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Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aimed to analyze parenting and social support relationships by working single mothers ... more This study aimed to analyze parenting and social support relationships by working single mothers on balanced nutritious feeding and early childhood nutritional status. This is quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. This research was conducted in the coastal area of the Probolinggo Regency, consisting of 16 sub-districts. The population in this study was 247 single mothers who worked and had 3-year-old children. The sampling technique of this research is simple random sampling. The final sample in this study was 219 people. A short questionnaire measured the sociodemographic data of research respondents (age, last education, and maternal work). Questionnaires measured data on parenting and social support variables. A food recall sheet measured data on balanced nutritious feeding variables to see the food the mother gave to her child within a month. Nutritional status variable data is recorded using the observation sheet. The data analysis technique in this study was logistic regression. The results showed a link between parenting and social support by single mothers who work with balanced nutritious feeding and early childhood nutritional status in coastal areas. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that health education is needed for mothers who have children in early childhood to help them solve the problems they experience when knowing their child is malnourished. Therefore, cross-sectoral cooperation is needed to provide sustainable health education.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

The curriculum is an absolute thing that must be owned by a teaching unit. The curriculum is the ... more The curriculum is an absolute thing that must be owned by a teaching unit. The curriculum is the core of the learning process. Az-Zahwa Playgroup Trenggalek has five teachers with high-school educational background and has never received training or workshops. This condition has an impact on the course during the learning process. The learning process runs without a plan, and the activities taken during the learning process was not appropriate to the children's age. This research aims to describe the strategies in increasing teacher competence, especially in pedagogic and professionalism based on structured-mentoring. In this research, the structured-mentoring was conducted by providing alternately structured materials and practice using prepared learning-tools appropriate to curriculum 2013. This type of research was qualitative with a case-study design. The data were collected using observations, interviews, and documentation. This research's inhibiting factor was that the teachers have a high-school educational background and have not had teaching experience, resulting in a lack of knowledge and teaching skills. On the other hand, the supporting factor was that teachers were enthusiastic and creative in developing the learning tools based on local culture. The results achieved from this structured-monitoring research were the teachers were able to make the learning-tools start from PROTA, PROMES, RPPM, RPPH according to 2013 Curriculum based on local culture and ended by generating the score by using work-result oriented techniques, checklist, portfolio, and anecdotal notes.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to create and develop teaching materials for early childhood education (PAUD) med... more This study aims to create and develop teaching materials for early childhood education (PAUD) media units to facilitate learning processes. The teaching materials developed are compiled with a project-based learning approach. The research was conducted on the PAUD media unit in the Early Childhood Islamic Education (PIAUD) undergraduate program at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. This research is following Dick and Carey’s model of Research and Development. The development stage focuses on determining instructional goals, analyzing learning materials, analyzing student abilities in the learning context, determining learning targets, developing instruments, developing project-based learning strategies, and applying them to learning. The results showed that students could develop media in line with learning needs and aspects of children’s development using teaching materials.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to analyze parenting patterns and their impact on the development of early childh... more This study aims to analyze parenting patterns and their impact on the development of early childhood social attitudes. This research is qualitative research using a case study design in class B Raudhatul Athfal (RA) Al-Is Syah Hakim Medan, on Jl. Karya Jaya, North Sumatra. This study's primary informants are the parents of students who carry out their family environment care. Data collection techniques were using observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was through stages developed by Miles and Huberman. Checking the validity of the user data was through the triangulation of sources and techniques. This study indicated that the parenting patterns of early childhood parents of Class B RA Al-Is Syah Hakim Medan consist of three styles, i.e., permissive, authoritarian, and democratic parenting. The most dominant style of parenting parents as permissive parenting. Permissive parenting pattern has implications for the tendency of children to have poor social attitudes. Authoritarian parenting pattern has consequences for the tendency of children to have anti-social attitudes. The style of democratic parenting has implications for the tendency of children to have prosocial attitudes.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This research is motivated by the concept of Early Childhood Education offered by various educati... more This research is motivated by the concept of Early Childhood Education offered by various educational figures to impact the emergence of increasingly dynamic educational theories. Issues on this concept did not escape the attention of Abdurrahman An-Nahlawi and Maria Montessori. The two figures have similarities and differences in their underlying points of view and approaches, and these cannot be separated from the philosophical study behind them. Based on the above, this study explores the two figures’ thoughts to give birth to a new paradigm of education for early childhood. The research method used was a literature study by collecting various references that can support research. From the research results, it can be found that, philosophically, the concept of Early Childhood Education, according to Abdurrahman An-Nahlawi, is attached to the perennial normative approach, while Maria Montessori’s notion is more towards a constructivism approach. The two approaches have different points of view in highlighting the educational side. The similarity in the points of view of these two figures is an understanding of the concept of education, which should be integrated and contextual, and position the child as the main subject in education.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

