scholarly journals University Students’ Assessment of a Service-Learning Project for Developing Teaching Materials

2021 ◽  
pp. 688-705
Author(s):  
Juan Lucas Onieva López ◽  
John Ramírez Leyton ◽  
Raúl Cremades ◽  
Soledad Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Student’S T

The objective of this study is to determine the opinions of university students undergoing primary school teacher training to develop language teaching material for patients from the Children’s Hospital of Málaga, Spain, using the Service Learning (SL) methodology. Students evaluated this methodology by answering a 16-question questionnaire validated by external researchers. Academic performance was analysed using the Student’s t-test by comparing grades between an intervention and a control group. The results indicated improvements in several areas, including: the level of engagement, transversal competencies, academic performance, level of student satisfaction, and acquisition of teaching material related to the subject.

scholarly journals Service-Learning for Sustainability Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: What Is Its Global Impact on Business University Students?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Almudena Martínez-Campillo ◽  
María del Pilar Sierra-Fernández ◽  
Yolanda Fernández-Santos
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Global Impact ◽  
Curricular Development ◽  
Spanish Higher Education

Service-Learning (SL) is a teaching innovation method that combines learning and social service objectives to improve educational quality and graduate employability. To date, there are hardly any studies on its global impact on university students. This paper describes and evaluates an SL experience for Sustainability Entrepreneurship in the context of Spanish Higher Education. Based on knowledge acquired in classrooms, multi-disciplinary teams of students from different subjects related to Business Administration offered support to potential entrepreneurs from rural municipalities in the complex task of writing a successful Business Plan for their projects for local sustainability. Within this academic framework, our study has two goals: (1) to assess the self-perception of university students about the improvement in their curricular development, professional skills and civic-social responsibility after participating in the SL experience; and (2) to estimate its possible effect on academic performance. The results show that the students acknowledged they had improved their social and sustainability commitment and their curricular development, and had acquired skills that society increasingly demands from future business professionals. Furthermore, service-students achieved significantly higher academic performance than a control group of non-participating students. These findings highlight the effectiveness of SL to provide a more holistic education for business university students.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Tele-education for Health Field University Students as a Learning Method during a COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (T6) ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Laili Rahayuwati ◽  
Iqbal Pramukti ◽  
Raini Diah Susanti
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
University Students ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Included Study ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Health Field

Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting many aspects including education globally as many countries closed the school temporally. This study aimed to summarize the effectiveness of the-education application among health-fields university students Methods PubMed and EBSCO databases for studies published up to August 2020 were searched. Studies reporting the academic performance or skills performance or students satisfaction were included. Study quality was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) appraisal tool. Result Published between 2002 and 2020, 22 studies were conducted in developed countries, and 2 studies in developing countries. The tele-education method included e-learning, virtual, and digital learning. When comparing to the control group, of fifteen studies intervention studies measuring academic performance, seven studies showed a higher mean score among the intervention group. For skills performance, there were no studies showing higher skill performance. For studies measuring student satisfaction, one-third showing higher students’ satisfaction among the intervention group compared to the control. Conclusion Our finding highlighted the positive effect of various tele-education on academic performance among the health-field university students. Applying the various tele-education in the learning process for health-field university students during the COVID-19 Pandemic is suggested. Keywords: health field students, tele-education, pandemic, effectiveness  

scholarly journals Georges Cuisenaire’s numbers in colour. A teaching aid that survived the 1950s

2020 ◽  
pp. 355-368
Author(s):  
Dirk De Bock
Keyword(s):  
School Teacher ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Volume Calculation ◽  
Teaching Aid ◽  
Arithmetic Sequences ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Cuisenaire Rods ◽  
Modern Mathematics

In 1952, a Belgian primary school teacher, Georges Cuisenaire, published Les nombres en couleurs, a booklet in which the author describes his invention and explains a corresponding method for teaching elementary arithmetic. Cuisenaire materialized the numbers from one to ten by means of rods of corresponding lengths and in different colours. The rods provided a concrete tool for exploring and gaining insight in basic concepts and skills, such as the four basic operations, finding divisors and multiples, working with fractions, the decimal system, arithmetic sequences, and area and volume calculation. From the mid-1950s, with the support of Caleb Gattegno, the Cuisenaire rods broke through worldwide. In subsequent years, empirical research into the effectiveness of the Cuisenaire’s method was initiated and in several countries Cuisenaire Associations were founded. In the late 1960s and 1970s, a number of attempts were made to use the material for the teaching of typical modern mathematics contents to (very) young children, but the use of the rods in this context was sometimes far-fetched and did not break through. Keywords: CIEAEM, Cuisenaire rods, numbers in colour, teaching aid, teaching material, Georges Cuisenaire, Caleb Gattegno

scholarly journals Cognitive Strategies for Teaching Reading in Primary School Teacher Training Curriculum in Vietnamese Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 702-709
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Thu Van ◽  
Ly Tuan Phu ◽  
Dang Quynh Lien ◽  
Nguyen Pham Phuong Khanh
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Training Curriculum ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of cognitive reading strategies in primary school teacher training curriculum. Designed under the paradigm of a quasi-experimental research with the participation of an experimental and a control group, the current study seeks to investigate the impact of cognitive strategies training on students’ reading comprehension. Findings from the study showed that cognitive strategies training incorporated into a primary school teacher training course could improve pre-service teachers’ reading performance. It is concluded that students need more time and practice so that they can use their new strategies automatically at the procedural stage.

