Innovative School Research Articles

Progressive Leadership in Primary Education of Kartasura in the Era Global Computing

The condition of education is an increasingly advanced technology; teachers are required to be able to keep up with the development of information and communication. Thinking about the importance of educational leadership is seen as the most important need. This research aims to find out how leaders try to influence group members about specific situations. This research was conducted using the descriptive qualitative method with a case study design. The research subjects were the principal, curriculum principal, student affairs vice principal, and teachers. Data collection techniques were interviews, observation, and documentation. Data validity checking techniques were carried out using triangulation techniques and sources. Data analysis techniques were carried out with data reduction steps, data presentation, and conclusion drawing). The results showed that: progressive educational leadership strategies in facilitating change and innovation in schools conducted workshops for teachers of all subjects and the principal’s implementation in the educational evaluation was conducted active weekly.

Open Innovation Towards Secondary School Innovation Performance in Kulai District

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

ОТНОСНО ТЕХНОЛОГИЯТА ПО ВНЕДРЯВАНЕ НА ИНТЕГРАТИВЕН ПОДХОД В ИНОВАТИВНО УЧИЛИЩЕ

The scholastic year 2022/2023 includes the final stage of the joint initiative of 125. Secondary School – Sofia and the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the BAS for the pilot implementation of an educational model for integrated learning in an innovative school. The technological scheme follows Altshuler’s TRIZ methodology. The article briefly describes the moments of the individual stages – specific problems and their solutions at the school level are presented. The results of the conducted research are analyzed. Identified are measures that should be taken by the teaching and management team of the school in order to move from the pilot implementation to regular pedagogical practice. Examples of project-oriented initiatives presented by students at school and regional forums are provided.

프로젝트 학습 운영에 대한 중학교 교사들의 인식 조사

This study investigated teachers’ perception on the implementation of project-based leaning in A middle school, a future-oriented innovative school where all students participate in student-led projects. A survey was conducted with 15 teachers, and interviews were conducted with 4 teachers from the school. The survey and interview questions included expectations of students, opinions on students’ interest, levels of participation, improvement in self-directed ability, positive influence of student-led projects, degree of satisfaction while providing guidance, difficulties, and necessary support. The results indicated that the teachers agreed on the purpose of the student-led projects and expected students’ self-directed ability to improve. The teachers evaluated that students’ interest and participation in the student-led project were high, and that the students’ self-directed ability had improved. The teachers also felt rewarded while watching the students grow. However, there were difficulties such as the degree of involvement in students’ activities while providing guidance, how to motivate students with low interest, and how to support the management of various topics. Additionally, they felt the need for external expert support and guidance materials. Based on the results, the following suggestions are made: project-based learning can be implemented in connection with the local community, guide materials need to be produced and distributed, and discussion on project learning needs to be continued in the school teachers’ professional learning community.

Open innovation networks: a driver for knowledge mobilisation in schools?

PurposeIn organisational and innovation research, the term “open innovation” refers to the inflow and outflow of knowledge to and from organisations: with open innovation theory suggesting active exchanges of knowledge with external actors leads to the development of exploitable new ideas. In the field of education, however, the exchange of knowledge with external parties represents a paradigm shift. In response, this article presents findings from research design to explore the nature and composition of school innovation networks, and the effects of such these networks on knowledge mobilisation.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on data from a representative random sample of 411 German school leaders. Respondents were asked to detail their engagement in open and closed innovation activity and their school's external collaborations during the last 12 months. A latent class distal outcome model was developed to examine whether different types of collaboration associate with different knowledge mobilisation processes.FindingsThe study findings suggest that schools in Germany mainly use internal knowledge for innovation, with external knowledge exchange taking place on a very limited basis. Knowledge mobilisation varies depending on the innovation network. The authors use the findings to indicate new insights for how schools can further innovate learning and teaching in future.Originality/valueAlthough there is increasing discussion on Professional Learning Networks in schools, the discourse on knowledge mobilisation within educational networks is limited, making concept of open innovation so far completely absent from discourses on school improvement. This paper initiates the population of this new research space.

Profile of an innovator: a Delphi study to surface key characteristics for innovative educators

As the context of K-12 education changes, new technologies emerge, and we increasingly focus on student-centered learning, there is a need to understand how best to catalyze and lead innovation in schools. If we can identify the key characteristics – skills, concepts, and mindsets – that innovative educators draw on, teacher educators can better assist in providing academic and professional learning experiences to grow the next generation of educational innovators. This study used a Delphi process to generate a list and description of the key characteristics of educational innovators from those working every day to transform teaching and learning in K-12 classrooms, schools, and districts. Implications for teacher educators are offered to consider how best to leverage this “profile of an innovator” to lead professional learning efforts.

