Kajian  ini  dijalankan  untuk  membina  instrumen  mengukur  tahap  kompetensi  guru pelatih   dalam  pentaksiran  bilik  darjah.  Proses  pembinaan  instrumen  melibatkan  lima fasa, iaitu  pembentukan konsep, pembinaan item, pengujian item, penganalisisan item, dan  penentuan  profil.   Pada fasa pembentukan  konsep,  pengkaji  menganalisis  kajian­ kajian lepas berkaitan  kompetensi   PBD dan menjalankan  temu bual pakar. Hasilnya, kompetensi    guru   pelatih   dalam   PBD    dikonsepsikan    terdiri   daripada   konstruk pengetahuan,   kemahiran,   dan   sikap   terhadap    PBD.   Pada   fasa   pembinaan   item, sebanyak  183  item  berskala  jenis  Likert  5 mata  telah   dibina.  Berdasarkan  cadangan pakar,  sebanyak  63  item  digugurkan  dan  lima  item  ditambah   menjadikan  jumlah keseluruhan item menjadi 125. Analisis Cohen Kappa menunjukkan wujud konsistensi  persetujuan.....

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This research aims to develop and determine the effectiveness of STEM-based gamified experiments  (STEM-GE) on students’ performance and motivation. The development of STEM-GE was based on ADDIE  model, constructivist, flow and motivation theory. Quasi experimental design was used on  a number  of 40  foundation students from a science course in one of the private university. The sample was  selected by using cluster random sampling procedure with 20 students  for each treatment and  control groups. Two instruments were used, namely test questions and questionnaire on motivation.  Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings indicated that  STEM-GE have good validity (percentage of agreement = 92%). The findings of t- test  revealed  that   there  was  a  significant  increase  in  students’  performance  (t(38)  = −2.897, p < .05) in the treatment group by using STEM-GE compared to the control group.  Mean score .....

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Writing in a first and second language are two different contexts and involve significant different composing process. In general, most ESL students have difficulties in the rhetorical and linguistics aspects of writing because of their prior education and education backgrounds (Mengjie Wei, 2017:16). Given the complexity of writing tasks, it is not surprising that L2 writers may experience various writing difficulties ranging from mechanical up to the content or idea development level. Although writing is teachable, the conversion of thought into written form is a difficult activity that requires organized pedagogical approaches and complementary skills. This is a case study which discusses the practices of process approach in teaching ESL writing and its practicality. The findings were based on a long-term observation and interview of three form 4 students and a teacher in Malaysia rural area school. Students’ writings were analysed to show the students’ development when activiti.....

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Students are facing various challenges in life that may have adverse effects to their academic performance yet some school programs are not student needs-driven. This descriptive research study discusses the problems experienced by the 350 students of a higher education institution in the Philippines with the hope to craft activities that are responsive to their needs and academic achievement. The data were collected through questionnaire and registration methods. Descriptive analysis shows that around 9 percent to 23 percent of the students experience problems in academic, social, family, emotional, personal, financial and spiritual aspects whose degree ranges from moderate extent to very great extent. The problems reflect teachers’ lapses in classroom management and pedagogy, and lack of activities that support students’ holistic development and effective learning habits. Linear regression analysis confirms that their problems explain significantly a variance that ranges from 19 .....

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Kajian ini dilaksanakan bagi membina sebuah manual pembelajaran berasaskan pemikiran yang dikenali sebagai ‘Jom Fikir KdK’ dan mengenal pasti persepsi guru pelatih mengenai manual yang telah dihasilkan. Pembinaan manual ‘Jom Fikir KdK’ ini dikategorikan sebagai kajian reka bentuk dan pembinaan yang berteraskan model ADDIE. Kajian tinjauan pula dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti persepsi guru pelatih terhadap manual 'Jom Fikir KdK' dari aspek kandungan, reka bentuk dan penggunaan. Kajian tinjuan ini dijalankan di sebuah universiti di negeri Perak yang melibatkan seramai 80 orang guru pelatih yang berada di semester 8 dari program Sarjana Muda Pendidikan Sains, Biologi, Fizik dan Kimia. Manual 'Jom Fikir KdK' yang dibina ini mempunyai nilai kesahan 96% persetujuan pakar dan nilai kebolehpercayaan Cronbach Alpha 0.960. Kajian tinjauan terhadap persepsi guru pelatih menunjukkan bahawa manual ini berada pada tahap yang baik bagi ketiga-tiga aspek iaitu kandungan (min=4.42), reka bentuk .....