Choosing a career as an Early Childhood Education Teacher is both challenging and joyful. Not ev... more Choosing a career as an Early Childhood Education Teacher is both challenging and joyful. Not everyone is interested in this profession except for those who have strong motivation. This study aims to identify students’ exact motivation to select the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study uses combined qualitative and quantitative methods (exploratory mixed methods design). Sources of qualitative data were taken from twenty informants through in-depth interviews and analyzed using NVivo 10 analysis software, while sources of quantitative data were taken from a hundred correspondents and analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses showed that students have seven motivations to select the Early Childhood Education Department. Those seven motivations are: i) parents encouragement (81%); ii) job opportunities after graduation (83%); iii) loving kids (85%); iv) teaching is a noble profession (100%); self-will (70%); vi) the choice to be a teacher (76%); and vii) Early Childhood Education is not difficult, but joyful (80%). The study has successfully revealed seven students’ motivations for selecting the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study’s results can be used as preliminary data for subsequent researchers to examine this problem in different contexts and issues. This study’s findings need to be continued by the next researcher by examining the correlation between motivational aspects with various other variables. However, this data can also be used as an initial reference for examining the issues and problems in different contexts.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to analysis early childhood characters through KH. Wahid Hasyim education model a... more This study aims to analysis early childhood characters through KH. Wahid Hasyim education model at RA Ma’arif Metro. The study used a descriptive qualitative to describe the values of character education in various activities. This study explains KH. Wahid Hasyim’s character and its relevance to early childhood education. Application of character by KH. Wahid Hasyim consists of eight characters: religious, tolerant, independent, democratic, nationalism, love for the motherland, friendly or communicative, and fond of reading. KH. Wahid Hasyim’s framework is in line with the objectives of character education applied in early childhood education. Cultivation of character is given by example, programmed activities, habituation, and repetition in daily life. Instilling character values in early childhood hopes for children’s obedience and must be recognized and believed by children to feel these values are valid and beneficial to themselves and their environment.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

The ability to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for inclusive Early C... more The ability to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for inclusive Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers is a matter that needs to be further studied. At present, there are still many teachers who still need to be prepared withsufficient knowledge to create a proper IEP. The ability to create an ideal IEP can be useful for teachers in the implementation of an ideal inclusive ECE. An ideal inclusive ECE can serve as an indicator of the quality of education of a nation. The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of teacher's self-efficacy and teacher's literacy on Education for Children with Special Needs on the ability to design an IEP. The study uses a path analysis involving 50 ECE teachers from 50 different schools in East Jakarta. This study applied a simple random sampling technique to involve teachers. The results of this study revealed: 1) There was no direct effect on teacher self-efficacy towards the ability to design an IEP; 2) There was a direct effect on teacher literacy towards the ability to make an IEP; 3) There was no direct effect on teacher's self-efficacy towards the teacher's literacy on Education for Children with Special Needs

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of the Montessorimethod in improving understan... more This study aims to determine the effect of the Montessorimethod in improving understanding of mathematical concepts for early childhood especially ages 4-6 yearsin the city of Banjarmasin. This study uses a quasi-experimental method. Introduction to mathematics in the experimental class uses the Montessorimethod, while the control class uses conventional methods. Hypothesis test results show that the implementation of the Montessorimethod has significant effects in improving children's learning outcomes in data and graphic material in the experimental class. The average value of N-Gain in the experimental class was 95.61. The average value of the N-Gain control class is 34.56. The Montessorimethod is 61.05% more effective in improving children's learning outcomes in material data and graphics than the conventional method. Similar to the results of hypothesis testing on the ABCDE-ABCDE pattern material, the implementation of the Montessorimethod has a significant effect on improving the learning outcomes of children in the experimental class. The average N-Gain of the experimental class is 87.50. The average value of the control class N-Gain is 31.24. The MontessoriMethod 56.26% is more effective in improving children's learning outcomes on material patterns than conventional methods

