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This research aimed to examine the effects of science-on-web learning media on grade 8 students' learning independency levels and learning outcomes of 'excretion system' topic. Through a quasi-experimental research method within non-equivalent control group design, 70 grade 8 students drawn from Tanjungpinang, Indonesia participated in the study. Pretest and posttest were carried out before and after the teaching intervention. Two intact groups were assigned as the experimental and control classes (35 by 35). The experimental class was exposed to the science-on-web learning media, while the control one was instructed through the electronic module. Data were collected through a learning independency observation sheet and a learning outcomes test. This research showed that the experimental class significantly performed better at learning independency levels and learning outcomes than the control one.

A form of technology application in learning in the class is digital teaching material development. Social science teachers need to be prepared for mastering technical skills and have pedagogic ability in utilizing digital technology in learning. This study aimed to describe teachers' perception on social science digital teaching material development. Qualitative approach was employed in this study. Case study was conducted in Surakarta City, Indonesia. Data was collected by interview and interview from to explore the respondents' perspectives on the development of social science digital teaching material. The interviewees who agreed to participate in this study were 40 social science teachers at junior high school. The participants were selected with purposive sampling. The teachers were selected according to the criteria of educational background, gender, and experience of scientific activities. Data analysis was carried out using an interactive analysis. The findings of research showed that social science teachers in Surakarta had positive perception on digital teaching material development. The main constraint that the teachers had to encounter was related to time and access to technological equipment.

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The character of current students who are technology-savvy and the fast development of educational technology raises challenges for teachers to take advantage of these conditions to make learning effective. Technological, Pedagogical, Vocational Knowledge (TPVK) come as a framework for the effective use of technology in teaching and learning in vocational fields. This research aimed to capture the Indonesian secondary vocational non-Information and communications technology (ICT) teachers’ perspective toward TPVK for 21st Century Learning (CL). Research with a mixed-method approach was conducted during the second semester in the 2019/2020 academic year. Sixty-five secondary vocational building engineering teachers from nine schools located in Central Java, Indonesia were recruited as survey respondents. The instrument used was a self-assessment questionnaire, lesson plan rubric, and observational protocol enriched with interview protocol. Results from this study show that the in-service vocational teacher shows readiness for TPVK 21st CL at the intermediate level. The TPVK component with the highest mean point is Pedagogical knowledge, while the lowest point is on the Vocational knowledge component. The lesson plan prepared by teachers and learning practiced performed by teachers showed less fitness of technology integration in learning with the strategies and objectives of the curriculum.

An alignment between technology and teachers is required to attain a successful integration of technology in the learning process. This alignment should be started at the teacher training program. This article outlines how the literature points toward Project-Based Learning (PBL) with technology integration in pre-service teacher education. The literature review focuses on describing how technology integrated with project-based learning along with the investigation of what influencing the successfulness on PBL’s implementation by integration of technology. The five steps on Systematic literature reviews (SLR) are chosen as a systematic approach for reviewing the literature. Based on the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 technology integration in PBL studies published between January 2015 and July 2019 was remained and selected to be investigated further. Analysis of the selected studies revealed that the most popular technology integrated with PBL was social media, following by a learning management system. The teacher’s ability to give guidance during the learning process is the most influential factor for the success of technology integration in PBL.

The qualified human resources with high competitiveness and employability skills are needed to face the era of technological disruption, but employers find a lack of expertise among job seekers. Insufficient skills are related to the issue of education quality. This study aims to identify the employers’ employability skills needed in the career field and the way to integrate it into the instructional process. The research was conducted through Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and mapping approach that consisted of three stages: planning, conducting, and reporting. The literature reviews in this research were derived from Science direct, Springer and IEEE as the main references. The results from the analysis in the literature review showed that employability skills are needed in relation to the work demands in the future according to the employers covering communication, team working, problem solving, and technological skills. The implementation of employability skills in the instructional process is to integrate them into the classroom for all subjects.

