Thia Village was the Central Propaganda Department of Vietnam in 1946-1954

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Each place has its history and is often associated with a specific socio-historical situation, and it stores documents and information about its creator’s material and spiritual culture. At the place Historically Tuyen Quang, the Central Propaganda Department (formerly the Party’s Propaganda Department) lived and worked on a hill in Thia village, Tan Trao commune, Son Duong district. The article presents the historical landmarks of the Central Propaganda Department of Vietnam from 1946 – 1954. The historical-cultural values preserved through the landmarks reflect the objective reality.

Strengthening of Public Service Regulations to Overcome the Challenges of the Sandwich Generation in the Indonesian Economy

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The purpose of this research is to dig deeper about the sandwich generation who are faced with a double responsibility in caring for children and elderly parents. Effective and appropriate public services are necessary in supporting the needs of the sandwich generation. This article provides an overview of the current regulation of public services and outlines strategies to strengthen regulation. Best practice case studies from other countries are also included. The method used in this research is literature review by analyzing various books and journal articles. The results of this study provide an overview of strengthening regulations that have positive implications and benefits for the sandwich generation and the general public, the importance of strengthening public service regulations in overcoming the challenges of the sandwich generation in Indonesia. Strengthening public service regulations has a deep role in overcoming various problems faced by the sandwich generation in the context of the Indonesian economy. Robust and effective regulations will ensure a fair and honest trajectory of public services. In this case, the regulation must organize the special needs and views of the sandwich generation, such as services that are flexible, and can be accessed easily. Realizing the optimization of public services for the sandwich generation requires full collaboration between the government and the community. It is also important to evaluate the required public service regulations in this discussion to inform deficiencies and necessary improvements. That way, strengthening public service regulations will turn into effective instruments in overcoming the challenges of the sandwich generation in the Indonesian economy, then they can contribute optimally to the state.

English Education Students’ Satisfaction with the Use of Google Meeting and Zoom: Study of Listening Ability

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Background: The Covid 19 pandemic has disrupted many systems, from health, business, and education to severely restricted religious services. The current solution is to do online learning or online learning from home.

Purpose: This research aims to explore data related to student satisfaction with listening learning media facilities using the Zoom and Google Meet applications used during study-from-home activities.

Method: The descriptive quantitative method is used to capture student satisfaction. The population of this study was English undergraduate students in semesters 3, 5, and 7 of IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon, Indonesia. Data was obtained from a questionnaire. There were 30 responses to a survey distributed through the Google Forms application regarding student satisfaction with listening via Zoom and Google Meet learning media

Results: The research study results show that most students are satisfied with distance learning via Zoom and google meet, 70% of respondents are satisfied, and 30% are unsatisfied. the majority of students prefer the listening learning model in class compared to listening learning using Zoom and google meet, with a percentage of 73.3%.

Conclusion: Distance learning via Zoom and Google Meet is effective and positively impacts lecturer and student communication. Besides that, it encourages them to participate more in listening classes. Urgent distance learning via Zoom and google meet makes English listening courses more engaging. Distance learning via Zoom and Google Meet helps them feel more confident when communicating with classmates and lecturers. 

Factors Influencing the Performance of Accounting Information Systems University Public Services Agency

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In particular, this study aimed to determine the ability of organizational commitment and top management support to moderate the influence of factors such as: user capabilities, user workshops, formalization of IS development, IS controlling committee. Qualitative and quantitative data types from primary sources were collected by distributing questionnaires (which had met the validity and reliability tests) to 125 respondents throughout the Udayana University Public Service Board who were directly and actively involved in the implementation of SIAKU. Then the response data that has been collected is tabulated and then tested for compliance with the classical assumption test. Next, the model feasibility test and termination coefficient analysis were carried out, the research hypothesis was tested using the MRA technique. Based on the results of the MRA analysis that has been done, it can be concluded that personal capabilities and workshops / user training have a negative but not significant effect on AIS performance; organizational commitment and IS controlling committee have a positive and significant effect on AIS performance; IS development formalization and top management support has a positive but not significant effect on AIS performance; organizational commitment is able to moderate the influence of the IS controlling committee on AIS performance; organizational commitment is unable to moderate the influence of personal capabilities, workshops /training, formalization of IS development on AIS performance; top management support was not able to moderate the influence of personal capabilities, workshops /training, IS development formalization, and IS control committee on AIS performance.

Some Historical Place Name in Tan Trao

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Tan Trao is a mountainous district of Tuyen Quang province, with an important strategic position in terms of politics, economy and national defense and security. In the history of the nation’s struggle to build and defend the country, places in Tan Trao (Tan Trao commune, Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province) are always associated with important historical events. This article studies the main historical site of Nha Phap (Ministry of Home Affairs) the resistance war against the French – a witness to the heroic historical period of the nation.

