Exploring the Ethical Constructs of Dental Patients to Guide Dental Ethics Teaching

BackgroundDental ethics as a construct is mostly developed based on the ethics theory and experiences of professionals. Dental patients, as a stakeholder can guide us about their ethical constructs thereby curriculum developer can contextualize ethics to the local needs. The purpose of this study is to explore the ethical constructs of dental patients to guide dental ethical teaching. MethodsA grounded theory approach, inspired by the socio-constructivist paradigm was used for data collection. The duration of the study was six months and non-probability, purposive, convenience, theoretical sampling was used. Dental patients visiting the various department of dental colleges in Lahore, Pakistan were interviewed to explore their ethical constructs and thematic analysis was done. ResultsNineteen dental patients were interviewed. Three themes were derived from four hundred and sixty-two codes. Three themes were: dental patient ethical constructs, dental ethics teaching, and ethical context. Under these themes, honesty, good communication ethics and respect for patients were the main ethical constructs of dental patients. Dental patient also emphasized effective ethics teaching and assessment. Finally, for the dental patient, religion and economic condition were two main contextual factors effecting ethical construct. ConclusionDental patient desire honesty, good communication ethics, and respect for patient from dental students. The patient defined ethical context and ethical constructs may help curriculum developer to contextualize and emphasize dental ethics teaching. Religion and the financial aspect are the two contextual factors effecting ethical construct that play key roles.

The Perception of MSU TESL Practicum Students Towards the Idea of Using English Songs with Written Lyrics in Teaching Vocabulary.

Despite the fact that English songs with written lyrics are already familiar in Malaysia, however only a few that recognizes the potential use of the material in teaching vocabulary especially among Malaysian English teachers. The researcher finds it necessary to understand the perception towards the idea of using English songs with written lyrics in teaching vocabulary especially in Malaysian context. This quantitative research aims to identify the MSU TESL practicum students’ perception towards the idea of using English songs with written lyrics in teaching vocabulary and to find out if there is any difference according to gender and program (DTESL/BTESL) in the practicum students’ perception. A total of 164 TESL practicum students are used as the sample in this research where an online questionnaire is distributed to collect data. The results reveal that the practicum students exhibit a positive perception towards the idea of using English songs with written lyrics in teaching vocabulary. No significant difference in perception is found regardless the gender and programs. The findings are hopefully to give significant to the English teachers and the English Language Teaching curriculum developer. Further recommendation is given for a better understanding of the perception.

Mind the gap: A tale of two curriculum fallacies

Throughout my professional life, I have been interested in the relationship between teachers and curriculum. As someone who has taught languages, educated teachers, and developed curriculum and materials, I have been puzzled by the separation of curriculum and teaching. In the US, this separation is encapsulated in the phrase ‘curriculum and instruction’, where they are seen as separate domains of research and responsibility (Doyle, 1992; Kaplan & Owings, 2015). Indeed, as a teacher educator, I would often hear the refrain from teachers, ‘I know how to plan a good lesson, but I'm not sure what the big picture is. How do the lessons fit together as a whole?’ I interpreted this to mean that they did not have a sense of the overall curricular structure and aims for their students’ learning. As a materials and curriculum developer, I saw my responsibility as providing a map for teachers that would show how the parts added up to a sensible whole.

A Portrait of Teacher Training Program for Tutors in Tuition Center in Indonesia

Teacher training is a group of several activities conducted intentionally by a group of people or someone using many kinds of learning type to enhance capability, knowledge, experience and action to create meaningful learning. The aim of this study is to describe teacher training in tuition center. The method applied in this study is explanatory mixed method by Creswell. Data collection technique used are questionnaire, interview, observation and applied parametric inferential data for numerical data. The research result showed that even though tutors in tuition center are not from educational program, they still have high interest to teach. The existed training system is proven to be effective to teach pedagogical knowledge for tutors with non educational program. Training program for tutors are not systematic yet, therefore there is a huge oportunity and challenge for curriculum developer to create a curriculum for tutors in tuition center that can be use by all tuition center in Indonesia. This study proved that there is an urgent need of curriculum for teacher training program in tuition center and also become a reference to develop the curriculum. This study can be used as a reference for curriculum developer to create curriculum for tutors in tuition center.