Homeschooling in Chinese cities: educational implications for post-pandemic schools

ABSTRACT This article reports the findings of a multi-site qualitative study of 31 Chinese homeschooling families in Taipei and Hong Kong. Homeschooling, a significant source of inspiration for school innovation, has been growing around the globe in recent years, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the challenges facing mainstream schools. The findings reveal that the families under study chose to homeschool their children mainly because they were dissatisfied with mainstream schools in the Chinese context, which, as they described, were not sufficiently child-centric. Notably, their homeschooling practices were highly diversified and hybridised, including a variety of organisational methods, actors, and materials. Based on lessons learned from homeschooling, the findings indicate the need for mainstream schools to reimagine their relations with families and the outside world in terms of pedagogic time, space, relations, and resources to better respond to every student’s unique needs as well as the challenges ahead in the post-pandemic world.

Exploring Charter School Innovation: A Comparison of Popular Charter School Models

ABSTRACT This paper expands on previous work on charter school typology and presents disparities in standardized test outcomes across models by using standardized Z-Scores weighted by NAEP performance. Analyses indicate that in ELA, Classical schools have the highest relative performance, followed by Montessori and Art schools. In math, Classical schools once again have the highest relative performance, followed by Montessori and STEM schools. For reasons discussed in the paper it is premature to posit causality, so the results should instead be viewed as descriptive. We suggest a more pluralistic testing framework may be appropriate when evaluating the performance of specialized schools.

Educational Innovation of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia and Malaysia in Facing the 21st Century Challenges

The problem of 21st Century education is in facing the challenges to produce generations with ability to think critically and skills in solving life problems. The challenges can be responded through educational innovation in Islamic boarding schools. The purpose of the research is to analyze the forms of educational innovation made by Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia and Malaysia in facing the 21st Century. This research uses systematic literature review (SLR) type of qualitative approach. The tools used to codify the literatures are Publish and Perish, ERIC, and Google Scholar. The codification result finds 64 articles on Islamic boarding schools innovation in Malaysia and 207 articles on it in Indonesia. The articles codified are limited from 2013 -2023. The result of the research shows that there are differences between educational innovations in Indonesia and Malaysia in the period of 2013 to 2023 in the aspects of the use of technology, community involvement, collaboration with other educational institutions, combination of religious and general education, and in the aspect of project-base education. The similarities between the two are in increasing the faith of Muslims through religious education and creating generations of noble character. To face the challenges of the 21st century requires the role of a transformational and distributive leader who can form unity, partnership, cooperation, democracy, tolerance, and involvement in leadership practices.

How do teachers innovate? Role of efficacy for innovation and school climate perception

AbstractStudies on teachers' innovative work behavior (IWB) have identified the importance of self‐efficacy beliefs and school climate. However, there is a lack of understanding of innovation‐specific self‐efficacy beliefs in earlier research. Further, the relative importance of these variables for teachers' IWB is yet to be examined. Objectives of the present study were to (i) conceptualize and develop an instrument to assess innovative self‐efficacy (ISE) of school teachers, and (ii) examine the dynamics of relationships among ISE, perceived school climate, and IWB of teachers. The research was classified into two studies. In both studies, data were collected randomly from secondary and higher secondary teachers of private, government, and government‐aided schools in Kolkata (INDIA) and adjoining areas. Study 1 dealt with the first objective, that is, the construction of the ISE scale. Factor structure and psychometric properties of the scale were tested on 300 teachers. Exploratory factor analysis revealed two dimensions: teaching reflection and teaching design implementation. In Study 2, ISE scale, IWB Scale, and Revised School Level Environment Questionnaire were administered to 400 teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and goodness of fit estimates was calculated for the ISE scale, indicating an acceptable fit. Further, hierarchical regression analyses noted that school climate factors (collaboration, school resources, decision‐making, and instructional innovation) moderated the relationship between teaching reflection efficacy and IWB. In the current backdrop of different educational reforms, IWB is a thrust that needs to be promoted among school teachers. The present study implies that school administration can encourage teachers' innovativeness by increasing opportunities for innovation in school. Training and intervention programs aimed at enhancing teachers' ISE levels will also increase IWB in them.

Digital Storytelling Media to Improve Students' Speaking Skills in Elementary School

The research conducted was based on the development of digital-based learning media, where it was found that the majority of educators paid little attention to the application of media as a learning tool in the digital era. This study aims to analyze the improvement of students speaking skills when combining the application of digital story media. The research method used in this study is a quantitative method with one group pretest-posttest design. The population used in the study were students from grade V elementary school totaling 23 children. The assessment in the research process uses a speaking skill rubric that contains: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary selection, speaking fluency, and overall content of the story delivered. From the results of the research, there are data results in the form of a significant value (2-Tailed) worth 0, 000 in the One Sample T- Test results. Where the significant value of 0, 000 is smaller than 0.05 so that H0 is rejected and Hα is accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that digital-based story media can improve students' speaking skills. The impact of the research conducted is that digital story media can help improve students' language skills. Thus, digital story media can be a learning innovation in schools and can be developed again according to the needs of students. So that later it can foster students' creative ideas.