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to observe the effectiveness of Individual Learning Program on improvin... more This study aims to observe the effectiveness of Individual Learning Program on improving shirt-buttoning skills among children with moderate intellectual disabilities. This study hypothesizes that the students' ability to button their shirts improved afterapplying the Individual Learning Programapproach to the chaining learning method. The participants of this study were four students with moderate intellectual disabilities ranging in age from 10-12 years. The four participants were selected based on interviews with the homeroomteacher and parents as well as observations that showed that participants had low skills in buttoning up their clothes. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a single subject research design in which data analysis uses descriptive statistical analysis consisting of two steps: (1) analysis in two conditions and (2) analysis between conditions. This study's data were analyzed using visual image data analysis techniques. The results showed that the Individual Learning Program with chaining learningstrategies, both backward and forward, and the total task presentation could effectively improve buttoning skills in children with intellectual disabilities

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

Daily living skills are an ability in someone in the field of independence in the form of daily a... more Daily living skills are an ability in someone in the field of independence in the form of daily activities. Daily living skills must be instilled early on. However, children with down syndrome must have specialized interventions so that children's living skills develop well. The purpose of this study is to describe teachers' intervention in teaching daily living skills in Ceria Demangan Kindergarten. The research method used is a case study. Data collection techniques used were observation and interviews. The subjects of this study were two students who have Down syndrome. The results of this study are individual interventions conducted in the form of habituation with routine activities, spontaneous activities, and modeling techniques, homogeneous group interventions in the form of leadership and daily pickets, and heterogeneous group interventions in the form of life skills-based learning. Individual interventions and group interventions were successfully applied to improve the living skills of children with Down syndrome in Ceria Demangan Kindergarten. Effective interventions used are individual interventions in the form of habituation and heterogeneous group interventions in the form of learning daily living skills

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This research aims to develop thematic-based physical education teaching materials that... more This research aims to develop thematic-based physical education teaching materials that aim to introduce motions to children and help teachers as a guide to teach physical education. The following teaching material contains physical games that are integrated with the theme and are equipped with ways to maintain cleanliness (both for the self and the environment) and handling injuries during playtime. The research method is Research and Development (R&D), with the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implement, dan Evaluation) model involving several PAUD teachers in the Lampung Province. The results of the research from the validation of the material experts found an average of 3.8, which means the product is very feasible to use. The validation of media experts gets an average of 3.09, which means that the media is appropriate to use. Ratings from users on small-scale trials get an average of 2.60 which means they generally agree on the usage of said materials. Large-scale trials get an average value of 3.45, which means that they strongly agree on its usage. These results indicate that the thematic-based physical education teaching materials are specifically "very feasible to use" and it is expected for the teachers to use them as early childhood learning materials.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This research was conducted to determine the initial literacy activities carried out by parents, ... more This research was conducted to determine the initial literacy activities carried out by parents, family members, and caregivers at home. The research method used for this study is a systematic review that is implemented by capturing articles concerned in the research topic published between 2009–2019 through two electronic search engines, Science Direct and Sage Journals. Furthermore, article extractions were carried out to filter out articles that were relevant to the research question (n = 9) with five articles with mother-child participants, 1 article with caregiver-child participants,and three articles with mother or father-child participants. Data analysis in this study is done by narrative synthesis analysis. The results of this study show several activities, i.e., shared reading or book reading, grocery games,writing letters, spelling, drawing pictures, and writing spontaneously. The most popular activity is the shared reading or reading book, which has more impact on the type of book and parent involvement. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed in this paper

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

Speech delay becomes a phenomenon for children such as in English pre-reading instruction for non... more Speech delay becomes a phenomenon for children such as in English pre-reading instruction for non-native English speaker, thus it is needed a proper method for them. This study aims to identify the implementation of phonics method that used in an English pre-reading instruction for a child with speech delay. This study uses a case study which involvesone teacher and one child with speech delay. The data obtained by interviewing a teacher and parents, observing the child, and identifying lesson plans. Thematic analysis is used to determine relevant themes of the topic. The results show each instruction has one objective, focuses on letters’ sound and spellingspelling two up to four sounds of a word,and a child could utter words clearly. Additionally, interactions with peers encourage a child to be competitive and enthusiastic. Furthermore, phonics method might be an alternative method for children with speech delay to acquire English pre-reading skills, especially in Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

The problems in Raudhatul Athfal Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar are children have not b... more The problems in Raudhatul Athfal Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar are children have not been able in the development of logical reasoning, laying out, spelling out, sorting objects and classification according to (size, shape, number, etc.), and drawing logical conclusions, which is related to logical thinking. The purpose of this study are: (a) To determine the development of logical thinking of children aged 5-6 years at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar with a scientific approach and (b) To determine the ability of teachers to apply scientific approaches to develop logical thinking of children aged 5-6 years at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar. The research conducted was Classroom Action Research. The results showed that (a) The development of logical thinking in cycle I was 39%, and an increase in cycle II with a percentage of 78%. (b) The ability of teachers to apply the scientific approach in the first cycle is 54%, and an increase in cycle II with a percentage of 80%. The final results of the study showed that the application of a scientific approach could develop logical thinking at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

