scholarly journals Effectiveness of In-Service Training Programme in Classroom Practices: A Case Study of an Elementary School

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankar Prasad Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Teacher Interaction ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Interaction Interaction ◽  
Service Training

This paper is based on the findings out of a case study conducted to make in-depth study to determine the impact of training programme in terms of changes in the classroom practices of teachers and to study the perception of elementary school teachers about usefulness of in-service training programme in terms of teaching skills, methods of transaction, use of TLM, pupil teacher interaction, interaction among peers and students evaluation. The study was a case study and delimited to one elementary school situated in Puri district. The key informants were the teachers and students of the school. The dimensions of the study covered as teaching skills, methods of transaction, use of TLM, pupil teacher interaction, interaction among peers and students evaluation. The school was selected through purposive sampling technique. All the entire teachers of that school were the informants of the study. Students of Class VI and VII in groups of 8 to 10 were selected as the student participants in FGD. Incidental sampling technique was followed in selection of these key informants. Tools such as: interview schedule for the teachers, classroom observation schedule and guidelines for focus group discussion were used for data collection. The results revealed a significant positive effect of in-service training on the teacher and in students’ participation, conduct group work in the classroom during lesson. Teachers follow continuous and comprehensive evaluation practices such as unit test, monthly test, half yearly test and annual test. As per the pupils the teachers do not administer the weekly and surprise test in the class. The teachers ask questions only after the completion of the lesson.

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Keuangan Pemerintah di Masa Pandemi Covid 19 (Kasus Pada Pemerintah Provinsi Riau)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Yesi Mutia Basri ◽  
Gusnardi Gusnardi
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to observe how local government financial management is in the face of the Covid-19 Pandemic—in particular, observing how budgeting, administration, and accountability of the Riau Provincial Government regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic. The research method used is a qualitative method with a type of case study. The data collection techniques used in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. To ensure the validity of the data, triangulation was carried out by carrying out source triangulation and technical triangulation. The informants in this study consisted of key informants, primary informants, and supporting informants. Key informants are the head of the budget, the head of the treasury, and the head of the accounting and reporting sub-section. While the primary informants and supporting informants were selected using the snowball sampling technique. Data analysis was carried out by collecting data, reducing data display data, and making conclusions. The results of the analysis show that the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic caused the Riau Provincial Government to refocus and reallocate the budget four times. At the administrative and accountability stages, there are problems with recording Unexpected Expenditures, namely the absence of technical guidelines regarding the administration of Unexpected Expenditures, determining spending limits for emergencies and urgency. Another problem is the absence of valid data for the distribution of aid funds for MSMEs affected by Covid-19 as well as valid documents in the recording of grant assistance from third parties. This research contributes to the government in making policies in financial management in a disaster emergency.Keyword: The Covid-19 Pandemic, Financial Management, Refocusing, Reallocation, Administration, Accountability AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengobservasi bagaimana pengelolaan keuangan Pemerintah Daerah dalam menghadapi Pandemi Covid-19 ini. Secara khusus mengobservasi bagaimana penganggaran, penatausahaan dan pertanggungjawan Pemerintah Provinsi Riau terkait Pandemi Covid-19. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan jenis studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik wawancara medalam, observasi dan dokumentasi. Untuk meyakinkan keabsahan data, triangilasi dilakukan dengan melaksanakan triangulasi sumber dan triangulasi teknik. Informan dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari informan kunci, informan utama dan informan pendukung. Informan kunci adalah Kabid anggaran, kabid perbendaharaan dan kasubid akuntansi dan pelaporan. Sedangkan informan utama dan informan pendukung dipilih dengan teknik snowball sampling. Analisis data dilakukan  dengan tahap pengumpulan data, reduksi data display data dan melakukan membuat kesimpulan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa Dampak Pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan Pemerintah Provinsi Riau melakukan refocusing dan realokasi anggaran sebanyak empat kali pergeseran anggaran. Pada tahap penatausahaan dan pertanggungjawaban terdapat permasalahan pencatatan pada Belanja Tidak Terduga yaitu tidak adanya juknis tentang penatausahaan Belanja Tidak Terduga, penentuan batasan belanja untuk keadaan darurat dan mendesak.  Permasalahan lainnya yaitu tidak  adanya data yang valid untuk penyaluran dana  bantuan bagi UMKM yang terdampak Covid-19 serta dokumen yang valid dalam pencatatan bantuan hibah dari pihak ke tiga. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi kepada pemerintah dalam membuat kebijakan dalam pengelolaan keuangan pada keadaan darurat bencana. Kata Kunci :  Pandemi Covid-19, Pengelolaan Keungan, Refocusing, Realokasi, Penatausahaan, Pertanggungjawaban

scholarly journals Employee Performance of Taufiqurrahman Foundation. Case Study the Effect of Compensation, Achievement Motivation, and Working Ethic on Employee Performance of Islamic Integrated Elementary School and Islamic Integrated Junior High School of Taufiqurrahman in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Sukemi Kadiman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique

The objective of this research is to examine the effect of compensation, achievement motivation, and working ethic towards employee performance of Taufiqurrahman Foundation in Bekasi. The research was conducted using quantitative approach and method of survey. The size of population in this research is 100 employees at Taufiqurrahman Foundation. Reseach sample were selected as 66 employees using sample random sampling technique. The data obtained with questionaires and tests. The analiytical method used in data analyzing is path analysis technique.The result shows that compensation, achievement motivation, and working ethos have positif direct effect toward the employees performance of Taufiqurrahman Foundation in Bekasi. The findings lead to recommendation that in order to build compensation, achievement motivation and working ethic should be considered seriously.

scholarly journals Bullying di Sekolah : Kurangnya Empati Pelaku Bullying dan Pencegahan

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Bety Agustina Rahayu ◽  
Iman Permana
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Elementary School Age ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Verbal Bullying ◽  
Bullying Behavior ◽  
Physical Bullying

Penelitian terkait kasus bullying pada anak usia sekolah dasar masih terbatas. Tujuan dilakukan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor perilaku bullying di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Pungkuran Pleret Bantul. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain studi kasus. Teknik total sampling dipilih dalam penelitian ini. Responden adalah 102 siswa dan seorang kepala sekolah.Wawancara penelitian dilakukan pada 10 partisipan siswa yang diambil dengan purposive sampling.Instrument yang digunakan termasuk kuesioner kebiasaan siswa di sekolah, pedoman wawancara, telepon dan lembar observasi. Tingkat perilaku bullying mayoritas dalam kategori bullying sedang dilakukan 62,31% siswa laki-laki . Jenis bullying verbal kategori sedang banyak ditemukan pada 42,16% siswa laki-laki. Sebanyak 39,22% siswa laki-laki cenderung melakukan bullying  fisik tingkat rendah. Bullying relasional kategori sedang dilakukan oleh 48,04 % siswa laki-laki. Bullying yang terjadi disekolah terjadi karena kurangnya empati pelaku bullying dan pencegahan yang dilakukan oleh sekolah. Pemicu bullying dikalangan siswa adalah ketidakpedulian. Ketidaktersediaan standar operasional prosedur dan guru konseling menjadi faktor rantai bullying yang berkelanjutan. Kata kunci: perilaku, bullying; sekolah dasar LACK OF BULLIES EMPATHY AND PREVENTIONAT SCHOOL ABSTRACTResearch related cases of bullying in elementary school-age children has limited. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors of bullying behavior at Pungkuran Pleret Public Elementary School in Bantul. This study uses a case study design. We applied a total sampling technique. All respondents were 102 students and a principal. We also conducted interviews with ten students obtained by purposive sampling. The instruments used included questionnaires for student habits at school, interview guidelines, telephones and observation sheets. The level of bullying behaviour in the majority in the category of bullying is being done by 62.31% male students. The type of verbal bullying category is mostly found in 42.16% male students. Almost 39.22% of male students are likely to conduct low physical bullying, and most relational bullying found are done by 48,04 % these male students. Bullying that occurs in schools occurs because of a lack of empathy perpetrators of bullying and prevention carried out by the school. The trigger for bullying among students is indifference. Moreover, the unavailability of standard operational procedures and counselling teachers are found becoming the factors in the continued chain of bullying.  Keywords: behavior, bullying, elementary school

scholarly journals How do Teachers Apply Computational Thinking Activities in Elementary School? From Continuing Education to the classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Suéllen Rodolfo Martinelli ◽  
Luciana Martinez Zaina ◽  
Tiemi Christine Sakata
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
School Children ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Common Base

INTRODUCTION: There is no consensus of what skills can be developed from the learning of Computation Thinking (CT). However, teachers and researchers agreed that by the learning of CT individuals can acquire and expand many abilities. Courses have been carried out in Brazil and in other countries with the aim of motivating teachers on adding CT to classroom practices. OBJECTIVE: This article to present a case study that investigated the feasibility of introducing activities of CT for primary school children. Such activities were created and mediated by the teachers of Primary School. METHOD: First, a continuing education course about Computational Thinking was conducted with the participation of 14 teachers. The participants could understand the fundamentals of CT, and consequently, became able to planning and conducting CT activities by themselves in their classrooms. After, we analyzed the data gathered during the course under the quantitative and qualitative lenses. RESULTS: The results showed that the participants had a degree of agreement between 56% and 71% regarding the understanding and applicability of CT to developing skills in Primary School. The qualitative findings revealed that the participants could prepare activities that linked CT to topics presented in the subjects of Primary School. Besides, we could identify three patterns of shaping the activities in which this "computational think" were incorporated. CONCLUSION: Practices to stimulate the CT in students are mediated by using different teaching strategies as such Gamification and Culture Maker. These activities also enable the development of skills related to the National Curricular Common Base

