Role of Ethics and Professional Counsellors in the Development of Counselling Education in Nigeria as Expressed by Professional Counsellors in Ondo Metropolis, Nigeria (Published)
The study investigated the role of ethics and professional counsellors in the development of counselling education in Nigeria as expressed by professional counsellors in Ondo metropolis, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select one hundred (100) respondents. Variables of gender, age, educational qualification and religious affiliation were considered. To collect relevant information for the study, the researchers made use of a questionnaire tagged “Role of Ethics and Professional Counsellors in the Development of Counselling Education in Nigeria Questionnaire” (REPCDCENQ). Eight null hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The major results showed that item 3 on the roles of ethics which states “it regulates life and makes somebody act responsibly”. With a mean score of 2.89 ranked 1st while item 6 which states “Ethics in counselling education helps to regulate the counselling education system and ensures that this practice positively contributes towards human life”, with a mean score of 2.73 rank 10th. And on the role of professional counsellors, item 3 which states “curriculum development” with a mean score of 3.00 ranked 1st e.t.c. Four hypotheses were retained while four were rejected. For analysing the data, simple percentage, t-test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) statistics were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. It was recommended that ethics should strictly be adhered to by all professional counsellors, especially confidentiality irrespective of their age and educational qualification.
Keywords: Counselling, Development, Ethics, education and professional counsellors
Crises as a Catalyst for Development: Assessing The Toll of Covid-19 Pandemic-Related Policies on Private School Students in Kuwait (Published)
The current study aims at exploring the educational policy in Kuwait and its consideration of the rights of education, emphasizing justice and equality for all learners during times of crisis. It concentrates on the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges faced by parents in private schools. The study adopts quantitative statistical methods and employs a questionnaire that involved 294 parents. The findings show that parents of private school students in Kuwait encountered several difficulties, during the time of the pandemic, which lead to unequal educational opportunities. Consequently, this study supports the development of the educational policies to address similar crises stressing the need for a comprehensive educational plan that ensures equitable support and supply of resources during emergencies. This is crucial for promoting educational equality in private and public institutions in Kuwait.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, Development, Kuwait, crises, policies, private school students
Evaluation of Use of Radio for Rural Education and Rural Development in Ebonyi State, Nigeria (Published)
This study investigated the use of radio in rural education for community development. The study was limited radio listeners, radio producers and social workers/opinion leaders. The masters list of listeners was obtained from radio stations in Abakaliki. The second sample was radio producers, whereas the third sample was social workers/opinion leaders. The tool used in this study was questionnaires, the theoretical framework is the Hovland’s Message learning theory. It was found that the majority of the listeners possessed radio sets and was getting benefit from the educational programmes of radio in rural areas. The programmes were informative and motivating. The strategies of radio for rural education and rural development were appreciable because these infused mobility, widened horizon of rural people and focused attention on the goals and problems of rural people. It could be used to enhance literacy (through distance and non-formal education).the producers/comperes were found keenly interested in their job. It was revealed that priority was given to education and rural development programmes of radio. Programmes needed detail and summary at the end. Furthermore language was not easy. Radio schools like Interactive Radio instruction (IRI) may be used for effective teaching learning process in rural areas. Time of educational programmes should be enhanced. Programmes like radio rural forum may be started as well as open broadcasting should be adopted for rural development programme.
Citation: Nweze, Samuel; Egwu, Cynthia Ngozika; Nwamba, Jane Irene; Nwafor, Ezinne Comfort; Nnamani, Abigail Nkechi ; Anyachonkeya; Chinwe Patience; Uche, Chiamaka Eunice (2022), International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, Vol.7, No.8, pp.111-128
Keywords: Development, Development Communication, Radio, educational broadcasting, rural education
Development of Cost Accounting Teaching Materials Study in the Accounting Education Study Program (Published)
Distance learning has the effect of limited access to information, including ownership of teaching materials. Lecturers as facilitators are required to be creative in improving the quality of learning. For this reason, it is necessary to develop appropriate teaching materials to support learning, especially in cost accounting courses that are relevant to the concept of the KKNI task. In general, this study aims to produce quality teaching materials that are feasible and effective for use in learning. This study uses research and development (R&D) methods with the Borg and Gall concept. This research was conducted in the accounting education study program of the Faculty of Economics, the State University of Medan with a population of all classes of students taking cost accounting courses in the 2021/2022 academic year. The sample was determined by purposive random sampling and the sample class was used for the application and testing of limited individual, small, and field samples. To determine the feasibility of this draft of teaching materials to be validated by accounting experts, as well as to test the practicality and effectiveness of teaching materials tested on students. This research was conducted to produce appropriate, effective, and ISBN teaching materials. After all revision notes were corrected according to the direction of the validator, then the textbook was tested on 3 individual groups, 6 small groups, and 38 students in the field. Based on the results of individual trials, small group trials, and field group trials from all aspects assessed, an average of 86.96% (very good) was obtained. From the results of the effectiveness trial, it can be concluded that the learning outcomes of students who use textbooks are significantly higher than the learning outcomes of students who do not use teaching materials. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the teaching materials developed are feasible to use.
