Category: Education and Social Welfare
Formative Instruction in Hawaiʻi: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices
In the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, there is value in examining the insights gained by the Hawaiʻi education system through the various adaptations required to navigate the crisis. In this context, it is crucial to inquire about teachers’ perspectives on the strategies implemented in the plan to maximize the utilization of the Elementary and …
Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavioral Control and Entrepreneurial Intention: Three Factors for Implementing Entrepreneurial Education
This research delves into the potential of integrating entrepreneurship education into secondary school curriculums within the Middle East region. While traditional theoretical approaches may pose challenges for some students, leading to disengagement and higher dropout rates, entrepreneurship education offers a promising alternative. This study specifically examines how students perceive entrepreneurship as a viable path towards …
Reasonable Accommodation for Students With Disabilities in Japan: A Language Program Administrator’s Guide
Starting in April 2024, Japan will mandate that companies offer essential services and infrastructure to support individuals with disabilities. This decree will involve implementing features like having sloped access points for wheelchairs, ensuring information accessibility, and making necessary modifications to ensure equal access to educational opportunities. The Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities …
Development of the Happy Teacher Module – Adapt to a Positive Psychological Approach in the School Context
Early childhood teachers have an important strategic role in developing children’s golden age. Teachers with psychological well-being will be able to develop the well-being of students as well. Psychological well-being is the main function of education to maximize the growth of teachers and students. On the other side, teachers’ duties and responsibilities at school cause …
Examining Emotional, Cognitive, and Social Engagement of Public School Teachers in Conflict Settings
This study investigates the teaching climate and teachers’ engagement in public secondary schools situated within armed conflict zones. Specifically, it explores how these teachers develop their commitment and connection to the school in various aspects, including their perceived role, relationships with colleagues, access to opportunities, and emotional well-being. The methodology was quantitative, with a descriptive …
Characteristics of the Community in Implementing Development Programs in the Village of Kota Rantang, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
This research aims to determine the characteristics of the community in implementing development programs in the village of Kota Rantang, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia. This research method was carried out using a quantitative approach, applying purposive and accidental sampling techniques. Data collection techniques through field research, using questionnaires, and literature study. The research population …
Is it Possible? Culturally Responsive Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
Gloria Ladson-Billings (1995) articulated and defined culturally relevant pedagogy as being comprised of three components: 1. Student Learning – The students’ intellectual growth and moral development, but also their ability to problem solve and reason. 2. Cultural Competence – Skills that support students to affirm and appreciate their culture of origin while developing fluency in …
The Effect of Project-Based Learning on Improving Students’ Civic Responsibility
The learning process of civics subjects has obstacles in implementing abilities, developing students’ thinking skills, and acting responsibly in solving problems in the surrounding environment. This study aims to determine the effect of project-based learning on increasing students’ civic responsibility at the Korpri Karawang Private Senior High School. This research uses the survey method; the …
Research Trend of Vigotsky Theory in Children’s Education From 2013 to 2023: A Bibliometric Review and Analysis
This article was written to analyze the research trend of Vigotsky theory in Children’s Education from 2013 to 2023. The method used is bibliometric analysis, assisted by the VOSviewer application. The object of study is the title and abstract of 29 scientific articles from international journals indexed by journal from 200 documents in the last …
Emerging Digtal Civility for Young Indonesian Netizens: Make Healthy and Safety Interactions on Social Media
The phenomenon of shifting citizen interactions from direct to digital interaction is increasing. This shift in interaction certainly affects the quality of human life, especially on issues of civility. This article was prepared to provide ideas on building digital civility among young citizens so that they can interact responsibly on social media and create healthy …
Merdeka Curriculum: The Revival of Post-war Indonesian Educational Thought
The Merdeka Curriculum, introduced in 2022, was developed to address the learning loss experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic and to improve upon the previous curriculum, which failed to significantly enhance Indonesian students’ educational achievements. Officially adopted as the National Curriculum in 2024, it draws inspiration from educational figures like Ki Hajar Dewantara, particularly his concept …
Stress Among College Students: How Social Capital, Locus of Control, and Isolation Shape College Students’ Well-being
University life represents one of the most thrilling chapters in one’s personal and professional life but also introduces a host of difficulties with the potential to intensify stress. When unattended, stress can worsen and impede academic accomplishments, emotional health, and social well-being. Objectives: This study aims to explore the relationships among stress, feelings of isolation, …
Unveiling Leadership Dynamics in East Asia Region: A Comprehensive Analysis of Contributors, Collaborative Networks, and Dominant Styles (1980-2022)