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The role of Islamic education teacher (IET) as society change agent (SCA) requires a strong internal motivation factor. It begins with confidence in self-ability, which is self-efficacy (SE) in implementing the trust given to them. In addition, goal orientation (GO) is also important in ensuring that the effort is successful. The study aims to assess the relationship between SE and GO of IET in Malaysia with the role of SCA in society. This study aims to assess the relationship between SE ITE in Malaysia with the role of SCA in society. This quantitative study has involved 1382 IETs in Malaysia. The sampling technique used was cluster sampling and based on random sample selection. The findings show that the SE level of ITE is at high level. Same goes to the GO, the perception of IET toward their GO is in good level. But the role of IET as SCA is at less satisfactory level. Furthermore, SE and GO have been identified to have significant correlation with IET's role as SCA but was at low .....

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Teaching, which is often regarded as a noble profession, is not without sacrifices and time is among these sacrifices. Global data supports that teachers tend to work beyond the official working hours, more than any other professionals in the world. Similarly, teacher groups in the Philippines claim that the teacher workload is compromising the professionals’ wellbeing. The main purpose of this study is to explore how teachers get the work done, with emphasis on those professionals working in small barangay schools in the province. However, in spite of such issues, teachers were found to be matching such issues with strategizing, inspired work, and professional commitment. Finally, the paper concludes that while it is admirable how teachers match the struggles with positive attitude, it would still be ideal to explore means of ‘getting the work done’ without compromising the teachers’ physiological well-being, personal lives, and professional self-concept.  ..

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Exploring the indigenous Cebuano cultural practices contextualizes a culture-based Cooperative Learning (CL) strategy. The study explored the socio-cultural background of Cebuano cooperation as reflected in the communal practices of the tagay, alayon, yayong, tambayayong, and unong (TAYTU); the process of localized cooperative learning strategies contextualized in the TAYTU; designing lesson exemplars in the TAYTU way. This qualitative study used a directive content analysis design using relevant research findings and initial codes that serve as bases of future projections, as a form of trend studies in CL strategies. The exploratory design was used to provide visualization of TAYTU exemplars. FGDs were conducted among the 60 research participants: alayon farmers (20), tambayayong fishermen (20) and male-drinkers (20), using enumeration sampling and inclusion criteria to establish the socio-cultural background of the study. The indigenous identities of the Cebuano cultural practices br.....

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The rapid economic growth in the colony beginning in the mid-nineteenth century gave rise to a modernity that transformed the musical mode of production in Manila. A new market comprised of the culturally-supportive elite and middle-class population patronised musical productions. In addition, musicians and other artists formed unions to create an institutionalised representation of themselves corresponding to the larger socio-political and economic forces in the network of production, creating new relations necessary in the existing social formation. Exchanges between the various players of the musical mode of production required matching forces to avoid exploitation, particularly of labour. This article examines three of the more prominent musical associations in the late nineteenth century—Liceo Artístico-Literario, Sociedad de Conciertos Unión Artístico-Musical, and Sociedad Musical Filipina de Santa Cecilia—investigating how they advanced music and education and promoted th.....

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Musical transmission is integral to the sustainability of musical traditions. Most literature on musical transmission focuses how songs are memorised rather than how instrumental pieces are transmitted. This study explores the transmission processes of the kêlèntangan, the instrumental pieces that accompany the Dayak Bênuaq rituals. The transmission processes comprise the conveyor, content and mechanism. There are three figures involved in this conveyor processes— the pênu’ung (musician), the pêngampir (observer) and pêmêliatn (shaman). I argue that transmission of kêlèntangan involves a triangular interaction among these three figures. In addition, the transmission of kêlèntangan generates two kinds of content—musical and non-musical, which requires different mechanisms. These mechanisms include bêkajiq (listening), kintau (imitating), to tameh (improvisation). The interaction between the pênu’ung transmits musical and non-musical contents; while the interaction b.....

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