Citation: Arwansyah , Dede Ruslan , Faisal Rahman Dongoran , Munzir Phonna (2021) Development of Cost Accounting Teaching Materials Study in the Accounting Education Study Program, International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, Vol. 9, No.8, pp.15-23
Keywords: Development, Teaching Materials, cost accounting
Achieving sustainable Development Goal 4 in Nigeria: Problems and prospects (Published)
Education has been widely recognized not only as a fundamental human right but also as a catalyst for sustainable development and a vehicle for confronting the challenges facing societies in terms of socio-economic, environmental and ecological realities, considerable attention is shifting towards it. As a corollary, Sustainable Development Goal 4 have equally been identified as constituting a force contributing to social and economic development. As a member of the United Nations, Nigeria is committed to achieving not only the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 but also the Global Goals, especially SDG 4 on equitable quality education. This paper examines the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals 4 and it’s conceptual dimensions. The paper also outlines current trends in the context of the Nigerian education system and suggests policy, strategy and institutional considerations for the purpose of achieving SDG 4 in Nigeria. A number of suggestions were made towards the achievement of sustainable development goal 4, such as integrating education and training at all levels.
Keywords: Development, Sustainable, goals four
Developing Teaching Materials Based on Critical Thinking In Teaching Explanatory Text Writing for Grade Vii Students at Smp Perguruan Islam Amalia Medan (Published)
This study aims to find out: (1) the process of preparing teaching materials based on critical thinking in learning to write explanatory text; (2) the feasibility of teaching materials based on critical thinking in learning to write explanatory text; and (3) the effectiveness of teaching materials based on critical thinking in learning to write explanatory text. This type of research was research and development (R & D) based on Borg and Gall development model adapted from Sanjaya. Data collection techniques carried out included observations, interviews, questionnaires, and tests regarding explanatory text material. The subjects of the trial consisted of individual trials (3 students), small group trials (9 students) and large-scale trials (30 students). The results of the study showed that: (1) material expert validation as a whole reached an average of 85.20% on very good criteria; (2) the validation of learning design experts as a whole reached an average of 84.58% on very good criteria; (3) teacher response with an average of 89.84% on very good criteria; (4) students’ responses to individual trials with an average of 85.48% on very good criteria, small group trials with an average of 90.42% on very good criteria and large scale trials with an average of 93.76 % on very good criteria; (5) the effectiveness of teaching materials is shown from the learning outcomes of the written test, the explanation of the students before using the module was 66.5%, while the learning outcomes of the students’ expedition text writing test after using the module increased by 82.17%. The difference obtained was 15.67% from before to after. The results showed that teaching materials based on critical thinking in explanatory text writing learning are feasible and effective to be used as learning resources.
Keywords: Critical thinking, Development, Explanatory Texts, Teaching Materials
Developing Comic as Learning Media With Sub-Theme “The Beauty Of My Country’s Cultural Diversity” On Social Science in Class IV Of Sdn 026609 Binjai Selatan (Published)
This study aims to: (1) produce learning comic media that is appropriate to use on the sub theme of the beauty of my country’s culture diversity in social science content in class IV; and (2) produce learning comic media on the sub theme of the beauty of my country’s culture diversity that is effective in social science content in class IV. This research is a development research using the development model of Thiagarajan, Semmel, and Semmel, namely by designing a modified 4–D model. The instruments used in the study were feasibility validation sheets which included aspects of content/material, language and presentation/design of comics, and test of learning outcomes. The first trial was conducted on students of class IV-a as many as 24 students and the second trial was conducted on IV-b class students by 25 students at SDN 026609 Binjai Selatan. The results of this study indicated that: (1) the learning comic media developed has been used properly; and (2) learning comic media on the sub theme of the beauty of my country’s culture diversity have been effective, judging from the achievement of student learning completeness. Furthermore, it is suggested that teachers can use comic learning media as an alternative learning to improve student learning outcomes.