This study aims to determine the attachment of children in the family of female wor... more This study aims to determine the attachment of children in the family of female workers in father’s parentingstyle, social interaction of children with mothers, and attachment of children to mothers. This research wan conducted in the village of sumbersari, Udanawu District, Blitar Regency. East Java. It is consisting of two families which were used as research, there are 4 informants (2 fathers and 2 relatives) and 2 boys. This study used a qualitative approach, with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques used observation, interview, and documentation techniques. This research used data analysis procedure of Miles and Hubermen. The results explain that the form of parenting given by the father to the child according to the stage of child development. The attachment of children to women in the status of female workers showed a difference between the two subjects. The first subjects had attachment to the mother, while the second subject lacked attachment to the mother. The social interaction between mother and child also goes well

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

Early childis known as an individual who isvulnerable to a number of events that threaten his per... more Early childis known as an individual who isvulnerable to a number of events that threaten his personal safety. These risks make the government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) entrust teachers to teach early about safety behaviors. This article discusses the media that teachers use to introduce safety behaviorsin early childhood. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted in four early childhood education units in Salatiga, Semarang, and Boyolali. These four early childhood education units were chosen purposively. Data collection techniquesused were observation, interview, and documentation. Data were analyzed with these orders: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. It was stated that the teacher introduces safety behavior throughthe media that supports three children's learning styles, namely auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. The media are in the form of healthy walk, educative teaching aids (APE) of traffic, helmets, switches and sockets, scissors, oral, doormats and cloths, as well as pickup cards. The research findings imply that the introduction of safety behaviors should be adapted to the context

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

This study aims to develop media ludo geometry (DORI) in children in Kiddie Care PA... more This study aims to develop media ludo geometry (DORI) in children in Kiddie Care PAUD, due to the low ability of children to perform gross motor skills. This study uses a research and development approach. While the development model used is the Research & Development (R&D) development model according to Borg & Gall. The results of this study are the development of DORI media (Ludo Geometry), there are several aspects that arise besides physical activity, namely cognitive where children are required to think creatively, express ideas in their minds, on social aspects children mutually interact and discuss in search of strategies games, and in the language aspect of students or children become skilled in communication and dialogue, other results such as children feel the game using this DORI media such as sports while playing, and playing while learning. Conclusion that gross motor skills of early childhood are able to develop well in cognitive, social emotional and language aspects by using Ludo Geometry media

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

Media plays to improvein achieving a learning goal because it can help teachers deliv... more Media plays to improvein achieving a learning goal because it can help teachers deliver learning material quickly. This research develops thematic-based box of number media that aims to introduce the beginning of mathematics to children aged 4-5 years so that it can delight children in learning.The resulting media include threethemes, names of plants, myself, and the universe. This type ofresearch used in this research is Research and Development (RnD). The results showed that the media box of number obtained an assessment from media experts with the criteria of feasible,namely the percentage of 92.5%, which previously earned 62.5%. Assessment by material experts get "decent" standards, with a percentage of 97.5% from 62.5% previously. While the results of the evaluationby users get the criteria "feasible" with a percentage of 95%. These results can be concluded that the thematic-based box of number media is suitable for beginning mathematics learning in children aged 4-5 years

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

Discussion of the piety of early childhood, currently in the shadow of an ideological debate of v... more Discussion of the piety of early childhood, currently in the shadow of an ideological debate of various political, social and religious identities. This kind of ideological debate is increasing along with the expansion of global social media networks in the digital age.In this ideological debate, a phenomenal animated film called "Nussa" emerged.This article focuses on the piety of early Islamic childhood represented by Nussa animation on the Youtube channel. The problem formulated in this article is why Nussa animation is offered as the piety of Islamic early childhood; How is the construction of early childhood piety offered in this animation; and how is this identity promoted? This article was developed with a media and cultural study approach. This research uses qualitative methods with the phenomenological approach and interpretive discourse analysis methods. The author finds that the animation of Nussa actively produces piety as the identity of early Islamic childhood in ideological contestation with globalism and secular modernism. This piety is offered as an authentic Islamic identity for Islamic early childhood

