Quality Of Education Programs Research Articles

The Effect of Base Theory Educational Intervention on Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Women Susceptible to Cardiovascular Diseases: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality, disability, and reduced productivity in women over 40 years and the first cause of mortality in women over 60 years. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior (TPB) on health-promoting lifestyle in women susceptible to cardiovascular diseases. This quasiexperimental study was conducted on 200 women susceptible to cardiovascular diseases referred to health centers in Fasa city, Fars province, Iran. The available sampling was performed on women who referred to the centers and had a family record. In this study, two health-promoting lifestyle questionnaires consisting of 49 questions and the theory of planned behavior questionnaire consisting of 50 questions were used. The obtained data were analyzed by using the SPSS software version 24 in two stages before and six months after the educational intervention through paired t-test, independent t-test, chi-square test, and McNemar test. The mean age of women in the experimental and control groups was 38.74 ± 9.22 and 39.14 ± 9.08 years, respectively. The results showed a significant increase in the experimental group after six months of intervention in terms of health-promoting lifestyle and constructs of the theory of planned behavior. Also, mean blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, and smoking of experimental group decreased six months after the educational intervention. Considering the irreplaceable role of education in adopting healthy behaviors and the role of women in strengthening the family foundation, quality educational programs should be designed and regularly implemented by health care providers for women.

Designing, implementing, and evaluating the process of action plan management at Isfahan Medical School.

Planning, organizing, and coordinating are inevitable in pursuing the faculty and university's goals, which cannot be achieved without having desirable goals, prioritization, and AP (action plan). This study designed, implemented, and evaluated APM (Action plan management) to increase the quality of educational, research, and management programs. A developmental study was conducted at Isfahan Medical School in 2019. The participants were selected by census sampling, and the target population comprised all deputies (8 ones) and departments (33 ones). This study was carried out in seven steps with a combined method of reviewing literature, document analysis, focus group, and questionnaire. The steps were forming the APM committee, regulating a planned process, designing and issuing the faculty's general policies, using expertise and getting feedback, monitoring the program, final reporting, and the poll. The response rate of the departments was 90.2%; the highest and lowest comprehensiveness scores of AP were 100% and 38%, and the highest and lowest performance monitoring scores were 100% and 25%. The mean and standard deviation of comprehensiveness and monitoring were 76 ± 0.1% and 69 ± 0.4%, 82 ± 0.1% and 73 ± 0.1%, and 72 ± 0.2% and 63 ± 0.4% in the basic science departments, clinical departments, and deputies, respectively. The highest agreement (4.8 ± 0.4) was related to the items "AP is as one of the important functions of management, looking to the future" and "AP is effective in the development of any organization." Regulating a designed process with a clear guideline, developing 24 general policies for the faculty, forming a committee to monitor the AP, and evaluating and giving feedback to the units were the most important results of this study. Also, the selected departments were introduced, and the progress report was presented to the faculty councils. Further studies were proposed to develop long-term plans, and information management was suggested to measure the progress of different units over time according to the defined goals.

Classroom chaos and program quality in early child care and education programs: A study from Turkey

This study aimed to better understand the construct of classroom chaos in relation to child care program quality and examine its association with child externalizing problems and social competence. Towards this end, two studies were conducted at child care programs in Turkey. Study 1 was qualitiative and relied on eight focus group interviews with 24 Turkish teachers to gain a deeper understanding of what is meant by quality and chaos. Study 2 included 49 teachers and 251 preschoolers as participants to investigate the concurrent relations of classroom chaos and quality with children's socioemotional functioning. Results of multilevel linear modeling analyses revealed that teachers’ increased perception of classroom chaos was associated with higher levels of externalizing problems and lower levels of social competence in children, even after controlling for program quality, child age, gender, and temperamental effortful control. Teacher-rated classroom chaos was also associated with mother-reported externalizing problems. On average, program quality was rated as minimal and showed no significant relations with externalizing problems and social competence. The implications of these findings were discussed with respect to the intervention targets in early child care and education programs.

