PERAN KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM MENERAPKAN MANAJEMEN MUTU PENDIDIKAN

This study aims to describe: 1) The role of the principal in implementing education quality management at SMP Negeri 2 Arungkeke, Jeneponto Regency, 2) Supporting and inhibiting factors for the principal in implementing education quality management at SMP Negeri 2 Arungkeke, Jeneponto Regency. The type of research used is descriptive qualitative research. Qualitative research is a research approach that uncovers certain social situations by properly describing reality, formed by words based on relevant data collection and analysis techniques obtained from natural situations. Sources of data in this study, namely data that shows the quality or quality of something that exists, in the form of circumstances, processes, events or events and others expressed in the form of words. The informants in the study were the principal, social studies teacher for class IX, and social studies teacher for class VII/VIII, English teacher and staff of SMP Negeri 2 Arungkeke. The technique of determining the informant was carried out purposively, namely based on the capacity that provided convenience and willingness in the interview. The results of this study indicate that 1) the leadership role of the principal in implementing education quality management in SMP Negeri 2 Arungkeke, namely: (a) the principal must have the right strategy and (b) apply leadership management. 2) Supporting and inhibiting factors for school principals in implementing education quality management at SMP Negeri 2 Arungkeke, namely: supporting factors (a) mutual cooperation and kinship (b) providing opportunities for teachers in professional application training activities (c) facilitating all school activities, factors inhibiting (a) lack of motivation and enthusiasm of the principal (b) lack of leadership ability of the principal (c) lack of facilities and infrastructure and (d) low mental attitude.

Translanguaging Pedagogy to Support Bi/Multilingual Students' Language Learning in Social Studies

This qualitative case study investigates how Mrs. Vega, a high school social studies teacher, supported her emergent bi/multilingual immigrant students' development of academic, content-based language learning in a U.S. Government class. Drawing upon data collected as part of a larger ethnography and using translanguaging pedagogy as a theoretical frame, this chapter centers Mrs. Vega's translanguaging stance, design, and shift. Findings demonstrate the multiple and varied ways Mrs. Vega's pedagogy supported her students' already-present linguistic and cultural abilities in support of their disciplinary learning. Implications are provided for theory and practice.

Computational Thinking and Social Studies Teacher Education

Computational thinking is highly applicable to social studies education, particularly decision-focused social studies. To better fit the disciplinary needs of social studies and align with social studies standards, we adapt and group computational thinking skills into a heuristic of data, patterns, rules, and questions (DPR-Q). We then propose a four-step model for social studies teachers to follow when planning lessons that integrate computational thinking within their curricular instruction. Both the DPR-Q heuristic and the instructional planning model are explained with worked examples from social studies classrooms. Successful integration of computational thinking into decision-focused social studies can both enrich the social studies curriculum and provide a curricular home for teaching computational thinking, bearing out Wing's claim that computational thinking is ‘everywhere' and ‘for everyone.'

Strategi Guru Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial dalam Mengoptimalkan Aspek Afektif Peserta Didik di SMPN 8 Pamekasan

The teacher's strategy in optimizing the affective aspects of students is a very important thing in education because the affective aspects will relate to the interests and attitudes of students in learning. This study aims to determine the strategies of social studies teachers in optimizing the affective aspects of students at SMPN 8 Pamekasan, to determine the impact of implementing the social studies teacher strategies in optimizing the affective aspects, and the supporting and inhibiting factors in the social studies teacher strategies in optimizing the affective aspects of students. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of phenomenological research. From this research, it is known that there are several strategies that social studies teachers use in optimizing the affective aspects of students, starting from pre-learning, during learning and post-learning, all of which is done in order to get optimal learning outcomes from students at school.

The Influence of Professional Competence, Work Motivation & Learning Motivation on the Competency Test Results of Social Studies Teachers

The teacher plays a role in students' cognitive, affective and psychomotor maturation through the teaching and learning process by transferring knowledge, personality and skills to students. The achievement of student learning outcomes is inseparable from professional competence, work motivation, and learning motivation possessed by the teacher in the learning process. Looking at this, it is necessary to design an instrument to measure professional competence, work motivation, learning motivation on the results of social studies teacher competency tests at junior high school level in public schools in Pontianak City. This study uses a quantitative approach, with a population of 119 social studies teachers, a total sample of 82 social studies teachers with propotionate stratified random sampling technique, which is found in 28 junior high schools in 7 sub-districts of Pontianak. Problem solving uses Multiple Linear Regression with a pathway hypothesis model (beta) pathway in Multiple Linear Regression. The results of the study show that: (1) professional competence has a direct positive effect on the results of the social studies teacher competency test; (2) work motivation has a direct positive effect on the results of the social studies teacher competency test; (3) learning motivation has a direct positive effect on social studies teacher competency test results; & (4) professional competence, work motivation, learning motivation simultaneously have a direct positive effect on the results of the competency test of social studies teachers in Pontianak City. Keywords: Professional Competence, Work Motivation, Learning Motivation, Competency Test Results.

Professional Competence Development of Social Studies Teacher in Thailand Education Sandbox

This research article deals with two objectives. The first objective was to develop the professional competence of social studies teacher in the education sandbox. The second objective was to propose social studies classroom-based action learning management innovation to develop professional competence of social studies teacher in the education sandbox and to assess satisfaction levels of students in developing professional competence of social studies teacher in the education sandbox. The conducted research in this article was classroom-based action research whereby the assessment form of area-based competence perception of educational students in Chiang Mai education sandbox, Faculty of Education, Chiang Mai University (pre- and post-assessment). The sample group used in the research consisted of senior educational students in the field of social studies of the second semester of the academic year 2020 accounting for 30 people. For the analysis, descriptive statistics were used. Results of statistical data analysis were shown as mean and standard deviation. From the research results, it was found that the level of perceived competence of becoming a professional teacher in Thailand education sandbox consisted of 3 aspects. 1) For the aspect of self-efficacy regarding knowledge and understanding in becoming a professional teacher, the average summation of the 4 competencies was as follows: the perception was at a high level. 2) For the aspect of skills and capacity in becoming a professional teacher in the Chiang Mai education sandbox, the average summation of 4 competencies was as follows: the perception was at a high level. 3) For the aspect of attitudes on becoming a professional teacher in the Chiang Mai education sandbox, the average summation of 4 competencies was as follows: the perception was at a high level.

Incorporating Citizenship Education Framework in Social Studies Teachers’ Education Programme in Sultanate of Oman

Educational system in Oman is attempting to educate Omani students to be "good" citizens in an increasingly globalized society. However, a few studies that have been conducted until now in Oman revealed a gap between the intentions of the educational policy of teaching citizenship education in the schools and the actual practices of teacher education preparation programs. Therefore, any endeavor to develop citizenship in Oman schools will not achieve its goals without taking teacher education into account both pre-service and in-service. Accordingly, the present study aims to propose a framework for developing citizenship education in the initial teacher education in Oman. This descriptive study highlighted the gap between the policy and practice in social studies teacher education. The international literature reveals that student teachers feel insufficiently prepared to develop citizenship and Omani student teachers are not exceptional. Thus, the present study proposed a framework to incorporate citizenship education in the current teachers' preparation programs. Furthermore, the study reveals the inadequate presence of the topic of citizenship in teacher education. Therefore, teachers' understanding of citizenship becomes shallow, which undoubtedly leads to superficial learning on the part of the students. Therefore, a framework was proposed to develop citizenship in teacher education. This framework consists of the rationale behind the change, the Layout of the ground for change in teacher education, the mechanisms of the change, and the areas of the change.