Primary School Teacher Vocational Education: Model Building

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
V. Ulitko
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Model Building ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Education Model ◽  
Additional Education

The subject of consideration of the author of the article is the problem of creating conditions for the formation of readiness of primary school teachers to act effectively in changing educational situations, to solve new professional tasks for the implementation of a new educational standard. The feasibility of leaving additional education in the field of informal, involving significant academic freedom, an active subjective position of the participants, their reflexive partnership, is substantiated.

School Room of World Art Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Л. Михеева ◽  
L. Miheeva ◽  
М. Джичоная ◽  
M. Dzhichonaya
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Moral Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Artistic Values

The article highlights the work on the creation in the school office “World Art Culture.” The description of the content of eight proposed stands, which reveal the richness of the world artistic culture, is given. The article considers the peculiarities of using the materials of the exposition of the cabinet by the primary school teacher in the process of teaching the subject “Basics of the spiritual and moral culture of the peoples of Russia”, which makes it possible to enrich the knowledge of younger schoolchildren, expand their horizons, generate interest in world artistic values and the need to communicate with them.

scholarly journals Influence of Environment-based Learning Materials to Improve the Eco-literacy of PGSD Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Hana Sakura Putu Arga ◽  
Galih Dani Septiyan Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Observation Instruments ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Primary School Teacher Education

Human concern on the environment is unfortunately seen decreasing, which has resulted in negative environmental damages caused by human actions. To address this issue, this research seeks to see the influence of environment-based teaching materials in social studies learning to improve the eco-literacy of students of primary school teacher education (PGSD, Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar) study program. This research involved third semester 60 PGSD students of a private university in Bandung Regency, Indonesia. Therefore, this research investigated the differences of environment-based learning materials and conventional learning in improving the eco-literacy of PGSD students. This research used a quasi-experimental method with nonrandomized pretest-posttest control group design and used quantitative observation instruments in the form of checklists to obtain the data. The results revealed that by using environment-based learning resources, the social studies learning could improve the eco-literacy of PGSD students, and was considered better than implementing conventional learning.

The Use of Video Recording in the Study and Conceptualization of the Didactic Transposition Process

2017 ◽  
pp. 168-191
Author(s):  
Ljuba Pezzimenti
Keyword(s):  
School Teacher ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Didactic Transposition ◽  
Lesson Analysis ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Work Done

This research is born of a dual interest: on one hand in the concept of didactic transposition, i.e., “the work done to manufacture a teaching object out of an object of knowledge,” (Chevallard, 1985, p. 39), and on the other hand, for studying practical research and training methods for teachers, based on observation and on the study of teaching practices. This paper describes a case study in which several filmed lessons of a primary school teacher have been analysed by the author using a model to study didactic transposition that was developed following an advanced theoretical study. By then combining the video films with interviews between the researcher and teacher, the results of lesson analysis were provided to the teacher in order to raise his awareness of some of the characteristic aspects of the way in he performed the didactic transposition for the subject of history. The training aim is followed by a research aim, i.e., “assessment” by the researcher of the training or educational route achieved by the teacher. This assessment is the linchpin of this paper.

scholarly journals Focus, Explore, Reflect and Apply (FERA) Learning Model: Developing Science Process Skills for Pre-Service Science Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Deni Moh Budiman ◽  
Surya Gumilar ◽  
Rahmat Rizal
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Primary School Teacher ◽  
Process Skills ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Science Process Skills

The purpose of this study is to describe the application of Focus, Explore, Reflect, and Apply (FERA) learning model in improving science process skills for a pre-service science teacher in primary school. The stages of learning using the FERA learning model consist of four stages, namely focus, explore, reflect, and apply. The sample of this study was the students in the Primary School Teacher Education Study Program at STKIP Sebelas April Sumedang. This research was conducted using Quasy-Experimental method with Non-equivalent Control Group Design. The effectiveness of the treatment was obtained by giving the pretest and posttest to each class one time. The research data was processed by analyzing N-gain, normality test, and average difference using the Wilcoxon and Man Withney U tests. The results showed that the experimental class and the control class had significant mean differences between the science process skills data on pretest and posttest. This shows that learning using the FERA model is more effective in improving science process skills for pre-service primary school science teachers.

scholarly journals The Effect of VBA for Microsoft Excel as Teaching Material to Improve Prospective Elementary School Teachers' Mathematical Conceptual Understanding

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-268
Author(s):  
Siti Ruqoyyah ◽  
Sukma Murni ◽  
Tommy Tanu Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Elementary School Teacher ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This research is motivated by the low ability to understand mathematical concepts possessed by prospective elementary school teacher students. This study aims to see the achievement and improvement of students' mathematical understanding abilities that use Microsoft Excel-based VBA teaching materials with those using conventional learning. This study uses a quasi-experimental method with a non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. This study's population were all second-semester elementary school teacher candidates in one private university in West Java, Indonesia. The sample in this study was 70 prospective 2nd-grade elementary school teacher candidates. The instrument used in this study was a test of understanding mathematical concepts. The results showed: 1) learning using VBA Microsoft Excel as a teaching material was able to improve students' ability to understand mathematical concepts; 2) learning using Microsoft Excel VBA as teaching material is better than conventional learning; and 3) students can be enthusiastic, active and motivated in learning mathematics with VBA Microsoft Excel.

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