New Teachers are Leaving the Profession: How can School Leadership Make a Difference?

The problem of loss of new qualified teachers has been a global issue which has a detrimental impact on the pool of future leadership positions and talented workforce in national labour markets. Despite the fact that a wide range of studies have investigated into the effects of mentoring and coaching on novice teacher retention, the leadership practices that highlight the development of teacher leadership capacities and resilience are currently insufficient. This article aims to examine the negative experiences of early career teachers (ECTs), who are in their first five years of teaching, and analyze how school leadership theories could support them by building positive working conditions. The development of ECTs’ sense of agency and resilience is emphasized in this paper through the utilization of two leadership theories: distributed leadership and caring leadership. It also clarifies recommendations for educational leaders and policymakers to enhance the quality of pre-service teacher education and induction programmes with the central premise that teacher professional development should be a career-long continuum.

Strengthening of early children's character education stunting children in Indonesia.

Forming human resources (HR) with character is challenged by social phenomena that show degradation of morality, ethics, and morals, as well as violent extremism. This is the basic reason for the importance of the strengthening character education (SCE) movement, which involves education units, families, and communities, and education must be implemented from early childhood, especially for children who are stunted. This study aimed to describe how the strategy for SCE is based on early childhood education classes for stunted children. This type of research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The participants in this study were the headmaster and teachers of Kindergarten PGRI Donggala Regency, Indonesia, in 2022. Collecting data using a questionnaire was equipped with interviews. The data were analyzed by content analysis, namely the process of identifying, coding, and categorizing important patterns from the results of in-depth interviews. The results of the study showed various patterns that became research themes as strategies for strengthening SCE in early childhood including integrating character values in learning for stunted children, introduction of SCE to stunted children, SCE habituation to stunted children, strengthening SCE for stunted children, and reflection on SCE for stunted children. Various character values produced in SCE include religiosity, creativity, curiosity, hard work, honesty, discipline, friendship, social care, independence, and responsibility. Each school for early childhood has a learning program that focuses on developing children's abilities in terms of motor, cognitive, social-emotional, language, and religious and moral values. However, schools must also have an adequate character education program, especially in dealing with children who are stunted, social-emotional, language, and religious and moral values.

The role of character education programme in developing students’ cognitive and non-cognitive abilities and teachers’ competencies

At present, research on the character of students and their academic and social abilities has attracted the attention of researchers. The Ministry of Education has included character education in every lesson in order to develop students' academic and social abilities. This study aims to examine the role of character education programmes on the teacher's self-assessment ability to improve self-quality, perceptions and attitudes of students in socialising with school personnel and students' cognitive and non-cognitive abilities. This study uses a quasi-experimental method to pilot the character education programme designed by the researcher. Evaluation was conducted through self-assessment of the attitudes and academic abilities of teachers and students. The results show that the character education programme can improve students' social and cognitive abilities and can also increase the teacher's self-assessment ability to develop their professional competencies. The implication is that the programme of character education can be an alternative for schools to develop the social and academic abilities of teachers and students. Keywords: Character education programme, cognitive and non-cognitive abilities, teacher competencies

EVALUATION OF CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

This research is an evaluation research which aims to find, prove, and analyze the success of the character education program in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Az Zarofah Jakarta Timur. This research uses the CIPP evalutaion model, which stands for Context, Input, Process, and Product. The research method uses a qualitative approach, namely by obtaining scientific data including data collection carried out through observation, interviews, and documentation techniques. The subject in this research of the headmaster, student field, curriculum field, student guardian, teacher, treasurer or head of administration, students, and alumni. Then the data are analyzed by reduction, presentation and drawing conclusions. Based on the research conducted, the following results were obtained: 1) The context aspect is divided into three components of evaluation, namely, philosophical foundations, vision and mission and program objectives, as well as program urgency. The analysis of the three aspects can be concluded to have high actuality. 2) In the input aspect consisting of the curriculum, the competence of the principal, the character of teachers, students, financing, and parental support, it's just that the facilities and infrastructure need to be improved. 3) In the process aspect, learning is well designed starting from learning activities, extracurricular activities, and supervision. 4) In the product aspect, which consists of internalizing character values, academic impact and non-academic impact has high actuality. This shows that students are able to apply character values well, have a positive impact on academic achievement, and have a positive impact on non-academics, namely daily behavior.