Implementing Neuropedagogical Innovation in Schools: From Theory to Practice

: In the article, the possibilities of using the neuropedagogical approach in the educational process for the child to achieve a high level of school knowledge and skills and personal development are considered. The features of the modern educational space and their readiness to introduce innovations are analyzed. The role of neuropedagogy and its elements in the practice of teaching and upbringing of children is determined. The fundamental ideas of modern neuropedagogy, its principles and objectives are formulated, and the need for their application is substantiated. It also substantiates the need for the introduction of neuropedagogical innovations and such a position as a neuroeducator. The main research methods in this article are historical, comparative methods of synthesis and analysis, as well as theoretical analysis of a scientific letter, thematic journals. Thanks to which a large number of sources have been worked out, the quality and level of research already conducted and the effectiveness of introducing the principles of neuropedagogy into the educational process have been assessed. As a result, the problem of school failure was highlighted, the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods were revealed, appropriate neuropedagogical innovations were proposed, and practical recommendations for teachers were provided. It is concluded that the introduction of the principles of neuropedagogy and neuropedagogical innovations will improve and modernize the educational system.

Pasquale Ciricillo (1907-1978): From “Melephone Wonder” to “Music Man” Schoolteacher

Pasquale “Pat” Ciricillo (1907-1978) was a twentieth-century musician-teacher who incorporated multiple musical approaches in his work. Born to an Italian family in Cleveland, Ohio, Ciricillo’s affinity for wide-ranging musicianship afforded him a storied career as a professional trumpet player in New York City. His success as a jazz, popular, and classical musician served as a catalyst for the latter part of his career, when he became a school music teacher who created innovative school curricula based on his extensive musical background. This biographical investigation features three distinct periods in Ciricillo’s career: early life in Cleveland, Ohio (1907-1929); life as a professional performer in New York City (1929-1956); and life as a school music teacher in The Bronx and the Rockland County (NY) Schools (1956-1976). Of special interest are the intersections between Ciricillo’s performer and teacher identities and the pedagogical practices that he enacted in the music classroom. Ciricillo’s life and career hold implications for current and future teaching practices in school music programs.

Inovasi Kreativitas Kepala Sekolah SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Surakarta untuk Menjadi Sekolah Unggul

The purpose of this research is to explore the leadership process of a school principal to increase the principal's creative innovation at SMP 1 Muhammadiyah Surakarta and the obstacles encountered in the practice of school innovation. This research is a field research (field research). The author uses a type of field research, namely a phenomenological qualitative approach using data collection methods, observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study seek the integration of all activities so as to be able to produce synergies to achieve efficient, effective and objective school goals. There are many excellent programs provided by school principals through their innovations at SMP 1 Muhammadiyah Surakarta in the form of Tahfidzul Quran, Memorization of the Qur'an, Memorization of Tajwid, Shirohnabawiyah. In practice, there are obstacles that are made to answer innovation problems, the student factor is the limited facilities in schools that are incomplete and there is no support from the local community and parents to carry out school innovation practices and there are limited insights, and narrow mindsets and lack of qualifications are obstacles in the application of innovation parquetk applied by the school principal. The Principal has an important role as an innovator. There needs to be support from the Principal in making improvements, and education staff must support and provide guidance so that they can develop optimally in carrying out the tasks that are their respective burdens. What is meant by creative is that in improving the professionalism of an educator, the principal must look for new ideas and ways of doing his job.

혁신중학교 전문적 학습공동체 학습조직 구축 정도 분석

This study aims to examine the disparity in the degree of establishment of a professional learning community learning organization between innovative schools and general schools in Chungnam. To achieve this research objectives, we examined the characteristics of innovative schools based on prior research and summarized the relationship between the professional learning community and Senge's learning organization theory. We also developed a questionnaire asking the degree of establishment of a learning organization in a professional learning community drawing from prior research and expert advice. The survey was conducted among middle school teachers in Chungnam and analyzed using basic statistical analysis and independent sample t-test. The main findings indicated a significant difference in the degree of establishment of a professional learning community learning organization between innovative schools and general schools. Innovative schools scored an average of 4.31 points out of 5, while general schools scored an average of 3.84 points. The difference between innovative schools and general schools was statistically significant at the significance level of 0.001. The analysis revealed that innovative schools have relatively more professional learning communities than general schools, especially in terms of team learning and system thinking. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended to actively disseminate the various activities of professional learning communities centered on innovative schools to other general schools. While existing studies have discussed the effectiveness of professional learning communities, this study adds value by analyzing professional learning communities in detail within the framework of learning organizational theory. Further research are needed on the degree of establishment of a learning organization in a professional learning community for the 1st to 8th graders of innovative schools.

