The Message of Science and Technology in Surah Al-Imran Verse 190 – 191

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Quality education is education that considers the potential of the intellect. Education should encourage and develop the cognitive potential of human minds so that they become adept at problem-solving, possess a broad understanding of concepts in science and technology, and have critical thinking skills.Humans have the ability to utilize their senses in the process of observation, and through education, they can cultivate intelligent thinking to investigate and analyze the wonders of Allah’s creation in the universe. By harnessing the knowledge they discover, humans can apply that scientific knowledge into advanced technologies. In this context, effective and efficient education and training are of great importance for humans to fulfill their roles optimally. Such education and training should align with the guidance and requirements of Islam. The article has explored the role of reason in Islamic education, using an approach of interpretation that strives to examine the application of reason in Islamic education based on the verses in the Qur’an, particularly QS. Ali Imran: 190-191.

The Effect of Product Quality and Price Perception on Purchasing Decisions for Indihome Providers in Sidoarjo

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The goal of this study was to ascertain and examine how customer perceptions of product quality and pricing influenced purchases from Sidoarjo’sIndihome providers. The dependent variable in this study is the purchase decision, while the independent variables are perceived product quality and price. This research approach employs quantitative research methodologies. 65 Indihome Provider customers in Sidoarjo served as the study’s sample population. by distributing questionnaires, sampling will be done using a non-probability sampling method and a purposive sampling methodology. The partial least squares (PLS) analytical tool was used for the component-based structural equation modeling (SEM) method of data analysis. According to the study’s findings, product perceptions of both quality and value influence Indihome Providers’ in Sidoarjodecisions to buy.

Dynamic of Husband-and-wife Relationship in Maintaining Privacy Information Through Postnuptial Agreement

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This study aims to analyse the boundaries of husband and wife’s privacy in addressing the dynamics of relationships in households through an agreement contained in a postnuptial agreement. This research uses a descriptive-qualitative approach with a constructivist paradigm. The author uses the foundation of Sandra Petronio’s Communication Privacy Management (CPM) Theory. The informant subjects were taken using the snowball sampling technique as many as two people who are married couples with a marriage age above five years and have made a postnuptial agreement. The research was conducted in the Jakarta area. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews and direct observation of informants. The results showed that information disclosure between husband and wife can maintain relationship stability through five basic principles of privacy management theory. The first principle related to private information, both informants disclosed their private information to each other. In the second principle related to privacy boundaries, both informants have no restrictions because they have informed everything to each other. Third, the informants believed that they should be able to control each other’s access to this information as a preventive measure in anticipation of unexpected risks. Fourth, the rules made in the agreement were more derived from the wife’s experience than the husband. Fifth, there is no significant turbulence found in the two informants because the two informants have a thin boundary permeability so that access to information is open between each other. This research is in line with the CPM theory where the postnuptial agreement is used as a form of written communication (non-verbal) in controlling personal information between each husband and wife and providing more specific and straightforward boundaries by the agreement they made.

Understanding Learning Barriers in Fractional Multiplication: An Investigation Using Hermeneutics Phenomenology

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The multiplication of fractions was considered an easy operation, but it posed a challenge for students. The lack of previous research on this topic, especially at the tertiary level, made it an intriguing subject for investigation. This study aimed to explore the factors contributing to these difficulties and the types of learning barriers students faced. Hermeneutics phenomenology was used as the research design. Fifteen participants, aged between 18 and 25, consisting of 7 boys and 8 girls, were selected for this study. Nine students had a background in natural sciences during high school, while six were from social studies majors. The researcher served as the main instrument, employing a fraction multiplication test with two questions developed by NCTM. Additionally, a semi-structured interview guide was used as an additional instrument. The data obtained were analyzed using NVivo-12-assisted thematic analysis for a simplified coding process. The study findings indicated that students encountered more learning difficulties when dealing with non-routine fraction multiplication problems. For routine problems, the learning obstacles were primarily ontogenic and psychological in nature (carelessness). However, when dealing with non-routine problems, students faced epistemological barriers due to their limited experience with word problems. Moreover, they encountered conceptual obstacles (inability to equivalence and convert fractions to decimal form) and psychological hurdles (doubt) during the learning process.

An Ethnographic Study on Learners’ Use of Mother Tongue in EFL Speaking Classes

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The debate over the importance of the mother tongue (L1) in EFL classrooms remains unresolved. If some researchers and scholars recognize the role of the mother tongue in teaching and learning English, others do not support the use of L1 for both teachers and students in L2 classes. The goal of this research is to present the results of learners’ use of L1 (Vietnamese) in English-speaking classes. Classroom observation and a semi-structured interview were designed to be delivered to participants for the study, 45 EFL learners at the basic and intermediate levels of an English language center in Can Tho city, and six of them were invited to attend the interview based on convenience sampling. The study’s findings indicated that L1 use was also discovered to be preferred for the following purposes: comprehending teachers’ lessons, expressing ideas or responses, translating English words or sentences, interpreting teachers’ questions or utterances, building rapport by making jokes, reminding mistakes made by teachers, doing pair work or group work, and chatting with classmates. The results also revealed that Vietnamese can help EFL learners make positive changes in their L2 learning journey.