Improving Children’s Literacy Through Indonesian Fairy Tales at Rumah Pintar Yafsi

Rumah Pintar YAFSI is one of the programs managed by Yayasan Fajar Sejahtera Indonesia to help develop character education and child protection programs in the community. Increasing literacy interest in children is an important aspect of character education that must be instilled. Improving children's literacy requires adequate facilities and education of high quality. As a result, in this service activity, the team has provided goods and services to the Rumah Pintar YAFSI, namely the assistance of Indonesian fairy tale books and storytelling training services for Rumah Pintar YAFSI volunteers to further strengthen children's interest in literacy. This is also an effort to achieve inclusive education for children of all socioeconomic backgrounds. The lecture method approach, question and answer or discussion, and deductive model training methods are used in the implementation. This community service improves Rumah Pintar YAFSI volunteers' storytelling skills, which in turn increases children's literacy interest in Rumah Pintar YAFSI. The outcomes of this activity have also been documented in written reports and videos. Furthermore, activities are reported in national online newspapers.

MODEL EVALUASI PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DAN BUDI PEKERTI

The study aimed at describing the achievement of evaluation model of character education program in learning Islamic Religion and Attitude subject, in implementing teaching learning activity, extracurricular and implementing character education program in SMP Negeri 1 Surakarta. The study used CIPP (Contest, Input, Process, and Product) model as means to conduct evaluation. The approach used in this study was descriptive. The data were collected during evaluation process were by interview, observation, document and questionaire. The data were analyzed by using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusion. The data sources were headmaster, committee, Islamic Religion teachers, students’ parents, and students of VIII and IX year. Result of the study showed that character education program in learning Islamic Religion and Attitude subject have achieved good result implemented by the school holder. On the stage of context, the mean achievement was 88.33% belonging to effective category. On the stage of input, it has achieved 91.78% belonging to effective category. On the stage of process, it has achieved 87.60% belonging to effective category. Finally, the stage of product showed the mean of 90.04% belonging to effective category.

Monitoring the quality of training programs for internists and general practitioners

The article considers the problem of monitoring the quality of training programs for internists and general practitioners, conducted during 2020-2022. The aim was to develop a methodology for monitoring the quality of programs implemented by internal medicine departments of universities in subjects of the Russian Federation.Monitoring the quality of educational programs is determined by the compliance of their content with the requirements of professional standards, federal educational standards, healthcare delivery procedures and clinical guidelines. Evaluation of the quality of programs makes it possible to identify promising areas. Targeted methodological recommendations contribute to the development of a unified educational space for the training of internists.

Junior High School Students' Skills in Making Posters Through the Blended Li-Pro-GP Learning Model

The skill of making a good poster is that it must meet the quality requirements of the poster. A good poster quality consists of clarity of content, completeness of components, aesthetics, composition of text and images. To train students' poster making skills, a supportive learning model is needed. The project based literacy that integrates school literacy movement strengthening character education (Li-Pro-GP) program in the implementation of learning. The purpose of the study was to describe the skills of making posters for junior high school students after using the Li-Pro-GP learning model. The research method uses classroom action research (CAR) at SMPN 23 Malang City, carried out in 2 blended cycles. The results showed that students' skills had increased in making posters based on science concepts. The population of this research is class VII odd semester 2020/2021 students of SMPN 23 Malang. The sample from the research of class VIIC SMPN 23 Malang is 25 students with purposive sampling technique. Data collection with student activity observation sheets includes field notes and poster making skills with poster making indicators. The research data were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively presented with bar and pie charts with an explanation for each percentage on the diagram of the 25 students, it shows that 20% of the students in the very good poster category, 16% of the students in the good category and 64% of the students in the moderate category

PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM PEMBELAJARAN PAI SD/MI

In the world of education, the obligation of schools is not only to provide knowledge to students but more than that, namely to foster student character so that a personality with good character is achieved. The purpose of this study was to analyze character education programs related to learning Islamic Religious Education in Basic Education. This research method uses a qualitative liberary research approach that uses primary data sources from studies of research journals and relevant books related to character education programs. The results of this study state that the character education program will be built if there is good cooperation between the family, school and community environment. In addition, character education programs must be strengthened in the family environment because time at home is longer than at school so that the implementation of character education programs will be realized at the age of elementary children.

Examining Cadets’ Beliefs about Meditation Using the Reasoned Action Approach

Meditation has been shown to be a character and virtue formation tool due to its emotion regulation capabilities. Training academies can help their students better develop their character by enabling meditation behavior acquisition. This study examines United States Military cadets’ beliefs about meditation as a means of informing education and intervention programming to maximize the likelihood of cadets adopting the behavior. Implications and suggestions for character education programs are provided.

The Character Education in the Book of Hikam and Its Relevance to the National Character Education Program in Indonesia

This study aimed to explain the concept of character education contained in the book of Hikam and its relevance to Indonesia's national character education program. This research had been library research that used the content analysis technique. The data collection technique used the documentation technique. The findings in this study were that the concept of character education in the book of Hikam had been religious character education which refers to the character of Uluhiyyah (divinity), namely, humans must orient all their life activities to God by spreading goodness wherever they are. The closer and more obedient a person is to his God, the more character and noble that person will be. This religious education is an exercise (riyadhah) and sincerity (mujahadah) that is planned and systematic and carried out by an educator to form a pious personality in a student physically and spiritually. The concept of religious character refers to faith, honesty, piety, sincerity, and patience. Religious character educates a human being to become a person of character and responsibility. The character education values in the book of Hikam strengthen Indonesia's national character education program. In Sheikh Ibn Atha'illah's view, the character education strategy is divided into two stages: planting and spreading. Religious education is very relevant to the national character education strategy, namely intervention (instilling character in students) and habituation (instilling character through the environment). Studi ini bertujuan menjelaskan konsep pendidikan karakter yang ada dalam kitab Sufi Hikam serta relevansinya terhadap program nasional pendidikan karakter yang ada di Indonesia. Penelitian ini adalah library research yang mengunakan teknik content analisa. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik dokumentasi. Temuan dalam penelitian ini adalah konsep pendidikan karakter yang ada pada kitab sufi Hikam adalah pendidikan karakter religious yang mengacu pada karakter Uluhiyyah (ketuhanan), yakni manusia harus mengorientasikan segala aktivitas kehidupanya kepada tuhan dengan menyebarkan kebaikan dimana saja berada. Semakin dekat dan taat seseorang kepada tuhanya maka orang tersebut akan semakin berkarakter dan berakhlak mulia. Pendidikan religius ini merupakan suatu latihan (riyadhah) dan kesungguhan (mujahadah) yang terencana dan sistematis, serta dilakukan oleh seorang pendidik untuk membentuk kepribadian yang shaleh pada seorang anak didik baik dari segi jasmani maupun rohaninya. Konsep karakter religius ini mengacu pada nilai-nilai keimanan, kejujuran, ketakwaan, keikhlasan dan kesabaran. Kitab Hikam mendidik seorang manusia menjadi pribadi yang berkarakter dan bertangung jawab. Nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter pada kitab Hikam menguatkan program nasional pendidikan karakter di Indonesia. Strategi pendidikan karakter dalam pandangan Syeikh Ibnu Atha’illah dibagi dalam dua tahap, yaitu proses penanaman dan penyebaran. Hal ini sangat relevan dengan strategi pendidikan karakter nasional, yaitu intervensi (penanaman karakter pada diri peserta didik), dan habituasi (penanaman karakter melalui lingkungan).

