scholarly journals Action Research on the Implementation of Active Learning at an Elementary School in Aceh

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syamsul Bahri Ys ◽  
M. Nasir Mara ◽  
M. Yamin ◽  
Suid A.B. ◽  
Cut Nya Dhin
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Understanding

Teachers in the state elementary schools and state Islamic elementary schools of the Indonesian province of Aceh have been trained repeatedly over the past several years on a variety of educational reform initiatives. One of the most important of these has been the effort to promote teaching for active learning in Acehnese schools. Research in other countries, and past experience with teacher training efforts in Aceh, suggest that such a transformation in classroom practice will not be easy. In order to investigate whether and how teachers were transferring their training in active learning into actual classroom practice, a team of lecturers from three universities in Banda Aceh conducted an action research project in one state elementary school. We found that teachers’, principals’, and school supervisors’ understanding of teaching for active learning remained extremely tentative months after receiving training in active learning, and their tentative understanding prevented their active experimentation with what they had learned. A brief retraining session focused on arriving at a common understanding of the concept, committed school leadership, and learning from peers appeared to have a significant impact on teachers’ willingness and ability to try to teach for active learning. Key Words: Active Learning, Action Research, Aceh, Elementary Schools

COVID-19, School Leadership in Crisis?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-341
Author(s):  
Aslamiah ◽  
Muhyani Rizalie ◽  
Celia Cinantya ◽  
Rizky Amelia
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Elementary School Principal ◽  
Leadership Strategies ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Subject

This study aims to describe the pattern and leadership strategies of principals in elementary schools in dealing with the crisis in the Covid-19 pandemic.  The method used in this study is qualitatively descriptive. The subject of this study was the principal and teacher at Sabilal Muhtadin Elementary School in Banjarmasin City. The data collection techniques used are interviews, observations, and documentation studies.  Test the validity of the data using the triangulation technique. Data analysis uses Miles & Huberman analysis techniques that consist of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. This research shows that the principal has a working philosophy that is to work for worship. Strategies implemented in its leadership include transparency, empowerment of teachers and employees, communication, and motivation. The conclusion is that elementary school principal Sabilal Muhtadin is transformational leadership based on Islam. The strategies used for its implementation are transparency, empowerment of teachers and employees, communication, and motivation to maintain excellence when facing crises in the Covid-19 pandemic.

What I Know Now: Radio as a means of empowerment for women of lived prison experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Heather Anderson ◽  
Charlotte Bedford
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Prison Reform ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
The Past ◽  
Almost Everywhere ◽  
Women And Girls

Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population, there has been a significant increase in their representation especially over the past 20 years (Carlton and Segrave, 2013). Despite the fact that societies are locking women up at increasingly high rates, the fundamental understandings regarding prison reform are based on a male norm, and do not meet the needs of female offenders (Walmsley, 2016). This article outlines the findings from the first stage of a grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. The research found that empowerment manifested itself in a number of distinct ways, through both processes and the products of the project. Through the production of radio, women of prison experience recognised their own expertise and took ownership of their stories, while the radio products educated the wider public and validated the participants experiences.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Supervisi Kepala Sekolah dengan Teknik Kelompok (Meeting) terhadap Peningkatan Prestasi Kerja Guru di Gugus V Nakula Kecamatan Serengan Surakarta

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Ismiyatun Ismiyatun
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Teaching Learning

The purposes of this research were based on the above problem statement, therefore, the purposes of the research which would be reached were: 1) To know whether there is influence of the headmaster supervision on the performance of the elementary school teachers in Gugus V Nakula of Serengan Sub-district, Surakarta; 2) To know how much the influence of the headmaster supervision on the performance of the elementary school teachers in Gugus V Nakula of Serengan Sub-district, Surakarta was. This scientific paper applied the School Action Research (PTS) that was an effort of increasing the work discipline of teachers in the teaching learning process through an individual supervision through a technique approach of class visit consisting of two cycles and each cycle consisted of four stages: (1) planning, (2) implementation of action, (3) observation/evaluatiom, and (4) reflection. This School Action Research was conducted in Elementary Schools all over Gugus V Nakula of Serengan Sub-district, Surakarta Municipality. Gugus V Nakula consisted of 5 elementary schools, 2 public elementary schools and 3 private elementary schools SMP only the national standard in the district of Nusa Penida includes two (2 ) regions and villages Desa Lembongan Jungutbatu, with the amount of students was 315 (three hundres and fifteen) students, consisting of 12 (twelve) classes, with the amount of teachers was 31 (thirty one) teachers, 3 (three) people had qualification of S2 (post graduate degree), 28 (twenty eight) people had qualification of S1 (undergraduate degree), 1 (one) person had Diploma I (D1) degree. Based on the results of data analysis, either in cycle I or cycle II, it could be concluded that 1) there was an influence of the headmaster supervision on the performance of 1-6 grades teachers in the elementary schools all over Gugus V Nakula, Serengan Sub-district, Surakarta. It was proved from the analysis scores in the cycle I which the average percentage was 67.26%  which increased into 78,12%; 2) The amount of influence of the headmaster supverision on the performance of 1-6 grades teachers in the elementary schools all over  Gugus V Nakula, Serengan Sub-district, Surakarta in this research was 10.86%

scholarly journals Active Learning in Language Study and Science: Transforming Teacher Practice in North Sumatra’s Elementary Schools

