Exploring Collaborative Support Strategies for Youth on Probation in a Project Based Learning School

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Renee Speech

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mukembo ◽  
Craig Edwards

The increasing number of unemployed and underemployed youth across the globe, especially in developing countries, has reached alarming levels. In Africa, for example, this phenomenon has led to some youth making treacherous journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe and other parts of the world in search of better livelihoods. Such an influx of immigrants, primarily to Europe and North America, has caused resentment and outcries by many citizens of the affected nations. Some of these challenges, however, could be allayed by engaging youth in income-generating projects, including agricultural entrepreneurship, i.e., agripreneurship, to create jobs and improve livelihoods. This may be achieved through Youth-Adult Partnerships (YAPs) by which youth and adults work together on agricultural projects of mutual interest. This study explored the experiences of adult partners in Uganda who collaborated with youth on their school-based, agripreneurial projects (SAPs) involving the raising of broiler chickens. Because of their partnership working on SAPs, both the youths’ and adults’ knowledge and understanding of concepts related to agripreneurship and raising of broilers chickens improved. The need exists to provide an enabling environment to promote an agripreneurial culture among youth through Y-APs if we seek to inspire them to pursue agripreneurship and related opportunities for job creation while also enabling the food security of communities and improved livelihoods for their citizens. Keywords: agripreneurship; improving livelihoods; project-based learning; school-based agripreneurial projects; youth unemployment; youth-adult partnerships



2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Mohd Aderi Che Noh ◽  
Normurni Mohamad ◽  
Adibah Hasanah Abd Halim ◽  
Absha Atiah Abu Bakar

This study aims to see the implementation of project based learning methods (PBL) implemented by lecturers in the Science, Technology and Engineering P&P processes in Islam as an effort to enhance students' understanding in the Fiqh Method. Respondents in this study were students of second semester, Diploma of Mechanical Engineering program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Banting. Observation and interview methods are used for data collection purposes. The data were analyzed descriptively and presented in narrative form. The findings show that PBL activity is a fun and enjoyable P&P activity for students. Abstrak Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  melihat  perlaksanaan  kaedah  pembelajaran  berasaskan  projek  (PBL)  yang dilaksanakan  oleh  pensyarah  dalam  proses  P&P Sains,  Teknologi  dan  kejuruteraan  dalam  Islam  sebagai usaha  meningkatkan  kefahaman  pelajar  pelajar  dalam  tajuk  Kaedah Fiqh.  Responden  dalam  kajian  ini adalah   terdiri   daripada   pelajar   semester   dua   progran   Diploma   Kejuruteraan   Mekanikal,   Jabatan Kejuruteraan  Mekanikal,  Politeknik  Banting.  Kaedah  pemerhatian  dan  temu  bual  digunakan  bagi  tujuan pengutipan data. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif dan dipersembahkan dalam bentuk naratif. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan aktiviti PBL merupakan aktiviti P&P yang disukai dan menyeronokkan bagi para pelajar.





2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laely Farokhah ◽  
Tatang Herman ◽  
Al Jupri

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh hasil studi pendahuluan yang menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan komunikasi matematis siswa Sekolah Dasar masih rendah. Siswa masih mengalami kesulitan dalam mengkomunikasikan ide matematis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan apakah terdapat perbedaan perolehan kemampuan komunikasi matematis siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model project based learning dengan siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model project based learning dengan teknik mind map. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuasi eksperimen dengan desain non-equivalent group design. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari 63 siswa kelas IV (Empat) salah satu Sekolah Dasar di Kota Bandung. Pengumpulan data dilakukan menggunakan instrumen tes kemampuan komunikasi matematis. Adapun analisis data menggunakan statistik non parametrik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan perolehan kemampuan komunikasi matematis siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model project based learning dengan siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran model project based learning dengan teknik mind map.



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