FAMILY COHESION, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, AND SMARTPHONE ADDICTION: DOES IT AFFECT CHILDREN’S EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION?

Emotional dysregulation in early childhood has shown various early symptoms, such as aggressiveness, anxiety, short attention span, etc. This study aims to determine the effects of family cohesion, interpersonal communication, and smartphone addiction variables on children's emotional dysregulation. The respondents of this study were 338 students’ parents from Cirebon City, Indonesia. Data were collected by means of online questionnaires distributed individually to each kindergarten selected using proportionate cluster random sampling. The results of this study show that two variables, namely family cohesion (p = .031) and interpersonal communication (p = .016) have negative direct effects on children's emotional dysregulation. Meanwhile, smartphone addiction (p = .000) directly affects children's emotional dysregulation. From the results, it is assumed that children's emotional dysregulation will decrease when there is a focus on improving the quality of family cohesion and on decreasing the level of smartphone addiction. Besides, the government, schools, and parents should concern about and implement a policy to keep on monitoring children when using smartphones and developing positive and harmonious family cohesion.

VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO IN DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE APPLICATIONS

Cultural heritage now can be experienced. Digital technologies recreate original appearances of cultural monuments and life inside them. Interactive digital storytelling (Rizvić et al. 2017a) introduces the viewers to historical information through short interconnected stories resolving the problem of short attention span of the audience and their reluctance to read. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies transfer the users in the past. An important part of digital cultural heritage applications is VR video.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUN FISHING TO TEACH SPEAKING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

To produce competitive students that ready to face the trend of language learning in English as a foreign language, especially speaking skills, teachers should be ready to develop good planning in the teaching process. It can be in the form of strategies that can motivate students in the learning process. Moreover, in teaching elementary school students, teachers should be more creative to encourage students’ motivation in speaking by using attractive teaching media which involves physical activity because young learners usually only have a short attention span. By using teaching media, students will learn a language in such attractive and fun ways. Thus, the researchers want to see the use of Fun Fishing in teaching speaking at one of the Elementary Schools in Lampung to encourage students in learning English. This research used a qualitative method since it disclosed how to implement Fun Fishing media in an Elementary School in Lampung. As a result, the students were divided into four groups consisted of 2-3 members and learned English which involved physical activity. To sum up, using this media in learning English can motivate students to speak in English and make teaching and learning become more fun because they did physical activity.

Immature leadership: Donald Trump and the American presidency

There has been a renaissance in the study of how the backgrounds of individual leaders affect foreign policy outcomes. Donald Trump's presidency highlights the limits of this approach. Trump's psychology is so unique, and so akin to that of a small child, that studying his background alone is insufficient to explain his decision-making. The evidence for this characterization of Trump's leadership comes not from his political opponents, but his allies, staffers and subordinates. Trump's lack of impulse control, short attention span and frequent temper tantrums have all undercut his effectiveness as president as compared to his predecessors. Nonetheless, the 45th president helps to clarify ongoing debates in American politics about the relative strength of the presidency as an institution. In particular, the powers of the presidency have become so enhanced that even comparatively weak and inexperienced leaders can execute dramatic policy shifts. The formal checks on presidential power, from the legislative, judicial and executive branches have all eroded. Similarly, the informal checks on the presidency had also degraded before Trump's inauguration. This article uses Trump's presidency—and his severe limitations as a decision-maker—to highlight the ways in which even a weak leader can affect change by holding a powerful office.

FUNCTION: PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS EKSPLORASI

Several studies stated that the learning style of the millennials dominates visually and kinesthetically, approaching group system or communities wherein millennials generally enjoy the interaction and sharing learning environments rather than reading books. This generation is described as a generation that is fast and practical, looking for fun, technology savvy but also categorized as a generation that is dependent on technology and has a short attention span. With the development of this instant society, not a few among the milenial that do not appreciate the process, instead they focus on directly jumping onto the final results, wherein the quality of a process does not only determines the quality of the final result but it actually triggers a sense of ownership and respect for what is being produced. Based on the results of the research that has taken place, a creative space is needed to provide the younger generation for devoting their creativity through the whole process. Makerspace contains self-made aspects that trigger ownership and sharing as well as experiments that are compatible with working and learning styles of millennials. Makerspace is a program that is considered not only suitable but also popular in the creative industry world and is very attractive to the generations of millennials in creativity aspects. Combining science, art, and aesthetics which will not only support the process of thinking in the world of education but as well as raise their moral values such as respect. It is essential to be able to appreciate every process that goes through as learning, both the process of work done personally and in groups.AbstrakDalam beberapa literatur menyatakan bahwa learning style generasi milenial lebih mendominasi secara visual dan kinestetik, mengarah kepada komunitas, sehingga umumnya mereka lebih menikmati interaksi dan sharing learning environment dari pada membaca buku. Generasi ini dideskripsikan sebagai generasi yang serba cepat dan praktis dalam mencari kesenangan. Cerdas teknologi tetapi juga dikategorikan sebagai generasi yang tergantung pada teknologi, serta memiliki rentang perhatian yang pendek. Dengan perkembangan yang serba instan, tidak sedikit dari generasi milenial yang kurang menghargai proses dan hanya berfokus pada hasil akhir, padahal kualitas sebuah proses tidak hanya menentukan kualitas hasil akhir tapi juga memicu rasa kepemilikan dan rasa menghargai terhadap apa yang dihasilkan. Berdasarkan hasil studi yang telah berlangsung, maka dibutuhkan wadah dimana generasi muda dapat mencurahkan kreativitasnya melalui proses. Makerspace mengandung unsur self-made yang memicu rasa kepemilikan dan unsur sharing, serta experiment yang sesuai dengan working and learning style of millennials. Makerspace merupakan salah satu program yang dianggap bukan hanya cocok namun juga sedang popular didunia industri kreatif dan sangat menarik perhatian generasi milenial dalam aspek kreativitas. Mengkombinasi antara ilmu pengetahuan, seni dan estetika tidak hanya akan mendukung proses berfikir dalam dunia pendidikan namun juga meningkatkan nilai-nilai moral seperti menghargai. Mampu menghargai setiap proses yang dilalui sebagai pembelajaran, baik proses pengerjaan yang dilakukan pribadi maupun kelompok.

