scholarly journals Understanding Students’ Perspectives on Teachers’ Personality

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Muhamad Taufik Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Senior High School Students

Teacher’s personal trait is critical because it may ominously affect students’ motivation in learning. However, some teachers remain unaware of its significance. It was evident in the students’ statements stating that they often had to learn with moody teachers who, as a result, ruined their learning motivation. The present study aims to explore the students’ perspectives on the EFL teacher’s personalities that influence the students’ motivation. To achieve the objective, the study utilized case study design in which the data were collected through semi-structured interview conducted to six senior high school students. The data were then analyzed by following Miles and Huberman’s (1994) framework. The results showed that all respondents shared agreement on the teacher’s personalities that they prefered. They felt happy and motivated when they learned with humble, friendly, kind, caring, patient, and humorous teachers. The results of this study may help the EFL teachers consider their personality as one of the vital aspects that could affect the students’ learning motivation. EFL teachers should pay more attention to their attitudes towards the students. In addition, the results suggest that policy makers should formulate rules that encourage teachers to not only focus on their hard skills but also their soft skills such as good personalities.  

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LANGUAGES AND MAINTENANCE OF HERITAGE LANGUAGES: A CASE STUDY OF PAPUAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasih Elisabet Roostini ◽  
Christine Manara
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Students ◽  
Heritage Languages ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Senior High School Students

Language shift may lead to language investment, and it may also affect language heritage maintenance.  This case study aims to explore maintenance of language heritage among a group of Papuan students who are living in a school dormitory, away from their families. These 29 senior high school students are originally from different ethnic groups from several districts in  Papua. A questionnaire and a semi-structured interview video-recorded for data collection were employed to find out the students’ attitudes towards languages and maintenance of heritage languages. The questionnaire was designed and developed by adapting the semi-structured interview questions designed by Berman et al. (2011). The data were analysed based on the aspects organised in the questionnaire and the results were compared with the findings of Berman et al.’s  (2011), Ehala and Niglas’s (2006), and Nguyen’s (2018) studies. The result shows that there has been a language shift among these adolescents. Living among a community that is totally different from theirs has driven them to adapt and accept the language used in the community. Technology exposure at school has also affected their perspectives towards their future, which motivates them to invest in other languages that they think are important for their future career. Their positive attitudes towards other languages do not discourage them from maintaining their heritage language, as they perceive the use of heritage language as a way to stay connected with their own culture.

scholarly journals Why Do the Students Do Disruptive Behavior in English Classroom? A Case Study On Senior High School Students in One of the Small Town in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-141
Author(s):  
Anida Fadhilah Jati ◽  
Endang Fauziati ◽  
Agus Wijayanto
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Classroom ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Senior High School Students

A conducive learning situation is essential in learning English. However, one problem that usually disturbs the learning situation is the appearance of disruptive behavior. Students' disruptive behavior is an inappropriate behavior conducted by students during the learning process which turns the classroom into unconducive. Exactly, there are several factors contribute to the occurrence of disruptive behavior in the English lesson, especially on senior high school students. Thus, the current study was a case study aimed to investigate several causes of students' disruptive behavior in English teaching-learning process in the classroom. The subjects of this study consisted of an English teacher and a class of twelfth-grade students in a small town in Indonesia. The data were collected using observation and interview. The result of this study showed that students' disruptive behavior in the English classroom was caused by internal factor and external factor. Feeling boredom, feeling anxiety, and seeking attention were internal factor that became the occurrence of disruptive behavior. While fatigue was the external factor that causes the emergence of students' disruptive behavior in the English teaching-learning process in the classroom.             Keywords Disruptive Behavior, English Classroom, Senior High School Students, Teachers’ Management

A Matrix for E-Collaboration in Rural Canadian Schools

2011 ◽  
pp. 444-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Stevens
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Small Schools ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Traditional Schools ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Students ◽  
Rural Part ◽  
Senior High School Students

This is a case study of interinstitutional e-collaboration in a rural part of Canada, based on e-teaching and elearningfor senior high school students. In the process of developing e-collaboration between institutions, new structures and processes were created that complemented traditional schools. Through this initiative, e-collaboration provided extended educational and, indirectly, vocational opportunities for senior students in small schools in Atlantic Canada.

scholarly journals Investigation of Vocational High School Students 'Views on Smart Phone Use: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Ezgi Pelin Yildiz ◽  
Ayşe Alkan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Communication

