Academic resilience among Indonesian secondary students: implications for alternative learning design in Physical Education
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v80.119261Keywords:
academic resilience, junior secondary students, physical education, alternative learning design, student-centered learningAbstract
Introduction: Academic resilience is an important resource for adolescent school adaptation and may offer useful pedagogical insight for physical education.
Objective: This study aimed to describe the academic resilience profile of Indonesian junior secondary students and to discuss cautiously how this profile may inform pedagogical reflection and future research on alternative learning design in physical education.
Methodology: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional design was employed with 558 junior secondary students. Data were collected using a 24-item academic resilience questionnaire and analyzed descriptively.
Results: Students generally showed moderate to relatively high academic resilience. Commitment/Persistence was the strongest dimension, whereas Composure was the weakest, and most students were classified in the moderate or high category.
Discussion: The findings indicate the relevance of more student-centered, cooperative, supportive, and gradually challenging approaches in physical education.
Conclusion: Academic resilience profiles may provide an empirical basis for designing more adaptive physical education learning for junior secondary students.
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