Principal Leadership in the Al-Qur’an Tahfizh Program (Multicase Study at Al-Muhafizhah Middle School Blitar and Sunan Gunung Jati Tulungagung Middle School)

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This study aims to find answers to three fundamental questions; 1) How is the leadership of the principal in defining the vision and mission of the tahfizh al-Qur’an program?; 2) How is the leadership of the school principal in mobilizing school members to carry out the tahfizh Al-Qur’an program?; 3) How is the leadership of the school principal in controlling the tahfizh Al-Qur’an program at SMP Al Muhafizhah Blitar and SMP Sunan Gunung Jati Tulungagung? This research used a qualitative approach with a case study type at SMP Al-Muhafizhah Blitar and SMP Sunan Gunungjati Tulungagung. Sources of informant data, events, locations and documents both primary and secondary. Data collection techniques with participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Data analysis using Huberman data analysis techniques. While checking the validity of the data is done through peer discussions, triangulation of data sources and triangulation of methods. Research result; 1) The leadership of the school principal in defining the vision and mission of the Al-Qur’an tahfizh program is an affirmation of historical reasons, community aspirations, character, characteristics of excellence and competitiveness of schools as Islamic educational institutions; 2) The leadership of the school principal in mobilizing school members to implement the tahfizh program is carried out using an awareness, participatory and delegative approach by prioritizing a collaborative work system; 3) The leadership of the school principal in controlling the Al-Qur’an tahfizh program is carried out using a model of supervision, evaluation and problem solving using a participatory evaluation approach, as well as coaching programs using a delegative approach. The results of the research strengthen Mulyasa’s concept that leadership is the ability to direct, mobilize and foster members of the school organization to achieve common goals. Strengthening the concept of Selznik’s leadership function, namely defining vision and mission, maintaining organizational integrity and control. Strengthen Blanchard’s leadership concept of participatory and delegative approaches in the relationship between leaders and subordinates.

Islamic Boarding School Innovation to Improve Madrasah Competitiveness (Multi Case Studies at MTsN 2 City of Kediri and MTsN 2 Kediri)

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This study aims to find answers to three fundamental questions; 1) How is the madrasah pesantren innovation program in increasing the competitiveness of madrasas in MTsN 2 Kediri Regency and MTsN 2 Kota Kediri?; 2) How is the implementation of Islamic boarding school innovations in increasing the competitiveness of madrasas in MTsN 2 Kediri Regency and MTsN 2 Kediri City?; 3) How do you evaluate the innovation of madrasah boarding schools in increasing the competitiveness of madrasas at MTsN 2, Kediri Regency and MTsN 2, Kediri City? This study uses a multi-case qualitative approach at MTsN 2 Kediri Regency and MTsN 2 Kediri City. Sources of data come from informants, events, locations and both primary and secondary documents. Data collection techniques with participant observation, in-depth interviews and documentation. Data analysis used Huberman’s interactive data analysis technique. While checking the validity of the data is done through peer discussions, triangulation of data sources and triangulation of methods. Research result; 1) The innovation program is the formulation of policies for the establishment of Islamic boarding schools, setting goals and formulating programs for the realization of Islamic boarding schools; 2) Implementation of Islamic boarding school innovations is the establishment and management of madrasah boarding schools according to the system adopted; 3) An evaluation of the innovations of madrasah boarding schools is carried out by madrasa managers, pesantren managers and guardians of students to obtain information related to the implementation, results and expectations of madrasah pesantren managers and users. The results of the research reinforce Rogers and Milles’ concept that madrasah pesantren innovation is pursued through planning, adoption, implementation and evaluation. Reinforcing Kenedy’s findings, that the ideal innovation in madrasah Islamic boarding schools is implementing a combined strategy of Power Coercive, Rational Empirical, Normative-Re-Educative strategies. The results of the study also offer a new understanding that the kiai element as the highest leadership, caretaker and teacher of the pesantren can be replaced by the head of the madrasa and the ranks of the pesantren teachers.

An Assessment of the Implications of Boko Haram Insurgency on Socio-Economic Development in North-Eastern Nigeria

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The crises of Boko Haram insurgency going on since 2009 in the Lake Chad Basin affects the livelihood system and relationships of people and communities in the region. Almost every sector is affected by the atrocities of the Boko Haram group, and governmental efforts to end it is still not enough as the miscreants are still launching attacks of different sorts in some communities. This paper examined the implications of Boko Haram insurgency on socio-economic development in North-Eastern region and utilised secondary data to come up with findings. The paper reveals that the crises have crumbled the economy of the region to the extent that farmlands are deserted due to fear of attack or improvised explosive devices. Food and non-food productions in the region have drastically reduced. Market places loses huge opportunities of exchange for goods especially with international marketers and southern businesspersons. It has also reduced effectiveness and efficiency of financial institutions like banks. Thus, it was concluded and recommended that no meaningful development will take place in the region without meaningful and sustainable peace, and that if the security and peace is not restored in the region, the whole country’s economy will continue collapsing. More so, the crisis is continue placing North-East as the most economic backward area, in addition to other underdevelopment challenges associated with the crises. In places where security has improved such as state capitals, banks should be asked to increase their hours of operation, open additional branches and ensure the availability of adequate staff to promote economic activities in the region. The aid organisations working in the region should improve their supports around agricultural and entrepreneurship based projects and programmes, as this will continue to boost the economy of the area.

