This research aims at improving the narrative essay writing skills of elementary school teacher education students through Concentrated Language Encounter (CLE) learning activities assisted by short film learning media by employing a quasi-experimental nonequivalent group design. The subjects were all primary teacher education students in West Java, with a sample of 31 elementary school teacher education students in Cimahi City as the experimental class, and 31 Madrasah Ibtidaiyah teacher education students in Bandung City as the control class. The results of the post-test research showed that the average skill of writing narrative essays in the experimental class was 81.10, while the control class obtained an average of 66.32. While the test results of the average N-gain difference in writing narrative essay skills with 2-tailed sig were 0.000 with a significance level of less than 0.05. These findings revealed that there was an increase in the writing narrative essay skills of elementary school teacher education students through the application CLE Model assisted by short film learning media. This research is expected to facilitate lecturers/teachers to teach narrative essay writing skills by optimizing all language skills through the CLE model assisted by short film media.

In general, this study aims to improve the ability of prospective elementary school teachers to make science teaching materials based on ICT literacy based on ICT media. Specifically, to develop the ability of prospective elementary school teachers to make teaching materials based on scientific literacy. The method used in this study is a quasi-experimental research design using Nonrandomized pretest-posttest control group design. The population in this study were all PGSD IKIP Siliwangi semester 4 students. The sample in this study was 2 regular classes with 60 students. The instruments used include tests and observation sheets. The results showed that the value of learning using teaching resources based on ICT literacy based on ICT media is better than conventional learning.

This research is motivated by the issuance of government policies relating to the progress of the world of education. The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of the policy on consumptive behavior among elementary school students. The research method used is a case study. Subjects in the study were 100 students who were divided into 3 (three) classes at the high class level at SDN Ciseureuh Kahuripan Pajajaran Purwakarta district, as well as providing relevant counseling to teachers, parents, community leaders and related stakeholders. The instrument used to measure the level of implementation in this regulatory policy is the observation and interview sheets while for the assessment of consumptive behavior is a matter of multiple choice, observation sheets and questionnaires given. The treatment given to stakeholders is counseling that optimizes the implementation of regulations to bring provisions to schools in the form of rules and policy levels using a persuasive approach. The results showed that the implementation of regulations bringing provision to schools initiated by Purwakarta district government significantly decreased the consumptive nature compared to students who did not receive treatment from the government regulations. Thus it can be concluded that the implementation of the regulation of bringing provisions to schools initiated by the Purwakarta district government can suppress the consumptive nature of elementary school students.

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Short story writing skill (short stories) for elementary teacher education students at Cimahi City campus is one of the productive language skills that are said to be still very difficult, considering the skill to write requires multi skills  that involve cognitive skills, cognitive meta, experience, imagination, and the preparation of words and sentences accordingly. Hence, this digital era should be able to make students skilled in utilizing digital devices and products as a medium that helps facilitating them in honing their short story writing skills, one of which is through digital products in the form of short movies. The purpose of this research is to know and elaborate the elementary teacher education students’ skills to write short stories of through short movie making activities in creative writing. This study employs descriptive qualitative through triangulation of data obtained from observations, tests, questionnaires, and documentation. The results showed the students’ skills to write short stories through short movie making activities, it was obtained based on the indicators of short story writing that had been achieved, namely: the suitability of story content, story development creativity, presentation of the plot, characters, point of view, diction, plot, and writing spelling.