Podcasts

Podcasting, as an educational tool, is becoming increasingly prominent. This research sought to understand how podcasting could be used to support active student engagement in higher education, coming largely from a constructivist learning theory perspective. The case study focused on the practical implementation of student-created podcasting in a blended learning context. Data was gathered in the form of student feedback and interviews. Overall findings were that the students did find the experience engaging and appreciated the variety of learning opportunities. It will be necessary for instructors to ensure that students understand how to create quality podcasts and also recognize their responsibility to deliver quality content to their peers.

A Contemporary Approach to Learning Transfer from the Perspective of Constructivist Theory: Marathon Running as a Leadership Development Strategy for Millennial Leaders

This paper includes a literature review of the research on marathon running as a leadership development strategy especially for the millennial leaders while they have a postmodern worldview, searching authentic and innovative solutions and supporting divergent thinking. Furthermore, it points out the importance of learning transfer from the perspective of constructivist theory. In this respect, first, constructivist learning theory and learning transfer are explained. In the next two sections, leadership development for the millennial generation and how marathon running is handled as a leadership development strategy in the literature are determined. At the end of the paper, practical implications for leaders and organizations are suggested.

Online Teaching of Secondary Vocational Education based on Constructivism

Online teaching would become a development trend in the field of education. Based on the characteristics of online education and the theory of constructivism, the elements of online teaching would undergo fundamental changes which would certainly lead to revolutionary educational concepts, contents, designs, methods, etc. With the continuous rapid development of China’s economy, the scale of vocational education has expanded. In combination with the constructivist learning theory to explain the meaning of online education, analysis of the feasibility of secondary vocational education and their students, as well as the online education in secondary vocational schools, a feasible online teaching design is constructed for vocational teachers. Through research, it is found that the online teaching of secondary vocational education teachers based on constructivism requires improvement in some of their abilities and personal qualities.

Conservation Education for Elementary School Students

The success of a sustainable development program requires support from nature conservation efforts. It happens because one of the assets for development is natural resources. Pro-conservation people are needed to ensure the sustainability of the nature conservation program is a success. Therefore, conservation education is urgent to be learned in school. The purpose of this study was to observe the responses of elementary school students and teachers in studying nature conservation concepts. The research methods were using the experimental treatment in elementary schools in Jakarta and qualitative analysis. The results showed that both of the students and teachers gave positive responses to learn nature conservation conveyed through various games because the learning situation was amusing and unique. The use of a combination of learning methods is following constructivist learning theory.

Teachers’ Perspectives of Children Empowerment through Media Literacy in Islamabad

Media literacy is an emergent field in developed countries and became an integral part of the school system and has been integrated in the educational curriculum. The present paper highlights the teachers’ perception regarding media literacy awareness and their opinions and readiness of media literacy at school level. The study used constructivist learning theory for theoretical framework. This study supports constructivist learning theory that transforms students being passive recipient to more active participant in getting the information for their learning process and hence helps in preparing children to explore, investigate and experiment with the media available in the classroom. The study has shown that teachers are not well aware of media literacy concept and the teaching of media literacy through rote learning or traditional practice may not produce productive results. The curriculum needs to aim at the active participation of students by making the lessons functional and would provide students with competences and critical approach towards mediated content rather than becoming passive consumer of media.

Teaching research on college English translation in the era of big data

With the development of the big data era and the opening of translation majors in colleges and universities, translation teaching is gradually receiving attention. However, there are still many problems in the training of translators in colleges and universities in terms of teachers, teaching time and teaching mode. In the context of the era of big data, this article uses questionnaires and data analysis, starting from the PACTE translation ability model, combined with constructivist learning theory, blended learning theory, and instructional design theory to analyze the problems of undergraduate translation ability. This article conducts a questionnaire survey on the 2018 students of XX University’s a major, and analyzes their English scores. Students’ bilingual ability is weak, and it is difficult to consider translation under the influence of context in the translation process; their strategic ability is not ideal, and they lack the ability to solve problems when they encounter specific translation problems. The English performance of the experimental class students who have undergone English translation teaching for one semester is significantly better than the control class students who have not received English translation teaching. Teachers can combine teaching theories to design English translation teaching and cultivate students’ awareness of comparative analysis in English learning. Teachers can cultivate students’ English thinking ability, promote them to master English better, and help them improve their English application ability.

Implementasi Teori Belajar Konstruktivistik Jerome Bruner dalam Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam di SMP Negeri 9 Yogyakarta

The effectiveness of implementation Islamic course depends on the approach that is used, moreover the constructivist learning theory can help teachers to solve learning problems. Research method that is used is observation, interview, and documentation. The aims of the research are (1) to get to know the implementation of Jerome Bruner learning theory in Islamic course. (2) To examine the supporting aspects and inhibition in the implementation of Jerome Bruner learning theory (3) To discover the problem solution in the implementation of Jerome Bruner learning theory in Islamic course. Based on the data analysis, the conclusion are: (1) the implementation of Jerome Bruner learning theory in Islamic course to create fun learning for students, and its implementation in Islamic course in VII grade of Junior High School 9 Yogyakarta has applied effectively based on the principal and the learning procedure. (2) In the implementation of Jerome Bruner learning theory has run well, hence completed with the supporting factors and inhibition factors. (3) The problem solving of Jerome Bruner learning method in Islamic course are teaching some characters in students such as self-confidence and tolerance the improvement of teachers quality through training participation, workshop, etc. also improving the students learning motivation.