scholarly journals Inquiry-based Learning in English Teaching at a Candidate School of IB PYP: Implementation and Benefits

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Heppy Mutammimah ◽  
Dewi Rochsantiningsih ◽  
Abdul Asib
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Primary Years Programme

This paper aimed to investigate the implementation of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in English teaching at candidate school of International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) in Surakarta and explore the benefits of its implementation in English teaching. Three English teachers at a candidate school of IB PYP in Surakarta participated in this study and they were chosen purposively. This research employed a qualitative approach and emphasized on a case study. The techniques for collecting data comprised in-depth interview and observation. The collected data were analyzed by the researchers through Constant Comparative Method (CCM). The results revealed that the implementation of inquiry-based learning in English teaching in this school used Bruce and Davidson's view and some features of IBL. That cycles involved asking, investigating, creating, discussing and reflecting. And the benefits of this method in English teaching based on IB PYP were 1) the teachers can create meaningful activities for the students, 2) teaching and learning were student-centered, 3) the students learn through language and get endurable understanding, and 4) it promotes students ’skills and attitude at teamwork.

scholarly journals Faktor Individual dan Struktural pada Kepuasan Kerja Bidan Era Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-530
Author(s):  
Amalia Raafiah
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Interview Guide

Abstrak Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional telah berjalan kurang lebih empat tahun, namun Praktik Mandiri Bidan yang bekerjasama dengan BPJS Kesehatan di Kota Semarang mengalami penurunan, pada tahun 2017 sebanyak 95 PMB dan menurun menjadi 85 PMB di tahun 2018. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui faktor individual dan struktural pada kepuasan kerja bidan era Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Mei s.d. Juli tahun 2018 di Kecamatan Ngaliyan, Kota Semarang, jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus dan teknik pengambilan data menggunakan teknik wawancara mendalam. Informan dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 7 orang dengan 4 orang informan utama dan 3 orang informan triangulasi. Instrumen yang digunakan diantaranya panduan wawancara mendalam, alat perekam dan buku catatan. Data dianalisis menggunakan metode perbandingan tetap. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa faktor individual pada kepuasan kerja bidan adalah nature of work, pencapaian nilai dan motivasi, sedangkan faktor struktural pada kepuasan kerja bidan adalah supervisi, rekan kerja, komunikasi dan keadilan. Simpulan penelitian ini adalah tingkat kepuasan kerja bidan cukup puas pada era JKN.   Abstract Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional has been running for at least four years, but Independent Practices Midwife who collaboration with BPJS Kesehatan in Semarang City has declined, from 95 IPM in 2017 to 85 IPM in 2018. The objective of this research was to figure out individual and structural factors of Midwife’s job satisfaction in Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional era. This research was occurred on May until July 2018 in Ngaliyan Sub-district, Semarang City, this research was a case study with descriptive qualitative research using in-depth interview technique. Informants in this study amounted to 7 people with 4 main informants and 3 triangulation informants. The instrument used was an in-depth interview guide, a tape recorder and a notebook. Data were analyzed with constant comparative method. Result showed that individual factors of midwife’s job satisfaction were nature of work, value attainment and motivation, and structural factors of midwife’s job satisfaction were supervision, co-worker, communication and equity. Conclusion of this research was a phase of midwifes’s job satisfaction were enough in JKN era.  

scholarly journals Strategic Management in the Implementation of Curriculum 2013 in Elementary School in Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Bettin Juniaria ◽  
Ahmad Sonhadji K.H. ◽  
Imron Arifin ◽  
M. Huda A.Y
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Curriculum Implementation ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Problems And Solutions

This study attempts at describing and explaining: (1) the strategic plan designing activity in  the implementation of the 2013 curriculum; (2) the implementation of the strategic plans in the implementation of the 2013 curriculum; and (3) the evaluation on the implementation of the 2013 curriculum. This study employed a qualitative approach using the multi-case study design and the constant comparative method. The results of this study show that: (1) the strategic plans of the curriculum 2013 implementation was designed through these following steps; planning, the first step of the designing activity. (2) the implementation of the strategic plans which included 5 activities which were designing the curriculum documents, enhancement of teachers and employees’ competences, the fulfillment of facilities, funding, and the improvement of school culture. (3) the evaluation on the curriculum implementation was done to measure the degree of success, problems, and solutions for the problems. By finding the solutions, problems faced by the schools can be regularly solved to prevent them from affecting the teaching and learning activities.

