This program was conducted to improve the competencies of elementary school teachers at the Laboratory School of Universitas Negeri Malang through the use of children’s storybooks as cross-subject learning media. A total of 25 teachers, teaching Javanese, Physical Education, English, Indonesian, Mathematics, and Science, participated in an in–on–in training model, consisting of face-to-face sessions, online mentoring, and classroom practice. The training materials included the introduction of children’s storybooks, strategies for integrating them into classroom activities, and practical exercises in designing innovative lesson plans. The results of the program revealed a high level of teacher enthusiasm in developing interactive learning by using children’s storybooks, both as a literacy resource and as contextual media across subject areas. Teachers were also trained to follow a systematic process: analyzing learning objectives, selecting appropriate storybooks, preparing pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading activities, determining relevant assessments, and designing worksheets. This program had a positive impact on enhancing teachers’ competencies in designing mindful, joyful, and meaningful learning that is relevant to students’ needs.

Inquiry-based learning is a pedagogical approach that empowers learners to actively construct knowledge by engaging in problem-solving, critical thinking, questioning, and hands-on experiences. The inquiry-based approach in science emphasizes learners' active role in creating their understanding of the natural world. This review critically examines the application and impact of inquiry-based science approaches in kindergarten education. Through a thorough analysis of 16 research articles, the study shed light on different aspects of inquiry-based learning, including subject areas, participants, methodologies, types of inquiry-based approaches, theoretical frameworks, and impacts on learning outcomes. Findings show a predominant focus on early years’ science, with kindergarten children being the primary participants. The use of qualitative research methods shows a trend toward a comprehensive understanding of the issue. The study underscore the significance of using inquiry-based learning approach in kindergarten education and offers helpful information for teachers, decision-makers, and researchers. It also emphasizes the need for further empirical studies, particularly those addressing instructional models, challenges faced in the classroom to execute inquiry-based learning, and longitudinal studies to evaluate the long-term impacts of inquiry-based science education on kindergarten children performance.

The paper engages with the phenomenon of large classes in higher education institutions in South Africa and its challenges to the quality of teaching learning. Most public higher education institutions in South Africa, in response to historical conditions, have enrolled students more than their capacity, resulting in massification and negative consequences on educational quality. There has been a plethora of literature on the teaching of large classes, however, few studies offer a comprehensive engagement on the challenges presented by teaching larges and its impact on quality of education as well as innovative strategies that can be used to teach and different learning pedagogies that can be used. This essay identified the challenges of teaching large class in higher education institutions due to massification and large enrolments and their implications on sustaining and enhancing quality of teaching and learning. In addition, I suggested several strategies that can be used to overcome the challenges of teaching large classes as well as how to monitor and evaluate these strategies with the aim of improving quality of higher education in the era of massification. Accordingly, the human capital theory was adopted. Furthermore, a qualitative research approach was applied in this study and a systematic literature review was used to collect and review information according to the guiding principles of the hermeneutic framework. The essay contributes to literature with the strategies to enhance quality of teaching and learning, student engagements and teaching approaches aimed at reaching all students in large classes.

To support children in understanding and having social caring attitudes, the character should be imparted earlier. Children were required to be trained and familiarized by regularly being exposed with real situations and conditions. Therefore, an approach combining the learning process with community service activities as an effort to shape the students’ social caring personality was needed; one of them was through service-learning programs. This study was aimed to describe the process of building the students’ social caring principles through implementing service-learning programs in Al Urwatul Wutsqo Jombang and Darussalam Kediri Islamic boarding schools. This research was a qualitative study with a multisite study design. The data was collected using in-depth interview techniques, participatory observation, and documentation. Furthermore, the data was analyzed through some stages, covering data collection, condensation, and presentation, drawing a conclusion, and validating the findings by extending participation, using triangulation techniques of sources, theories, and methods as well as conducting persistent observations. The research informants were pesantren caretakers, teachers, students, and society. The result showed that the implementation of building students’ social caring character through service learning model was carried out in three stages, namely habituation, evaluation (muhasabah), and modeling.

Education is experiencing challenges in the 21st century, all kinds of aspects of human needs are progressing very rapidly, both in science, technology, information, even social patterns of humanity / society. Teachers as professionals aim to implement the national education system and realize national education goals, namely the development of the potential of students to become human beings who believe and fear God Almighty, noble, healthy, knowledgeable, competent, creative, independent, and become citizens democratic and responsible country. Teachers must have competence in carrying out their duties as an educator and as part of the community. The purpose of this study was to determine the views of Mahmud Yunus about the competence of teachers in the book at-Tarbiyah wa at-Ta'lim, and the relationship between the views of Mahmud Yunus in the book at-Tarbiyah wa at-Ta'lim with teacher competence according to Law no. 14 of 2005. This type of research is library research, using a philosophical-historical approach. The philosophical approach is used to discuss the concept of Mahmud Yunus's thought, while historically it aims to study and explain the biography, work and life side of the teacher's competence according to Law No. 14 of 2005 there were four, covering pedagogical competencies, personality competencies, social competencies, and professional competencies. Teacher competence according to Mahmud Yunus can be seen in four aspects, including: pedagogical aspects, personality aspects, professional aspects, social aspects. When linked and adjusted to the current conditions and needs of teacher competence, it turns out to be very appropriate and interrelated, because the thought offered there is a bond of mutual support with current theories of teacher competence, and is very suitable to be a reference in the development of learning processes even relevant to education Islam