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aimed to analyze parenting and social support relationships by working single mothers ... more This study aimed to analyze parenting and social support relationships by working single mothers on balanced nutritious feeding and early childhood nutritional status. This is quantitative research with a cross-sectional design. This research was conducted in the coastal area of the Probolinggo Regency, consisting of 16 sub-districts. The population in this study was 247 single mothers who worked and had 3-year-old children. The sampling technique of this research is simple random sampling. The final sample in this study was 219 people. A short questionnaire measured the sociodemographic data of research respondents (age, last education, and maternal work). Questionnaires measured data on parenting and social support variables. A food recall sheet measured data on balanced nutritious feeding variables to see the food the mother gave to her child within a month. Nutritional status variable data is recorded using the observation sheet. The data analysis technique in this study was logistic regression. The results showed a link between parenting and social support by single mothers who work with balanced nutritious feeding and early childhood nutritional status in coastal areas. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that health education is needed for mothers who have children in early childhood to help them solve the problems they experience when knowing their child is malnourished. Therefore, cross-sectoral cooperation is needed to provide sustainable health education.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

The curriculum is an absolute thing that must be owned by a teaching unit. The curriculum is the ... more The curriculum is an absolute thing that must be owned by a teaching unit. The curriculum is the core of the learning process. Az-Zahwa Playgroup Trenggalek has five teachers with high-school educational background and has never received training or workshops. This condition has an impact on the course during the learning process. The learning process runs without a plan, and the activities taken during the learning process was not appropriate to the children's age. This research aims to describe the strategies in increasing teacher competence, especially in pedagogic and professionalism based on structured-mentoring. In this research, the structured-mentoring was conducted by providing alternately structured materials and practice using prepared learning-tools appropriate to curriculum 2013. This type of research was qualitative with a case-study design. The data were collected using observations, interviews, and documentation. This research's inhibiting factor was that the teachers have a high-school educational background and have not had teaching experience, resulting in a lack of knowledge and teaching skills. On the other hand, the supporting factor was that teachers were enthusiastic and creative in developing the learning tools based on local culture. The results achieved from this structured-monitoring research were the teachers were able to make the learning-tools start from PROTA, PROMES, RPPM, RPPH according to 2013 Curriculum based on local culture and ended by generating the score by using work-result oriented techniques, checklist, portfolio, and anecdotal notes.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to create and develop teaching materials for early childhood education (PAUD) med... more This study aims to create and develop teaching materials for early childhood education (PAUD) media units to facilitate learning processes. The teaching materials developed are compiled with a project-based learning approach. The research was conducted on the PAUD media unit in the Early Childhood Islamic Education (PIAUD) undergraduate program at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. This research is following Dick and Carey’s model of Research and Development. The development stage focuses on determining instructional goals, analyzing learning materials, analyzing student abilities in the learning context, determining learning targets, developing instruments, developing project-based learning strategies, and applying them to learning. The results showed that students could develop media in line with learning needs and aspects of children’s development using teaching materials.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to analyze parenting patterns and their impact on the development of early childh... more This study aims to analyze parenting patterns and their impact on the development of early childhood social attitudes. This research is qualitative research using a case study design in class B Raudhatul Athfal (RA) Al-Is Syah Hakim Medan, on Jl. Karya Jaya, North Sumatra. This study's primary informants are the parents of students who carry out their family environment care. Data collection techniques were using observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was through stages developed by Miles and Huberman. Checking the validity of the user data was through the triangulation of sources and techniques. This study indicated that the parenting patterns of early childhood parents of Class B RA Al-Is Syah Hakim Medan consist of three styles, i.e., permissive, authoritarian, and democratic parenting. The most dominant style of parenting parents as permissive parenting. Permissive parenting pattern has implications for the tendency of children to have poor social attitudes. Authoritarian parenting pattern has consequences for the tendency of children to have anti-social attitudes. The style of democratic parenting has implications for the tendency of children to have prosocial attitudes.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This research is motivated by the concept of Early Childhood Education offered by various educati... more This research is motivated by the concept of Early Childhood Education offered by various educational figures to impact the emergence of increasingly dynamic educational theories. Issues on this concept did not escape the attention of Abdurrahman An-Nahlawi and Maria Montessori. The two figures have similarities and differences in their underlying points of view and approaches, and these cannot be separated from the philosophical study behind them. Based on the above, this study explores the two figures’ thoughts to give birth to a new paradigm of education for early childhood. The research method used was a literature study by collecting various references that can support research. From the research results, it can be found that, philosophically, the concept of Early Childhood Education, according to Abdurrahman An-Nahlawi, is attached to the perennial normative approach, while Maria Montessori’s notion is more towards a constructivism approach. The two approaches have different points of view in highlighting the educational side. The similarity in the points of view of these two figures is an understanding of the concept of education, which should be integrated and contextual, and position the child as the main subject in education.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

