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Prathama, Septyani Kharisma, Shirly Rizki Kusumaningrum, and Radeni Sukma Indra Dewi. "PROBLEMS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION POLICIES FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS." SENTRI: Jurnal Riset Ilmiah 1, no. 4 (December 3, 2022): 986–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.55681/sentri.v1i4.316.
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The implementation of inclusive education is based on a belief that all people are part of society regardless of their differences. So that education can be accessed easily by all people, including Children with Special Needs (ABK). With this inclusive education, it will have an impact on them so they don't feel marginalized by those who are normal. This study aims to determine the implementation of inclusive education services in public schools after the issuance of central and local government policies in Indonesia regarding the implementation of inclusive education including problems in the management of inclusive education and school efforts to overcome problems in managing inclusive education from the aspect of school management, education personnel, facilities. and infrastructure, curriculum, learning process and cooperation in the management of inclusive education in Blitar City State Elementary Schools. This research used descriptive method and the data were analyzed using a qualitative approach through interviews, observations and documentation studies. The research subjects were principals, teachers, and parents at SDN Responsibility 2, one of the schools providing inclusive education. The results showed that the implementation of inclusive education in schools did not go well. There are many problems in the implementation of inclusive education including; limited knowledge and skills of teachers in providing services to children with special needs, there are no special supervising teachers at schools providing inclusive education, infrastructure and school environments that are not yet fully accessible to children with special needs, Human Resources (HR) have difficulty in modifying the curriculum, assessment academic and non-academic children with special needs, the management of cooperation with related parties (parents and the Center for Disability Services) is less than optimal, there is no supervision and intensive guidance on inclusive education in schools by the education ranks and the local government.
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Pawlak, Robert. "School Reforms and Educational Inequalities in Post-Communist Poland." Filosofiya osvity. Philosophy of Education 19, no. 2 (December 23, 2016): 189–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2016-19-2-189-205.
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The paper is devoted to the presentation of the results of a study about stratification in the school system in Poland. The research was conducted in Krakow, the former capital of Poland, in 2011-2012. The data come from statistics on local education system, individual in-depth interviews with school masters and teachers from lower secondary schools as well as politicians representing the local government. Special attention was paid to school recruitment policies, unequal access to education for students from different backgrounds, and the local government strategy for education. As a result, three types of lower secondary schools were identified: 1) elite non-public schools; 2) the best public lower secondary schools and 3) schools for students from poor families, facing enormous problems and substantial educational needs. We concluded that the education policy of the local authorities of Krakow is not effective in terms of equalization of opportunities of the children and youth from socially neglected and marginalized communities.
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Agrawal, Jagdish Prashad, Virendra Kumar Gupta, Madhur Jain, and Swati Agrawal. "A study of prevalence of obesity among adolescents (10-19 years) in Jaipur city with special reference to lifestyle." International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics 4, no. 4 (June 21, 2017): 1461. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20172686.
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Background: Childhood obesity is not an immediate lethal disease itself, but has a significant risk factors associated with a range of non-communicable diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study to determine the nutritional status of adolescents and to determine the proportion of adolescents having overweight and obesity.Methods: We included 1000 students aged between 10-19 years divided equally between government schools and private schools. This study was a questionnaire based study, only those adolescent children were included who volunteered. All the respondents were introduced to the topic of study and the need to collect sensitive information and were promised confidentiality of the entries.Results: The average age of the study group was 15.20±2.60 years in government schools and 15.28±2.53 years in private schools. The difference was statistically not significant (p=0.095). Among obese adolescents’ waist hip ratio is 0.013 Significant, neck circumference is 0.018 Significant, BMI is <0.001 Significant.Conclusions: Therefore, strategies for prevention of overweight, obesity, weight reduction, promotion of healthy lifestyles and regular monitoring are necessary to prevent the onset and early detection of adolescents health problems. This study has brought out important points for further study for sufficiently larger samples to confirm the epidemiological consistency of the observations made in this study.
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Volkova, E. Yu. "Transformation of the instruments of government regulation of the economy: from non-interference to strategic managementt." Economics and Management 28, no. 1 (February 4, 2022): 92–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2022-1-92-104.
