Visionary Leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin Chalim and Mrs. Nyai Aina ‘Ainaul Mardliyyah in Improving Competitiveness in Islamic Boarding School-Based Educational Institutions

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The purpose of this study is to describe in depth related to: (1) how the visionary leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin and Mrs. Nyai ‘Ainaul Mardliyyah communicates the vision in increasing competitiveness in Islamic boarding school-based educational institutions (2) how the visionary leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin and Mrs. Nyai ‘Ainaul Mardliyyah as a determinant of direction in increasing competitiveness in Islamic boarding school-based educational institutions (3) how is the visionary leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin and Mrs. Nyai ‘Ainaul Mardliyyah as agents of change in increasing competitiveness in Islamic boarding schools-based educational institutions, (4) how is the visionary leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin and Mrs. Nyai Aina as a spokesperson and trainer in increasing competitiveness in Islamic boarding school-based educational institutions. This research uses qualitative research with a phenomenological approach and a multi-site study design. Data collection techniques using in-depth interviews, participant observation, and documentation. The data obtained were analyzed using techniques of reading all data, coding, interconnecting themes or descriptions, and interpreting the meaning of themes or descriptions. While the method of checking the validity of the data uses credibility, dependability, transparability, and confirmability techniques. The results of this study indicate that the visionary leadership of Kiai Asep Saifuddin and Mrs. Nyai ‘Ainaul Mardliyyah in increasing competitiveness in Islamic boarding schools based educational institutions by referring to the vision and mission of educational institutions. Realizing the vision and mission to achieve superior and quality education.

Juridical Review of the Honorarium Received Advocates from the Crime of Money Laundering

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Law No. 18 of 2003 on Advocates, there explains that Advocates are entitled to honorariums of legal services they have provided to their clients. The problem is the honorarium received by the advocate from the client as suspects of money laundering crime is a legal honorarium or not according to the law and can it have implications for the criminalization of an advocate when receiving an honorarium from the client as suspects of money laundering crime? Based on the analysis of the legislation in force that the payment of honorarium from the client as suspects of money laundering crime as payment for legal services advocates are legal tender and can be held legally accountable. Advocates do not need to report on the honorarium they receive from the client as suspects of money laundering crime, this is because of the rules of secrecy of the position. Thus, advocates can not be prosecuted either civil or criminal in carrying out their profession. The Law on Advocates stipulates that they are entitled to receive fees or honorariums as compensation from the clients they are defending. This is related to the right of retention, namely the right not to return the documents held before the honorarium is first paid. Including using the right of retention to threaten and reduce the capacity as an advocate in defending and protecting his client. But in litigation, advocates are prohibited from using unnecessary costs, thus burdening their clients.

Effects of Inquiry and Discussion Methods on Secondary School Biology Students’ Achievement and Attitudes in Delta Central Senatorial District

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This study investigated the effects of inquiry and discussion methods on secondary school Biology students’ achievement and attitudes in Delta Central Senatorial District. The study adopted pre-test post-test control group quasi-experimental design. The population of the study consisted of 17,790 senior secondary school one (SS1) Biology students in public secondary schools in Delta Central Senatorial District. A sample size of 418 SS1 Biology students in 9 public mixed secondary schools was used for the study. The instruments used for collection of data were: Biology Achievement Test (BAT) and Biology Student Attitude Scale (BSAS). The reliability of BAT and BSAS were established using Kuder-Richardson Formula 21 and Cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.77 and 0.78 reliability coefficient respectively. The data collected using BAT and BSAS were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that there was significant difference in the mean achievement scores of secondary school Biology students taught with inquiry and discussion methods, in favour of discussion method; there was no significant difference in the mean attitude scores of secondary school Biology students taught with inquiry and discussion methods. It was concluded that inquiry, discussion and lecture method of teaching enhance secondary Biology students’ achievement but at varying degree; and inquiry and discussion methods of teaching improve secondary school Biology students’ attitudes more than lecture method of teaching. However, discussion method of teaching has more effect compared to inquiry and lecture method of teaching. Based on these findings, recommendations were made.

Pedagogical Practices among Teachers in a Private School: A Survey

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Private schools have the autonomy to provide the best education to students. This study was conducted to review pedagogical practices among teachers in a private school in the Shah Alam District. The focus of the study was on nine (9) aspects of pedagogical practices, namely critical thinking skills, collaborative skills, communication skills, creativity & innovation skills, teacher pedagogical practices, learning environment, peer learning, digital utilization, and emotional management. The study sample consisted of 32 teachers working in the respective school. A combined approach was used, employing a questionnaire as the main data collection instrument, while quantitative data was obtained through interviews. The study findings showed that overall, the level of PAK21 practice skills among teachers in private schools was moderately high (mean 3.47; sd=.47). The study also revealed three (3) aspects of pedagogical skills that need improvement among teachers: applying the use of digital technology when interacting with students (mean=2.91; sd=.78); managing the teaching process through virtual environments and digital tools (mean=3.13; sd=.66); and creating collaborative products using contributions from each student (mean=3.16; sd=.45). The researcher suggests that school administrators regularly organize in-service training, particularly related to teaching and facilitation. Workshops based on committees and areas of need should be implemented to enhance teachers’ competency in teaching and facilitation, and mentors should be appointed to provide guidance to new teachers who require support. Teachers are also encouraged to adopt lifelong learning processes to explore various teaching methods suitable for PAK21.

