This study is intended to understand teaching quality of English student teachers when they conduct their teaching practicum. Teaching quality is conceptualized based on the principles of effective teaching resulted by teacher effectiveness studies. Thes IRJE | Vol. 2 | No. 2| Year 2018 |ISSN: 2580-5711 2 Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) | Vol. 2 | No. 2|Year 2018 The mission of the Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) is to serve as a vital and international forum for a different group of scholars and researchers who are of interest in exchanging ideas in order to enrich the theory, policy, and practice of education in Indonesia and around the world and who can grasp a noteworthy voice in discussions and decision-making around issues of education. IRJE is a FREE, twice-yearly, open access, peer-reviewed, international, and e-journal, published in Indonesia, which accepts unpublished, high quality, and original research manuscripts in English, resulting primarily from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methodology related to or associated with education. All research articles appearing in IRJE have undergone a thoroughly peer-review. Editorial Team Lead Editor Amirul Mukminin, Jambi University, Indonesia Managing Editors Akhmad Habibi, Jambi University, Indonesia Dairabi Kamil, State Islamic University of Kerinci, Indonesia Muhaimin, Jambi University, Indonesia Mukhlash Abrar, Jambi University, Indonesia Assistant Editors Ferdiaz Saudagar, Jambi University, Indonesia Masbirorotni, Jambi University, Indonesia Siti Rahma Sari, Jambi University, Indonesia Failasofah, Jambi University, Indonesia Nunung Fajaryani, Jambi University, Indonesia International Editorial Board Jeffrey Ayala Milligan, the Florida State University, USA Thomas F. Luschei, Claremont Graduate University, USA Shen Chen, University of Newcastle, Australia Abdul Jalil Bin Othman, University of Malaya, Malaysia Tiago Neves, University of Porto, Portugal Saedah Siraj, University of Malaya, Malaysia Judit Navracsics, University of Pannonia, Hungary Irina Golubeva, University of Miskolc, Hungary Pedro Sanchez Escobedo, Universidad Autónoma De Yucatán (UADY), Mexico https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-jksvt8AAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IP8-BOsAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4lk2yUMAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Failasofah_Failasofah https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nunung_Fajaryani https://umexpert.um.edu.my/jalil https://umexpert.um.edu.my/saedah IRJE | Vol. 2 | No. 2| Year 2018 |ISSN: 2580-5711 3 Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan, University of Science, Malaysia Jennifer Elsden-Clifton, Griffith University, Australia Farrah Dina Binti Yusof, University of Malaya, Malaysia Dina Belluigi, Queen's University Belfast, North Ireland, UK. 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Ibarra, Central Luzon State University, the Philippines Abang Ismail Bin Abang Julhi, Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia Rafiza Binti Abdul Razak, University of Malaya, Malaysia Lourdes Villardon, University of Deusto, Spain Nor Azmi Mostafa, Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia Mohd Rashid Bin Mohd Saad, University of Malaya, Malaysia Hadiyanto, Jambi University, Indonesia Muazza, Jambi University, Indonesia Anton Widyanto, Ar-Raniry State Islamic University, Indonesia Eddy Haryanto, Jambi University, Indonesia Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob,Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia Layout Editors Robin Pratama, Jambi University Robi Hendra, Jambi University Focus and Scope The Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) accepts unpublished, high quality, and original research manuscripts in English, resulting primarily from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed research methodology related to or associated with education. These issues include, but not limited to, practices, policies, and research in education from early childhood education to higher education which cover the areas of instruction, learning, teaching, curriculum development, educational policy, language education and policy, bilingual education, multicultural education, art education, teacher education, educational technology, educational developments, educational psychology, and international education in Indonesia and other parts of the world. Publication frequency IRJE is published 2 times per year (June and December) by Jambi University, the Graduate School, Doctoral Program in Education. Publisher Indonesian Research Journal in Education The Graduate School, Doctoral Program in Education Jambi University, Jl. Raden Mattaher No.16, Jambi, Indonesia 36113 ISSN 2580-5711-E-mail: irje@unja.ac.id https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K5sKd70AAAAJ&hl=en https://umexpert.um.edu.my/rafiza https://umexpert.um.edu.my/msaadmr https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OhvkFOcAAAAJ&hl=en mailto:irje@unja.ac.id IRJE | Vol. 2 | No. 2| Year 2018 |ISSN: 2580-5711 4 Content Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) is indexed by DOAJ, Index Copernicus, and Google scholar 5 Editorial 6 The Development of Reflective Thinking in the First Six Years of Teaching KÁLMÁN SÁNTHA 19 Decentralization and Effective Educational Leadership: Expectation versus Reality CECEP SOMANTRI 37 Indonesian Students’ Acquisition of English Address Terms: A Case Study in a University in the United Kingdom KOMILIE SITUMORANG 55 Perceptions and Actions of Educational Policy Makers regarding Parental Engagement in Education WAHYUDDIN 75 The Involvement of the Twelfth Grade English Textbook in Jordan: An Analytical Study RAMI ABU SA'ALEEK 86 Fighting against Corruption through Character Education: The Voices of Indonesian Primary School Teachers MUHAMMAD SOFWAN, PANUT SETIONO, AHMED ELSAYED MOHAMED ELSAYED, FERDIAZ SAUDAGAR 97 Measuring Indonesian Students’ Lexical Diversity and Lexical Sophistication FAILASOFAH, HAZIM TAISIR DAYIJ ALKHRISHEH IRJE | Vol. 2 | No. 2| Year 2018 |ISSN: 2580-5711 5 Editorial In this volume (2 and issue 2), the Indonesian Research Journal in Education (IRJE) provides readers with seven articles that explore various themes on education in Indonesia and other countries. This volume commences with the article “The Development of Reflective Thinking in the First Six Years of Teaching” by KÁLMÁN SÁNTHA, an associate professor at University of Pannonia, Faculty of Modern Philology and Social Sciences, Institute of Education His study was to investigate the development of reflective thinking in the first six years of a beginner teacher’s career. The results show that continuous reflection contributes to the differentiation of pedagogical knowledge. For the second article, CECEP SOMANTRI concentrates on “Decentralization and Effective Educational Leadership: Expectation versus Reality.” His study was conducted to explore what research says about the challenges of decentralization to the existing leadership cultures in schools so that their effectiveness is further improved. Another interesting article offered by KOMILIE SITUMORANG, is entitled “Indonesian Students’ Acquisition of English Address Terms: A Case Study in a University in the United Kingdom.” Her study explored on how the transfer of Indonesian Address Terms (ATs) influenced the production of English ATs and in what ways Indonesian students accommodated the acquisition of the English ATs during the study abroad. The other interesting article “Perceptions and Actions of Educational Policy Makers regarding Parental Engagement in Education” is authored by WAHYUDDIN. His study aimed to examine perceptions and actions of educational policy makers regarding parental engagement in children’s education within a district in West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. One attention-grabbing article is from Jordan. “The Involvement of the Twelfth Grade English Textbook in Jordan: An Analytical Study” is authored by RAMI ABU SA'ALEEK. Her study aimed at investigating the involvement degree for the 12th grade English language textbooks in Jordan through analyzing the presentation of educational content and the activities. The findings of the study showed that the decrease of students' involvement in educational content in the English language textbook for 12th grade. The sixth article, “Fighting against Corruption through Character Education: The Voices of Indonesian Primary School Teachers” is authored by MUHAMMAD SOFWAN, PANUT SETIONO, AHMED ELSAYED MOHAMED ELSAYED, FERDIAZ SAUDAGAR. They focused on elaborating the importance of character education to fight against corruption for primary school students. Their findings show that character education is important for tackling corruption behaviors from early ages, shaping students’ mind towards the danger of corruption, producing excellent students with a good moral and behavior, and influencing teachers’ perception towards corruption. The last article for this issue, “Measuring Indonesian Students’ Lexical Diversity and Lexical Sophistication” is written by FAILASOFAH, HAZIM TAISIR DAYIJ ALKHRISHEH. Their study was to look at a description of Indonesian EFL students’ vocabulary knowledge - their lexical diversity (how many different words students used) and lexical sophistication (how many advance words students used) in the English production. They concluded that as foreign language learners, lower level of proficiency participants could produce more lexically rich texts than higher level participants and vice versa.