional self-learning in refining analytic skills.

Developing innovation competences in schools. A practical perspective

This article argues that the development of innovation competences should take a more formalised role within the national education curriculum. The authors have developed a list of eighteen competences based on literature review and consultations with experts, with empirical results from a national study commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Development. The main purpose of the study was to propose a set of measures and recommendations in regard to the national reform of the education system in Poland. Based on extensive empirical data from that study the authors propose a set of hypotheses necessary to further investigate the possible relationships between variables analysed during the study commissioned by the Ministry, which include some of the demographic characteristics of Polish teachers in regard to their attitudes towards those competences. Although this is not the first endeavour in research on education to develop such a set of competences, the added value of this particular study is the acceptance and implementation of the research findings as a national benchmark in the Polish national education system. The results are of value to both teachers and teacher educators, and we position our research as Translational Research, attempting to bridge the gap between basic research and the world of practice, which involves teachers, as well as school and system-level leaders.

Computer Wushu Sanda Teaching Mode of “Teaching by Competition and Training”

According to the teaching innovation goal of “cultivating comprehensive talents” in international education, various topics that need to be answered in the development of Wushu teaching are selected. Using the methods of literature review and theoretical logic analysis, this paper clearly puts forward the latest idea of establishing the core quality framework system of Chinese traditional national physical education curriculum. The main research results point out: First, the core quality system of Chinese traditional national sports curriculum is mainly composed of three levels of martial ethics quality, martial arts quality, and health quality, including six basic elements. Secondly, the cultivation of martial arts morality attaches great importance to stimulating students' interest in martial arts, and advocates that students internalize martial arts morality in martial arts practice and comprehensive teaching of historical and humanistic education. The training strategy of martial arts quality is to cultivate students' panoramic and in-depth martial arts sports ability; the training strategy of quality is not only to pay attention to the design and dissemination of “characteristic” localized health professional knowledge. In addition, it is necessary to realize the comprehensive shaping of health care behavior of school teachers in the process of integrating skills and life. Therefore, in view of the teaching concept and teaching quality, this paper proposes a Wushu Sanda teaching mode based on computer data analysis, which can guide students from different aspects and greatly promote the development of Wushu Sanda education.

Teachers’ awareness of happy schools with UNESCO items: a case study of a primary school in Hanoi, Vietnam

This article provides the practice of primary teachers’ awareness of happy schools through a survey questionnaire based on 22 items from the UNESCO criteria on happy schools. Their opinions were shared after a number of workshop activities that teach the practice of happy schools in Quan Hoa primary school, Cau Giay district, Hanoi. To add more research detail, the authors performed an in-depth interview with the vice principal. The research results showed that primary teachers’ awareness was at a good level (100% agreed). Twenty-seven teachers in this workshop gave a detailed and reflective explanation of happy schools. Then, the authors provided a number of suggestions to spread the idea of happy schools in practice, within primary schools in particular, and for all schools in general, according to the UNESCO items, which are on the move in regulations and curricula at the Bureau of Education and Training of Hanoi these days, especially in the context of the 2018 National Education Curriculum implemented since the 2020-2021 school year.

Analysis of Mind and Intelligence Games for Primary School Mathematics Curriculum Learning Outcomes

Purpose: In this study, the Turkish Federation of Mind and Intelligence Games used in Intelligence Games Education in TeacherEducators are analyzed for primary school mathematics curriculum learning outcomes.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study uses a document analysis model among qualitative research methods. Thedescriptive analysis method among qualitative data analysis techniques was applied for data analysis.Findings: As a result of the research, it was determined that the most outcomes and game matches were in the 1st grade; mindand intelligence games mostly matched with outcomes in learning areas of numbers and operations and geometry; It is seenthat the outcomes under the sub-learning domains Spatial Relations, Geometric Objects and Shapes, Natural Numbers matchmore with the game contents.Highlights: The study results show that mind and intelligence games were included in the Ministry of National Education(MoNE) curriculum in 2013. In the following years, the subject received interest in investigating its contributions to theeducation field. This study might recommend that skills aimed for the mathematics class might be offered based on intelligencegames when the curriculum is considered based on activities.

