Teachers’ intention to use technology is a major factor in its effective use in learning including in developing countries. This research empirically investigated on factors that influence Pre-Service Science Teachers’ (PSSTs) intention to use Web 2.0 in learning through Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in Indonesia. The goals of the research were to (a) report if the TAM is a valid and reliable model to explain PSSTs intention to use Web 2.0, and (b) inform the factors of PSSTs’ intention to use Web 2.0 in learning. Seven hundred and five PSSTs from five universities completed a 24-item online questionnaire based on the TAM constructs comprising perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norm, facilitating conditions, attitudes, and intention to use Web 2.0. Results obtained using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) informed that (a) facilitating condition and subjective norm significantly influenced perceived ease of use; (b) subjective norm significantly affected perceived usefulness; (c) both perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness was a significant factor predicting attitude; and (d) attitude, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness significantly influenced intention to use Web 2.0. Overall, the TAM is a valid model to help explain Indonesian PSSTs’ intention to use Web 2.0 in learning. Keywords: Web 2.0, technology acceptance model, pre-service science teachers.

Penyelenggaraan kegiatan-kegiatann yang dilakukan oleh sekolah sudah semestinya didasarkan pada tata kerja yang ada. Dari sini berperan fungsi-fungsi manajemen yaitu perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan dan terakhir evaluasi. Setiap program kegiatan yang dilaksanakan sudah semestinya dilakukan kegiatan evaluasi untuk melihat sejauh mana manfaat suatu program kegiatan beserta kekurangan-kekurangan dan hambatan-hambatan yang ada. Penyusunan tata kerja sekolah merupakan langkah untuk membuat suatu perencanaan terhadap program-program kegiatan sekolah. Selain itu, penyusunan tata kerja sekolah juga merupakan prosedur kerja bagi setiap warga sekolah dalam melaksanakan pekerjaan sesuai tugas, pokok dan fungsinya. Analisis evaluasi terhadap program kegiatan sekolah merupakan upaya kontrol untuk melihat sejuah mana program kegiatan sekolah dijalankan serta manfaatnya bagi perkembangan sekolah tersebut. Evaluasi merupakan sebuah perbaikan dan penyempurnaan serta penilaian apakah suatu program kegiatan sekolah dapat diteruskan atau tidak perlu dilanjutkan. Pelatihan Penyusunan Tata Kerja dan Analisis Evaluasi Sekolah ini dipandang penting dalam rangka meningkatkan kinerja sekolah yang juga berpengaruh pada peningkatan mutu pendidikan. Hasil akhir dari pengabdian ini akan sangat berguna bagi pengambil kebijakan dalam meningkatkan kinerja sekolah.

The study was aimed to investigate the students’ English reading learning styles used by EFL undergraduate students. The participants were students from one English study program at Faculty Teacher Training and Education in Jambi, which aims to produce teachers in English teaching. This study used total sampling with 75 participants consisting of 22 participants in the second semester, and 53 participants in the sixth semester. The analysis of the data was based on the students’ response to twenty five statements that consist of five parts: there are auditory, kinesthetic, group, visual, and individual.  For which they were required to choose any of five alternatives namely strongly agree, agree, not sure, disagree, and strongly disagree. The results revealed that the most preferred reading learning style among the respondents was the auditory learning style and the least is visual learning style. Then, for the gender male used kinesthetic learning style and female used auditory learning style. In this study, suggestions for future research, students, lectures and university are also discussed.

Good teaching is obviously significant for education. There is no much definitive empirical evidence that motivational determinants of mismatched teachers keep teaching while they are also challenged by unintended consequences of being mismatched teachers. This case study sought to find out mismatched women teachers' motivations in public secondary schools. The data were collected mainly through semi-structured interviews. All interview data were recorded, transcribed, analyzed, and divided into themes. We followed the stages including:(a) preparing, engaging and immersing ourselves with the interview data, (b) creating preliminary codes, (c) seeking out for themes and sub-themes, (d) looking over or reviewing themes, (e) classifying and identifying themes. Our recursive analysis of the data helped us to conclude three major themes and several sub-themes including interpersonal factors: supportive colleagues and family, social service factors: obligation as educators, and challenges (content knowledge, the non-availability of teaching and learning materials, low salary but not feel dejected). Recommendations and implications are also discussed.

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