Choosing a career as an Early Childhood Education Teacher is both challenging and joyful. Not ev... more Choosing a career as an Early Childhood Education Teacher is both challenging and joyful. Not everyone is interested in this profession except for those who have strong motivation. This study aims to identify students’ exact motivation to select the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study uses combined qualitative and quantitative methods (exploratory mixed methods design). Sources of qualitative data were taken from twenty informants through in-depth interviews and analyzed using NVivo 10 analysis software, while sources of quantitative data were taken from a hundred correspondents and analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses showed that students have seven motivations to select the Early Childhood Education Department. Those seven motivations are: i) parents encouragement (81%); ii) job opportunities after graduation (83%); iii) loving kids (85%); iv) teaching is a noble profession (100%); self-will (70%); vi) the choice to be a teacher (76%); and vii) Early Childhood Education is not difficult, but joyful (80%). The study has successfully revealed seven students’ motivations for selecting the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study’s results can be used as preliminary data for subsequent researchers to examine this problem in different contexts and issues. This study’s findings need to be continued by the next researcher by examining the correlation between motivational aspects with various other variables. However, this data can also be used as an initial reference for examining the issues and problems in different contexts.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to analysis early childhood characters through KH. Wahid Hasyim education model a... more This study aims to analysis early childhood characters through KH. Wahid Hasyim education model at RA Ma’arif Metro. The study used a descriptive qualitative to describe the values of character education in various activities. This study explains KH. Wahid Hasyim’s character and its relevance to early childhood education. Application of character by KH. Wahid Hasyim consists of eight characters: religious, tolerant, independent, democratic, nationalism, love for the motherland, friendly or communicative, and fond of reading. KH. Wahid Hasyim’s framework is in line with the objectives of character education applied in early childhood education. Cultivation of character is given by example, programmed activities, habituation, and repetition in daily life. Instilling character values in early childhood hopes for children’s obedience and must be recognized and believed by children to feel these values are valid and beneficial to themselves and their environment.

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

The ability to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for inclusive Early C... more The ability to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for inclusive Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers is a matter that needs to be further studied. At present, there are still many teachers who still need to be prepared withsufficient knowledge to create a proper IEP. The ability to create an ideal IEP can be useful for teachers in the implementation of an ideal inclusive ECE. An ideal inclusive ECE can serve as an indicator of the quality of education of a nation. The objective of this research is to analyze the effect of teacher's self-efficacy and teacher's literacy on Education for Children with Special Needs on the ability to design an IEP. The study uses a path analysis involving 50 ECE teachers from 50 different schools in East Jakarta. This study applied a simple random sampling technique to involve teachers. The results of this study revealed: 1) There was no direct effect on teacher self-efficacy towards the ability to design an IEP; 2) There was a direct effect on teacher literacy towards the ability to make an IEP; 3) There was no direct effect on teacher's self-efficacy towards the teacher's literacy on Education for Children with Special Needs

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of the Montessorimethod in improving understan... more This study aims to determine the effect of the Montessorimethod in improving understanding of mathematical concepts for early childhood especially ages 4-6 yearsin the city of Banjarmasin. This study uses a quasi-experimental method. Introduction to mathematics in the experimental class uses the Montessorimethod, while the control class uses conventional methods. Hypothesis test results show that the implementation of the Montessorimethod has significant effects in improving children's learning outcomes in data and graphic material in the experimental class. The average value of N-Gain in the experimental class was 95.61. The average value of the N-Gain control class is 34.56. The Montessorimethod is 61.05% more effective in improving children's learning outcomes in material data and graphics than the conventional method. Similar to the results of hypothesis testing on the ABCDE-ABCDE pattern material, the implementation of the Montessorimethod has a significant effect on improving the learning outcomes of children in the experimental class. The average N-Gain of the experimental class is 87.50. The average value of the control class N-Gain is 31.24. The MontessoriMethod 56.26% is more effective in improving children's learning outcomes on material patterns than conventional methods

