Improving the quality of education is the responsibility of all parties. One of the institutions carrying out this mandate in an area is the Education Council. This study aims to find out how the role of the Education Council in Rejang Lebong Regency in improving the quality of education so far. Through observation and interviews, it was found that the role of the Education Council in improving the quality of education in Rejang Lebong Regency was as follows: (a) consideration in determining and implementing education policies, (b) supporting both tangible financial, thought and energy in the implementation of education (c) controllers in the context of transparency and accountability in the administration and output of education, (d) mediators between the government and the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) with the community
The spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) has brought various drastic changes to human life, one of which is the mode of learning that should be transformed into an online mode. However, the complexities of online learning leave some problems. Thus, this qualitative study aimed to investigate the online learning processes, problems, and the principal’s solutions at MA Muhammmadiyah Kampung Delima, Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Province. The principal and five selected teachers were involved as the participants. The data were garnered from interviews and observations, and the data were further analyzed using an interactive model. The findings demonstrated that the school, in general, had implemented online learning processes based on the school and teachers’ existing and general competencies. However, there were some problems therein, including ineffective delivery of materials, inadequate technological facilities of students, students’ lack of discipline, and unstable internet networks. To overcome such problems, the principal arranged assistance from the government to benefit from online learning and actively encouraged teachers to establish communication with parents. As an implication, the curricular contents of teacher education in the Indonesian context should be more sensitive to the discourse of TPACK. Further studies are expected to work on the principal’s managerial role in online learning by involving the principles from various schools.
The cultivation of moral values in Islamic Education learning becomes an effort in facing various challenges in this millennial era. The purpose of strengthening moral values is to guide and foster students to be better persons and be able to have good morals, which are in accordance with Islamic values. As regards moral values, the role of educators in cultivating moral values is very crucial. It is to prepare students’ positive attitude to face the millennial era. There are several supporting factors in cultivating students’ moral values in SMA 2 Rejang Lebong. They are the existence of support and collaboration from the school, cooperation between teachers and parents, and the fulfillment of the school’s facilities and infrastructure. On the other hand, there are some factors that obstruct the cultivation of moral values that are influenced by the students’ selves and peer relations. This research is qualitative research, qualitative research aims to examine the conditions of natural objects and emphasize understanding the in-depth meaning of a symptom. Data were collected through interviews (direct and indirect), observation, and documentation. The purpose of this study is to find out how to instill moral values in learning Islamic religious education to face the millennial era and to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors for planting moral values in learning Islamic religious education facing the millennial era in SMA Negeri 2 Rejang Lebong.
<p style="text-align: justify;">Teacher leadership theory has underlined the essence of teacher collaboration (TC) in helping students learn better. Also, many studies and theories have argued that TC can be an effective way to provide learning feedback. Thus, this mixed-method study aimed to experimentally examine the effect of teacher collaborative metacognitive feedback (TCMF) on educational management (EM) students’ metacognition, to see the different effects on EM students’ metacognition as affected by TCMF and by individual teaching metacognitive feedback (ITMF), and to qualitatively probe into students’ perceptions of teacher collaboration. The quantitative study conducted a quasi-experimental method by involving 44 EM students. A valid and reliable scale of metacognition adopted from a previous study was utilized as the instrument of data collection. The qualitative study conducted interviews with 8 students selected purposively, and the data were analyzed interactively to reach credible information. This study revealed that TCMF positively and significantly affected EM students’ metacognition. TCMF contributed to EM students’ metacognition better than ITMF did. The students perceived that TC developed their collaborative skills, continuously supporting their critical thinking skills, intercultural communicative competence, and problem-solving skills. Limitations, implications, and recommendations for further research are discussed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The embodiment of teacher leadership has currently shifted onto the practice of teacher collaboration due to its potential to solve students’ problems such as low critical thinking skills. Accordingly, this study quantitatively aimed to examine the effect of teacher collaboration on educational management students’ critical thinking skills as well as their critical thinking retention. Subsequently, it qualitatively investigated the students’ perspectives on teacher collaboration. 60 students selected randomly took part in the experimentation, in which 30 students were taught with teacher collaboration, and other 30 students were taught with individual lecturing. 10 students taught with teacher collaboration were further selected purposively to be interviewed for the qualitative investigation. Descriptive statistics alongside paired and independent t-tests were deployed to analyze the experiment results, and an interactive model was adopted to analyze the qualitative findings. The experiment showed that teacher collaboration had a more positive and significant effect on students’ critical thinking skills than its counterpart did. The students taught with teacher collaboration enjoyed good retention of critical thinking skills as well. The students perceived that teacher collaboration improved their collaborative skills, awareness, and metacognitive skills in learning. Implication, limitation, and recommendation are discussed.</p>
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