Analysis and suggestions on medical educators’ roles

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the differences in the perception between professors and students regarding medical educators’ roles and discuss their desirable roles.Methods: A survey was administered to 116 professors and 379 students of the medical colleges from Dankook University and Hallym University. The subjects were given a self-created questionnaire designed to measure their perception of medical educators’ roles.Results: First, “student performance management” for professors and “teaching skill development” for students were recognized as the most essential medical educators’ role. Second, females students perceived the roles to be more important than males in eight of 10 roles.Conclusion: First, “student performance management” for professors and “teaching skill development” for students were recognized as the most essential medical educators’ role. Second, females students perceived the roles to be more important than males in eight of 10 roles.

Keterampilan Manajerial Kepemimpinan dan Supervisi Pengajaran Kepala Sekolah dan Iklim Organisasi serta Hubungannya dengan Kinerja Guru

<div align="center"><table class="KisiTabel1" width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p><strong>Abstract: </strong>School principals’ skills need to be enhanced in order to improve teachers’ performance. This article discusses both simultaneous and partial relationship between managerial skill and supervising skill of school principals in improving teachers’ teaching skill and school climate among state-owned high school teachers. This quantitative research was conducted in the form of descriptive correlation research. research data were collected using questionnaires and documentation. The population of this research included 394 state-owned high school teachers in Pasuruan District. The samples of this research were limited to 195% teachers or 50% which were determined using the Krecjie table. The results of the data analysis indicated a significant an positive relationship between school principals’ managerial skill and teachers’ performance. Another positive and significant relationship was also found between school principals’ supervising skill in improving teaching skills in relation to the improvement of teachers’ performance. In addition, the school climate was also found to share significant relationship with teachers’ performance enhancement among state-owned high school teachers in Pasuruan District. Whereas, the correlation coefficient was found at 0.785, indicating that there was a simultaneous positive and significant relationship between managerial skill and supervising skill in improving the teaching skill and school climate in relation to the improvement of teachers’ performance. The rest 21.5% of the relationship might be influenced by other factors that were not discussed in this research.</p><p><strong>Abstrak: </strong>Keahlian yang dimiliki oleh seorang kepala sekolah merupakan sesuatu yang harus ditingkatkan dengan berbagai cara agar membantu dalam meningkatkan kinerja guru agar lebih baik lagi. Oleh karena itu, artikel ini membahas mengenai hubungan keterampilan manajerial, keterampilan supervisi kepala sekolah dalam meningkatkan kemampuan pengajaran, dan iklim sekolah terhadap kinerja guru SMA Negeri dengan cara bersama-sama (simultan) ataupun secara parsial (antar variabel independen dan dependen). Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif serta memakai rancangan deskriptif korelasi. Pengambilan informasi menggunakan kuesioner berupa angket dan dokumentasi. Populasi yang dipakai merupakan semua guru SMA Negeri di Kabupaten Pasuruan berjumlah 394 guru. Besarnya sample yaitu 195 guru atau dapat dikatakan 50% dari Populasi. Hasil dari perhitungan yang dilakukan menjelaskan ada hubungan yang signifikan serta positif antara Keterampilan manajerial Kepala sekolah dengan kinerja guru yang ada di SMA Negeri se kabupaten Pasuruan, adanya hubungan yang positif serta signifikan antara keterampilan supervisi dalam meningkatkan kemampuan pengajaran terhadap kinerja guru SMA Negeri di kabupaten Pasuruan, adanya hubungan signifikan ikim sekolah terhadap Kinerja guru yang ada di SMA Negeri se-kabupaten Pasuruan. Dilihat dari nilai koefisien korelasi dengan haasil 0,785 menunjukkan bahwa sebesar 78,5% secara Bersama-sama terdapat hubungan positif sertaa signifikan antara keterampilan manajerial, keterampilan supervisi dalam menigkatkan kemampuan pengajaran dan iklim sekolah terhadap kinerja Guru. Selisihnya 21,5% berhubungan pada faktor lain yang bukan variabel dalam artikel.<strong></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Pelatihan pembelajaran efektif berbasis TSAC bagi Guru sekolah dasar di Jawa Tengah

The purpose of this community service is to provide an effective teaching training based on TSAC (Teaching Skill Assessment Checklists) for elementary school teachers in Central Java. The strategic and appropriate target audience involved in this activity were elementary school teachers in Central Java as many as 20 person (Surakarta, Klaten, Karanganyar, Demak, Sragen, Brebes). The service materials are as follows: (1) Creating a supportive and warm classroom climate (2) Using waiting time during questions (3) Arranging content for effective presentations (4) Assessing, commenting, and discussing homework (5) Multitasking. A question and answer session was held and a discussion on the problems encountered in the field. After that, to determine the success of the implementation of this activity, an evaluation is carried out at the end of the implementation of the activity. The results of the implementation showed that the participants were very enthusiastic in participating the training. From the results of the question and answer, there are also many problems that exist in the elementary school in Central Java.

Addressing Time Shortage with Microteaching

This study presents and evaluates the methodology used in the ninety minutes microteaching lesson, which was carried out on a group of my fourth-year students who are studying English in the university and are training to become English teachers. It aims to assess the role of the teacher, students, materials, and activities used in the classroom and also to address the time shortage with microteaching. It deals with a brief overview of the topic and the class that the lesson is aimed at. Then, the methodology includes details about the method that has been used here, which is based on communicative language teaching (CLT) with the justifications of using it. This is followed by analysing the key features of the lesson plan critically and justifies each activity. Finally, the evaluation of the lesson is presented and microteaching as the best solution and strategy for developing teaching skill has been suggested.

How to Improve College English Teachers’ Teaching Skill

This paper focuses on college English teachers’ self-improvement of teaching skills, first it describes the present condition of English teaching at colleges, and then presents methods how to improve College English teachers’teaching skill from five aspects, such as: dialogue with yourself, solicit feedback from your students, improve yourself, sharpen your improvisation skills and plan well for next time, in a word, we can go further in teaching only if we prepare well in advance by improving our teaching skills.