COVID-19 pandemic has forced several countries to manage regulations in order to minimize the spread of virus. Learning from home, or school from home (SFH) is one of the responses towards COVID-19. This study aims to explore the effectivity of SFH in West Sumatra. This study uses descriptive quantitative research survey design. The effectivity of SFH measures by using 9 aspects related to teaching practices: communicating effectively, guiding students’ knowledge, promoting individual learning, engaging students with content, ensuring content accessibility, maintaining academic integrity, keeping the course a safe place, meeting students’ needs, and scaffolding. Statistical analysis uses to explore the effectivity of learning during SFH. Results indicates that averagely subjects perceived that all aspects have fulfilled by school teachers (M= 2.7-3.2). Its can concludes that SFH is quite effective for student in West Sumatera. On the other hand, open-ended questionnaire showed the overview of the implementation SFH during initial months of pandemic. 53.3% of learning are using WhatsApp, television (TVRI; 2.3%), Google Meet (8.2%), Zoom (6.5%), and other media (29.5%). Moreover, all subjects preferred face-to-face learning than online learning. Majority of subjects (30.7%) suggested online learning to be more creative and attractive, and using easy to understand methods (27%). Implications are suggested for the field of teachers or educational sectors in creating online education programs to reach optimal learning. Keywords: school-from home, online-teaching, learning effectiveness

Kemajuan teknologi membawa perubahan terhadap tuntutan di dunia kerja seperti peralihan pekerjaan ke arah digitalisasi. Munculnya Pandemi Covid-19 juga semakin mendorong peningkatan penggunaan teknologi di dunia kerja. Hal ini berdampak semakin berkurangnya kebutuhan tenaga manusia yang meningkatkan persaingan di dunia kerja. Generasi-Z merupakan generasi yang sedang dan akan menghadapi perubahan ini di mana mereka dituntut untuk memiliki keterampilan lebih agar mampu bersaing untuk mendapatkan dan mempertahankan kinerja. Konsep self-perceived employability digunakan untuk mengukur persepsi individu terhadap kemampuannya dalam mendapatkan dan mempertahankan pekerjaannya nantinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan gambaran tingkat self-perceived employability pada Generasi-Z di Indonesia dengan melibatkan 1157 mahasiswa semester 5-8. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan platform daring di 23 provinsi yang tersebar di wilayah barat, tengah, dan timur Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Sebagian besar Generasi-Z di Indonesia memiliki tingkat self-perceived employability yang tinggi (67%) dan sedang (32%). Selain itu juga didapati bahwa faktor seperti keaktifan di organisasi dalam kampus dan di luar kampus (freelance, berwiraswasta), kemahiran berbahasa Inggris (aktif dan pasif), dan keberadaan Pusat Karir di Perguruan Tinggi dapat berdampak pada peningkatan pandangan mahasiswa terhadap employability skill mereka. Kata kunci: Dunia Kerja, Generasi-Z, Indonesia, Perceived Employability

This study aims to determine the effect of motivation toward student engagement of high school students in Padang city in online learning. The quantitative research method of simple linear regression analysis was used in this study. This study included 331 high school students who participated in online learning using random sampling techniques.  The Motivated Strategies and Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and the Student Engagement Scale were applied to this study. Reliability on the motivation scale was .922 and the student engagement scale was .926. The results of this study indicate that motivation has a significant effect on student engagement in high school students in Padang City in online learning. This can be seen from the significance value of .000 (p less than .05) and the R-square coefficient (R2) value of .545.  It can be concluded that motivation influences student engagement by 55%, while the remaining (45%) is influenced by other factors not investigated in this study.

In optimizing accomplishment for learning outcomes in a subject, it is necessary to do various appropriate method. Especially for courses that have a lot of material content and long study hours, then the blended learning method can be used as an alternative. In this study, the blended learning method was designed and applied in the training course at the Psychology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University. Evaluation of this course is carried out through a survey on 55 students by giving them a questionnaire. The results indicate that some students have achieved course learning outcomes and consider that the teacher, material and assessment aspects in this course are fit with their expectations.

Emotional competence is one of the essential abilities to be possessed by children. Children with good emotional competence will be able to understand their emotions toward themselves or others well. This competence will help children adjust to and interact well in their social environment. This study aims to develop an emotional competency test kit for preschoolers. The items on this test kit are based on the theory of emotional competence presented by Denham. This test kit consists of eight-story scenarios that trigger the appearance of emotions in the child. The validity test on this test tool used expert judgment on 17 people consisting of early childhood care and education practitioners, child psychologists, parents, and Master of Professional Psychology students in Education, with the results of the analysis using Aiken’s V. Aiken’s V analysis results, obtained a validity coefficient of 0.71-0.95. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis of the test kit trial of 96 subjects obtained a reliability coefficient of emotional competency test kits of 0.801. This study showed that this test kit has good validity and reliability and can be used to measure emotional competence in preschoolers.