Leadership models have undergone shifts influenced by local societal and cultural dynamics, as well as responses to innovations and societal transformations. This study seeks to unravel the individuals contributing significantly to leadership research in different regions of East Asia and examines the impact and shaping of leadership studies. Additionally, it delves into the dynamics of …
Innovation Research on Civic Intelligence for Democratic Citizen to Address Twenty-First Century Challenges
Civic education is a means of democratic education where democratic values are integrated into learning so that citizens have the competence to become democratic citizens. This research aims to reintroduce the concept of civic intelligence to expand the concept of citizen competence, which Douglas Schuler, Winataputra and Somantri previously initiated. Through a qualitative design, this …
Fostering Environmental Awareness Among Students: Exploring the Impact of Civic Education in Indonesia
This research examines how the implementation of Civic Education in Indonesia shapes environmentally conscious students. With a large population and expansive territory, the potential environmental issues in Indonesia are increasing. Education becomes one solution to address and prevent potential environmental damage that may arise in the future. This research relies on semi-structured interviews with Civic …
Are You Truly Prepared? A Review and Policy Suggestions for University of Technology Students Off-Campus Internships
The integration of theory and practice in off-campus internships aimed to enhance students’ professional competence and employability. However, pitfalls were identified in the implementation, such as unclear internship content, students’ insufficient understanding of the internship site, and perfunctory pre-internship briefings, all contributing to suboptimal internship results. Therefore, the primary objectives of this study are as …
Trends in Global Citizenship Education Research: Bibliometric Mapping and Opportunities for Development
This research analyzes the development of Global Citizenship Education research through bibliometric mapping using VOSviewer. Articles were collected from the Google Scholar database using the Publish or Perish application to observe topic trends. This study analyzed the indexed database of Google Scholar for 10 years (2013-2023), resulting in 969 articles. The data analysis results indicate …
Increasing Creative Leadership for Cooperatives to Increase Innovation in Products and Services
This study explores the important role of creative leadership in improving the ability of cooperative managers to drive innovation in products and services across micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and various economic sectors in Indonesia. As technology evolves, cooperative managers are forced to adapt to contemporary developments, requiring creative flexibility to improve their professional …
Examining the Relationship Between School Climate and Job Satisfaction With Teacher’s Autonomy as a Mediator
The research on teachers’ job satisfaction has always been a critical issue in the development of the educational environment. In this study, it adopts a perspective focusing on the working environment of teachers to investigate the mediating factors influencing job satisfaction among 3,855 middle school teachers in Taiwan, with a primary focus on teacher autonomy. …
The Impact of Work as an Indonesian Worker Abroad on Changes in the Function of Parents and Children’s Education
This research aims to find out how children develop who are left behind by parents who work abroad in Pringgarata Village, Pringgarata District, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method involving observation, interviews and documentation. This research uses a case approach to study the influence of parents working …
Ensuring Authentic Assessments in Higher Education – Comparing AI-Generated Responses to Case Study-Based Assessment Questions
The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022 sent ripples across higher education, particularly in attempts to detect its use by students using it to complete assignments. This paper involved a simple experiment that compared responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools, namely ChatGPT and Google Gemini, in response to a case study-based Social Work …
Choice of Gender in High School Dropout: A Comparison of MNL and BIMNL Models
Purpose – To estimate gender disparity in high school dropouts when households experience financial shocks, this study aims to extend the simple decision-making process of school dropouts to allow for the multiplicity of dropout choices with respect to gender in households having exactly one boy and one girl in high school. We also account for …
Droughts and Gender Heterogeneity in High School Dropouts in Marginal and Small Agricultural Households in India: Discrete Time Survival Analysis
Purpose – We examine whether droughts are differently associated with high school dropout of girls and boys from marginal and small agricultural households compared to other households. While non-agricultural households may adopt a utility maximisation framework regarding educational investments, marginal or small agricultural households have to make an additional profit maximisation decision regarding production and …
Identification of Teacher Competence Moral Elements for Becoming Principals as Learning Leaders
The principal has a central impact on enhancing the education unit and a strategic role in developing school resources. The principal has a crucial role to play in realizing a superior school as a learning leader. This study aimed to describe the moral competencies that a teacher must possess in order to serve as the …
Reinforcing Pancasila Student Profiles: The Ideal Frameworks of Project-Based Learning in Secondary Schools in Indonesia
Students in Indonesia are expected to be capable of being useful members of society and becoming great human beings in the twenty-first century. Critical thinking skills and character building are among the characteristics necessary to attain the Pancasila student profiles. Project-based learning is being used in schools in an effort to enhance Pancasila students’ profiles. …
The Development of a Malay Language Pretend Play Assessment Kit for Assessing Malaysian Children’s Pretend Play
Pretend play involves representation of objects or individuals as another for amusement seeking and one of the multifaceted play activities that children engage in for fun, yet promotes a myriad of skills development and learning including cognitive, language, social, and emotional skills. Children across gender, geographical and cultural backgrounds engage in pretend play, however, there …
