International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
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Employability of Latin honor graduate in a state university in the Philippines
Get PDFThis study examines the employability of Latin-honor graduates from Romblon State University (RSU) between 2015 and 2022, addressing the factors that influence their transition into the workforce. The research investigates how academic performance, board examination results, and advanced education impact employment outcomes. Using a mixed-method approach, including surveys and binary logistic regression analysis, the study identifies key predictors of employability. Results indicate that achieving academic honors, passing licensure exams, and pursuing further education significantly enhance graduates’ chances of securing permanent employment and advancing in their careers. These findings highlight the need for aligning RSU’s curriculum with labor market demands and underscore the importance of continuous professional development. The study offers practical recommendations to improve graduate employability and informs policy initiatives aimed at supporting career progression for Latin-honor graduates
Development and validation of the principals’ digital leadership instrument using Rasch measurement model
Get PDFThis study addresses the critical need for robust measurement tools in digital leadership (DL) within educational settings—a topic of increasing relevance but limited research. Using the Rasch model measurement analysis, the study aims to develop and validate an instrument tailored to assess principals’ digital leadership (PDL) in China. The questionnaire, based on the five dimensions of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) for education leaders—equity and citizenship advocate (ECA), visionary planner (VP), empowering leader (EL), systems designer (SD), and connected learner (CL)—was adapted to reflect Chinese cultural contexts. Following expert validation, the 33-item instrument was piloted with 188 teachers from higher vocational and technical colleges in Sichuan Province. The Rasch analysis, performed using Winsteps 3.72.3, assessed item fit, unidimensionality, local independence, reliability, separation index, and item-person mapping. The findings revealed that 26 items met all assumptions, demonstrating the strong reliability, validity, and psychometric robustness of the instrument. In conclusion, the validated PDL instrument is a reliable tool for assessing the DL of principals within the Chinese educational context, offering insights into professional development, and sets the stage for future research and policy development in the field of educational leadership
Digital resources and learning outcomes in college physical education: a survey study
Get PDFThe effectiveness of digital resources in teaching remains a widely debated issue, particularly in the field of physical education. This article aims to examine the impact of digital resource learning on the learning outcomes of undergraduate physical education courses, with a specific focus on the role of students’ awareness and competence in using digital resources. Using a questionnaire survey method, the study analyzed data from 310 undergraduate students from five universities in China. The results showed that digital use ability, use awareness and resource environment had a significant positive effect on satisfaction with learning outcomes. Digital usage awareness fully mediated the effect of digital learning confidence on learning outcome satisfaction and partially mediated the effect of digital usage ability and resource environment on learning outcome satisfaction. These findings suggest that enhancing students’ digital usage awareness and learning confidence can significantly improve learning outcomes in physical education courses. The article recommends that educators better utilize and refine digital resources in teaching and enhance students’ digital learning skills and awareness to improve the effectiveness of physical education teaching. This study enriches the content of the digital teaching model, reveals the intrinsic mechanisms of how digital resource learning affects learning outcomes, and provides new insights and methods for improving the teaching effectiveness of physical education courses
Fostering integrity among school principals’ ethical leadership: a comprehensive systematic review
Get PDFThis systematic review explores the importance of promoting integrity in the ethical leadership of school principals, particularly when ethical lapses by educational leaders can impact outcomes. Increasing societal pressures and a complex educational environment highlight the importance of ethical leadership in shaping the school environment and student success. However, the lack of a complete understanding of how to effectively create ethical leadership remains a major concern. An extensive search of scholarly articles was conducted from reputable databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, and ERIC, focusing on studies published between 2020 and 2024. The flow of study based on PRISMA framework. The database found (n=19) final primary data was analyzed. The finding was divided into three themes which is academic integrity and ethics in education, leadership and integrity in educational management, and character and value education in schools. Comprehensive programs and administrative support are essential to fostering integrity in schools, while effective leadership plays an important role in shaping a conducive school environment. In conclusion, the need to foster integrity among school principals across disciplinary boundaries requires concerted efforts and innovative approaches to prepare ethical leaders to navigate the complexities of the contemporary educational landscape and inspire positive change
Enhancing curriculum development: a comprehensive framework for undergraduate competencies
Get PDFIn the context of significant changes in higher education and the job market, there has been extensive discussion on what qualifies graduate competency and what shapes graduates’ labor market outcomes. Each university’s vision is to produce highly competitive and educated graduates with high competence and contribute to the country’s development. Graduate employability is a key issue for higher education. Ensuring their competency is vital in forming an educated graduate the industry is looking for. Their competency is honed based on the activities and curriculum of the program as embedded in the circular memorandum order (CMO) of each program. A descriptive research design was used and a questionnaire on structured institutionalized tracer instrument and CMO 17 s.2017 was adopted. Uses statistical treatment such as mean, frequency, percentages and t-tests. This study focuses to assess and evaluate the competency of our graduates in response to the needs of the industry and for curriculum enhancement. The results reveal that the bachelor of science in business administration (BSBA) graduate’s competency based on all the identified parameters was deemed "very effective" and useful in their respective workplace. Though the results highlighted research and extension as "very effective", their importance to employment shows that they are highly significant corresponding to the present trend. Despite all the training and exposure, the college provides them, still need improvement and commends to enhance the curriculum, improve instruction delivery, and upgrade graduate competencies