The Role of E-Commerce and Social Media for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (Literature Review in the field of MSMEs)

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This study aims to examine whether the use of social media and e-commerce can increase consumer interest in purchasing. The Objectives of this study were to Examine the factor that affecting on the purchase intention on Micro Small and Medium Enterprise during the pandemic era, MSMEs experienced a decrease in income of up to 53.76% during the pandemic. This decline was due to the implementation of the PPKM (Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities) policy, which required people to stay at home during the pandemic. As a result, MSME entrepreneurs found it increasingly challenging to market their products, and only around 18.82% of MSMEs were able to increase their sales. This situation was possibly mitigated by the adoption of social media and e-commerce platforms to boost MSME sales. With the availability of these platforms, MSME stakeholders were able to adapt and survive in these difficult circumstances. The method used in this study is a literature review, and data collection involved gathering information from various journals, books, and previous studies related to the use of social media and e-commerce to improve sales. The results of this research indicate that the use of social media and e-commerce on various digital platforms can increase sales during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is essential for MSME players to maximize the use of social media and e-commerce to boost sales for their businesses.

Emotional Intelligence of Madrasah Principals in Improving Teacher Performance (Multi Site Study at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan)

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This study aims to describe in depth about 1) Madrasah Principal’s self-awareness in improving teacher performance at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan 2) Madrasah Principal’s self-management in improving teacher performance at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan 3) Principal Empathy Madrasas in improving teacher performance at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan 4) Social skills of Madrasah Principals in improving teacher performance at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan 5) Motivation of Madrasah Principals in improving teacher performance at MTsN Pacitan and MTs Ma’Arif Pacitan. This study uses a qualitative approach with a multi-site study design. Data collection was carried out using in-depth interview techniques, participant observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques use data condensation, data presentation and conclusion. While checking the validity of the data using credibility, dependability, transferability, and confirmability techniques. The results of this study indicate that: (1) the self-awareness of the madrasa principal shows a good personal approach, facing problems calmly, and being responsible. (2) madrasa head self-management with patience, controlling emotions, reducing conflict and understanding each other. (3) empathy for the head of the madrasah with a harmonious relationship, fast response, mutual cooperation, providing solutions and providing a comfort zone to the teacher. (4) social skills are demonstrated by good communication, understanding feelings, deliberation in making decisions and good interactions. (5) the motivation of the madrasa head is shown by supervision activities, motivating with words via whatsapp, appreciation for achievers, holding teacher competitions, and giving jokes.

Madrasah Aliyah Management Plus Skills in Creating Student Job Readiness (Multi Site Study at MAN 1 Magetan, MAN Blitar City and MA Alma’arif Udanawu Blitar)

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This study aims to describe in depth related to: 1) Socialization of the Madrasah Aliyah Program plus Skills in creating Student work readiness, 2) Implementation of the Madrasah Aliyah Program plus Skills in creating Student work readiness, 3) Success of the Madrasah Aliyah program plus Skills in creating Student work readiness 4) Program Evaluation Plus Skills in creating Student Work Readiness. The research methodology uses qualitative methods. Data collection techniques are participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique used is l) data condensation, 2) data presentation, 3) conclusion/verification. Checking the validity of the data is based on several criteria including: degree of trust (creadibility), transferability (transferability), dependability (dependability), and certainty (confirmability). The results of this research show that; 1) A program will be understood and implemented by all parties, when the media, materials and socialization objects to be conveyed are appropriate and relevant. And all parties in these institutions or agencies must always innovate in providing socialization. Innovation programs are needed because the dynamics of socialization media are very dynamic and directly proportional to the environment in which society is located. 2) To increase students’ work readiness, Madrasahs provide students with the freedom to carry out internships and street vendors in the business world and industrial world and in addition to increasing the ability of teachers to either bring in mentors from outside the madrasah or send skilled teachers to attend training and workshops in relevant agencies. Equally important is the synchronization and alignment of the skills curriculum with the world of business and industry. 3) The success of the plus skills program in Madrasas aims to equip students who do not continue their studies to be independent/or entrepreneurship, Madrasas must have a strong networking team to build networks in an effort to improve the quality of Madrasas as well as diversification of Industrial cooperation with the televaned Business World and Industrial World with skills programs implemented in Madrasahs. 4) In terms of evaluation of the program that is launched, there are 2 basic things that can be implemented by Madrasahs both internally and externally. Internally, it can be seen from the mastery of student skills through competency tests that work well with BLK and DU/DI who have collaborated, while for externally it can be seen how many students are accepted to work in DU/DI who have collaborated or other agencies or who work independently in accordance with skills that students choose when studying.

Dispute Resolution for Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Businesses in Indonesia

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This research examines dispute resolution in Indonesia relating to Non-Fungible Token (NFT) trading digital artworks such as drawings, photographs, paintings, animations, unique collections, music, animated videos, original works of art or works that are still in physical form can be converted into digital works due to piracy, plagiarism, mutilation of works of art and then marketed in digital form. This study aims to analyze the settlement of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) trade disputes for digital artworks. The methodology used in this study uses a normative juridical method. Normative juridical research is legal research that places law as a building system of norms. The results of the study explain that there is a legal vacuum in Indonesia relating to the settlement of disputes over Non-Fungible Token Trade (NFT) digital artworks.

The Effects of School Counseling on the General Self-efficacy among Senior High School Students

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This study sought to determine the effects of counseling on self-efficacy among senior high school students of a private Catholic secondary school in the City of Santiago, Philippines. It employed a quantitative, cross-sectional research design using the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Sherer, 1982) to gather data from two hundred fifteen (215) respondents. The results of the study showed that the majority of respondents were female, and had one to two counseling sessions attended in the Guidance and Counseling Center of the study site. The respondents’ level of self-efficacy was found to be “high” or 3.02. The t-test findings showed sex differences, where males have significantly higher level of self-efficacy than females after attending counseling sessions. Further, students who attended 1-2 sessions and 3 and above did not show any significant differences in their self-efficacy. The study recommends that the Guidance and Counseling Center shall explore these findings to enhance the provision of counseling services and evaluate the effects of counseling on their clientele.