Peran Kepemimpinan Inovatif Kepala Sekolah dalam Meningkatkan Kualitas Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar

This research adopts a qualitative approach, which is a research method that aims to observe research objects naturally and directly. In the context of this research, researchers act as the main instrument in collecting data and information related to the research object being investigated. The location of this research is SD Al-falah Cicalengka Bandung. The address is Jl. Captain Sangun No. 6 Rt. 01 Rw. 03, Tenjolaya, District. Cicalengka, Kab. Bandung Province West Java. The research instruments applied in this research are interviews and observations to find data and facts related to the role of innovative school principal leadership in improving the quality of education. At this stage, the principal of SD Al-Falah Cicalengka Bandung carries out several things, including: (1) Holding a meeting with all elements of the teaching staff at the school to formulate and determine the school's annual program which will be implemented at the beginning of the learning year. (2) Formulate all forms of facility needs required by the school based on each time period. (3) Holding a meeting at the beginning of the year regarding the implementation of the learning curriculum. In accordance with the statement of Bapa Syarif Hidayat, S.Pd.I as Principal of SD Al-falah Cicalengka Bandung "In terms of planning at school, I involve teachers in deliberations at the beginning of the year to discuss the school program for the next year."

Problematika Guru dalam Penerapan Media Pembelajaran Inovatif pada Pembelajaran Seni Budaya dan Prakarya

The role of learning media is very important in order to maximize the delivery of learning material to students. Learning media that are interesting and in accordance with learning materials will be able to attract student learning interest and knowledge can be conveyed better. This research was conducted to explore the use of innovative learning media in learning arts and culture and skills in SDN 1 Jatiprahu. The method that applied is qualitative research method and use case study approach. According to the research results from interviews and observations, it was found that there were several teacher problems in implementing innovative learning media in schools, namely the media applied to project-based learning models were still not diverse, teachers had difficulties in preparing learning media, facilities at schools were inadequate still minimal, and the government does not support learning innovations in schools.

Curriculum Development, Guidance, and Innovation in Schools

The purpose of this research is to explain the purpose of developing, fostering and innovating curriculum. Want to explain the renewal of the school curriculum and the impact of curriculum reform in schools. The research method used is library research starting from collecting research materials to analysis. The results of the research Curriculum development and development activities are activities that alternate or can be said as one cycle, after the development activities are completed, they are continued with coaching activities. Renewal does not by itself bring improvement even though it is intended to improve / improve quality. This depends on the implementation and assessment of the value system is determined. Every curriculum change must have a clear philosophy that underlies it, it also needs intensive outreach to the community

Karakter Pemilih Pemula di Kabupaten Tuban: Adaptasi Budaya Politik Sekolah

Starting from curiosity about how the political culture of the school in shaping the character of novice voters in Tuban Regency. So this research was conducted using comparative qualitative methods to explore primary data on research subjects spread across senior high schools (SMA) in Tuban Regency such as Deputy Head of Student Affairs, Citizenship Education Teachers, Coaches and OSIS Students (Intra-School Student Organizations), including the General Election Commission of Tuban Regency as secondary data in this study. The results showed that the political culture of schools in shaping the character of novice voters in Tuban Regency with an understanding and emphasis on students about politics in Indonesia through classroom teaching, then the implementation of democracy in Indonesia in the OSIS election, as well as school innovation in carrying out the student council selection process that is packaged online. Furthermore, the adaptation of political culture that is applied forms the character of students as novice voters. The character of students as novice voters is behavior that is active in practical politics, starting from following, criticizing and participating. This active behavior can be seen from the implementation of the smallest political practice in schools, namely the Student Council Election.

Perceptions of courage: Elementary school leaders’ perspectives

Despite the extensive research that has been done on the courage of managers in for-profit organisations, the courage of educational leaders has not been systematically studied. Educational leaders’ courage is unique since it requires them to act under conditions of ambiguity with only limited ability to justify their actions. The current study examines the perceptions of public school principals regarding the manifestations of courage on their job and the meaning they attribute to each of them. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with Israeli elementary school principals, four distinctive patterns of courage were found: (a) courage to initiate change and innovations in school; (b) courage to change one's own perspectives following a forced change; (c) courage to stand up for one's own personal values; and (d) courage to defend organisational norms that are challenged. Based on the analysis, several insights are provided, and practical implications are suggested.