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

This study aims to observe the effectiveness of Individual Learning Program on improvin... more This study aims to observe the effectiveness of Individual Learning Program on improving shirt-buttoning skills among children with moderate intellectual disabilities. This study hypothesizes that the students' ability to button their shirts improved afterapplying the Individual Learning Programapproach to the chaining learning method. The participants of this study were four students with moderate intellectual disabilities ranging in age from 10-12 years. The four participants were selected based on interviews with the homeroomteacher and parents as well as observations that showed that participants had low skills in buttoning up their clothes. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a single subject research design in which data analysis uses descriptive statistical analysis consisting of two steps: (1) analysis in two conditions and (2) analysis between conditions. This study's data were analyzed using visual image data analysis techniques. The results showed that the Individual Learning Program with chaining learningstrategies, both backward and forward, and the total task presentation could effectively improve buttoning skills in children with intellectual disabilities

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2020

Daily living skills are an ability in someone in the field of independence in the form of daily a... more Daily living skills are an ability in someone in the field of independence in the form of daily activities. Daily living skills must be instilled early on. However, children with down syndrome must have specialized interventions so that children's living skills develop well. The purpose of this study is to describe teachers' intervention in teaching daily living skills in Ceria Demangan Kindergarten. The research method used is a case study. Data collection techniques used were observation and interviews. The subjects of this study were two students who have Down syndrome. The results of this study are individual interventions conducted in the form of habituation with routine activities, spontaneous activities, and modeling techniques, homogeneous group interventions in the form of leadership and daily pickets, and heterogeneous group interventions in the form of life skills-based learning. Individual interventions and group interventions were successfully applied to improve the living skills of children with Down syndrome in Ceria Demangan Kindergarten. Effective interventions used are individual interventions in the form of habituation and heterogeneous group interventions in the form of learning daily living skills

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This research aims to develop thematic-based physical education teaching materials that... more This research aims to develop thematic-based physical education teaching materials that aim to introduce motions to children and help teachers as a guide to teach physical education. The following teaching material contains physical games that are integrated with the theme and are equipped with ways to maintain cleanliness (both for the self and the environment) and handling injuries during playtime. The research method is Research and Development (R&D), with the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implement, dan Evaluation) model involving several PAUD teachers in the Lampung Province. The results of the research from the validation of the material experts found an average of 3.8, which means the product is very feasible to use. The validation of media experts gets an average of 3.09, which means that the media is appropriate to use. Ratings from users on small-scale trials get an average of 2.60 which means they generally agree on the usage of said materials. Large-scale trials get an average value of 3.45, which means that they strongly agree on its usage. These results indicate that the thematic-based physical education teaching materials are specifically "very feasible to use" and it is expected for the teachers to use them as early childhood learning materials.

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This research was conducted to determine the initial literacy activities carried out by parents, ... more This research was conducted to determine the initial literacy activities carried out by parents, family members, and caregivers at home. The research method used for this study is a systematic review that is implemented by capturing articles concerned in the research topic published between 2009–2019 through two electronic search engines, Science Direct and Sage Journals. Furthermore, article extractions were carried out to filter out articles that were relevant to the research question (n = 9) with five articles with mother-child participants, 1 article with caregiver-child participants,and three articles with mother or father-child participants. Data analysis in this study is done by narrative synthesis analysis. The results of this study show several activities, i.e., shared reading or book reading, grocery games,writing letters, spelling, drawing pictures, and writing spontaneously. The most popular activity is the shared reading or reading book, which has more impact on the type of book and parent involvement. Limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed in this paper

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Speech delay becomes a phenomenon for children such as in English pre-reading instruction for non... more Speech delay becomes a phenomenon for children such as in English pre-reading instruction for non-native English speaker, thus it is needed a proper method for them. This study aims to identify the implementation of phonics method that used in an English pre-reading instruction for a child with speech delay. This study uses a case study which involvesone teacher and one child with speech delay. The data obtained by interviewing a teacher and parents, observing the child, and identifying lesson plans. Thematic analysis is used to determine relevant themes of the topic. The results show each instruction has one objective, focuses on letters’ sound and spellingspelling two up to four sounds of a word,and a child could utter words clearly. Additionally, interactions with peers encourage a child to be competitive and enthusiastic. Furthermore, phonics method might be an alternative method for children with speech delay to acquire English pre-reading skills, especially in Early Childhood Education (ECE)

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The problems in Raudhatul Athfal Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar are children have not b... more The problems in Raudhatul Athfal Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar are children have not been able in the development of logical reasoning, laying out, spelling out, sorting objects and classification according to (size, shape, number, etc.), and drawing logical conclusions, which is related to logical thinking. The purpose of this study are: (a) To determine the development of logical thinking of children aged 5-6 years at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar with a scientific approach and (b) To determine the ability of teachers to apply scientific approaches to develop logical thinking of children aged 5-6 years at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar. The research conducted was Classroom Action Research. The results showed that (a) The development of logical thinking in cycle I was 39%, and an increase in cycle II with a percentage of 78%. (b) The ability of teachers to apply the scientific approach in the first cycle is 54%, and an increase in cycle II with a percentage of 80%. The final results of the study showed that the application of a scientific approach could develop logical thinking at RA Takrimah Tungkop Aceh Besar