Internal Quality Assurance of the Education Program at Higher Educational Institutions

Ongoing efforts on internal quality assurance of the educational program at higher educational institutions should be based on comprehensiveness and constant innovative activity. The development of modern and effective ways and measures in order to ensure the quality of educational programs is relevant both for modern higher educational institutions in practice and in the theoretical and methodological plane. The purpose of the research lies in establishing the principles of ensuring the quality of the educational program, which should be applied to achieve high quality teaching following the educational program of higher educational institutions in Ukraine; determining the shortcomings and prospects for the development of educational programs (curricula) and their assessment by educators. In the course of the research, an interpretive qualitative study has been used; along with this, the experiment as the main method, the methods of description, questionnaire and observation have been also used in the academic paper. The research hypothesis lies in the fact that ensuring the quality of the educational program is based on a balanced complex of innovative theoretical principles and their practical implementation. The result of the research is the establishment of the fundamentals for ensuring the quality of educational programs of higher educational institutions, taking into account their innovative nature and the evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum by the participants of the educational process. In the prospect, the implementation of research programs for the further development and improvement of the quality and demand of educational programs of the HEI at the level of the world market of educational services is expected.

Implementasi Pembelajaran Matematika Berbasis E-learning Pada Penguatan Pendidikan Karakter (PPK) Pasca Era New Normal

The existence of technological advances in the field of education does not rule out the possibility of negative things arising from the existence of e-learning. For students, the negative impact of based e-learningis a decrease in the affective or character aspects. Technological progress should be a bridge for the progress of the nation, in education to overcome the shift in character in students is to make e-learning a medium for character building. E-learning can be integrated with the implementation of strengthening character education programs (SCE). The program is implemented to reduce cases of moral degradation that are currently occurring among the community, especially teenagers, to optimize the use of technology in learning mathematics, and to implementation of SCE in based e-learning. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. The instruments used are a self-assessment scale, peer rating scale, and interview guidelines for managing character education strengthening for students at SMPN 3 Plered. The results obtained are that most of the students (97%) have religious character values, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, discipline, independence, communicativeness, and tolerance. The obstacle experienced when implementation SCE in mathematics learning based e-learningis teachers and students lack of understanding and awareness regarding character education. Efforts made to minimize the obstacles experienced are to provide an understanding of character education for teachers and students, as well as provide direction to students who still do not have the awareness to instill character values in themselves.

The Character Education in The Book of Hikam and Its Relevance to The National Character Education Program in Indonesia