Keywords: Development, Learning Media, Learning Outcomes
The Development of Contextual Approach-Based Materials for Poetry Writing On Grade X Student In Sma Budi Murni 2 Medan (Published)
This research is based on the learning problems of class X students of SMA Budi Murni 2 that are still teacher-centered. This causes students not being able to study independently because of the lack of poetry text references used in poetry writing class. In addition, the student’s ability to write poetry texts is known to be low because the teaching materials used by teachers and students are still based on textbooks. The book is the only source of information for poetry text writing study. In learning to write poetry texts, teacher sometimes still use learning methods that tend to be monotonous, such as the use of discussion methods. This is known from the results of observations made by the researchers themselves. All poetry texts writing learning comes from textbooks. Based on the above problems, the researcher conducted a research development aimed at (1) to analyze the development process of the contextual approach-based poetry text writing materials on grade X student in SMA Budi Murni 2 Medan, (2) to analyze the feasibility of the contextual approach-based poetry text writing materials on grade X student in SMA Budi Murni 2 Medan, (3) to analyze the effectiveness of the contextual approach-based poetry text writing materials on grade X student in SMA Budi Murni 2 Medan. The method adopted is the Research and development (R&D) proposed by Sugiyono, based on Borg and Gall. The trial subjects consisted of 3 students in individual test, 9 students in small group test, and 35 students in limited field test. The data collection technique used observation, interviews, questionnaire, and poetry text writing test. The research result shows that (1) material expert’s validation includes content feasibility with an average of 83,52% in “very good” criteria, presentation eligibility with an average of 87,5% in “very good” criteria, and language aspect with an average of 75% in “good” criteria, (2) graphyc design expert’s validation with an average of 83,46% in “very good” criteria, (3) teachers’ responses with an average of 88,23% in “very good” criteria, (4) individual test with an average of 77,77% in “very good” criteria, (5) small group test with an average of 80,10% in “very good” criteria, (6) limited field test with an average of 84,82% in “very good” criteria. The learning outcomes of student’s poetry writing before using the module was 74.28, while after using the module increased up to 85.57. The resulted difference between before and after the module usage is as much as 11.29. The implication of this study is that, the developed teaching materials may provide practical contributions in the implementation of the learning process for teacher. This is because the additional teaching materials provide convenience in the process of teaching.
Keywords: Approach, Based, Contextual, Development, Material, Poetry, Teaching, Text, writing
Development of Short Story Text Reading Material Based on Character Education as a School Literacy Movement Material of Students Class IX SMP Tunas Pelita Binjai (Published)
This study aims to find out: (1) the preparation of short story text reading material based on character education as a school literacy movement material, (2) the feasibility of short story reading material based on character education as a school literacy movement, (3) the effectiveness of short story text reading material based on character education as school literacy movement material of students class IX SMP Tunas Pelita Binjai. This type of research is research and development based on Borg and Gall development model. The test subjects consisted of material experts, design experts, Indonesian language teachers, students of SMP Tunas Pelita Binjai. Data on product quality was collected through questionnaires and short story text writing tests. The results of this study indicated that: (1) material validation included content eligibility with an average of 91.25% in very good criteria, presentation eligibility with an average of 84.61% in very good criteria, language feasibility with an average of 84, 09% on very good criteria, (2) validation of design experts r` ih on average of 92,54% on very good criteria, (3) individual trials with an average of 85.83% with very good criteria, (4) small group trials with an average of 90.28% with very good criteria, and (5) limited field test with an average of 92.34% with very good criteria, (6) the effectiveness of reading material showed a percentage of posttest of 80% higher than the percentage of pretest of 69.37%. Thus, reading material for short stories based on character education as a school literacy movement developed is feasible and effective to be used as reading material in the school literacy movement.
Keywords: Character Education, Development, School Literacy Movement, Short Story Text
Skills and Emotional Intelligence: Study and Investigation of the International Organization of the OECD (Published)
Emotional Intelligence is directly linked to the professional development of teachers and the existence of positive results in the field of education. The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through qualitative content analysis, whether the skills associated with emotional intelligence are identified in the political texts of international organizations and in particular in that of the OECD. According to the survey results, emotional intelligence skills related to self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness and interpersonal relationships management are present. For a better understanding of the issue, it would be helpful to explore these skills in other texts of international organizations, with a view to comparing and enriching relevant databases.
Keywords: Development, Emotional Intelligence, Goleman, OECD, Teachers