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

This study aims to determine the attachment of children in the family of female wor... more This study aims to determine the attachment of children in the family of female workers in father’s parentingstyle, social interaction of children with mothers, and attachment of children to mothers. This research wan conducted in the village of sumbersari, Udanawu District, Blitar Regency. East Java. It is consisting of two families which were used as research, there are 4 informants (2 fathers and 2 relatives) and 2 boys. This study used a qualitative approach, with descriptive methods. Data collection techniques used observation, interview, and documentation techniques. This research used data analysis procedure of Miles and Hubermen. The results explain that the form of parenting given by the father to the child according to the stage of child development. The attachment of children to women in the status of female workers showed a difference between the two subjects. The first subjects had attachment to the mother, while the second subject lacked attachment to the mother. The social interaction between mother and child also goes well

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Early childis known as an individual who isvulnerable to a number of events that threaten his per... more Early childis known as an individual who isvulnerable to a number of events that threaten his personal safety. These risks make the government of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) entrust teachers to teach early about safety behaviors. This article discusses the media that teachers use to introduce safety behaviorsin early childhood. This descriptive qualitative study was conducted in four early childhood education units in Salatiga, Semarang, and Boyolali. These four early childhood education units were chosen purposively. Data collection techniquesused were observation, interview, and documentation. Data were analyzed with these orders: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. It was stated that the teacher introduces safety behavior throughthe media that supports three children's learning styles, namely auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. The media are in the form of healthy walk, educative teaching aids (APE) of traffic, helmets, switches and sockets, scissors, oral, doormats and cloths, as well as pickup cards. The research findings imply that the introduction of safety behaviors should be adapted to the context

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This study aims to develop media ludo geometry (DORI) in children in Kiddie Care PA... more This study aims to develop media ludo geometry (DORI) in children in Kiddie Care PAUD, due to the low ability of children to perform gross motor skills. This study uses a research and development approach. While the development model used is the Research & Development (R&D) development model according to Borg & Gall. The results of this study are the development of DORI media (Ludo Geometry), there are several aspects that arise besides physical activity, namely cognitive where children are required to think creatively, express ideas in their minds, on social aspects children mutually interact and discuss in search of strategies games, and in the language aspect of students or children become skilled in communication and dialogue, other results such as children feel the game using this DORI media such as sports while playing, and playing while learning. Conclusion that gross motor skills of early childhood are able to develop well in cognitive, social emotional and language aspects by using Ludo Geometry media

Al-Athfal: Jurnal Pendidikan Anak, 2019

Media plays to improvein achieving a learning goal because it can help teachers deliv... more Media plays to improvein achieving a learning goal because it can help teachers deliver learning material quickly. This research develops thematic-based box of number media that aims to introduce the beginning of mathematics to children aged 4-5 years so that it can delight children in learning.The resulting media include threethemes, names of plants, myself, and the universe. This type ofresearch used in this research is Research and Development (RnD). The results showed that the media box of number obtained an assessment from media experts with the criteria of feasible,namely the percentage of 92.5%, which previously earned 62.5%. Assessment by material experts get "decent" standards, with a percentage of 97.5% from 62.5% previously. While the results of the evaluationby users get the criteria "feasible" with a percentage of 95%. These results can be concluded that the thematic-based box of number media is suitable for beginning mathematics learning in children aged 4-5 years

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Discussion of the piety of early childhood, currently in the shadow of an ideological debate of v... more Discussion of the piety of early childhood, currently in the shadow of an ideological debate of various political, social and religious identities. This kind of ideological debate is increasing along with the expansion of global social media networks in the digital age.In this ideological debate, a phenomenal animated film called "Nussa" emerged.This article focuses on the piety of early Islamic childhood represented by Nussa animation on the Youtube channel. The problem formulated in this article is why Nussa animation is offered as the piety of Islamic early childhood; How is the construction of early childhood piety offered in this animation; and how is this identity promoted? This article was developed with a media and cultural study approach. This research uses qualitative methods with the phenomenological approach and interpretive discourse analysis methods. The author finds that the animation of Nussa actively produces piety as the identity of early Islamic childhood in ideological contestation with globalism and secular modernism. This piety is offered as an authentic Islamic identity for Islamic early childhood