scholarly journals Análisis descriptivo de Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje: estudio de caso en Enseñanza Obligatoria

Author(s):  
Alberto Jiménez Hidalgo

Existe en la actualidad la necesidad de explicar cómo aprendemos en contextos de educación formal, no formal e informal, de forma autónoma y apoyándonos en los recursos tecnológicos a nuestro alcance. Los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje (PLE por sus siglas en inglés, Personal Learning Environment) son un constructo teórico en torno al aprendizaje que ha recibido la atención de la comunidad investigadora y educativa durante los últimos años y que ha intentado dar respuesta a esta necesidad. Los estudios de tipo práctico sobre el PLE son menos frecuentes que los de tipo teórico, por lo que es necesario complementar el corpus de investigaciones sobre PLE con trabajos que recojan datos empíricos. En esta línea presentamos este estudio de caso, diseñado bajo un enfoque cuantitativo de investigación y en el que llevamos a cabo el análisis descriptivo del PLE de alumnos desde 5.º de Primaria hasta 4.º de ESO de un centro escolar, con el objetivo de utilizar las conclusiones para poder elaborar un plan de actuación y mejora de las estrategias docentes. Se utilizó un cuestionario ad hoc y recogimos datos de 188 estudiantes. Las principales conclusiones a las que llegamos son las siguientes: la muestra analizada dice conocer y aplicar por igual todas las dimensiones de su PLE, pero lo hace de forma limitada y superficial; un factor determinante para el éxito en este tipo de proyectos es la cantidad de dispositivos disponibles, y no tanto la tipología de los mismos; la edad de los alumnos de Primaria no es impedimento para trabajar sobre sus propios PLE; los estudiantes se sienten más cómodos trabajando de forma tradicional que de formas más innovadoras; por último, la dimensión sobre la que los alumnos han demostrado tener menos conocimientos es la referente a compartir y comunicarse en red. There is nowadays a need to explain how we learn in formal, non-formal and informal contexts, in autonomous ways and supported by the available technological resources. Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) are a new theoretical construct about learning that has received the attention of both researchers and educators in the last few years and that tries to give an answer to this issue. Applied studies about PLEs are much less frequent than theoretical ones; the PLE research corpus needs to be complemented with a number of works that give some insight on practical examples of PLEs. In this field we present this case study, designed following the quantitative approach of investigation and where we show the descriptive analysis of PLEs of students from 5th Grade in Elementary School up to 4th Grade in Secondary School, with the aim to provide the school Administrators with a comprehensive action plan to improve teaching strategies. An ad hoc questionnaire was used and we collected data from 188 students. The main conclusions we have reached are the following: the sample analyzed claims to know and apply all the dimensions of their PLE equally, although this is done in a limited and superficial way; a key factor for the success of these kind of projects is the quantity of devices available, and not so much what type these are; age is not a problem for Elementary School students to work on their own PLEs; students feel more comfortable working traditionally rather than in more innovative ways; and last, the dimension related to sharing and communicating online for learning is the least developed one in these students’ PLEs.

Author(s):  
Surja Permana

Purpose : The purpose of this research was to know the reasons or causes of lack or absence of Christian Education teachers Design/methodology/approach : The method used in this research was explorative-descriptive case study. Case study procedure in this research had four stages: description (observing/studying), analysis (trying to understand), interpretation (interpretation of data), and action (action plan based on the result of research data). Findings : the main obstacle to procurement of Christian Education teachers as Non-Permanent Teachers was lack or absence of budget Research limitations/implications : This study was limited to the number of Christian students. Interview means that the researcher asked questions to school administrators to obtain information according to research variables. To complete the information required, the researcher observed on the implementation of Christian Education at Public Elementary School in Sub-district of Candisari, Semarang. Practical implications : First, in Sub-district of Candisari there were 37 Public Elementary Schools. Thirty-six schools had Christian students. There were only six Christian Education teachers who teaching Christian Education at 16 schools. Six Christian Education teachers for 16 schools, mean 43% of schools had teachers who teaching Christian Education. That mean 57% or 20 Public Elementary Schools in Sub-district of Candisari had no Christian Education teachers. Originality/value : the Government or the school administrators were less concerned with the implementation of Christian Education, then the church (Christian community) must be willing to assume the responsibility by sending and financing Christian Education teachers to schools that did not have Christian Education teachers yet


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaenal Arifin

This study aims to: (1) develop thematic textbooks based on local wisdom of our best friend's environmental theme material for grade V elementary school students, (2) Know the validity, practicality and effectiveness of thematic textbooks based on local wisdom of our best friend's environmental theme material for grade students V elementary school. The development of thematic textbook learning media based on local wisdom uses the Research and Development (R & D) method. The development stages include: (1) Potentials and problems, (2) Data collection, (3) Product design, (4) Design validation, (5) Design revision, (6) Product testing, (7) Product revision (Sugiyono, 2016). The research was conducted with 33 students from class V SDN 2 Sendang Jepara Regency. Initial product development is a process of making media based on needs analysis. Expert testing or validation was carried out by 2 experts, namely media experts and material experts. The data collection method in this research is observation, interview, and questionnaire. The data analysis technique used descriptive analysis and comparison test of two independent groups, namely using the independent t-test. Based on the results of the trial, this thematic teaching material is very valid, very interesting, effective and can be applied in learning. This can be seen from the results of the validation test from three experts which show that the product is good. The results of the effectiveness test showed that the experimental class students had better learning outcomes than the control class. This means that textbooks based on local wisdom of Jepara Regency are developed effectively


Author(s):  
Viqri Rahmad Satria

This research aims to know speaking teaching methods used at Kampung Inggris Pontianak for elementary school students and tutor obstacles during teaching activity. The method applied in this research was qualitative approach with descriptive analysis. The data were collected from interview and observation with the owner of Kampung Inggris Pontianak, West Kalimantan. It was found that English speaking skill to elementary school students was separated into four levels; basic, intermediate 1, intermediate 2, and advanced. There are five methods applied by Kampung Inggris Pontianak to improve students English speaking skill. Flashcards, watching movies, listening, games, and singing. There were two kinds of obstacles that tutors face during the class. First, most of the tutors’ backgrounds were non-educational. So, they found it hard, sometimes, to control their elementary students who are very energetic. They might have English language competence. However, it is not adequate as their only competence to teach students compared to tutors with English educational background. Therefore, Kampung Inggris Pontianak holds micro-teaching practices to see tutor candidate performances before coming into class. Second, new students made many false answers on the placement test just to make them get into a lower level class than they are supposed to be. The researcher hopes this research will give knowledge to the reader of how tutors in Kampung Inggris Pontianak teaches speaking skills to their students.


Author(s):  
Meiliana Nurfitriani ◽  
Mohammad Fahmi Nugraha ◽  
Budi Hendrawan

This study aims to determine how integrated thematic-based English learning is for elementary school students. The method used is a qualitative research method with descriptive analysis techniques with library research by examining the implementation of integrated thematic-based English learning for elementary school students. Data collection is done by reducing documents in the form of reports, news and research articles both nationally and internationally related to the topic of this research article. The results showed that the integration between student experience and previous knowledge possessed by children with English learning presented in a theme, will help children to gain knowledge, skills, and attitudes holistically. The theme developed is of course taking into account the children's knowledge, interests, and environment. Each skill in English is also not taught separately but is learned in an integrated manner with other skills. Therefore, the concept of learning English as a foreign language in accordance with the concept of an integrated thematic approach will be able to provide the value of knowledge, skills, and attitudes as a whole whose process is in line with the characteristics of children at the elementary school level.


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