Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher (MSPT) Application to Improve the Life Skills of Parents, Teachers, and Elementary School Students

Abstract

One of the technological advancements in the era of 4.0 is the android based mobile phone. Android-based mobile phone technology allows users to connect with the source of information available in android anytime, including for educational purposes. The study aims to: 1) produce an android application (Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher) as media to deliver information about life skill facing limited face-to-face learning in Covid-19 era; 2) asess the validation process of Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher as media in improving life skill education; 3) describe the effectiveness of Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher application in providing knowledge about lifeskills to students, teachers, and parents. The study employed the 4D (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate) developmental research method. The Mobile Smart Parenting application was assessed by experts of information and technology experts, teachers of Psychology and Guidance in Education, and teachers of elementary school. Before conducting a field trial, groups of 45 parents, 45 teachers, and 45 students were given a pretest. At the end of the field trial, the posttest was distributed. Findings show that using the Mobile Smart Parenting Teacher application significantly affects teachers, parents, and students' understanding of conceptual life skills to face the limited face-to-face learning in the Covid – 19 era. The gain score (N - gain) from the normalized test performed on pretest and post test scores were in the high category (0.85).