Teaching Professionalism: Comparison of Teachers in Training

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This study examined teaching professionalism: a comparison of teachers in training. The design for the study is ex-post-facto. The sample included 46 males and 89 females who had done the first and second teaching practice exercises. The data were collected using the Teaching Performance Assessment Form and analysed using mean, paired sample t-test and analysis of variance statistics. The hypotheses were tested at an alpha significance level of 0.05. Results indicate (i) no significant difference between students’ first and the second teaching practice exercise, (ii) no significant difference in students’ performance based on gender, (iii) a non-significant difference in the performance of students as regards their course of study.

Development of Poetry Writing Textbooks in Indonesian Language Subjects for Junior High School Students

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This research includes research and development (Research and Development), which aims to describe the development of poetry writing textbooks in Indonesian subjects for junior high school students. The subjects in this study were students and class teachers at VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Dau Malang. The development model used in this study is the R2D2 development model (Recursive, Reflective Design and Development model), which consists of three stages: (1) defining, (2) designing and developing, and (3) disseminating. The development of poetry writing textbooks on Indonesian subjects has gone through a trial process consisting of individual trials, small group trials, and class trials. Textbooks for writing poetry on Indonesian subjects developed have been validated by validators and have undergone revisions so as to get very feasible and practical results for use in learning. The development of poetry writing textbooks in Indonesian subjects consists of (1) covers, (2) book usage guidelines, (3) Pancasila student strengthening profiles (P4), (4) activities, (5) literacy skills, (6) new vocabulary, (7) perception, (8) material, (9) audio features, (10) video features, (11) game features, (12) diagnostic assessment features, (13) diversity of question forms, (14) hots questions, and (15) enrichment features. The fifteen points developed have met the criteria and have a very valid level, so they are very feasible and practical to use in the Indonesian learning process.

Education Relationship with the Community in a Sociological Per Spective

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This study aims to describe: the relationship between education and society, the notion of education, the notion of society, and the sociology of education. This research is a qualitative research with descriptive method. The information obtained came from one of the teachers who taught at the research site and the surrounding community. The results of this study are the development of education, community participation in education, and the supporting and inhibiting factors in the relationship between education and the community, namely the development of education in the research area is quite good, the community participates in activities carried out by the school, for example when holding competitions, supporting factors that is, there is a systematic program and planning, the condition of the school organization is quite good and the inhibiting factor is the lack of public understanding of the importance of having a relationship between parents and school, the road to school is quite far. Efforts to overcome these obstacles are to provide information as clearly as possible to parents about what is on the agenda in meetings or meetings between parents and the school.

The Effect of Work Placement and Work Discipline on Employee Morale through Organizational Commitment as an Intervening Variable at the Mercury Hotel Banjarmasin with the SEMPLS-Warppls 7.0 application

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This study aims to determine the effect of work placement and work discipline on work morale with organizational commitment as an intervening variable. The population in this study were permanent employees of the Mercury Hotel Banjarmain with a sample of 59 permanent employees, using the quota sampling method. The method of data analysis in this study used SEM with the PLS program 7.0. The results of the study prove that there is an effect of work placement on morale, work discipline on work morale, work placement on organizational commitment, work discipline on organizational commitment, organizational commitment to work morale. There is no influence of work placement on morale through organizational commitment. There is the influence of work discipline on work morale with mediation by organizational commitment.

Exploring Learner Behavior within School Context: A Study of Disciplinary Committees in Selected Secondary Schools of Southern Zambia

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This study aimed at establishing how disciplinary committees managed learner behaviour within the school context. The objectives of the study were to: establish how Disciplinary Committees dealt with acts of indiscipline; explore the perceptions of head teachers, deputy head teachers, senior teachers, class teachers and pupils on indiscipline; and identify strategies used by Disciplinary Committees in handling pupil indiscipline in selected secondary schools of Southern, Zambia. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select the head teachers, deputy head teachers, and class teachers, while random sampling procedure was employed to select pupils who participated in the study. The findings of the study revealed that punishment in form of manual work, suspension, and forced transfers were used. However, the penalty depended on the gravity of the case and this was done depending on the case done by the learners. With regard to the perceptions of the pupils and members of the disciplinary committees, it was found that most pupils knew where to report the cases of indiscipline in school.  They also perceived these committees as effective enough in combating pupil indiscipline in school. As regards the strategies used by disciplinary committees to overcome indiscipline in schools, it was found that sensitization of the learners proved to be the most effective way of improving pupil behavior in schools. Furthermore, incorporating guidance and counselling services was yet another important method which the schools employed. Based on the findings, the study recommended inter alia that regular marking of the school attendance register by teachers should be enhanced and students who absent themselves from school without permission from the school should be dealt with so as to serve as deterrent measure to others. Disciplinary committees in schools should also consider having meetings more frequently so that they can discuss new ways and means of fighting Indiscipline.