Journal of Educational Management and Leadership

HOTS-Based Learning Management in the Process of Improving Student Academic Quality in Inclusive Schools

Retno Ekasari, Dian Hidayati — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

HOTS-based learning management is an activity that includes the process of planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating. This study aims to describe HOTS-based learning management in improving the Academic Quality of Students. The research method used in this research is qualitative with case study method. The data collection process was carried out using observation and interview techniques conducted at SDN Sendangadi 2. Interviews were conducted with the principal and several upper class teachers (grades 4, 5 and 6) and observations were made by observing the learning carried out by classroom teachers. The results of this study indicate that the achievement of HOTS-based learning management is successful with the support of many parties, including: teachers, students, principals and the learning environment.

Multicultural Educational Practice: Ethnography Study at SMP Tumbuh Yogyakarta Indonesia

Zidni Ilma Nafian, Enung Hasanah — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Multicultural problems from the perspective of the Indonesian people, whose sources are from the diversity of the archipelago, are occurred for so many years. Multicultural awareness must be instilled and become a part of human consciousness in various aspects of life. One of the roles of education is to foster multicultural awareness as an effort to minimize the problems of school-age children. Multicultural education is an alternative to learning in the educational process that helps individuals grow and develop according to their cultural context and environment so that the learning process does not deprive individuals of the experience of everyday life. The purpose of this study was to explore multicultural education practices to foster a sense of respect for differences. The results showed some practice that influence the study were as follow: 1) Multicultural education emerged from the idealism of educators; 2) multiculturalism education in growing schools carried out through namely; 3) the contribution approach, the additive approach, the transformation approach, and the social action approach.

Analysis of Personality Types among Female offenders in Lang’ata Women Prison in Kenya

Jane W. Ndung’u, Pamela Musira Lunjalu, Dennis Nyongesa Wamalwa — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The world is faced with emerging and urgent issues regarding gender, one of them being the involvement of women in criminal activities. The main purpose of this study was to establish the influence of personality types on criminal tendencies amongst female offenders. The study was conducted in Lang’ata Women’s Prison, Nairobi County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design, where a sample size of 240 inmates and 3 prison staff (respondents) were selected using simple random sampling procedure. Personality types were measured by use of the Big Five Personality Inventory (BFI) which is a self-test standardized psychometric test questionnaire for offenders while the relevance of personality type knowledge was measured by a self-administered structured interview questionnaire for prison staff. The study instruments proved reliable with Cronbach's Alpha above 0.7 across all dimensions while content validity was used from the expert view of the supervisors for validation. The collected quantitative data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0 while qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis by use of verbatim. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the demographic information as well, to measure the personality types of women offenders in Lang’ata Women’s Prison. Analyzed quantitative data was then presented using percentages and summarized in tables and figures. Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism were found satisfactory in explaining criminal tendencies in female offenders in Kenya. The study recommends the use of personality psychometric tests in the criminal justice system to aid in increasing the awareness of offenders’ personality types to promote informed decision making and effective treatment of criminals through offenders tailored rehabilitation programs