MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN MELALUI ACTIVE LEARNING IN HIGH EDUCATION (ALIHE) PADA MATA KULIAH PENDIDIKAN IPA SD DI JURUSAN PGSD FIP UNJ

Abstrak: The improvement of instructional quality, particularly in the Natural Science Course, in Primary SchoolTeacher Education Departement of the School of Education, State University of Jakarta, has not well implementedactive learning as required in ALIHE. The lecture plays more role directing the students rather than motivatingthe students to be active learning. The purpose of this research was to improve the instructional quality by implementingALIHE in this Course. Employing action research method, the research was conducted at Primary SchoolTeacher Education Departement of the School of Education, State University of Jakarta, as from February throughJune 2012. The data were collected using the observatuin sheets prepared in collaboration with Natural ScienceLecturers responsible for the Course of Natural Science Education for Primary School. The findings concluded thetALIHE strategy can (1) improve the instructional quality including the lecture’s performance and the learningeffects for the students, (2) improve the appropriate instructional climate, (3) enable the the lecture or the lectureand the students design instructional materials and media which improve the learning achiievement, and (4) enablethe lecture to determine more suitable instructional system. Key words: Instructional quality improvement, Active Learning in High Education, , instructional climate, instructionalsystem design.

Test-Retest Stability of School Instructional Climate Measures

Information from 6 climate scales aggregated over 24 students in each of 5 schools indicated sufficient stability over 8 months for scales to be useful in assessing systematic changes in the psychological environment of the school.