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENT ON CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS OF PUNJAB: A MULTI CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Umer Ameem , Zahida Mansoor, Ali Raza
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Considerable Effect ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact

The study explores the effect of Universal Primary Enrollment (UPE) initiative on the classroom practices in the public sector schools in Punjab. Access to primary education is an identified goal for a number of developing countries where determined efforts for achieving the targets for school going children are nearing fruition. Although the UPE drive in the public sector schools shows a positive trend towards the achievement of enrollment targets, however the increased enrollment has also affected the standard of education in public sector schools. The study used a multi case study approach by means of a quantitative research design. Three different schools from three different districts were selected as sample using purposive sampling technique purposively from the public sector schools of Punjab. Classroom observations were conducted for the understanding of increased enrollment impact on teachers’ practices in class. Each case was observed for a week; each observation checklist category was observed on separate week days. The finding of the study reveal that the increase in student enrollments had a considerable effect on teachers’ performance as the bigger class sizes, created problems in managing the class; score student work, and provide responses on student performance. The substantial increase in the workload puts teachers under pressure and makes it challenging to efficiently manage a positive learning environment.  

scholarly journals Penggunaan Umpatan pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar di Kudus

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-83
Author(s):  
Sabbihisma Debby Satiti ◽  
Nadia Khumairo Ma’shumah
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
School Students ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative

Swearing is not only uttered by adults, but also by children. This study seeks to examine the swear words uttered by elementary school students. This study aims to describe the forms and references of swear word uttered by elementary school students. This study used a qualitative and quantitative approach with a case study model because it only used 10 elementary school students as data sources who were selected using purposive sampling technique. The data of this research are respondents' utterances that contain swear words. Data obtained by the method of observation, interviews and note taking techniques. Data analysis used analytical descriptive techniques. The results showed that the swear words produced by elementary school students in Kudus consisted of words and phrases. The type of swear word that is produced is original  form and swear words that are smoothed. The swear words derive from: 1) the name of the animal; 2) body parts; 3) circumstances; 4) inanimate objects; and 5) activities. In addition, there are differences in swearing preferences in terms of gender. Female students tended to use swear words that are smoothed out, while male students tended to use swear words in their original form. Keywords: reference, elementary school, students, swear words

Constrained Professionalism: Dilemmas of Teaching in the Face of Test-Based Accountability

2009 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Wills ◽  
Judith Haymore Sandholtz
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
State Testing

Background/Context In response to state-level test-based accountability and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school administrators increasingly view centralized curriculum and prescribed instructional strategies as the most direct means of increasing student performance. This movement toward standardization reduces teachers’ autonomy and control over their classroom practices. The consequences of test-based accountability on teacher practice are often conceptualized as a tension between teacher professionalism and standardization. Focus of Study This case study investigates the classroom instruction of an experienced teacher in an elementary school where the principal supported teachers’ autonomy and authority over curriculum and instruction. Examining her instructional practice in social studies, a subject not included in state testing, we demonstrate how specific teaching dilemmas that arose in response to state testing led to a new type of professionalism that we call constrained professionalism. Setting This qualitative case study focuses on social studies instruction in a fifth-grade classroom at a rural elementary school in southern California serving a low-income, diverse student population with a large percentage of English language learners. The school was selected for two reasons: (1) as a low-performing but improving elementary school as measured by state testing, the school was under pressure to continue to raise student test scores, and (2) social studies continued to be part of the elementary curriculum. Data Collection/Analysis Data collection extended over a 10-month period and included observation and videotaping of social studies lessons, interviews with the teacher and principal, and document collection. Observation and videotaping covered virtually all the social lessons during the school year in the teacher's classroom, a total of 66 lessons. Findings/Results As state-mandated testing was instituted, administrative support of teacher autonomy continued, but constraints on this teacher's decisions emerged as instructional time and resources shifted to language arts and mathematics. Although able to make independent decisions, this qualified teacher did not teach social studies in the way she believed would best serve her students’ needs and interests. Conclusions This case study demonstrates how teachers’ professional discretion is being minimized in subtle yet consequential ways amid high-stakes testing, even in subject areas not tested by the state. Constrained professionalism represents a new situation in which teachers retain autonomy in classroom practices, but their decisions are significantly circumscribed by contextual pressures and time demands that devalue their professional experience, judgment, and expertise.

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