The Need for Social and Emotional Learning and Teacher Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the spring of 2020, the rapid spread of COVID-19 caused schools in the U.S. to shift to online education. With the drastic change to online learning, the transition caused many issues that negatively impacted students' and educators' social and emotional learning (SEL) that helped ensure educational productivity. Social and emotional learning includes five competency areas: self-awareness, relationship skills, social awareness, self-management, and responsible decision making. Virtual learning has shifted the attention of educational institutions away from these competency areas due to the limitations of digital classrooms and the prioritization of academic intelligence over emotional intelligence. The chapter provides recommendations to address the social and emotional learning of educators.

Academic success predictors for architecture students at Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria

Academic success, linked to socioeconomic advancement and key positive indicators inlife has largely been investigated along STEM courses especially in Nigeria. In this study, academic success was predicted at two levels: second class lower (2.2) and second class upper (2.1) degreesusing 244 questionnaires from architecture undergraduates at Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) Wudilto test the hypothesis that other factors apart from motivation predict high academic success. Results from Binary Logistic Regression models indicate that achieving a 2.1 degree largely depends on personal attributes, notably how efficiently a student manages time/schedules, some degree of independence as well as conducive learning environments (classrooms, accommodation, external lighting, power supply, worship places and general cleanliness)and not necessarily motivation. This lends credence to Walberg’s Theory of Educational Productivity. Overall, mode of entry was the only significant predictor for academic success for both 2.2 (p=0.007, Exp(β)=1.990) and 2.1 (p=0.016, Exp(β)=1.361) class of degree models. This implies that candidates admitted through avenues other than UTME/ JAMB such as Direct Entry have higher chances of graduating with a 2.1 class of degree. Prospective candidates are encouraged to pursue advanced level qualifications prior to admission into architecture as this substantially increases the probability of graduating with a high class of degree.

Parental Involvement and Pupils’ Academic Performance in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Studies have shown that pupils’ academic performance is not only determined by their parents’ socio-economic status but also parental involvement in the education processes. The study, therefore, examined the socio-economic status of parents and its influence on pupils’ academic performance looking at the role of parental involvement in that relationship. With Walberg’s theory of educational productivity as a lens, the findings were based on surveys with 120 pupils selected randomly from Kwaprow Basic School and 10 and 5 interviews with parents and teachers respectively. The study found that parents’ education did not significantly affect students’ academic performance. Parents were not assisting their children in their academic activities including failure to attend Parent-Teacher Association meetings and not assisting them with homework. This was largely attributed to parental low educational level. However, with a 0.045, 0.028, 0.041 and 0.036, as p-values, the study showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between parental involvement, occupation and family size and academic performance of pupils. In order to improve students’ academic performance, the study recommended that the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) should intensively sensitise parents on the need to involve themselves in their wards’ education so as to aid them to perform better academically.

Bimbingan Pembuatan Proposal PTK Bagi Guru Peserta MGMP Matematika Kota Banjarmasin

Upaya untuk memperbaiki dan meningkatkan mutu proses belajar mengajar di kelas harus selalu dilakukan. Salah satu upaya tersebut ialah dengan melaksanakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Oleh karena itu, perlu diadakan pelatihan untuk membimbing guru khususnya peserta MGMP (Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran) Matematika SMA Kota Banjarmasin dalam pembuatan proposal PTK. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah untuk memberikan pemahaman dan mengingat kembali tentang PTK. Subjek dalam pengabdian ini adalah Guru Matematika MGMP Matematika SMA Kota Banjarmasin. Metode yang digunakan yaitu menjelaskan kepada peserta pelatihan mengenai konsep dasar PTK, membimbing peserta membuat draf proposal PTK, mendiskusikan kesulitan dalam pembuatan proposal PTK, membimbing peserta memperbaiki proposal PTK dan menghasilkan proposal PTK yang dapat digunakan untuk penelitian. Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat berupa bimbingan pembuatan proposal PTK untuk guru peserta MGMP Matematika SMA Kotamadya Banjarmasin sudah dilaksanakan dengan lancer. Kegiatan ini sangat mendukung peningkatan kemampuan guru dalam rangka meningkatkan produktivitas pendidikan dengan pembuatan proposal PTK. Guru-guru mulai mengingat dan memahami kembali materi PTK dan menghasilkan proposal PTK.Efforts to improve and improve the quality of teaching and to learn in class must always be made. One such effort is to carry out Classroom Action Research (CAR). Therefore, training needs to be held to guide teachers, especially Mathematics MGMP (Subject Teachers' Meeting) participants in Banjarmasin City High School, in making PTK proposals. The purpose of this service is to provide understanding and recall about CAR. The subject of this service is the Mathematics Teacher of Mathematics MGMP in Banjarmasin City High School. The method used is to explain to the trainees about the basic concepts of CAR, guide participants to draft a CAR proposal, discuss the difficulties in making a CAR proposal, guide participants to improve the CAR proposal and produce a CAR action proposal that can be used for research. Community Service Activities in the form of guidance on PTK proposals for teachers participating in the MGMP Mathematics in Banjarmasin Municipality in Banjarmasin have been carried out smoothly. This activity is very supportive of improving the ability of teachers in order to increase educational productivity by making CAR proposals. The teachers begin to remember and re-understand the CAR material and produce a CAR proposal.

Inclusive technologies

Education is the investment a society makes in each new generation of children and youth. Given a future that may not look like the past, how do we re-assess the purpose of education? In the words of Aoun (2017), how do we robot-proof our curriculum in order to prepare students for a future where humans and robots will complete for jobs? The purpose of this article is to describe the concept of assistive technology and explore its transformation to technology-enhanced performance as a means of supporting the educational productivity of all learners. Examples are provided to help diverse learners in every classroom as they seek to meet high academic standards relative to executive functioning, reading, writing, and solving mathematical problems.

METHODOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING PRACTICE OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING IN TERMS OF GRADUATES' INTEGRATED COMPETENCIES

The article presents the results of the methodological analysis of the existing practice of University training in terms of graduates' integrated competencies. The analysis was carried out at the general philosophical (system and genetic approaches), general scientific (process-effect approach), specific scientific (competence, personal-activity and situation-problem approaches) and methodological and procedural levels (integrative and interdisciplinary approaches). Systemic shortcomings that impede the educational productivity of the existing training practice in terms of the efficiency of educational integration are identified and described. The definition of educational integration is given as the process of integration of individual competencies acquired by a student in the process of mastering individual disciplines into a single system totality, which is an integral tool for the graduate's professional activity.

Administrasi Peserta Didik

Administration can be interpreted as the whole process of activities achievement of goals efficiently with and through others. Administration in an orderly and orderly education, is very necessary to improve the ability to manage education. Increased ability will have a positive effect, namely increasing efficiency, quality and expansion in performance in the education world. The general administrative goal is that all activities support the achievement of educational goals. Specifically want achieving production effectiveness; Efficiency, The ability to adapt (adaptivenes), and Job Satisfaction. In other words, a measure of administrative success education is educational productivity, which is first seen in the product of results or the effectiveness of the process, atmosphere and efficiency