This study aimed to explain the concept of character education contained in the book of Hikam and its relevance to Indonesia's national character education program. This research had been library research that used the content analysis technique. The data collection technique used the documentation technique. The findings in this study were that the concept of character education in the book of Hikam had been religious character education which refers to the character of uluhiyyah (divinity), namely, humans must orient all their life activities to God by spreading goodness wherever they are. The closer and more obedient a person is to his God, the more character and noble that person will be. This religious education is an exercise (riyadhah) and sincerity (mujahadah) that is planned and systematic and carried out by an educator to form a pious personality in a student physically and spiritually. The concept of religious character refers to faith, honesty, piety, sincerity, and patience. Religious character educates a human being to become a person of character and responsibility. The character education values in the book of Hikam strengthen Indonesia's national character education program. In Sheikh Ibn Atha'illah's view, the character education strategy is divided into two stages: planting and spreading. Religious education is very relevant to the national character education strategy, namely intervention (instilling character in students) and habituation (instilling character through the environment). Studi ini bertujuan menjelaskan konsep pendidikan karakter yang ada dalam kitab Sufi Hikam serta relevansinya terhadap program nasional pendidikan karakter yang ada di Indonesia. Penelitian ini adalah library research yang mengunakan teknik content analisa. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik dokumentasi. Temuan dalam penelitian ini adalah konsep pendidikan karakter yang ada pada kitab sufi Hikam adalah pendidikan karakter religious yang mengacu pada karakter uluhiyyah (ketuhanan), yakni manusia harus mengorientasikan segala aktivitas kehidupanya kepada tuhan dengan menyebarkan kebaikan dimana saja berada. Semakin dekat dan taat seseorang kepada tuhanya maka orang tersebut akan semakin berkarakter dan berakhlak mulia. Pendidikan religius ini merupakan suatu latihan (riyadhah) dan kesungguhan (mujahadah) yang terencana dan sistematis, serta dilakukan oleh seorang pendidik untuk membentuk kepribadian yang shaleh pada seorang anak didik baik dari segi jasmani maupun rohaninya. Konsep karakter religius ini mengacu pada nilai-nilai keimanan, kejujuran, ketakwaan, keikhlasan dan kesabaran. Kitab Hikam mendidik seorang manusia menjadi pribadi yang berkarakter dan bertangung jawab. Nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter pada kitab Hikam menguatkan program nasional pendidikan karakter di Indonesia. Strategi pendidikan karakter dalam pandangan Syeikh Ibnu Atha’illah dibagi dalam dua tahap, yaitu proses penanaman dan penyebaran. Hal ini sangat relevan dengan strategi pendidikan karakter nasional, yaitu intervensi (penanaman karakter pada diri peserta didik), dan habituasi (penanaman karakter melalui lingkungan)

Data-Based Approach to Educational Programs Quality Management

The purpose of this article is to describe and justify the approach to assessing the quality of educational programs that have been developed and tested at ITMO University since 2019. The article presents the main indicators of assessment and the results of testing this approach at the university. The main unit of quality is an educational program, as it has a long-life cycle and meets the needs of most stakeholders of the educational organization. Taking into account all the features of an educational program, the authors propose a comprehensive set of indicators to assess its quality, which makes it possible to objectively manage it data-based. In conclusion, for completing the task of analyzing the life cycle of an educational program, the authors present an internal rating of educational programs, concise examples of recommendations based on its results. The advantages of the approach to managing educational programs are described, and ways for further development are presented. The article may be of interest to the managers and management teams of institutions of higher education, as well as to the researchers in this field.

Development of Social Science Textbooks Integrated with Islamic and Local Culture Values

Social Science textbooks tend to be less dynamic and integrative with Islamic values and local culture. This research is aimed to compose an integrated social science learning textbook which is valid, practical, and effective in improving students’ nationalism character. Type of research and development (R&D) with 4D model procedures (define, design, develop and disseminate) to fulfill the procedure of development. The developed textbook that fulfills scientists’ validity result and its practical use as the participants’ valuation and the implementation of learning. It can enhance students’ nationalism characters and contribute to learning on the character education program, preventive action, enhance the understanding of social, religious, and cultural life values and it should be widely recognized by educators.

Implementation of Strengthening Character Education at UPT SMK Negeri Campalagian Polewali Mandar

The implementation of the Strengthening Character Education program cannot be separated from the role of all parties in the school. This research is a descriptive research using a qualitative approach. With as many as seven subjects, namely the Deputy Head of Curriculum, Deputy Head of Student Affairs, 2 teachers, and 3 students of the Campalagian State Vocational School. Data collection techniques using observation methods, interview methods, and documentation methods. Data analysis techniques in this study used data reduction techniques, data presentation, conclusions and verification. The results showed that the Implementation of Strengthening Character Education at UPT SMK Negeri Campalagian, seen from the results of data analysis, was included in the effective category. This can be seen from the fulfillment of the three indicators, namely the cultivation of strengthening integrated character education in subjects, the existence of extracurricular activities with the aim of forming the character of students, and habituation activities through school culture. In this study, the Campalagian State Vocational School teachers need to be creative in arranging learning and activities at school while still considering character education during the Covid-19 period. Character education during the pandemic will provide a pattern of living with character anywhere and under any conditions.