Implementatin of the Undergraduate Coastal Program for Students at Risk of Dropping Out of School: Case Study at Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan
Bachelor of Costal Education is a mentoring activity for children with a lower middle-class economy in coastal villages who wish to continue their education at tertiary institutions. The purpose of this study is to describe the use of coastal undergraduate mentoring in reducing dropout rates. The research was conducted using a descriptive-qualitative approach with the …
Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction and Willingness to Continue Working of Nursing Staff in Japan
Japan faces a severe shortage of nurses and caregivers who take care of support needed elderlies. The purpose of this study is to examine the job satisfaction and the willingness to continue working of nursing staffs who are working for elderlies in different types of nursing care services in Akita where the highest aging rate …
Academic Performance and Attitude of the 21st-Century Learners on Mathematics in the Modern World
Attitude towards mathematics has played an important role in the mathematics teaching and learning processes and its effect on the student’s mathematics achievement has been highlighted many times on basic education. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the academic performance and the attitude of students on mathematics in the higher …
Development of a STEM Curriculum and Evaluating Its Effects on Promoting the Technology Literacy and Self-determination of Students With Disabilities
The purpose of this study was to develop a STEM curriculum integrated with educational robotics and the concept of self-determination and examine its effectiveness on promoting the science knowledge, basic math skills, robotics, literacy, and self-determination of junior high school students with disabilities. Research has showed that compared to their normally developing peers, students with …
Individualised Delivery of Content and Human Connection in Online Educational Environment: A Case from an Award-winning Course for Excellent Student
The presentation reports some the findings from an action research project in an online foundational course over a period of 2 years to enhance student engagement and satisfaction. The course, Tertiary Learning Strategies, was offered by the University of South Australia to students enrolled in Open Universities Australia (OUA), an online higher education organisation in …
Subjective Well-being at Old Ages: Does Educational Background Matter?
Given the trend of demographic transition and population ageing around the world, improving the welfare of older persons has become a key policy issue. The study employed Vietnam National Ageing Survey 2011, which is the first nationally representative survey of older persons in Vietnam. We used ordered-logistic regression to study the relationship between level of …
Faculty Members in the Eyes of their Students
Teachers, as the most important human resource in school, need to be monitored and evaluated for continuing improvement of the learning process. The study analyzed results of the faculty evaluation from the students’ point of view through the ratings and comments indicated in computerized student evaluation of the university. The student evaluators were chosen through …
Needs of the Provinces on the Academic Services of Higher Education Institutions to Promote and Support the Enhancement of Learning
The purpose of this research was to study and compare the province committee’s on needs of the province on the academic services of higher education institutions to promote and support the enhancement of learning, in four aspects : 1) the academic knowledge, 2) the providing training, 3) the providing advice or as a consultant, and …
The Effects of Using Non-Verbal Semiotic Elements in Teaching Vocabulary at A2 Level
This paper attempted to reveal to what extent using non-verbal semiotic elements (visuals, realias, maps, videos, body language, gestures etc.) influences the efficiency of vocabulary teaching. For this purpose, one experiment group (30 prep-class students from different engineering departments) and one control group (35 prep-class students from different engineering departments) were recruited from Karabük University. …
Professionals’ Perceptions of the Quality of the Transnational Higher Education in Sri Lanka
This paper discusses the professionals’ perceptions of the quality of the transnational higher education in Sri Lanka. The main research questions focus on the priorities for quality in relation to the foreign degree awarding institutes of Sri Lanka and to what extent that the foreign degree awarding institutes of Sri Lanka implement and maintain quality …
Community Empowerment to Enhance Demographic Awareness: An Educational Approach from Indonesia
This study aimed to enhance the demographic awareness through educational approach which focused on community empowerment. In an effort to accomplish demographic awareness, the study referred to the Model of Precede and Proceed initiated by L.W. Green. The study was conducted in two phases – Mapping and Intervention. Data from the first phase, mapping, was …
Baby Factories in Nigeria: Implications for Education and Women Empowerment
The growth of Baby Factories has added a new dimension to the incidence of trafficking in persons in Nigeria. The main purpose of baby factories, also referred to as �baby farming�, �baby harvesting� and �baby manufacturing� is the production and sale of babies for commercial purposes. Because of poverty, illiteracy and stigmatization occasioned by unplanned/unwanted …
How Effective are Bullying Interventions in Reducing Perpetration and Victimization Among School-Aged Children? A Systematic Meta-Analysis
Education administrators, policy makers, and community workers need clarifications of school-based bullying interventions when making informed decisions concerning bullying prevention resources and funding. In the past decade, bullying strategies and intervention programs have increased significantly from the original strategies and interventions of Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. The purpose of this systematic meta-analysis is to contribute …