Teaching science to 8th graders by engaging them in a design and technology activity: a case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai M. Sidawi
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Riski Munandar Hutapea ◽  
M Husnaini ◽  
Tahraoui Ramdane Murad

This study aimed to highlight the challenge that Secondary School teachers face in integrating the Islamic concept of tawhid in teaching science and history subjects. The research employed a qualitative design using a case study and collect data. A purposive sample consisting of 5 teachers from Al-Amin Islamic Secondary School was selected based on teaching experience. The teachers were interviewed according to a theme-based strategy, and collected data was transcribed and analyzed accordingly. Findings have shown that integrating tawhid in the subjects of Science and History is an aim that teachers in Islamic schools in Malaysia hope to achieve. However, obstacles and challenges continue to hinder their efforts. Theoretical and practical propositions and recommendations to make this aim achievable, such as revisiting the concept of tawhid integration, enhancing teachers' creativity skills in the classroom, and providing relevant training programs by school authorities, would undoubtedly help attain their ultimate objective.


ORBIS SCHOLAE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Kathrin Schindler ◽  
Alexander Gröschner ◽  
Tina Seidel

Author(s):  
Aaron Wiatt Powell

This chapter examines the support of social interaction in a cooperative, situated online learning environment, and the cultural barriers that hinder such intention and interactivity. The findings of a literature review suggest that the greatest challenge to intentional Community of Practice (CoP) is a sense of interdependence among CoP members, the authenticity of the practice or purpose, and a trajectory for the CoP’s future. This case study attends to these issues with a cohort of practicing teachers. It explores an initiative to nurture CoP with cooperative projects and with the support of an online community portal. The case challenges CoP theory from an intentional or instructional standpoint, and informs design and technology in support of CoP.


2014 ◽  
Vol 575 ◽  
pp. 900-904
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hayajneh ◽  
Mohammad D. AL-Tahat ◽  
Salman Alshobaki ◽  
Walid Khraisat

This paper aims to examine the opportunities for possible improvement of the systems of pattern design and manufacturing, as well as the processes of casting design and technology in steel foundries. Solving these problems will improve the casting quality, and it will also standardize the work in one of the major bottlenecks in the production of steel casting. One big Jordanian foundry is selected as a case study. The foundry is referred to as GAZAL throughout this paper. A detailed flow process chart for the pattern making process with standardized times is developed, then possible improvements to the process are proposed. Several important milestones were developed and documented, among that; the development of a complexity classification and coding scheme of 6 levels to classify the products that GAZAL produced based on several criteria’s; the development of a mathematical model that relate the production time of the pattern with the complexity level. Finally conclusions are presented at the end of the paper.


2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily H. van Zee ◽  
David Hammer ◽  
Mary Bell ◽  
Patricia Roy ◽  
Jennifer Peter

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Riski Munandar Hutapea ◽  
M Husnaini ◽  
Irnie Victorynie ◽  
Ahmad Syauqi Fuady

This study examines the teachers’ strategies to integrated Tawheed in teaching at Al-Amin Islamic Secondary School, Selangor. The purpose of this study is to explore the teachers’ perception of integrating Tawheed in teaching and to examine the strategies that have been practiced by teachers to integrated Tawheed in teaching. The teachers were purposively selected based on their experiences in teaching. This research employed a qualitative design by using the case study. The methodological triangulation was used for collecting the data, and the data was collected from oral interviews and classroom observations. A total of 5 teachers from Al-Amin Islamic Secondary School were selected to be interviewed and observed in the classroom. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The data from the interviews and observations were transcribed and the keywords were identified. Then, to start analysing the data, the researchers identified the theme and generated the sub-themes for further exploration. The findings showed that teachers’ perceptions in integrating tawheed in teaching were important to increase faith in Allah. Also, the researchers foundtwo strategies which were implemented by the teachers to integratetawheed in teaching namely teaching approaches and teaching methods. In teaching approaches, the teachers used both deductive and inductive approach. Besides, in teaching methods, the teachers applied story-telling, demonstrations and group discussion forintegrating tawheedto the students.


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