The purpose of this reseach to describe the process of planning or designing, the level of practicality, and the effectiveness of applying ICT-based learning media using Macromedia Flash in class science subjects IV SD / MI. The method used in this study is research and development (R & D) using a four-dimensional model (4-D) including the definition, design, development and dissemination stages. Data collection methods using interviews, observations, expert validation questionnaires and respondents' questionnaires, as well as tests of learning outcomes. Data analysis in this study uses percentage analysis. The results of this study are as follows: (1) The design or design of the media includes the cover page, media, program, material (text, videos, exercises) and tests. (2) The level of practical application very practical average with a total average score of 87.5 on the response of teachers and learners answers obtained Total score 154 with a total average of 90.58 classified as very practical. (3) Effective use of the media is very effective in achieving student learning outcomes. The results of votes accumulated three cognitive, emotional and psychomotor aspects obtained the number of 1423 and an average of 83.70 with both categories. In addition, from the data value of all learners who are known to have reached a value of scientific subjects of completeness at least 100% classified as very effective.

A child's intelligence cannot only be measured by academic intelligence at school. Children's intelligence in regulating emotions, intelligence interacting in the social environment and also intelligence in managing finances are also part of a child's intelligence. To hone the financial intelligence of a child, it should begin to grow early, namely from the age of school to become a living culture in their daily lives. The success of the Indonesian economy is our success in preparing our children to prepare their future economies.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis pembelajaran kontekstual IPA di SD Alam Ar-Ridho Semarang, mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis Outdoor Learning di SD Alam Ar-Ridho Semarang, dan mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis pembelajaran kontekstual IPA melalui Outdoor Learning di SD Alam Ar-Ridho Semarang. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan rancangan studi kasus. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data meliputi reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan, pengecekan keabsahan temuan dilakukan dengan cara perpanjang keikutsertaan peneliti dan triangulasi. Informan penelitian yaitu kepala sekolah, para pendidik dan siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa : (1) pembelajaran IPA dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran kontekstual dapat meningkatkan pemahaman konsep siswa. Karena dalam penerapan model pembelajaran kontekstual, guru menghubungkan antara pengetahuan yang diperoleh siswa dengan pengetahuan yang telah dimiliki siswa sebelumnya dan guru juga menghubungkan materi dengan dunia nyata siswa yaitu dengan membawa benda-benda yang sering mereka temui untuk dijadikan media pembelajaran sehingga dapat membantu memudahkan siswa dalam mengkonsepkan materi IPA; (2) pendekatan Outdoor Learning merupakan salah satu alternatif pembelajaran IPA yang sesuai dengan semangat belajar IPA yaitu cara mencari tahu dan mengembangkan ketrampilan ilmiah siswa. Selain itu melalui pendekatan Outdoor Learning berbagai potensi siswa memiliki peluang untuk berkembang lebih optimal karena ada interaksi yang nyata antara siswa dengan dunia nyata; dan (3) pembelajaran kontekstual dalam pembelajaran IPA tidak hanya dilaksanakan di dalam kelas (Indoor) saja, tetapi lebih banyak dilakukan di luar kelas (Outdoor). Sehingga siswa lebih mudah memahami materi yang telah disampaikan guru, siswa lebih cepat menangkap makna pembelajaran IPA, siswa mengerjakan pekerjaan-pekerjaan yang berarti, siswa mampu berkerja sama dalam kelompok, dan siswa lebih kritis dan kreatif dalam memberitangapan dalam pembelajaran IPA.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mendeskripsikan wujud pragmatik imperatif pada guru MI Al-Fattah , (2) mendeskripsikan kesantunan imperatif, meliputi kesantunan linguistik dan kesantunan pragmatik. Jenis penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif karena data yang diambil berupa tuturan-tuturan lisan bukan angka. Subjek penelitian ini adalah guru MI Al-Fattah . Objek penelitian ini adalah tuturan imperatif yang dituturkan oleh guru. Data diperoleh dengan metode simak bebas libat cakap (SLBC), teknik rekam, dan teknik catat. Data dianalisis dengan metode analisis konten (content analysis). Metode analisis konten merupakan metode untuk menganalisis data dengan cara mengaitkan tuturan dengan konteksnya. Kemudian hasil data yang telah dianalisis tersebut disajikan secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini diperoleh (1) Wujud pragmatik imperatif yang digunakan guru MI Al-Fattah pada proses belajar mengajar diperoleh 10 wujud. (2) wujud kesantunan imperatif, meliputi (a) wujud kesantunan linguistik, kesantunan linguistik yang ditemukan dalam penelitian di MI Al-Fattah dalam proses belajar mengajar yaitu panjang pendek tuturan, urutan tutur, intonasi dan isyarat kinestik, ungkapan-ungkapan penanda kesantunan yang meliputi penanda kesantunan tulung, ayo, coba, mbok/mbokan, (b) kesantunan pragmatik imperatif, kesantunan pragmatik imperatif meliputi kesantunan pragmatik imperatif dalam tuturan deklaratif dan interogatif. Kesantunan pragmatik dalam tuturan deklaratif ditemukan deklaratif yang bermakna pragmatik imperatif suruhan, deklaratif yang bermakna pragmatik imperatif persilaan, dan deklaratif yang bermakna pragmatik imperatif larangan, sedangkan dalam bentuk interogatif ditemukan interogatif yang bermakna pragmatik imperatif perintah dan interogatif yang bermakna pragmatik imperatif larangan.