This study aimed to create a thrilling and interactive learning experience for students using digital media (including audio, videos, photographs, and animations) while analyzing the history of Palembang Sultanate. College students must be invited to participate in ancient adventures and experience the ecosystem of the Palembang Sultanate. This learning media may be designed with the aid of students and by using the currently available digital era. Story content can be developed using thrilling narratives, creative visuals, and animations that bring ancient events to life. Moreover, student interplay with the content can be endorsed via questions, sports, and demanding situations that are incorporated into the tale. The current study examines the learning media by testing it on a set of college students in Palembang and measures its effectiveness in raising interest, understanding, and appreciation of the history of the Palembang Sultanate. The results of the assessment could be used to enhance and optimize the knowledge of media so that it is extra effective and per the needs of college students. It is hoped that using virtual storytelling-based knowledge of media can grow students’ interest in gaining knowledge of neighborhood records, support their sense of cultural identification, and broaden their knowledge of the journey of the Palembang Sultanate. This study media can also be a beneficial reference supply for instructors in teaching neighborhood records in Palembang. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pedagogy plays an essential role in the learning process. Ecopedagogy and digital pedagogy are two of its derivatives. This study focuses on the combination of the two pedagogical models, namely Eco-Digital Pedagogy (EDY). It proposes to reveal the effectiveness of the implementation of the EDY model on the readiness of prospective 21st century teachers. This study's population was Geography students at Semarang State University (UNNES) in Indonesia. The data obtained were tested by paired t-test and strengthened by the N-Gain test. The results show that the implementation of the EDY model has proven effective in increasing the ability of prospective teachers, namely in 1) showing the leadership skills, 2) creating an environment that respects the diversity of students, 3) understanding every content they deliver, 4) facilitating learning to their students, and 5) reflecting on their teaching practices. This positive result indicates that the EDY model can be used to further develop the abilities of prospective teachers to generate better outputs in the learning process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: to analyze behavioral changes in dental health social workers at the Community Dental Health Effort Program (UKGM) in Semarang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. Background: The dental health social workers are driving figures in the community, are expected to be able to play a role and provide examples in behavioral change in the field of dental health. Design and Methods: This research is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach. The sampling method was purposive sampling from urban and rural areas. As a participant is : 5 people as dental health social workers from urban areas and 5 people from rural areas, 1 person in charge of the program at the district health office, 2 people from dental health workers at Public Health Center. Data analysis was carried out by holistic analysis of all cases. Results: The level of perceived susceptibility is quite good, the perception of the severity of dental and oral disease has been positive, there are no perceived barriers, there are benefits that are felt after doing self-care, the level of confidence after doing self-care is relatively good. Conclusion: the behavior of dental health social workers in self-care in the field of dental health is not optimal.

