The importance of reflective thinking among teachers has long been recognized, and it remains a crucial indicator of learning and ensures teachers’ professional development. This study’s aim is to understand a teacher education program’s impact on the reflective thinking of preservice teachers in Pakistan. Utilizing a mixed-method approach, 400 teacher education candidates participated in the quantitative analysis, which involved a follow-up that included 10 semi-structured interviews by teacher education candidates. The results showed that teacher education in Pakistan is characterized by the production of more graduates but lacks the focus to develop and generate reflective practitioners in the field. This research contributes to our understanding about the importance of reflective thinking in terms of how it can improve preservice teachers’ thinking patterns and nurture teacher education. Furthermore, this study suggests that teacher-training institutions should focus on improving the quality of the trainings for students.

This article discusses building the character of Sufism-based students in Madrasah in West Kalimantan. The research used is qualitative research through a descriptive approach to understand the object of research naturally. Descriptive analysis is an analysis that uses narratives related to data found at the research site in explaining the intentions, content, and results of the study. The steps of this study are Data collection, Data Reduction, Data Analysis, and Conclusion. The results of this study show that in building the character of Sufism-based students, it aims to influence thoughts and deeds that are following Islamic values. In building the character of students in Madrasah in West Kalimantan, Sufism-based consists of several values, namely: 1) religious; 2) tolerance; 3) social care; 4) friendly; 5) nationalism; 6) cooperation; 7) honesty.

Many elementary students face difficulties in solving word-based, mathematical problems. This study explores using the reciprocal teaching instructional strategy for word-based, mathematical problems at the elementary level. We used a quasiexperimental research design for this study to address the reciprocal teaching environment design, implementation, and evaluation at elementary level mathematics education. Two sixth grade model classes, A & B, of a public secondary school from the district of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan, were selected for this study. Reciprocal teaching for mathematics appears to be an essential strategy for nurturing a more in-depth understanding of the text of mathematical word problems at the elementary level. This instructional approach could enhance an extraordinary level of skill in critical thinking, reasoning, and understanding.

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This study discusses the implementation of religious moderation-based education which is described in two research focuses, namely first the forms and values of religious moderation-based education that have been implemented at SMPK Santo Yusup and secondly to find out the contribution of education based on religious moderation at SMPK Santo Yusup itself. This study uses a field qualitative approach. The data collection techniques in this study are using interviews, observation, and documentation. From this method, researchers process and analyze it to obtain data and information. The subjects in this study were school principals, 2 Catholic teachers, 2 Muslim teachers, and 3 students from different religions. The results of the study show that: first, the forms and values of education based on religious moderation at SMPK Santo Yusup are formed in the Faith Development activities and the inculcation of national values through PPKN learning. The two contributions to education based on religious moderation instill an attitude of openness, tolerance, anti-violence, an attitude of justice, and mutual respect for one another.

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Due to the importance and special nature of kindergarten stage on children’s cognitive, social, emotional and psychological growth, this study aimed at identifying the main teaching competencies required for kindergarten teachers in China. To achieve this objective, an observation card was applied on a group of 41 teachers from different kindergartens. The findings of the study suggested, firstly, that the levels of teaching competencies might be divided into five levels. This classification might be attributed to the variables of the study; namely, specialization, qualification and teaching years of experience. Secondly, the findings also revealed that, on the one hand, there were statistically significant differences according to the variable of specialization and the years of experience. On the other hand, no significant differences were found due to the variable of academic qualification. On the basis of these findings, a group of recommendations were put forward.