Next Education: Technology Transforming Education

The approach towards teaching and learning has drastically changed with the advent of technology. Classrooms are no longer what they used to be. The traditional spaces fitted with blackboards and controlled by overbearing/strict teachers have given way to the new-age ‘smart’ classrooms. The post-millennial generation, which is highly exposed to gadgets like smartphones, has a short attention span and seeks quick learning at the click of a button. They want the freedom to decide what and how they want to learn; this wish is fulfilled by technology that has democratized Indian education system. The integration of technology and education was seen as a thrust area for business development in the early 2000s. In 2007, two IIT alumni and serial entrepreneurs, Beas Dev Ralhan and Raveendranath Kamath, started Next Education with the aim of changing the face of education in India by melding it with technology. In a short span of 10 years, it reached over more than 10,000 schools across the country transforming lives of more than 1,000,000 students with its flagship products such as TeachNext, LearnNext, MathsLab, Next ERP and aims at becoming the leader in technology-based education solution provider. The journey has been quite challenging with stiff competition from EdTech market leaders and resistance from various stakeholders. The questions Ralhan and Kamath were facing: How to enter into an industry which was at the nascent stage? How to create its market space and how to sustain it? How to beat the challenges in establishing a foothold in technology-driven education industry?

Hallucinations Are Real to Patients With Dementia

In this case study, we present a patient with preexistent posttraumatic stress disorder and psychosis who has been recently diagnosed with Dementia with Lewy Bodies. He is experiencing vivid hallucinations. What went wrong between him and his wife as a result of these hallucinations is presented. Alternative actions that could have been used are suggested. Objectives At the end of this case study, readers will know the following: The characteristic clinical features of Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). Patients experiencing hallucinations should not be contradicted, to them, these hallucinations are real. Easy distractibility and short attention span can be exploited to avert or defuse potentially catastrophic situations. Patients with dementia should not have access to loaded guns.

COUNSELLING STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING DEFICIT CHILD IN BORNOSTATE, NIGERIA

This paper examined some counselling techniques that could be used in counselling and helping students that exhibit learning deficit. Some causes of learning deficit which include the environment, chemical, viruses and vitamin deficiencies and types of learning deficit were highlighted as short attention span, preservation, hyperactivity, speech disability, reading disability (dyslexia), to mention but a few. Reinforcement and its schedules were also enumerated as the motivator that can effect change in the client. Shaping, padding, chaining and extinction were suggested as counselling techniques that could be used in handling some students with some categories of learning deficits. It was concluded that counsellors should follow strictly the principles of the counselling technique chosen so that the technique will be effective on the client.

Like Your Labels?

The descriptive ““conventions”” used on food labels are always evolving. Today, however, the changes are so complicated (partly driven by legislation requiring disclosures about environmental impacts, health issues, and geographical provenance) that these labels more often baffle buyers than enlighten them. In a light-handed manner, the article points to how sometimes reading label language can be like deciphering runes——and how if we are familiar with the technical terms, we can find a literal meaning, but still not see the implications. The article could be ten times longer because food labels vary according to cultures——but all food-exporting cultures now take advantage of our short attention-span when faced with these texts. The question is whether less is more——and if so, in this contest for our attention, what ““contestant”” is voted off.

Childhood ADHD & Comorbid Odd: Diagnosis & Contemporary Treatments

Marshall is a 6-year-old child who displayed significant symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, defiance, and temper tantrums since 2 years of age. Marshall lives with his mother, a single parent, and two siblings, ages 4 and 1. His problematic behavior, defiance, and argumentativeness were significant problems at home for his mother, which often made her late to work in the morning. These behaviors were also problematic in the evenings at dinnertime and at bedtime not only for his mother but also for the whole family. Marshall was also having social problems at school including being increasingly shunned by other children because of his aggressiveness and impulsivity as well as being defiant and argumentative with his teachers.His mother initially sought out her pediatrician, who indicated that Marshall was too young for medication and that better discipline techniques were necessary. Medical workup at that point was unrevealing of any significant condition responsible for Marshall's behavior. Marshall's mother continued to pursue a psychiatric evaluation for Marshall, and a formal psychiatric evaluation revealed diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), combined type, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Paper and pencil instruments were used including the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham (SNAP) form for assessing ADHD and ODD symptoms. On the form, both Marshall's mother and teacher indicated that he was significantly elevated in both ADHD and ODD symptom domains, and target symptoms were identified: hyperactivity, impulsivity, short attention span, difficulty with follow through, defiance, argumentativeness, tantrums, and the beginnings of aggressiveness.