The health status of women is one of the factors that can affect the status of pregnancy. To avoid risky pregnancies and produce healthy babies, it is very important for a woman to take care of her reproductive health. One of the efforts is to conduct early detection on a regular basis starting from the age of teenagers. This developmental research was carried out using the Four-D model, to obtain a simple early detection medium in preconception care. Sixty selected young women participated in a limited trial. Respondents who participate in a limited-scale trial will go through 3 stages. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively. The success of using the application as a function of simple screening media for preconception care reached 96.67%. It was identified that 57% of adolescent girls were detected to have health problems such as poor nutritional status and anemia. A total of 71.7% stated that this application applies very well on adolescent girls in order to keep them healthy as an initial step in preparation for pregnancy. As many as 73.3% of respondents stated that the developed application provided new knowledge related to preconception preparation. There is strong evidence that the resulting media performs well as a simple early detection tool for preconception care. Therefore, it needs to be refined to provide more optimal results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Postpartum family planning (PPFP) has been reported to decrease the risk of stunting by increasing the interval between pregnancies by 0.9 percent every month. In Indonesia, the prevalence of stunting affects 21.6% in 2022; however, it is expected that by 2024, the figure would drop to 14%. Objective: This study aims to analyze the relationship between gender equality and husband support in the use of PPFP. Methods: The study was conducted using a cross-sectional method and took place from August to October 2022. The participants comprised 210 women who had given birth in the first 4 to 12 months in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data was collected from women who visited the pediatrics and family planning clinics of community health centers from August to October 2022, using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using both the Chi-Square Test and Binary Logistic Regression Analysis. Results: The results showed that 38.1% of the participants used PPFP. The estimated results reveal that variables such as education, husband support, gender equality, home visits, and postnatal visits (p < 0.05) influenced the implementation of postpartum contraception. While other variables such as age, occupation, income, number of children, and parity did not affect the model (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Participating in postpartum family planning requires the husband's support and gender equality. We recommend a deliberate effort on improving postnatal mothers using postpartum family planning, one of the strategies is to increase intensive outreach to pregnant women with higher education to their husbands about the importance of postpartum family planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims at examining the development of the integrative thematic textbooks for the elementary school students and the impact of the textbooks towards their learning. This research was designed using Research and Development (R&D) using AwARDIE model which was developed from the ADDIE model. Research participants involved experts, teachers and students. Data was collected through interviews, document analysis, questionnaires and Focus Group Discussion methods. To analyse the data, some statistical formulas were used, such as: Levene, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, t-test and Omega Squared. The findings show that the integrative thematic textbooks have high validity based on the experts and practitioners' judgements. In addition, the textbooks developed are proven to be effective to improve the students' learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: This study aims to analyze the effect of behavioral changes in dental health volunteers on community empowerment in the Community Dental Health Effort (UKGM) program. Design and Methods: A quantitative approach with surveys was used, while data involving 242 respondents were collected using a questionnaire with a Likert scale on dental health. This is conducted in Semarang Regency with a random cluster sampling method from July 16 to August 18, 2021. The data obtained were then analyzed with SEM using the Lisrel 8.8 software. Results: The results showed three exogenous variables found in this study, namely the threat perception consisting of the dimensions of perceived susceptibility and severity, as well as the perception of expectations including barriers and benefits of action, along with self-efficacy. Furthermore, the perception of cues to action was predicted to affect the personal hygiene behavior. An analysis was then carried out to obtain a fit model and all variables had a CFA > 1.96. Conclusion: The threat perception variable which includes perceived susceptibility and severity, while the perception of expectations consisting of the dimensions of perceived barriers and benefits of action, self-efficacy, along with trigger variables affect the behavior to maintain personal hygiene of dental and oral health among dental health volunteers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to describe learning media to facilitate students in constructing an understanding of the Pythagorean theorem. This study describes a learning media product in the form of a puzzle called Pupphy (Pythagorean Proving Puzzle). Pupphy is a puzzle proving the Pythagorean theorem on the Pythagorean theorem material for grade VIII students in junior high school. This media is different from the others because it is made from environmentally friendly materials that are easily found in the surrounding environment and can also be made by students themselves. This research uses a qualitative approach that uses narrative data and aims to describe a medium that can be used in learning mathematics using Pythagorean material as an innovative learning method. Pupphy is packaged in an interactive animation form that is equipped with an evaluation of the understanding of the Pythagorean theorem so that it allows students to carry out individual evaluations of competency achievements related to the Pythagorean theorem. The structure of the material in Pupphy consists of an explanation of the elements of a right triangle, an animation of the discovery of the Pythagorean theorem formula, and the application of this formula to right triangles. to find out the feasibility of a test conducted by media experts and material experts and also conducted on students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Critical and creative thinking is a need in education because it encourages students to gain an understanding of more complex information. The higher critical and creative thinking skills will lead students to find and conclude their understanding. It will facilitate convenience in the world of work. This study aims to review the potential of a hybrid learning media concept in empowering students' critical thinking abilities. Hybrid learning media extracts advantages from elements of learning styles, online-learning, and open-ended learning. The research method uses quantitative research procedures. The results of the study reveal that the hybrid learning media model has the potential to significantly empower students' critical and creative thinking skills compared to the conventional model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aimed to examine the effects of science-on-web learning media on grade 8 students' learning independency levels and learning outcomes of 'excretion system' topic. Through a quasiexperimental research method within non-equivalent control group design, 70 grade 8 students drawn from Tanjungpinang, Indonesia participated in the study. Pretest and posttest were carried out before and after the teaching intervention. Two intact groups were assigned as the experimental and control classes (35 by 35). The experimental class was exposed to the science-on-web learning media, while the control one was instructed through the electronic module. Data were collected through a learning independency observation sheet and a learning outcomes test. This research showed that the experimental class significantly performed better at learning independency levels and learning outcomes than the control one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles is an area of interest among researchers because of its eco-friendly approach. Current study focuses at biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and optimization of physico-chemical conditions to obtain mono-dispersed and stable AgNPs having antimicrobial activity. Initially Bacillus mojavensis BTCB15 produced silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) of 105 nm. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were characterized by particle size analyzer, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Whereas, under optimal conditions of temperature 55 °C, pH 8, addition of surfactant Tween 20, and metal ion K2SO4, about 104% size reduction was achieved with average size of 2.3nm. Molecular characterization revealed 98% sequence homology with Bacillus mojavensis. AgNPs exhibited antibacterial activity at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 µg/µl against Escherichia coli BTCB03, Klebsiella pneumonia BTCB04, Acinetobacter sp. BTCB05, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa BTCB01 but none against Staphylococcus aureus BTCB02. Highest antibacterial activity was observed at 0.27 µg/µl and lowest at 0.05 µg/µl of AgNPs indicated by zone of inhibition. Conclusively, under optimum conditions, Bacillus mojavensis BTCB15 was able to produce AgNPs of 2.3 nm size and had antibacterial activity against multi drug resistant pathogens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A form of technology application in learning in the class is digital teaching material development. Social science teachers need to be prepared for mastering technical skills and have pedagogic ability in utilizing digital technology in learning. This study aimed to describe teachers' perception on social science digital teaching material development. Qualitative approach was employed in this study. Case study was conducted in Surakarta City, Indonesia. Data was collected by interview and interview from to explore the respondents' perspectives on the development of social science digital teaching material. The interviewees who agreed to participate in this study were 40 social science teachers at junior high school. The participants were selected with purposive sampling. The teachers were selected according to the criteria of educational background, gender, and experience of scientific activities. Data analysis was carried out using an interactive analysis. The findings of research showed that social science teachers in Surakarta had positive perception on digital teaching material development. The main constraint that the teachers had to encounter was related to time and access to technological equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]