Videoblog Based on Citizens Journalism as Media Learning of News Text Construction

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Technological developments make teachers have to continue to adapt learning with current developments. The existence of technology in the form of the internet allows teacher to find and use the media from there. On learning in constructing news texts, teachers can use media in the form of video blogs based on citizen journalism that can be easily accessed using Internet. This study aims to describe the results of the application of videoblog based on citizen journalism as a medium of learning to construct news texts. The approach used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Analysis the function, structure, and language of the news text become the scalpel of this research. The results of this study indicate that citizen journalism-based videoblogs can help students in constructing news texts.

The Impact of Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Peer Review Activities on Students’ Academic Writing Skills

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Peer review activities have a positive effect on improving the students’ writing skills. This paper ims to investigate the impacts of online peer review activities which were conducted synchronously and asynchronously. Pre-test was administered before the training to determine their level of academic writing skills before the treatment. Then, to get the data a total of 70 students were divided into two groups. 35 students were trained to do online peer review activities synchronously, while the other thirty students practiced to do the asynchronous online peer review. After having peer review exercises, they were given a test on how to do the peer review to measure whether the participants had the skills to do the peer review. The students were asked to review their peers’ essays in the next step. Before, they were given a post-test on writing an essay on the topic. The pre-test and post-test results were compared to know the impact of the peer review activities. The finding shows that students’ academic writing skills have improved. However, those who practiced the synchronous online peer review activities had better scores in their academic writing than those who conducted asynchronous online peer review activities. Thus, it can be concluded that online peer review activities positively improved the students’ writing skills.

A Study on the Regional Differences of Lexical Richness in High School English Writing

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The cornerstone of studying and writing English is lexicon. For lexical evaluation and writing evaluation, lexical richness is a crucial factor. This paper aim to examine the differences in lexical richness among 284 similar writing essays from Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Yunnan using Treetagger, PowerConc, and Range32 from four dimensions: lexical density, lexical diversity, lexical complexity, and lexical error. According to the research, Jiangsu province has a somewhat higher level of lexical diversity and complexity than Sichuan and Yunnan regions, but both have slightly lower lexical density and error rates. This study makes recommendations for vocabulary teaching based on this.

Actions Under the Law in Agreements Through the Internet Media

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The development of the technology information has encougaded the existance of many activities performed by society through the sophisticated information technology, in this chase is internet. One of activities in the cyberg discussed in this term is electronic commerce. The usage of internet in humans activities causes a borderless world circumstance. There are a lot of people all over the world can take adventages of internet for their daily lives, but there are also some disadventages or bad impacts of internet itself,especially in online business activities, as it is wellkown as E-Commerce. In the electronic commerce it self, it may create the existance of many breaking law actions. Therefore, it is essential to think the solutionof these problems in the form of law in actions, given to some tort in the electronic commerce in internet. As the consequency, such cases can be solved in law order and there will not be any vacuum of law that finally may cause a greater lost. This research was carried out based on Law Number 16 Year 2016 on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE Law), the Code of Civil (Civil Code). The results of this study this time in the business actors or the public at large so as to better understand the buying and selling transactions (e-commerce) and the extent to which these transactions (e-commerce) umbrella law, namely Law No. 16 Year 2016 on Information and Electronic Transactions (UU ITE), the Code of Civil (Civil Code). Legal actions experience their development through jurisprudence both in the Netherlands and in Indonesia, which expands the meaning of legal actions not only violating laws, but also violating decency and decency that live and apply in society.

Voices of Teachers and Pupils on School-Based Alcohol Abuse Preventive Strategies in Selected Schools of Lusaka, Zambia

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The study explored teachers’ and pupils’ views on school-based alcohol abuse preventive strategies in selected schools of Lusaka, Zambia. The study involved 30 participants and used descriptive research design to collect data. Purposive sampling procedure were used to select teachers, pupils, head teachers, parents and mental health education officers. Focus Group Discussion were used among pupils as a ‘friendship group.’ Interview guides were used to collect data from teachers, pupils, head teachers and mental health officers. Thematic analysis was used to analyze data with major themes drawn from interviews. From the findings, it was evident that some pupils abused alcohol in school premises. The findings revealed that peer pressure, stress, ignorance, curiosity, lack of sensitization on the dangers of alcohol abuse were the main factors influencing the pupils to abuse alcohol in schools. The findings showed that sensitization and awareness were rarely conducted to prevent pupils from abusing alcohol. The study recommended inter alia that school based strategies should be more interactive and should involve plays, games, life skills training in order to contribute positively to behavioural change. Teachers, head teachers and parents should be involved in the prevention of alcohol abuse and should undergo short in-house training in alcohol prevention in schools.

Common English Written Errors Made by English Majored Sophomores at Tay Do University, Viet Nam

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Writing is seen as one of the four central skills of English that contributes to the success of language learners. Hence, to improve the writing skill, English majored students have to face some difficulties in the learning process. As a result, this research titled “Common English written errors made by English majored sophomores at Tay Do University” is conducted to identify sophomores’ writing problems in English learning and to suggest ways of solving those problems. The study is conducted at Tay Do University. The research method used is the descriptive research method. A sample of 90 English language sophomores (from 3 English classes 14A, 14B, 14C) is selected using a simple random sampling procedure. They will be asked to fill in a questionnaire. The aim is to identify the problems and mistakes that students can get in English writing. The findings of the research will be analyzed to figure out some ubiquitous errors in writing related to vocabulary, grammatical structures, and background knowledge.