Validating the factor structure of school principals’ transformational leadership scale in Vietnam
Get PDFRecently, there has been a growing emphasis on investigating the factor structure of the transformational leadership style due to its significant impact on teachers’ outcomes and school-related factors such as organizational citizenship behaviors, organizational commitment, work dedication, creativity, and school innovation. However, the existing literature reveals a lack of studies focusing on the dimensions of transformational leadership style in Vietnam. The present study, therefore, aims to validate the factor structure of the 20-item transformational leadership scale, derived from the 45-item multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ), which was translated into Vietnamese and administered to 375 high school teachers. The results of both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) confirmed the suitability of the original MLQ’s five-factor structure of transformational leadership, which includes idealized influence attributed (IIa), idealized influence behavioral (IIb), inspirational motivation (IM), intellectual stimulation (IS), and individualized consideration (IC). The fit indices of the model (χ2/df=1.57, p=0.000, TLI=0.91, CFI=0.90, and RMSEA=0.067), and Cronbach’s alpha values of all subfactors (α≥0.73) were satisfactory. The findings recommend that high schools might utilize the MLQ in evaluating teachers’ views of transformational leadership within the context of Vietnamese high school education to improve the leadership practices of principals
Unveiling the role of organizational commitment on job satisfaction and job performance in Islamic education
Get PDFThis study evaluates the influences of organizational commitment components on job satisfaction and job performance among Islamic boarding school (IBS) teachers. It also aimed to decide the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between organizational commitment and job performance. This comparative study compares the path coefficient between exogenous and endogenous constructs based on respondents’ countries, Malaysia and Indonesia. Through a simple random sampling, the data were gathered from 247 respondents. The analysis was conducted through partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approaches (measurement model, structural model, and multi-group analysis). The measurement model informed that the obtained data was valid and reliable. The structural model examination reports that normative and continuance commitment strongly predict job satisfaction. Similarly, continuance commitment and job satisfaction are significant predictors of job performance. As a mediator, job satisfaction successfully mediates the relationships between continuance commitment and job performance and between normative commitment and job performance. No significant differences emerge from the multi-group analysis results between IBS teachers from Kedah (Malaysia) and Jambi (Indonesia), regarding all direct paths between the constructs. This article provides knowledge contributions from Indonesia and Malaysia, in the context of Islamic education
Computer science and educational games to enhancing students’ Islamic content learning
Get PDFLearning in all humanities content branch such as Islamic sciences is declared to be boring, tiring and very dry plain content because the educational level of learners becomes low and worrying. This statement is justified by the result of our statistical study which reveals that learning of Islamic content is not attractive and needs to be revolutionized in order to make it more attractive and interesting for the new generation called digital generation. In this paper, we have used the gamification concept with learning analytics (LA) approach to design an educational game to improve Islamic content learning. However, and due to the lake of works and the knowledge about teaching Islamic contents using education games look insufficient and at their begins. The obtained results, in this study, with proposed approach, shows that the students had remarkably higher motivation and performance to learn than before. The main objective of this investigation is, firstly, allows managers and teachers easily incorporate LA approaches to help student improves their learning; and secondly, future work benefits from these results to define an appropriate dashboard for the Islamic content learning and teaching
The effect of convenience and self-efficacy on the satisfaction of learning management system usage
Get PDFUniversities widely use the learning management system (LMS) technology due to its flexibility and ease of use for lecturers when managing online learning with the LMS. The primary determinant of success is the admittance of students utilizing this technology based on the LMS. However, institutions have challenges when utilizing LMS systems. The study aims to evaluate the factors that impact student satisfaction (SS) when using the LMS. The study methodology employs the Delone McLean model technique, incorporating the elements of convenience (Co) and self-efficacy (SE) into the survey. Data was gathered from a sample of 178 undergraduate students. The data analysis conducted using structural equation modeling (SEM) partial least squares (PLS) entailed the testing of six hypotheses. The results found that only three hypotheses were supported: information quality (IQ) and system quality (SQ) had a positive impact on SS. Student satisfaction also harmed the use of LMS (LU). This research contributes to the knowledge that internal and external factors of the LMS system also play an important role in the satisfaction of LMS usage
Training of social educators on prevention of the propensity of adolescents to victim behavior
No full textThis study focused on assessing the impact of a specialized training program in dealing with victim behavior among teenagers. A total of 200 social educators from Kazakhstan participated in the study, evenly divided into an experimental group, which underwent training, and a control group, which did not receive training. A 100-point test was used in the study to evaluate pre-and post-training assessments. The average score on the pre-tests in both groups was 43. After the training, a significant increase in scores was observed in the experimental group, averaging 75.74, indicating the effectiveness of the training. The control group showed a slight increase with an average post-test score of 48.73. Statistical analysis underscored the impact of the training. Paired sample t-test for the experimental group revealed a significant mean difference with a significant value (p<0.001). The change in the control group was also significant but small (p<0.001). Independent samples t-test between the group results after testing indicated that the success of the experimental group was significantly higher (p<0.001). These results demonstrate the value of targeted training to enhance the capabilities of social educators in managing the behavior of victimized adolescents, emphasizing the need for such specialized programs in educational institutions