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Aim. The presented study aims to investigate the evolution of interpretations of the government's role in the economy and to identify and describe the modern functions of the government in the economy and the corresponding regulatory instruments.Tasks. The authors theoretically analyze the approaches of major economic schools to the interpretation of the government's role in the economy in different periods; identify historical patterns in the transformation of government functions depending on external conditions; describe economic problems in the modern world; determine government functions and effective instruments for their implementation in the current context.Methods. This study uses general and special methods, such as induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, generalization, systematization, comparative analysis, and content analysis. The methodological basis of the study includes the works of economists of various historical eras representing major economic schools, as well as modern research on the history of economic thought and government regulation.Results. The approaches of leading economic schools to substantiating the adequate degree of government intervention in the economy are analyzed – from the pre-scientific period to modern Nobel laureates. The historical and economic features of different eras are established, and the most effective instruments of government regulation of the economy are indicated for each era. Based on global development trends, the main economic features and problems of the XXI century are highlighted, which are universal in the context of globalization. The transformation of government functions in the modern economy is substantiated. The authors propose an original approach to the classification of government functions depending on their focus on solving specific problems and identify instruments for implementing new functions.Conclusions. The study highlights universal government functions in any society, such as producing public goods, protecting law and order, and updating legislation. The scope of government intervention in the economy and the selection of regulatory instruments are justified differently in the concepts of economic schools, depending on the characteristics of the external environment. During the development of human society, the degree of government influence on the economy changes. As social relations and technology become more advanced, government functions in the economy become more complex and new goals and forms of regulation appear. Government functions in the modern economy can be divided into four categories: ensuring economic development, facilitating technological progress, maintaining human capital, and economic globalization. The focus is shifting towards instruments for strategic planning, forecasting, and management and a program-oriented approach to the implementation of government functions.
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Boender, Welmoet, and Leni Franken. "Hoe geven we les in en over de islam?" Religie & Samenleving 17, no. 3 (November 17, 2022): 173–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.54195/rs.13312.
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How do we teach about and into Islam in Flemish and Dutch schools? This is the leading question of this special issue of Religie & Samenleving. Its relevance must be understood against recent societal developments (secularization, increasing religious diversity) as well as against pedagogical-didactical developments about teaching about, teaching into and teaching from religion in governmental and non-governmental (denominational) schools. This introductory essay elaborates on the historical and legal background of formal Islamic religious education in Belgium (Flanders) and in the Netherlands. Hereto, we first outline the constitutional frameworks in both countries, in which the provision of government-subsidized religious education should fall. Subsequently, we describe the organization of Islamic religious education, which in the Netherlands is mainly offered at Islamic schools, while in Belgium it is a subject facilitated by the government in official schools. We also show how Catholic schools in Flanders have reflected on a suitable offer for the increasing number of pupils with a Muslim background in these schools. We end our introduction by showing how in recent years, teacher education institutions in both countries have invested in preparing their students for teaching about or in Islam.
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Riadin, Agung, Misyanto Misyanto, and Dwi Sari Usop. "KARAKTERISTIK ANAK BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI (INKLUSI) DI KOTA PALANGKA RAYA." Anterior Jurnal 17, no. 1 (December 1, 2017): 22–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.33084/anterior.v17i1.17.
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Parents of children with special needs want their children to attend public schools, together with other children. The desire is supported by the government by launching an inclusive school. This study aims 1). Knowing the characteristics of children with special needs in Elementary School (Inclusion) in Palangkaraya City, 2). Knowing the impact of the presence of children with special needs in Elementary School (Inclusion) in Palangka Raya city, 3). Knowing the abilities of children with special needs in Elementary School (Inclusion) in Palangka Raya city. The research approach used is the qualitative approach. Methods of data collection using interviews, observation, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the characteristics of children with special needs individually vary. However, its main characteristics, namely experiencing weakness in the academic field. On the other hand, children with special needs in Palangka Raya City Inclusion School have more advantages in the non-academic field.
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Ainu Ningrum, Nila. "Strategi Pembelajaran pada Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus dalam Pendidikan Inklusi." Indonesian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 3, no. 2 (November 19, 2022): 181–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33367/ijhass.v3i2.3099.
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Children with special needs have their own perspective in learning a subject. Therefore, this article aims to analyze learning strategies for special needs children, which require a separate strategy according to their individual needs. This research uses qualitative research with a library research approach. Library study is a method that collects information or data relevant to the research topic through documents. The data in this article were obtained through literature studies in the form of books and journals. This research found that: 1) For schools to be able to maintain and improve the implementation of inclusive schools that are already running for the realization of equitable education, 2) for parents who have students with special needs to pay more attention to the development of children both academically and non-academically, and 3) for the government to pay more attention to inclusive education programs. Because in essence education does not belong to those who can afford it, but education is the human right of every human being in the world.
