scholarly journals Knowledge of Physics Subject Teachers Toward Pedagogical Aspects in Public High Schools in Lhokseumawe City

Author(s):  
Syarifah Rita Zahara ◽  
Muliani Muliani ◽  
Wilda Rahmina ◽  
Siska Mauritha

In the education quality survey issued by the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment), Indonesia is ranked 72nd out of 77 countries. The Teacher Competency Test (UKG) results in Indonesia are still low and still far from being targeted by the government, especially in Aceh province Aceh at the national level is still heartbreaking by being the second lowest in Indonesia. Seeing the problems faced by education in Indonesia, to improve the quality of education, the quality of teachers must be improved first, one of which is by increasing the pedagogical competence of teachers. This study aims to know the pedagogical knowledge of physics teachers in SMA Negeri Lhokseumawe which includes aspects of learning planning, aspects of learning methods and aspects of learning evaluation. The research was conducted in the form of a survey with the population of this study was to take the entire physics subject teachers at SMA Negeri Lhokseumawe, totaling 7 (seven) schools with 28 physics teachers. The samples in this study were 3 schools that were taken by simple random sampling, namely 8 physics teachers at SMA Negeri 2 Lhokseumawe, 3 physics teachers at SMA Negeri 5 Lhokseumawe, and SMA Negeri 7 Lhokseumawe with 2 physics teachers. The results showed that the physics teacher's knowledge on the learning planning aspect was in the category of having good knowledge, meanwhile the physics teacher's knowledge on the learning method aspect already had a fairly good knowledge, while the physics teacher's knowledge on the learning evaluation aspect also had fairly good knowledge. So it can be concluded that physics teachers in the pedagogical aspect are in a fairly good category, meaning that most physics teachers already have a pretty good knowledge of pedagogical aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Felipe Furlan Soriano ◽  
Alexandre Pereira Salgado Junior ◽  
Juliana Chiaretti Novi ◽  
Diogo Furlan Soriano ◽  
Perla Calil Pongeluppe Wadhy Rebehy

In Brazil, there is a concern with the quality of education, especially when analyzing the results of large-scale evaluations both at the national level, by the Basic Education Development Index (Ideb), and at the international level, by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Thus, as a way of contributing to this issue, this study aimed to identify the best practices that can help improve the performance of Brazilian municipal elementary schools, considered of low socioeconomic level (NSE) in Ideb. The method used was quali-quantitative, where mathematical models were used, such as Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Quintile Analysis, Logistic Regression and case studies. As a result, 14 best practices were identified that may have contributed to the performance of schools considered efficient. It is hoped that the study can contribute to the enrichment of research in the area, in addition to the financial investment decision process, allocation of public resources and educational policies, through an efficient school management that aims to improve the quality of education in Brazil. 


Author(s):  
Ahmad Isnaini

Minimum Competency Assessment (AKM) is one of the improvements on the learning evaluation provided by the government so far. The AKM is implemented to measure the literacy and numeracy abilities of Indonesia students, due to the low achievement of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This article is a literature study discussing AKM from the Educational Philosophy point of view, concerning the Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology of the AKM. The study concludes that AKM is feasible to implement for improving the literacy and numeracy of students in Indonesia.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Made Ngurah Suragangga

<p class="rtejustify"><em>Culturally Indonesian society does not have a high literacy culture. The results of the research <em>program for International Student Assessment </em>PISA) mentions, cultural literacy rate of Indonesian society the second worst from 65 countries that are examined in the world. Indonesia occupies the sequence to 64 from 65 countries. While Vietnam thus occupy the century . On the same research, PISA also put the position of the read the students of Indonesia in order to 57 from 65 countries  that are examined. Indonesia has experienced an emergency literacy rate. The culture of literacy must be forced and accustomed to become the culture. This literacy culture will affect the quality of education and human resources that are produced. The problem of the low literacy rate, especially in the education line, not only the responsibility of the government. Needed a serious and sustainable synergy, both in the family, schools, universities, even the community to realize that literacy become main culture. </em></p>


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuljeta Cinga

Up to the present the efforts to raise the quality of the Albanian educational system have been focused mostly in the direction of the content of the school curriculum, delivery of knowledge through the standards, as well as in the direction of instructional plans and programs. These achievements have been insufficient for raising the quality of the contemporary education, a fact that was also noticed by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). 60% of students in Albania did not complete the second level of PISA. The curriculum compilers 2014 using the best international research and practice data in educational field raised the problem of the preceding curriculum, which they characterized as a curriculum traditional in essence. The aim of this work is to argue the proposals of the curriculum compilers for “a curriculum which creates conditions and supports the competence development” through competence mastering, focusing on the students,  needs and demands for education, learning in situations and knowledge building from the students, against a curriculum centered in instructional objectives and focused on the subject content acquirement.Considering the fast rhythm of knowledge explosion in the society of technology and knowledge, the new developments in the work market, changes in conceptions in the learning process, the necessity of reformation of a curriculum “after the competence-based approach” will be argued.