scholarly journals The Students’ Perceptions of The Implementation of ICT-Supported Project Based Learning in English Teaching

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-183
Author(s):  
Tri Akhmad Efendi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Self Development

The present study was aimed at investigating the students’ perceptions of the implementation of ICT-supported PBL (Project Based Learning) in English teaching at the school under the study. There were three issues covered in this study: (i) the students’ perceptions of the benefits of the implementation of ICT-supported PBL to their language skills and components, and (ii) the students’ perceptions of the benefits of the implementation of ICT- supported PBL to self-development. This study was a worth-conducting study since it was expected to help teachers see what the students’ perceptions of the implementation of ICT-supported PBL. This study was conducted on an intrinsic case study to attempt or emphasis on gaining a deep understanding of the students’ perceptions of the implementation of ICT-supported PBL at the school under the study. There were 44 students who were involved in this study. The data collected through the questionnaire and students’ reflective report. The findings were overall positive. They perceived self- development and language skills and components enhancement except the students’ perceptions of the grammar learning. To add, they felt the teaching and learning activities brought enjoyment in the classroom. There were three factors which led the students’ have positive perceptions of ICT-Supported PBL in English teaching; (a) authentic learning situations, (b) student-centered activities, and c) the involvement of ICT.

When Culturally Significant Songs are Decontextualised: The Initiation Song Somagwaza, A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Dowling ◽  
Somikazi Deyi ◽  
Anele Gobodwana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Popular Song ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Ritual Music ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Small Focus ◽  
Over Time

While there have been a number of studies on the decontextualisation and secularisation of traditional ritual music in America, Taiwan and other parts of the globe, very little has been written on the processes and transformations that South Africa’s indigenous ceremonial songs go through over time. This study was prompted by the authors’ interest in, and engagement with the Xhosa initiation song Somagwaza, which has been re-imagined as a popular song, but has also purportedly found its way into other religious spaces. In this article, we attempted to investigate the extent to which the song Somagwaza is still associated with the Xhosa initiation ritual and to analyse evidence of it being decontextualised and secularised in contemporary South Africa. Our methodology included an examination of the various academic treatments of the song, an analysis of the lyrics of a popular song, bearing the same name, holding small focus group discussions, and distributing questionnaires to speakers of isiXhosa on the topic of the song. The data gathered were analysed using the constant comparative method of analysing qualitative research.

scholarly journals Inquiry-Based Learning on the Cloud

2016 ◽  
pp. 291-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Mikroyannidis ◽  
Alexandra Okada ◽  
Andre Correa ◽  
Peter Scott
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Education Community

Cloud Learning Environments (CLEs) have recently emerged as a novel approach to learning, putting learners in the spotlight and providing them with the cloud-based tools for building their own learning environments according to their specific learning needs and aspirations. Although CLEs bring significant benefits to educators and learners, there is still little evidence of CLEs being actively and effectively used in the teaching and learning process. This chapter addresses this issue by introducing a European initiative called weSPOT (Working Environment with Social, Personal and Open Technologies for Inquiry-based Learning) for supporting and enhancing inquiry-based learning in STEM education via a cloud-based inquiry toolkit. The chapter presents evidence of using this toolkit within a case study that investigates how a secondary education community of students / co-learners selects information sources on the web and identifies factors associated with the reliability of information sources during their collaborative inquiry (co-inquiry) project in online environments.

scholarly journals “Book Nerds” United: The Reading Lives of Diverse Adolescents at the Public Library

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Literacy ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The Public ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Adolescent Learning ◽  
Project Data