Planning for Principal Supervision in Improving the Performance of Educators and Education Personnel (Multisite Study at SMPIT Ar Rahmah Pacitan and MTs Al Anwar Pacitan)

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This study aims to analyze and discover the principal’s supervision plan in improving the performance of educators and education staff at SMPIT Ar Rahmah Pacitan and MTs. Al Anwar Pacitan. This study uses a qualitative approach, a type of case study with a multi-case design. Data collection techniques using in-depth interviews, non-participant observation and documentation. Data analysis uses the Miles Huberman model, namely data compaction, data presentation, verification and drawing conclusions. Data were analyzed from single case and cross case data. Test the validity of the data through credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. The results showed that planning for supervising school principals in improving the performance of educators and education staff, namely the principal preparing supervision programs, setting supervision objectives, compiling supervision schedules, setting supervision targets, setting budgets, and forming supervising supporting teams, establishing procedures and conducting outreach . The formal finding of this research is to develop the planning theory developed by Louis A. Allen. The planning theory developed by Louis A. Allen does not include: setting targets, forming a supervision team, and program outreach. All findings that are not included in the planning theory developed by Louis A. Allen are novelty findings.

The Influence of Situational Leadership, Work Environment and Innovativeness on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Elementary School

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The study aims to identify the effect of Situational Leadership, Work Environment, and Innovativeness on teachers’ job satisfaction in Tigapanah Subdistrict, Karo District. The research uses the quantitative through Path Analysis model with 146 Teachers as respondents in 24 schools that located in Tigapanah Subdistrict. Google Form is used in this research to gather the data. before spread the questionnaire, Validity test and Reliability test is done beforehand. In analysis test, first step is the analysis requirements Test, it is containing normality test using Skewness and Kurtosius test and Linearity test. The findings in this research are the positive direct effect of Situational Leadership on Innovativeness, the Work Environment has positive direct effect on Innovativeness, there are the direct positive effect of Situational Leadership, Work Environment and Innovativeness on Teachers’ Job satisfaction in Tigapanah Subdistrict, Karo District. Situational Leadership and Work Environment have positive indirect effect on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Through Innovativeness.

Some Difficulties in Learning Speaking of English Majored Freshmen at Tay Do University, In Vietnam

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“Some difficulties in learning speaking of English majored freshmen at Tay Do University” is performed to the purpose of this study help student recognize their problem in speaking English. The participants of this study are the English majored freshmen course 13 (2018-2022) from Bachelor of English class at Tay Do University. The instruments are used in this study are questionnaire and interview. The researcher will collect student’s’ information through questionnaire and paper interview question. The expected outcomes will show the difficulties in learning speaking of English-majored freshmen at Tay Do University.

Transformational Leadership and Compensations Effect to Employee’s Performances by means of Job Satisfaction as Mediation Variable at CV. General Design Klungkung Regency

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Employees performance at company needs been noticed because it can affect to the company’s performance. This study desire to analyze how transformational leadership and compensation affect employee’s performances by means of job satisfaction as mediation variable. Object of this research are all employees of CV. General Design totaling 40 (fourty). The data collected by a questionnaire with five Likert scale and using Partial Least Square (PLS) as a data analyze. This research indicate about transformational leadership affect positif insignificant to employee’s performances, but it had positif and significantly effect to job satisfaction. Then compensation had positif effect and significant to the job satisfaction and the employee’s performances. While job satisfaction affect positively and had no significant effect to the employee’s performances. In addition, job satisfaction is not a mediation of transformational leadership and compensation effect on the employee’s performances. For the further researchers are hoped can add alternative constructs that affect to the employee’s performances besides transformational leadership, compensation, and job satisfaction. The next researchs, it should add more references related to research and hope this result can be used for reference to study on similar companies.

The Difficulties in Listening Comprehension of English Majored Freshmen at Tay Do University

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The purpose of the proposal “The difficulties in listening comprehension of English majored freshmen at Tay Do University” is to help students understand that: Listening is a necessary skill in learning English and finding the difficulties that students meet when they learn listening comprehension as the problem about (vocabulary, grammar, speed, and pronunciation) in listening comprehension English majored freshmen at Tay Do University encounter. The participants of this research are 130 students of class Bachelor of English 14A, 14B, 14C course 2020-2024. The questionnaire and paper interview are two main instruments of this study. The expected outcomes of this research proposal will help students solve their difficulties in listening, improve their listening comprehension abilities and develop effective listening strategies.

Adaptation and Validation of the Big Five Inventory-2-Short Form in a Sample of Moroccan Young Adults

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A Person’s reactions and human behavioral information may be easily understood and anticipated if the personality traits underlying differences are correctly identified. The purpose of this study is to examine the adaptation and validation of the Big Five Inventory 2 Short Form (BFI-2-S) in the Moroccan context. This measure identifies the five major personality traits of persons: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, negative-Emotionally, and open-mindedness. The factor analysis confirms the five domains described by the BFI-2-S authors. The means and internal consistency of the five domains obtained are very satisfactory and close to those found in previous studies. The psychometric properties obtained from this study support the BFI-2-S’s applicability to Arabic-speaking young adults in the Moroccan context.

Language Use in Oral Tradition Forms: An Expressive Critical Approach to Selected Proverbs and Riddles

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Human communication is organized in diverse ways in verbal art in particular. Oral literary forms reflect unusual use of language at both literary and semantic levels. In this paper, the researcher looks into language of folkloric verbal expression by exploring sense relations and literary devices in selected proverbs and riddles. The study is geared by two theories such as Expressive Critical Approach and Literary Analysis as a Scientific Method. Discussion demonstrates that both types of oral tradition embody  essential lexico – semantic and literary aspects taken as a pool from which language learners can draw to enhance  not only language proficiency but also figures of speech. Both proverbs and riddles reflect the use of foregrounded language. They are effective means to nurture language understanding and its use in human day to day communication.