체육 계열 전문교과 운영 양상 탐색

The purpose of this study was to explore aspects of how specialized subjects in physical education (SSPE) that is presented in the 2015 revised national physical education curriculum is taught in high schools. A high school and two physical education high schools participated in this project. A focus group interview with three teachers and document analysis were undertaken. Data collected were analyzed through categorial themes analysis. The results of the study were as follows. First, the SSPE was opened for performance enhance of athlete-student and sport-related career education. Second, collaborative teaching (a teacher and a coach), SSPE for athletic club’ drill, difference between the development propose of SSPS and aspects of taught in schools emerged. Third, lack of text books and educational resources, higher level of difficulty, and content that is focused too much on the improvement of performance were barriers to delivering effective SSPE education. A need of expanding the meaning of SSPE and directions for reconstructing subjects in SSPE were discussed.

Aihl Kelam Ders Kitabında “Dinin Anlaşılmasında Farklı Yorumlar” Ünitesinin Eleştirel Düşünme Açısından İncelenmesi

Eleştirel düşünme, kişinin kendi düşünme süreci üzerinde kontrol sağlamasına, makul düşünceler ortaya koyabilmesine, analiz, sentez ve değerlendirme gibi üst düzey faaliyetleri gerçekleştirebilmesine imkân tanıyan ve kişiyi duyuşsal ve bilişsel boyutta geliştirmeyi hedefleyen disiplinli bir süreçtir. Öğretim programlarında kişinin sahip olması gereken bir beceri olarak bahsedilen eleştirel düşünme din eğitiminde de yadsınamaz bir konuma sahiptir. Bu çalışmanın amacı Anadolu imam hatip liselerinde meslek dersi olarak okutulan Kelam ders kitabının eleştirel düşünmeye yönelik neler içerdiğini tespit etmektir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman analizi yöntemi kullanılarak Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi Kelam ders kitabının “Dinin Anlaşılmasında Farklı Yorumlar” ünitesi incelemeye alınmış ve veriler ünitedeki hazırlık ve değerlendirme soruları ile etkinliklerden elde edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde Paul, Jensen, Binken ve Kreklau tarafından oluşturulan 35 eleştirel düşünme stratejisi kullanılmıştır. Veriler betimsel analiz tekniği ile incelenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda ünite kazanımlarının, ünitedeki metinlerin ve ölçme ve değerlendirme sorularının eleştirel düşünme stratejileri açısından yetersiz olduğu görülmüştür. Ünitede eleştirel düşünme stratejilerinin 13’ünü gerçekleştirebilecek nitelikte etkinlik ve sorulara rastlanmıştır. Eğitim süreci, üst düzey düşünmeye yönlendirecek sorularla desteklenerek ve cevapların paylaşılıp tartışılacağı bir sınıf ortamı oluşturularak eleştirel düşünmeye yardımcı hale getirilebilir. Eleştirel düşünmeyi geliştirmek için ders kitaplarına tartışma, Sokratik sorgulama, beyin fırtınası gibi yöntemleri teşvik edici etkinlikler koyulabilir.

Salafi Madrasas: Ideology, Transformation, and Implication for Multiculturalism in Indonesia

<p class="06IsiAbstrak">Suspicion of Salafi as terrorist and extremist organization increased after 9/11. Many studies have found that the Salafi ideology contains an exclusive and harsh doctrine of Wahhabism. This article examines the Salafi madrasas which was initially exclusive, rigid, conservative, and anti-state symbols, then transformed into a formal Islamic school that is modern and professional in management, as well as integrating the national education curriculum with Islamic curriculum (<em>diniyyah</em>/boarding school) as a strategy to gain state recognition. Although it is not carried out in all Islamic educational institutions it manages, the transformation of the Salafi madrasas is intended to remove the suspicions of the people who consider them terrorist and extremist group. Therefore, this article also explains the Salafi typology which is divided into two based on the movement model, namely the Ideological Salafi (Purification) and the Jihadist Salafi. Through the multicultural education approach that was written by Bikhu Parekh, this research suggests the implications of the ideas of salafism that are disseminated to the multicultural Indonesian society. This research finds that the Salafi campaign in Indonesia has not completely failed. Salafi madrasas have succeeded in transforming through curriculum integration which aims to reject public suspicion that they are terrorist organizations, in fact this strategy actually attracts upper-middle class people to send their children to Salafi madrasas. </p>