New Students' Self-Adjustment at Ar-Risalah Islamic Junior High School: Roles and Supporting Factors

The purpose of this research is to determine teachers’ roles in improving students' self-adjustment and its supporting factors at Ar-Risalah Islamic Junior High School, Padang, Indonesia. This is qualitative descriptive research with data collected from teachers, students, principals, and other school officials through interview, observation, and documentation. The data collected were analyzed using reduction and triangulation processes. The result showed that the teacher had expertise as a motivator to support and trigger the student enthusiasm in adapting and learning new materials at school. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors of the self-adjustment process were parents that have not been able to let their children go to boarding schools and teachers without psychological backgrounds, because this background are needed for better approach and intervention for children to make them enthusiasm in learning in boarding school

‘Kufunika kwa mtundu/fuko’ (Family circle): Understanding experiences of grandparents raising grandchildren in Malawi

In Malawi, grandparents play significant roles in raising children when parents are absent. An inductive thematic qualitative approach was used to understand experiences of Malawian custodial grandparents. Seven focus groups with 29 grandparents were conducted and six themes emerged: (1) Better future for the children, (2) Family circle, (3) Strong support from other grandparents and the community, (4) Financial and physical hardships, (5) Intergenerational conflicts and discipline issues, and (6) Desire for more involvement with their grandchildren’s education and school. Roles of schools and non-governmental organizations as community resource centers with robust family engagement practices are explored.

Changes in Overall Participation Profile of Youth with Physical Disabilities Following the PREP Intervention

The Pathways and Resources for Engagement and Participation (PREP), an environmental-based intervention, is effective in improving the participation of youth with disabilities in specific targeted activities; however, its potential impact on overall participation beyond these activities is unknown. This study examined the differences in participation levels and environmental barriers and supports following the 12-week PREP intervention. Existing data on participation patterns and environmental barriers and supports, measured by the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth, pre-and post-PREP intervention, were statistically analyzed across 20 youth aged 12 to 18 (mean = 14.4, standard deviation (SD) = 1.82) with physical disabilities in three settings: home, school and community. Effect sizes were calculated using Cohen’s d. Following PREP, youth participated significantly less often at home (d = 2.21; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) [1.79, 2.96]), more often (d = 0.57; 95% CI [−0.79, −0.14]) and in more diverse activities (d = 0.51; 95% CI [−1.99, −0.51]) in the community. At school, significantly greater participation was observed in special school roles (t = −2.46. p = 0.024). Involvement and desire for change remained relatively stable across all settings. A substantial increase in community environmental supports was observed (d = 0.67), with significantly more parents reporting availability of, and access to information as a support (χ2 = 4.28, p = 0.038). Findings lend further support to the effectiveness of environmental-based interventions, involving real-life experiences.

Work, Family and School – Balanced Postgraduate Programs for Full-Time Workers in Finland

Today employees have to update their knowledge, skills and competencies to excel in the working world. Therefore, the number of adult students has increased in all forms and levels of education including universities. Adult students bring non-traditional characteristics to campuses including part-time enrollment, full-time employment, and increased family obligations. In this paper, an analytical model for analyzing different roles of professionals returning to university is developed. The model is then applied to describe the current support systems for adult learners in Finland and to analyze a Finnish postgraduate program solely targeted for professional returning to college. The findings of the study suggest that programs dedicated to adult learners help returning students to find a better balance between their work, family and school roles and thus overcome more easily the institutional, situational and dispositional barriers to study.

ANALISIS PEMAHAMAN SISWA TENTANG PENDIDIKAN SEKS DALAM MEMBENTUK KARAKTER PEDULI KESEHATAN PADA PEMBELAJARAN BIOLOGI

One of the juvenile delinquency problems is one that is related to sexual activities such as sexual abuse and violence, premarital sex, premarital pregnancy, abortion, sexual homo, marriage at a young age, free sex, and sexually transmitted diseases, things this can affect the readiness of adolescents for they future. Therefore to shape the character of caring for students' health, especially reproductive health, the main solution is to introduce and teach about sex education to students. The aim of this study was to determine students' understanding of sex education in forming the character of health care. This research is a qualitative conducted in SMA 1 Kualuh selatan using 2 techniques in data collection, namely in-depth interviews and questionnaires. The results of this study indicate that the average percentage of students' basic knowledge about sex education is sufficient (65.88%). This is due to a lack of levels of student concern for reproductive health and a lack of school roles, especially the role of Biology teachers.Keywords : Sex Education, Health Care, Biology Learning

Mechanisms to Enhance Users’ Responsibility on Social Networks’ and Preventing Cyber Terrorism

This research aims to identify the effective mechanisms in enhancing the moral and social responsibility of users of social networks and practical steps to reduce the publications of extremism and terrorism. The research is a descriptive one, which adopts analytical research comparisons of the questionnaire tool distributed to 95 public opinion leaders. The research finds: 1. One of the main causes of cyber terrorism is the lack of self-censorship and the absence of home and school roles in the control of children. 2. One of the most important dangers of cyber terrorism is spreading the extremist ideas, especially among young for exploitation in terrorist operations. 3. One of the most effective mechanisms for enhancing the ethical and social responsibility of users of social networks is carrying the State and the school the responsibility to promote social responsibility to counter the phenomenon of cyber terrorism

The Learning Dialogue As a Tool to Educate Primary School Students (by the example of “The Basics of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics” Course)

The paper concerns one of the active methods to educate primary school children, namely, the learning dialogue. The features of this learning method, considered as a higher-priority tool for teaching the Basics of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics at primary school are examined. Ways to learn curriculum materials are described, while it is stated that application of the said ways of learning helps to enhance the role of learning dialogue in establishing school roles as well as in shaping the students’ educational activities and encourage them to develop their intellectual abilities and communicative skills.