Author(s):  
Jason Loh ◽  
Guangwei Hu

Since the turn of this century, and especially in the past decade, Singapore has consistently done well in international benchmark studies, be it the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), or the International Baccalaureate diploma assessment. Singapore’s sterling performance in these different benchmark assessments has been widely attributed to the quality of its teaching force, which is, in turn, ascribed to the teacher education programs provided by its sole teacher education institution – the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Teacher education began during the country’s colonial past, but there was no designated provider of comprehensive training until teacher training was institutionalized in 1950, when the Teacher Training College was established. After Singapore gained independence in 1965, the institution’s capacity expanded rapidly as a teacher training department and later as a statutory board within the Ministry of Education. In 1991, to raise the stature of teacher education, the Teacher Training College was incorporated as an autonomous institute within the newly formed NTU. Due to the need to ensure the survival of a tiny island nation over the years, it has been imperative to educate the population for industry and development. In the process, tensions have arisen from: (a) the recruitment of huge numbers of teachers and the concomitant quality of their training, (b) collaboration with the Ministry of Education, and (c) the influence of educational research on theory and practice. In the third decade of the 21st century, with the stranglehold that neoliberalism has on many educational systems around the world, including Singapore, will NIE be able to prepare its future teachers to navigate and survive in such a climate, while continuing to strengthen its theory-practice nexus? With the dwindling of student numbers across all sectors and the accompanying reduced need for new teachers in the country, will NIE look beyond the shores of Singapore, internationalize its programs, and take on a leadership role in the region?


2020 ◽  
pp. 147821032097153
Author(s):  
Teresa Teixeira Lopo

In this article we carry out a preliminary reconstitution of the genealogy of the political decision to integrate Portugal in PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), promoted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, made in 1999 and implemented in 2000. For this we used a comprehensive analysis of newspaper articles, legal texts and documents on education policy as well as of interviews with relevant political actors. The first results of this analysis suggest that the decision, which was not unanimous among the government members with responsibilities in the education field, was taken by normative emulation, and aimed to consolidate a particular direction of the national education policy.


Significance Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Education Minister Niki Kerameus announced the reform on June 28. It includes hiring 11,700 elementary and high-school teachers on tenured job contracts. Since the performance of Greece’s school system ranks among the lowest on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) indicators, a major reform has been long overdue. Impacts Given the high number of teachers to be hired, the government may have underestimated the financial cost of school reform. The state budget will simultaneously require funds for the management of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The reform may open a new battle front for the government this autumn, uniting anti-government unions and opposition parties. A general election is not in sight, but a political crisis could upset the stability being sought to attract much-needed private investment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-268
Author(s):  
Julien Danhier ◽  
Nathanaël Friant

Assuming that free school choice is one of the parameters contributing to segregation in the Belgian educational system, the government implemented decrees to alter school enrolment policies in order to regulate school choice. In this study, two statistical approaches (a ‘Lorenz’ index and a multilevel one) have been used to measure the evolution of segregation from 2006 to 2015 exploiting two databases (administrative student count and the Programme for International Student Assessment). The results do not provide any support to the claim that there has been a reduction in school segregation, and they stress that the decrees are inefficient concerning this objective.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 80-90
Author(s):  
Chandra Mani Paudel ◽  
Ram Chandra Panday

This paper tries to present results from a systematic review of literature that reviewed the large-scale assessments finding in the South Asian context especially focusing Nepal. The main objective of the LEAP programme is to reform the quality of learning in the Asia-Pacific region by developing capacity of the Member States to collect, analyze and utilize international and national assessment data identifying learning enablers. The review has identified the high order skills overshadowed by rote learning. It has also employed Item Response Theory (IRT) making assessments comparable and connected with the previous levels. International Assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) collected vast amounts of data on schools, students and households. The use of education-related “big data” for evidence-based policy making is limited, partly due to insufficient institutional capacity of countries to analyze such data and link results with policies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. A. Abulela ◽  
Michael Harwell

Data analysis is a significant methodological component when conducting quantitative education studies. Guidelines for conducting data analyses in quantitative education studies are common but often underemphasize four important methodological components impacting the validity of inferences: quality of constructed measures, proper handling of missing data, proper level of measurement of a dependent variable, and model checking. This paper highlights these components for novice researchers to help ensure statistical inferences are valid. We used empirical examples involving contingency tables, group comparisons, regression analysis, and multilevel modelling to illustrate these components using the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. For every example, we stated a research question and provided evidence related to the quality of constructed measures since measures with weak reliability and validity evidence can bias estimates and distort inferences. The adequate strategies for handling missing data were also illustrated. The level of measurement for the dependent variable was assessed and the proper statistical technique was utilized accordingly. Model residuals were checked for normality and homogeneity of variance. Recommendations for obtaining stronger inferences and reporting related evidence were also illustrated. This work provides an important methodological resource for novice researchers conducting data analyses by promoting improved practice and stronger inferences.


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