The pandemic has brought online learning as the new norm in education, which invokes many issues, particularly in the quality of online education. The quality of teacher education is being questioned, particularly in imparting adequate Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), which seems to be lacking in preparing teachers for sudden online learning. Though many studies were clustered around TPACK, there is still an unfilled gap in identifying whether the pre-service teachers are ready to teach online classes alongside their TPACK. Hence, this paper aims to determine (1) the level of TPACK and readiness and (2) the relationship between TPACK and readiness for English for Foreign Language (EFL) pre-service teachers in online learning during the pandemic. A survey was distributed to 197 EFL pre-service teachers with 35 items, in which the level of TPACK and readiness were analyzed descriptively with the mean score. The Pearson correlation examined the relationship between TPACK domains and readiness. The main findings showed that the level of TPACK and readiness of EFL pre-service teachers were high, particularly for Technological Knowledge (TK). However, the correlation results showed a weak positive correlation between TPACK domains and readiness. The highest correlation was between Technological Content Knowledge (TCK) and readiness, which is a new finding contributing to the body of knowledge. This paper implied that TPACK should also look into the online teaching readiness of pre-service teachers so that they are well equipped with the online pedagogical knowledge for effective teaching and learning.
The research aims to reveal various expressions that contain educational values in the expression kafi’a (marriage) in the Kaledupa community of Wakatobi Island. The method used is descriptive qualitative to factually describe data on educational values in the expression. The technique used is the recording technique and note and introspection. The data analysis technique uses steps according to the sociology approach of language. The results of the data analysis showed that in the process of kafi’a starting from the pre-marriage stage to the post-marriage stage researchers found 30 expressions containing 3 types of educational values, namely the value of moral education, the value of religious education, and the value of social education. The researcher is very optimistic that the three values of education are very appropriate to be used as an alternative formulation of policy solutions for social disturbances.
This study aims to explore teachers' views on the quality of When English Rings a Bell as a nationally used English handbook in Indonesia. Employing the criteria of a good textbook from Cunningsworth, the textbook was analysed. English teachers were interviewed to give their insights about the textbook based on their experiences and the national curriculum. The results show that some parts of the textbook are in line with the Cunninsworth's criteria. Following this, the teachers mentioned that the textbook was appropriate with the learning objectives. It means the Cunningsworth's criteria; the national curriculum and the teachers' views were at the same vision in terms of the quality of a textbook. However, some drawbacks were found that first; there was still a need for teachers' explanation in comprehending the textbook for students. Second, other supporting materials seemed to be important as some parts of the textbook were not fulfilled.
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