The Application of Collaborative Writing Strategy in Teaching Composition in a Public Junior High School

The qualitative descriptive method was used by the researcher in this study. The term "qualitative descriptive research" refers to a survey study that determined and described the use of a collaborative writing strategy in teaching composition. The study's objectives are to learn how the teacher uses the collaborative writing strategy in teaching composition in a public junior high school, as well as the students' reactions to the strategies used by the teacher in teaching writing in a public junior high school. The teachers and students of UPT SMP Negeri 6 Makassar's ninth grade were the study's subjects. As a result, the researcher chose one of the two teachers at this school who could use Microsoft 365 and two classes, BI.2 and 9. A, as the subjects of the study. According to the findings, the English teacher at UPT SMP Negeri 6 Makassar frequently employs three of five strategies, including horizontal division parallel writing, stratified division parallel writing, and reactive writing strategy. Furthermore, the researcher discovered that students' responses to the strategies that the teacher implemented in teaching writing of collaborative writing gave a positive response toward the collaborative writing strategy that the teacher used, and students' responses to the strategies that the teacher implemented in teaching writing tend to prefer groups in the form of group discussions rather than writing alone because they cannot exchange information and understanding. Because the students' background knowledge is still insufficient, the researcher discovered that group single author writing and sequential single writing are rarely used by the teacher during the research process.

Grade 12 Students’ Leaving Essay Questions Unsolved in the Exam: A Phenomenological Study

This paper focuses on the issue of grade 12 students’ leaving essay type questions unsolved in the examinations. The main objective of this paper is to explore the causes of leaving essay type questions unsolved and to explore the effective ways of solving the issue. As my study is guided by interpretive paradigm, it demands qualitative research design to explore the multiple realities through the methods of questionnaire and in-depth interview. One of the exam centers of Bajhang district was selected as research site. In this study, 10 students, from different schools attending their final exam at a school, were selected as sample by using purposive sampling strategy. They were assigned questionnaire to fill up and one secondary level English teacher was interviewed on the issues raised in the study. Teachers’ negligence in teaching composition, lack of sufficient time for teaching, lack of practice in classroom, and students’ poor performance in writing from the very beginning are found as the main causes. The findings show that overall scenario of teaching composition in school level is not encouraging.

When Teaching Composition Becomes an Art Through a Futuristic Book-Writing Pedagogy

The author recognizes the importance of Freshman Composition students being equipped with the skills necessary to write effectively for college and beyond. In this chapter, the author shares her story of how a renowned Composition professor forces her to take a self-critical look at what she was doing in her Composition classroom, which compels her to change. For new teachers of Composition or for teachers looking to change, the author shares her newly adopted student-centered-book-writing pedagogy, which puts the focus on the student and creating an environment in which they can write, and write a lot. The author, forced to be honest and change herself, adopted a pedagogy that allows her students a voice and a chance to be honest in their writing through their expression of voice, an asset she recognizes as necessary in this 21st century, especially in our increasingly diversified world of academia. The author shares her student-centered-book-writing-pedagogy.

ART EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE ARTISTS-TEACHERS IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING TO THE BASES OF COMPOSITION AND COLORING

Сегодня качество образования определяется не приобретенными знаниями, умениями и навыками, а возможностями для развития духовно-творческого потенциала личности участников образовательного процесса. Переосмысление критериев оценки качества образования в российском образовании в начале XXI в. выявляет условия, способствующие развитию творческих способностей личности в педагогике искусства. Изменение критериев качества образования приводит к изменениям целей образования, а также детерминирует необходимость осмысления процесса и результатов педагогической деятельности не только на уровне методики преподавания предмета, но и на уровне общепедагогических подходов, ориентированных на развитие личности. Цель настоящего исследования – разработать и апробировать на практике серию заданий, направленных на развитие личности обучающихся в процессе обучения основам композиции и основам цветоведения. В ходе исследования использовался комплекс методов. Основные теоретические положения и выводы исследования опираются на анализ, синтез и систематизацию материала по проблеме целей и ценностей педагогики искусства, развитие творческих способностей личности. Эмпирические методы исследования (изучение продуктов деятельности обучающихся, педагогический эксперимент) применялись в ходе апробации серии заданий, направленных на развитие личности участников образовательного процесса. Педагогика искусства определяет целью и ценностью личностно ориентированного образования гармоничное развитие и становление духовно-творческой личности участников образовательного процесса (обучающегося и педагога). В художественном образовании личностно ориентированный подход важно сочетать с семантическим подходом, акцентирующим внимание обучающихся на понимании значения, смысла средств художественной выразительности, изучении языка изобразительного искусства. Анализ теоретических источников, а также результаты апробации заданий по основам композиции и цветоведения выявили, что развитие творческих способностей личности обеспечивают личностная значимость содержания образования, ценностные мотивы учения, обеспечение педагогической поддержки личностного развития ученика, сочетание личностно ориентированного подхода с семантическим подходом в обучении основам композиции и цветоведения. Introduction. Today, the quality of education is determined not by acquired knowledge, skills, but by the opportunities for developing the spiritual and creative potential of the personality of participants in the educational process. Rethinking the criteria for assessing the quality of education in Russian education at the beginning of the twenty-first century reveals the conditions conducive to the development of creative abilities of a person in pedagogy of art. Changing the criteria for the quality of education leads to changes in the goals of education, as well as determines the need for understanding the process and the results of pedagogical activity not only at the level of teaching methods for the subject, but at the level of general pedagogical approaches focused on personality development. The purpose of the study is to identify participants in the educational process in the process of teaching composition and color science, to develop and test in practice a series of tasks aimed at developing the personality of students. Material and methods. In the course of the study, we used a set of methods. The main theoretical provisions and conclusions of the study are based on the analysis, synthesis and systematization of material on the problem of goals and values of pedagogy of art, the development of creative abilities of a person. Empirical research methods (studying the products of students’ activities, a pedagogical experiment) were used during the testing of a series of tasks aimed at developing the personality of participants in the educational process. Results and discussion. The pedagogy of art determines the harmonious development and formation of the spiritual and creative personality of the participants in the educational process (student and teacher) as the goal and value of personality-oriented education. In pedagogy of art, a personality-oriented approach is important to combine with a semantic approach that focuses students on understanding the meaning, meaning of artistic expressiveness – learning the language of visual art. Conсlusion. The analysis of theoretical sources, as well as the results of testing tasks on the basics of composition and color science, revealed that the development of creative abilities of a person provides the following conditions: 1. The personal significance of the content of education, the value motives of learning. 2. Providing pedagogical support for the student’s personal development. 3. The combination of a personality-oriented approach with a semantic approach in teaching composition, color science.