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ely Djulia ◽  
Tita Juwitaningsih ◽  
Abdul Hamid ◽  
Roslin Siallagan ◽  
Parapat Gultom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Active Learning Strategies

AbstractAn action research project to investigate the implementation of active learning strategies to improve the quality of teaching and learning was conducted in three government elementary schools (Sekolah Dasar) in North Sumatra that had received training in teaching for active learning under the auspices of the USAID-sponsored project, Decentralized Basic Education 2. Three cycles of data collection utilizing classroom observations, focus group discussions, and participant observation were conducted in each school. Data were analyzed both holistically and categorily to develop a better understanding of teachers’ successes and challenges in teaching for active learning. Finally, an intervention strategy involving modeling of teaching for active learning strategies was designed and implemented by members of the research team in each school. Our results suggest that language and science teachers developed more confidence in utilizing active learning strategies in their classrooms as a result of the intervention. Students also appeared to respond positively to the new active learning teaching strategies employed by their teachers. We conclude that the DBE-2 training provided to these schools can be considered successful; however, more attention needs to be paid to concrete factors that facilitate or impede teaching for active learning in Indonesian elementary schools in order to continue improving the quality of instruction for Indonesian children. Key Words: Islamic Education, Active Learning, Religious Studies, Indonesia

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN A RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: HELPING STUDENTS BECOME “LITTLE KIDS WITH BIG WORDS”

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-47
Author(s):  
Donna M. San Antonio
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Rural Elementary School

Research has shown that social and emotional learning (SEL) can benefit students in affective, interpersonal, communicative, and academic realms. However, teachers integrating SEL face a variety of logistical, pedagogical, and skill development challenges, including how to effectively facilitate classroom conversations on social justice and personal loss. This article draws from classroom observations, teacher conversations, interactive journals, and field notes to describe a seven-month-long university-school partnership to carry out an action research project in a high-poverty rural elementary school in the US. Teachers grappled with how to address race, immigration, and gender discrimination in a predominantly White community. Classroom vignettes, and teacher and author reflections, illustrate the iterative, developmental, and reciprocal aspects of learning between teachers and students, and between the university-based facilitator and teachers.

scholarly journals Guest editorial

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. vii-viii
Author(s):  
Eva Infante Mora ◽  
Davydd J. Greenwood ◽  
Melina Ivanchikova
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Continuous Group ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Action Research Project

This special issue is devoted to a study of an action research-based reform of a US university study abroad programme to make it a genuine intercultural immersion experience. The four-year collaborative reform process combined participatory organisational redesign, the development of a comprehensive active learning approach and the teaching of intercultural competence through ethnographic immersion and community engagement in Seville, Spain. The case is an example of the development of intercultural competencies through guided behavioural change, of action research to reform higher education programmes and of active learning combined with formative and summative evaluation. The reader will learn about the experiences of the staff, faculty and mentors in the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad (CASA)-Sevilla study abroad programme and those of the sponsoring US universities as they together achieved a fundamental reform of a decades-old study abroad immersion programme. This special issue has many authors because this was a collaborative action-research project with continuous group work and brainstorming. The authors’ names are placed in the sections where the authorship is clear, but, as befits a collaboration, many of the ideas are the result of the combined thinking of all the authors. Authorship of the various sections has been allocated mainly to clarify for readers the most relevant author to contact to learn more about particular dimensions of the process. The guest editors took on the editorial duties on behalf of this larger group.

Enhancing Student Engagement Using a Blended Learning Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
M. Mahruf C. Shohel ◽  
Rosemary Cann ◽  
Stephen Atherton
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Action Research Cycles

Student engagement is the core of the teaching and learning practice in higher education. This exploratory action research project was designed to enhance teaching and learning using a blended learning approach to increase student engagement prior, during, and after lecture and seminar sessions of a module run for first-year undergraduate students. Within an academic semester, three action research cycles were carried out to collect data and redesign the classroom practice. Different data collection techniques were used along with Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook. This article presents three case studies of individual students to demonstrate how the digital workspace helped to develop the practice of participatory teaching and learning during a first-year undergraduate module. This study indicates that listening to students' voices through a blended learning approach helped to increase student engagement, thus increasing student participation in shaping and redesigning teaching and learning to engage them within the classroom and beyond.

scholarly journals The QUIPPED Project: Exploring Relevance and Rigor of Action Research Using Established Principles and Criteria

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Chapman ◽  
Margo Paterson ◽  
Jennifer Medves
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The Past

This paper is the last in a series of three manuscripts published in the TQR journal over the past few years. This work is part of a larger program of research that has been carried out by a team of researchers detailing various aspects of a three year action research project carried out from 2005 and 2008. This particular paper addresses issues of quality in action research by critiquing our research against five interdependent principles and criteria raised in the literature specifically by Davison, Martinson and Kock which was published in 2004. Our action research project aimed to facilitate interprofessional education for health care learners in the Faculty of Health Sciences at a Canadian University.

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