Academic Journal of Educational Sciences

CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION IN SPECIAL CONDITIONS BASED ON TEACHERS WORKING GROUPS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WEST SUMBA

Yakobus Umbu Dagha — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on all sectors. In the education sector, the impact is that learning does not take place directly because teachers and students do not meet face-to-face in class. The research aims to identify and describe a special curriculum based on teacher working groups in elementary schools in West Sumba. Type of qualitative research. Data collection methods are observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis uses descriptive data, namely: reducing data, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. The research results show that the implementation of a special curriculum based on teacher working groups in six elementary schools in West Sumba refers to simplified basic and core competencies. Teachers create learning tools guided by a special curriculum, learning is carried out online and offline, and create gathering points. The training system is based on class level, where each class teacher from each school gathers to carry out activities based on the class level they teach. Supporting factors are adequate facilities and infrastructure while inhibiting factors are that not all teachers have electronic devices, unstable internet networks, and limited access to technology.

Keywords: Special Curriculum and Teacher Working Group

THE IMPACT OF PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Fredrik Hendrik Thome — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:36:31 +0000

The quality of student learning outcomes is a barometer of the success of an educational institution. This quality is closely related to teacher performance and the principal's leadership style, known as management strategy. This paper is a research report on the relationship between principal competence, teacher performance and student learning outcomes in primary schools in Cluster XVIII, Kupang City. Using the methods of observation, interview and documentation study, which are part of the qualitative research steps, the relationship between principal's management competence and student learning outcomes is revealed. The results of data analysis indicate that there is a strong relationship between principals' competence in managing the educational institutions they lead and their students' learning outcomes. For this reason, it is recommended that every principal, as a leader, must have managerial competence that includes 2 dimensions, namely managerial competence dimensions and supervisory competence dimensions, so that student learning outcomes can be achieved.

TEACHING AIDS AND PLAYING TOOLS AS LEARNING MEDIA FOR KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-SCHOOL STUDENTS

editor ajes — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Teaching aids and playground equipment are important for PAUD and TK students. This is important because PAUD and kindergarten age children are still in the stage of growth and development, Physical growth will affect physical, physicological, cognitive, personality and social development. This development will affect the maturity of students. With props and playground equipment, students can develop their imagination. By playing, they can do
various things with the tools. There is a critical and creative thinking process in constructing props and playground equipment for cognitive, motor and psychomotor development. In addition, they feel happy and joyful.

APPROACHES USED BY ENGLISH LECTURERS IN TEACHING WRITING SKILL TO THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM OF NUSA CENDANA UNIVERSITY IN 2023/2024 ACADEMIC YEAR.

Usli Meti Mbeo — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:46:27 +0000

This research is entitled “Approaches Used by English Lecturers in Teaching Writing Skill to the Third Semester Students
of the English Study Program of Nusa Cendana University in the Academic Year 2023/ 2024”. This thesis aims to find out
the approaches used by English lecturers in teaching writing skill, the dominant approaches used by English lecturers in
teaching writing skill, and to find out the students' writing abilities level after being taught using such writing approaches
in teaching writing skill. The research was done at Nusa Cendana University in 2023. The subjects of this research were
the lecturers and their students; the research objects were the students’ written texts. The instruments used were
observations, semi-structured interviews, and some documents to obtain the data. It was found that the approaches used by
English lecturers in teaching writing skills were controlled-composition, current-traditional rhetoric, process, genre, and
contextual approaches. The dominant approach used by English lecturers in teaching English was contextual approach.
The Students’ writing ability after being taught using such is generally good. However, they had some problems in
writing, namely lack vocabulary, poor punctuation marks, and poor grammar of sentences.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CHRISTIAN MORAL CONCEPTS IN THE SOCIAL INTERACTION BEHAVIOUR OF STUDENTS OF STIPAS ARCHDIOCESE OF KUPANG

Valentinus Kopong Masan — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This paper presents an analysis of the application of Christian morality in social interactions among students, lecturers, employees, and the community at the STIPAS Campus of the Archdiocese of Kupang. The research aims to serve as a reflection for promoting positive changes in students' development in the future. The study adopted a qualitative and descriptive quantitative approach and was carried out from September to December 2023. The application of Christian morality was assessed based on the fruits of the spirit outlined in Galatians 5:22-23, including love for others, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, loyalty, trustworthiness, honesty, reliability, and gentleness. The research showed that the overall score for the application of Christian morality was 3.8 out of 5. To enhance the application of Christian morals, STIPAS has implemented various measures such as socializing academic and student guidelines, changing teaching methods, involving more students in activities, providing routine assistance from student affairs, and enforcing sanctions. These findings stress the importance of STIPAS students, particularly those aiming to become Catholic Religion teachers, adopting Christian morals in their lives.

On LIBERATING EDUCATION AND THE CREATION OF GOLDEN INDONESIA BY 2045

editor ajes; Felix Tans — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This article focusses on education. Here, the writers argue that liberating education, widely known as “Program Merdeka Belajar” in Indonesia, be used consistently as a means to successfully create golden Indonesia by 2045. To make its implementation more effective, however, the following ideas be seriously taken into account. First, it is necessary to implement an educational system, from primary to tertiary institutions, based on each single student’s talents, interests, and learning needs. Second, in relation to the first, it is urgent that Indonesian Government stops creating a national curriculum to be nationally applied throughout Indonesia; the Government instead allows each educational institute in this country to have its own “Merdeka Belajar Curriculum,” that is, a school curriculum based on each single student’s talents/potentials, interests, and learning needs. It is, therefore, suggested that a curriculum for each educational institution may no longer be created by Jakarta/Nusantara. Third, to implement “Program Merdeka Belajar” successfully, having great teachers who teach based on their students’ talents, interests, and learning needs is necessary. To achieve this, we suggest, among other things, that the teachers be freely allowed to have further education and/or proper training and that their salary be increased significantly. This, in turn, will lead to the successful creation of Golden Indonesia in 2045 and beyond.

AN ANALYSIS OF A TEACHER’S STRATEGIES IN TEACHING ENGLISH READING TO GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS OF SMPN 10 KUPANG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Paulina Yuliati Roberta Meja; Tans Feliks — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

ABSTRACT: The title of this research is An Analysis of a Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching English Reading to Grade Eight Students of SMPN 10 Kupang in the Academic Year 2022/2023. The problems of this study are: (1) What are a teacher’s strategies in teaching English reading to the grade 8 students of SMPN 10 Kupang? (2) What are the problems faced by the teacher in teaching English reading to the grade 8 students of SMPN 10 Kupang? (3) How is the English reading ability of the students when they are taught using those strategies?. This study aims are: (1) to describe a teacher’s strategies in teaching English reading to the grade 8 students of SMPN 10 Kupang; (2) to describe the problems faced by the teacher in teaching English reading to the grade 8 students of SMPN 10 Kupang; and (3) to describe the English reading ability of the students when they are taught using those strategies. The method used in this research was the qualitative method, this research was carried out at grade eight students’ of SMPN 10 Kupang from 24^th October until 4^th November 2024 and the data were taken through interviews and observation. The findings of this study show that there are four strategies in teaching English reading: memorizing strategy, question-and-answer relationship strategy, game strategy, and discussion strategy. The problems faced in teaching English reading were; limited learning time, students’ various competencies, and students poor vocabulary. The English reading ability of the students when they are taught using those strategies is generally good based on post test score and pre test score.