Når uvitenhetens posisjon er fruktbar. Min vei til dosent i spesial- og veiledningspedagogikk

It took 33 years of professional experience before the author attained docent status. His experiences are related to his various employment positions: research assistant, teacher at a school for children with special needs, educational supervisor in South Sudan, school counsellor, curriculum developer and founder of a social network related to counselling, assistant professor, associated professor and coordinator of a bachelor program in social education. At the outset of most of these positions, he had a strong feeling of incompetence and that he lacked the requisite knowledge. This chapter describes how such challenging beginnings have been transformed into fertile experiences of flow. The essence of his application for promotion to docent is also presented. The conclusion relates to the author’s vision for his work as a docent.

iCGPA, IR4.0 and Graduate Employability from the Lens of the Academics

This paper focuses on heated issues in the Malaysian public universities of late. Specifically, the paper uncovers the perceptions of a group of lecturers in a selected public university regarding iCGPA, IR4.0 and Graduate Employability. In eliciting relevant data, series of semi-structured interview were conducted. A total of ten lecturers from a faculty volunteered as participants. In collecting the data through the semi-structured interview, saturation stage was achieved at the end of the 5th participant. Anticipating no new themes could emerge from the subsequent interviews upon the saturation stage, it was decided that the research findings would be derived from the relevant excerpts from the existing five interviews. The interviews were done separately, and each lasted between 45 minutes and an hour. In ensuring the trustworthiness of the research findings interpretations, member-checks and an inter-rater were done. The salient findings include frustration over iCGPA implementation and a vague understanding of IR4.0 among the participants. The findings, however, revealed the participants’ awareness of graduate employability. Most importantly, the findings concluded that though the participants were clear with the importance of graduate employability, they were unsure about iCGPA’s role in enhancing graduate employability and how IR4.0 could be embedded in their syllabus to promote graduate employability. All in all, this paper has confirmed a potential gap between the three main aspects namely; iCGPA, IR4.0 and graduate employability. The implications include the need to revisit the existing curriculum in complementing the training needs of IR4.0 skills, to re-skill lecturers in their teaching approaches and to examine the implementation of iCGPA as a platform to indicate IR4.0 skills and to promote graduate employability. Various parties could benefit from the research findings such as the curriculum developer, the lecturers themselves and most importantly the policymakers. KEYWORDS: iCGPA, IR4.0, Graduate Employability, Higher Education

Perencanaan dan Pengelolaan Pesantren Darul Abror Melalui Pengembangan Kurikulum PAI

This study reports on the planning and management of Islamic Boarding School Daarul Abror in developing curriculum of Islamic Education Subject. This study attempts to address the following question; (1) How is the administration management at Islamic Boarding School DaarulAbror? (2) How are the development and implementation Islamic Education Subject at Islamic Boarding School DaarulAbror? It is conducted at Islamic Boarding School Daarul Abror Bangka, Bangka Belitung Islands Province. The data for the study are obtained through two instruments; The interview and observation.The interview is conducted to obtain the clarification and expanation from the boarding school. The observation is done during the interaction in the teaching learning process to observe the activities done in the school. The subject of this study is the vice-head master of the school who has been a teacher as well as curriculum developer in the Islamic Boarding School. The finding reveal that, (1) the administration management at Islamic Boarding School Daarul Abror is conducted based on the educational institutions of the Ministri of Religious Affair and the Ministri of Education and Culture Republic Indonesia. (2) the development of and the implementation of Islamic Education subjetcs is by applying education in a classroom as well as out of classroom refering to the achievement life skill and the Islamic character building in dayly life. Based on the finding it is recommended that the stakeholders of the Islamic Boarding School should keep managing their institution to develope and applying nowdays educational system.

STRATEGI GURU PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (PAI) DALAM MENANAMKAN NILAI-NILAI KARAKTER PADA SISWA (STUDI MULTI KASUS DI SDI RAUDLATUL JANNAH SIDOARJO DAN SDIT GHILMANI SURABAYA)

The purpose of this study first, to describe the character values ​​implanted by teachers of PAI on students in SDI Raudlatul Jannah Sidoarjo and SDIT Ghilmani Surabaya. Second, describe the strategy of PAI teachers in instilling the character values ​​of students in SDI Raudlatul Jannah Sidoarjo and SDIT Ghilmani Surabaya. Third, describe the process of internalization of character values ​​on students in SDI Raudlatul Jannah Sidoarjo and SDIT Ghilmani Surabaya. This research uses qualitative approach with descriptive technique of descriptive informant. Data collection techniques with participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation analysis. The results of this study conclude that in the inculcation of the values ​​of character education in the students the teacher has a special strategy by applying his role as educator, lecturer, curriculum developer, reformer, model and role model in integrating character values ​​into the whole subjects, day, school programs, and building cooperation between schools with parents. Keywords: Strategy, Islamic Religious Education Teachers, Character