This research asks the question: How does a public library contribute to the literate lives of a diverse community of adolescents? To explore this question, this article presents portraits of three young women, for whom a public library provided transformative opportunities. These portraits come from a larger ethnographic case study that examined a public library’s role in sparking and sustaining adolescent learning. Over 18 months, the author observed library activities involving youth, interviewed library staff and adolescent patrons, and led teen volunteers in a participatory research project. Data were analyzed in a constant comparative method within a sociocultural-historical framework. Through attention to the girls’ activities within the public library, two contributing elements— 1) a democratic space created by library practices, and 2), the diversity in discourse facilitated by the teen librarian—expanded the participants’ literacy practices and perspectives on reading. This article informs our understanding of diversity in adolescent literacy and highlights the practices that libraries and communities can use to foster the next generation of readers.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHERS’ INTEGRATING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE (ICC) INTO BUSINESS ENGLISH TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 (6B) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duyen Thi Phung Ho ◽  
Huong Nu Nhu Ton
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Intercultural Communicative Competence ◽  
Business English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
English Textbooks

<p>Globalization has triggered the need to teach ICC in Business English education for effective communication and interaction across cultural diversity.<strong> </strong>This case study was carried out at a college specializing in International Trade in Vietnam with six Business English teachers as participants. The study aims to explore factors influencing the teachers’ integrating ICC into their Business English teaching (BET). The data were collected through 1/ in- depth interviews; 2/ analyses of two syllabi and two Business English textbooks in current use; 3/classroom observations. Inductive analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the teachers hesitated to teach ICC due to multiple influential factors. The results of the study were a good source of data for more efficient policies to develop ICC teaching and learning in the global integration.</p>

#ArtGoals

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-65
Author(s):  
Aisha Adel Provoteaux
Keyword(s):  
Middle School Teachers ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Art Curriculum ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Constant Comparative Method ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Extrinsic Motivators

This qualitative case study investigated the challenges and opportunities for fostering artistic engagement in early adolescent students. As developmental stages are likely to be factor, the experiences of three middle school teachers were analyzed to identify strategies for nurturing artistic engagement in this population. A constant comparative method of analysis of interview data revealed the following themes: the importance of artistic engagement, how to recognize it, challenges with fostering this type of engagement and strategies for overcoming them, opportunities for promoting artistic engagement, the developmental needs of adolescent students, their relationship to artistic engagement and the implications for the secondary art curriculum. Ultimately, it was found that while stages of development do influence artistic engagement, extrinsic motivators also play a role. Challenges, however, can be mediated by a constructivist approach to art education, as it motivates and empowers students to become responsible for their learning, through the creation of meaningful artwork.

scholarly journals Interpreting and implementing the IB Learner Profile in an internationalised school in China: a shift of focus from the ‘Profile as text’ to the ‘lived Profile’

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Poole
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Art Teacher ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Learner Profile ◽  
The Way ◽  
International Baccalaureate Diploma

This article presents findings from a case study that explored the way Sophie, an expatriate International Baccalaureate Diploma art teacher in an internationalised school in Shanghai, China, interpreted and implemented the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile. The findings challenge the view that the Profile exerts a regulatory force on teachers’ behaviour by showing that Sophie not only reshaped the Profile according to her beliefs about teaching and learning, but also resisted what she perceived to be underlying patriarchal and westernising discourses. Findings suggest that the notion of a regulatory discourse should focus on both the Profile as text and also what could be called the lived Profile. Finally, this article offers tentative recommendations for professional development that incorporate both the Profile as text and the lived Profile.

The integration of ICT in educational process in IB education—A comparative case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-204
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Pantzos
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Integration Of Ict ◽  
Critical Theory Of Technology

This study aims to gain a deep understanding of international baccalaureate (IB) primary years programme (PYP) teachers’ perceptions about the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in IB PYP classes. Moreover, it seeks to critically identify the teachers’ barriers and needs in order to integrate ICT into teaching and learning. Following a qualitative comparative case study research design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with IB PYP teachers and coordinators in Sweden and Greece. Critical theory, critical pedagogy and critical theory of technology (CTT) were used as the theoretical framework for analysing teachers’ perceptions. From a critical point of view, the study reveals that deskilling of teachers, intensification of teachers’ work, low school’s financial budget, parents’ financial burden, commodification and privatisation of IB education are the fundamental factors that negatively intervene in teachers’ work in both schools and perpetuate the status quo of teaching and learning processes through integration of ICT. Keywords: International baccalaureate (IB), international and comparative education (ICE), integration of ICT, critical pedagogy, critical theory of technology (CTT).    

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