The most preferred tools of technology today are internet and smart phones. Nowadays, these two tools offer numerous services and facilities to humanity in many areas. Accessing technology at any time, having a pleasant time, interacting without the limitations of face to face communication are some of them. That is why; individuals have become unable to live without internet and smartphones. Especially the rapid developments in information and communication technologies, internet and social media media, which is among the means of access to smart phones among university students and has made widespread use. In this context, a case study was conducted in order to examine the opinions of the students about the use of smart phones in Vocational High School students. For this purpose, the students' opinions were taken with a structured interview form. The questions in the interview form were developed by the researchers by conducting a comprehensive literature review. Expert opinion was consulted in the preparation of the interview form. The experts evaluated the suitability of the questions in terms of scope and language. The study group consisted of 10 students from the Department of Computer Programming and Computer Technology of Kafkas University. It is foreseen that the results of the research can lead to future scientific studies.

scholarly journals STUDENTS� LEARNING STYLE: A CASE STUDY OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN BENGKULU

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Safnil Arsyad
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
School Students ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
New Information ◽  
Senior High School Students

It is widely accepted that the use of learning materials which accommodates students� schemata is much more effective than the ones outside student�s present knowledge background. The objectives of this study are to describe the students� learning style distribution and their perception on local oriented and learning style-based English learning materials in Bengkulu Province. The respondents were senior high school students in Bengkulu Province. The results show that : 1) the English learning materials can present a well-designed English learning materials for senior high schools students; 2) the English learning materials with picture stories and visual and audio learning media help students learn English; 3) the learning materials have been designed very well according to the students; 4) as reported by the students the strengths of the English learning materials is that it provides new information on tourism places in Bengkulu Province for the students, 5) the learning materials (the text books and VCD/CD) could improve their motivation to learn English. It can be concluded that local oriented and learning style-based learning materials can be not only more effective but also preferred by the students.

scholarly journals Building Students’ Hard and Soft Skills through Innovative Teaching Approaches to Mathematics

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Euis Eti Rohaeti
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
School Students ◽  
Innovative Teaching

The goals of this case study were to (1) analyze the role of innovative mathematics teaching approaches among middle and high school students regarding their hard and soft mathematical skills; (2) to examine students’ perceptions about the mathematical teaching approaches, used by their teachers during class sessions, (3) to analyze aspects of innovation in them. The descriptive case study approach was used to analyze the role of innovative teaching approaches in helping students to develop various mathematical hard and soft skills. A qualitative meta-analysis methodology was applied to ten student theses about mathematics teaching within the Department of Mathematics in the School of Postgraduate studies of IKIP Siliwangi in Cimahi. This paper presents the results based on ten graduate students’ theses research studies, selected purposively from 68 student theses. The selection of articles aimed to include a variety of theses discussing mathematics skills teaching and learning approaches. The results show that, in general, students who were trained with innovative teaching approaches attained higher grades than students taught by conventional teaching methods. It has been established that students’ grades on mathematical hard skills varied after intervention. On the contrary, regarding students mathematical soft skills, some theses reported no difference between students taught using both approaches, while some reported greater differences. Finally, students had good opinions regarding the innovative teaching-learning approaches, used by their teachers.

scholarly journals Religious Harmony Among Senior High School Students Multicultural Education Case Study in the Cova-Lima District of East Timor

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Soares ◽  
I Ketut Sudarsana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior High School Students

<p>Harmony is a state where there is mutual understanding, unity, cooperation, peace and friendship among members who live together for a purpose of nation and state. In addition it can also mean that harmony is a state that reflects mutual understanding and agreement among members so as to create peace and harmony. Religious harmony is not the religious teachings blend in the sense of mixing up the religious teachings, but the harmony between different religious faiths. Religious harmony can be realized if there is a tolerance among believers of different faiths. The attitude of tolerance is no other way by controlling yourself in attitude toward others, so that others do not feel harmed or threatened. The attitude of self-control is of course not just coming from one party. This should be done by every believer of different religions<strong>.</strong></p>

scholarly journals Corrective Feedback on Pronunciation Errors: Teacher’s Perception and EFL High School Students’ Self-Reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-327
Author(s):  
Neng Eva Agustuna ◽  
Rina Herlina ◽  
Didih Faridah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Teacher's Perception

This research investigates EFL high school students’ self reflection of teacher’s corrective feedback on pronunciation errors. The methodology of this research was qualitative which used case study as a research design. The data were collected from classroom observation, semi-structured interview of one English teacher, and questionnaire of twenty five students at eleventh grade. The findings revealed that the students’ self reflection could be seen when the teacher providing the corrective feedback. The students could be aware that they often do the errors in pronouncing English because of the difficulties of using English. However, the teacher’s feedback was directed the students to learn about how to pronounce English properly. The researchers conclude that by using self-reflection, the students would be aware of their strength and weakness. Furthemore, it supports self motivated, self-awareness, self-observation, self-analysis, and self-evaluation of the students in pronouncing English. Finally, the researchers suggest that self-reflection can integrate into the other aspects such as writing, reading, and listening. Thus, the students can get the valuable learning process.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document