Efektivitas Media Pembelajaran Berbasis Powerpoint Tema Agama Di Kb-tk Assalamah Ungaran Kabupaten Semarang

Assalamah Playgroup-Kindergarten as one of the early childhood institution seeks to develop innovative learning models by using interactive learning cd developed by teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the media developed by teachers and to know how big the effectiveness of instructional media used in learning activities.The method used in this research is to use an experimental method that is pretest-posttest control group design that compares the learning achievement of children before and after treated learning by using power point learning cd and compared between the experimental group and the control group.Results from this study are media generated was declared invalid. It is based on data obtained from experts and materialvalidator. In addition to a valid media used in learning with religious themes on Assalamah Playgroup-Kindergartenin Ungaran also effective in the learning activities, it can be seen from the rise in learning outcomes among students, especially in kindergarten B

Edutainment Method Learning: Exploration of Variables and Implications on Children's Social Skills

Purpose – The study aims to explore the differences in social skills between children who used the edutainment method with the game and a multimedia approach. Cards and treatment are the value of social skills in children’s reports.Design/methods/approach – The experimental method was designed with a treatment design one-shot case study. The pretest score was taken from the report cards that the child had previously received. Social skill score outcomes were taken after the treatment was completed.Findings – The results showed no significant differences in the social skills of children who were given the game approach edutainment method with children who were given the multimedia approach edutainment method. However, the average difference in the game approach and multimedia approach scores only has a value of 1,37500, so the difference is insignificant. These two treatments differ significantly from the child’s report card scores. The game approach has a difference of 4.27536 and sig 0.011 < 0.05; for the multimedia approach, it has a difference of 3.79167 and sig 0.028 <0.05. So it can be concluded that the edutainment method has a positive influence.Research implications/limitations – The teacher must know the child’s social skills so that he can choose the proper method of learning. The teacher must pay attention to the relationship between the characteristics possessed by each child and the learning method to be used. The teacher can use the game edutainment method in learning.Practical implications – Social skills can be built from several factors. The influencing factor is edutainment learning. This learning allows children to interact with other children and be able to re-communicate the activities they have done.Originality/value – This research is updated to explore the variables affecting children’s social skills. The independent variable used is the edutainment learning method with two approaches, namely multimedia and games. Paper type Research pape

IMPLEMENTASI PENDIDIKAN INKLUSI MELALUI STRATEGI PENGELOLAAN KELAS YANG INKLUSI PADA GURU TAMAN KANAK-KANAK DI KECAMATAN NGALIAN, SEMARANG

Inclusive education is currently a major concern of government due to the increasing number of special needs children in Indonesia. In fact, managing a classroom with inclusion system is not easy to implement. Until now, the problems often faced by schools to implement inclusion is the readiness of teachers to manage teaching and learning activities. Based on the data obtained from the District Education Office and the Central Bureau of Statistics Ngalian Semarang ( BPS and Planning Office , 2011: 204-207 ) the number of kindergarten in District Ngalian today is as many as 46 kindergarten . Most of the institutions category that needs a lot of development, there is no institusion ready to implement inclusion . The community services activities aimed to increase knowledge of kindergarten teachers in implementing inclusive education through inclusion classroom management. Workshops and mentoring activities are carried out in this devotion, was success and smoothly, the participants began to try to implement classroom management inclusion in their institution