Schools and Communities: A Partnership to Enhance the Quality of Alternative Education in Indonesia

Abstract

The partnership between school and community can have some benefits to reach students" achievement. The present research aimed at analyzing varieties of school and communities" partnerships in providing alternative schools at the senior high school level. A single case study research method was employed with two informants as the primary data source and sixteen informants as the secondary data source. The data were collected through open ended, in depth interviews, and direct observations. The result suggested that Master Learning Center collaborated with particular communities, is able to provide educational needs affecting students" achievement. This led to a general conclusion that schools-communities" partnerships are considered an effective type of cooperation to supply the needs of schooling. The partnerships either assisted marginal society with the education quality improvement.

Measurement Model for Determining the Effectiveness Military Capability Towards Society 5.0 on Seskoal

“…Corresponding to the learning inspiration systems and the understudies quality in fulfilling the needs of War Military Operations and Military Operations Other than War, there are still chances to direct research connected with the force and association of specialists outside the Navy and use innovation based learning in it [12,13]. It also needs attention, especially with regard to social needs between lecturers and students as well as between students by using a socio technology approach that is in accordance with the needs of the school [14,15].…”

“…Second, with regard to the quality of the Pasis, Seskoal should pay attention to the framework of thinking formulated by Joseph Juran stating "quality as fitness for use" and personality towards the candidate Pasis really qualified. The organizational needs in question can be adapted to research results that are relevant to current conditions, for example the quality of Pasis during the Covid-19 pandemic requires better technology-based learning (TB learning) in the Seskoal environment [12,13]. Third, related to the effectiveness of military capabilities, there can be adjustments to the mechanism for the relationship between military demand (MD) and military supply (MS) in the development of TNI personnel.…”

The Influence of Student-Community Partner Working Relationships on Satisfaction: A South African University Service Learning Programme

“…Many recent service learning programmes (SLPs) have been developed and implemented by education institutions around the world (Garger, Vracheva, & Jacques, 2020;George, Menon, Thevanoor, & Tharakan, 2020;Gonzales, Harmon, & Fenn, 2021;Herlina, Widodo, Madhakomala, 2019;Rodríguez-Izquierdo, 2020) and in South Africa (Botha & Bezuidenhout, 2020;Du Plessis, 2020;Jacobs, 2020), but the research of these programmes have generally focused on the studentorientated benefits derived from the SLP, which include: the ability to apply and master course content and theory (du Toit, 2019;Juaneda-Ayensa, Olarte-Pascual, San Emeterio, & Pelegrín-Borondo, 2019); deeper learning (Matzembacher, Gonzales, & do Nascimento, 2019); increased employability Hence, the main aim of the research was to consider the influence of the student agency working relationships on the participating SL client organizations' satisfaction. The study also considered the effect of the agency-client working relationship on SL clients and student agency variables, and SLP measurement variables (nature of the working relationship, perceived usefulness, lasting impact, overall satisfaction, and future participation) in terms of satisfaction.…”