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Oyebanji, M. S., and Ubong Sam Idiong. "Challenges of Teaching Mathematics to Students With Visual Impairment." Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning (MJML) 4, no. 1 (May 30, 2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/mjml.v4i1.2538.
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This study aimed at investigating the challenges of teaching mathematics to visual impaired students in school of the blind, a case study of some selected schools for the visually impaired. Questionnaire and interview were used for data collection from the respondents. The hypotheses in the study were tested using t-test with α-level of 0.05 through SPSS. The study followed a cross-section survey design and involved 80 respondents 20 for the visually impaired students, 10 for the Mathematics teachers, 10 special mathematics teachers, 40 low vision and non-visually impaired students. The findings revealed the visually impaired students receive bursaries from the government and non-government organization; meal, accommodation, and few scholastic materials from their school; extra time during mathematics classes and examination and friend support. However, constraining limitations in the method of instruction assessment used and the instructional materials provided were noted, on the basis of these findings, recommendation towards the better education of the visually impaired student studying mathematics should be encouraged and employment of special mathematics teachers.
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Pusztai, Gabriella, Katinka Bacskai, and Laura Morvai. "Religious Values and Educational Norms among Catholic and Protestant Teachers in Hungary." Religions 12, no. 10 (September 26, 2021): 805. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12100805.
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There are several studies looking into the differences between state-run and church-run schools in the recruitment and retention of their teachers. In Hungary, where teachers of church-run schools do not have to meet any special official requirements, church-run education has seen a rapid expansion since 2011. The denominational schools in Hungary are faith-based government-dependent private schools. The number of both Catholic and Protestant schools has increased twofold, and the expansion is still continuing. The vast majority of the newest denominational schools used to be run by the state and were taken over extremely rapidly, along with all their teachers and students, by the church. In our present study, based on our analysis of the survey “Teachers in church-run educational institutions” (2015–2017, N = 1134), we compare Catholic and Protestant teachers from church-run schools. Our results show that there are only slight differences in teachers’ values in the different denominational schools, which implies that the value systems of those schools are highly similar. The detected differences do not depend on the denominations that operate the schools but rather on the individual teachers’ religious affiliation. The most marked differences, however, have been detected between the value systems of religious and non-religious teachers.
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LÁNCOS, Petra Lea, and László CHRISTIÁN. "Domestic Soft Law Regulation during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hungary: A Novel Regulatory Approach to a Unique Global Challenge." European Journal of Risk Regulation 12, no. 1 (February 9, 2021): 77–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/err.2020.115.
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On 13 March 2020 the Hungarian Government announced the immediate closure of all schools throughout the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 forcing several hundred thousand children to learn from home, and teachers to ensure their education. The Hungarian Educational Authority hurried to issue recommendations on the use of digital education tools. During the COVID-19 pandemic and the special legal order consequently introduced by the Hungarian Government, Hungary has seen the emergence of such non-binding measures adopted by public entities, complementing governmental action against the pandemic, with the aim of providing guidance to bodies exercising a public service function (“addressees”). These protective measures adopted under the special legal order are deemed to be successful and are largely followed by the addressees. Since soft law has hitherto been neglected by both Hungarian administrative governance and the legal literature, the recent burgeoning of non-binding measures deserves scholarly attention. In this article, we set out to map the specific context of the emergence of domestic soft law and the conditions for its adoption and reception, relying on our case study conducted in respect of the National Educational Authority’s recommendations.
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Osman, Dure Mohammed, Oracha P. A., and Okutoyi Joel. "Assessment of Availability and Use of Teaching and Learning Resources for Retention of Learners with Special Needs in Regular Primary Schools in Dadaab Sub-County, Kenya." IRA International Journal of Education and Multidisciplinary Studies 16, no. 2 (June 26, 2020): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jems.v16.n2.p4.
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The status of implementation of inclusive education in terms of availability and use of teaching and learning resources for retention of learners with special needs in Garissa County was unknown. Inclusive education refers to a situation where learners with disabilities and special educational needs have full membership in age-appropriate classes in their regular neighborhood schools with appropriate supplementary aids and support services. Records from Educational Assessment and Resource Centres (EARC) Garissa County revealed that there was a decline in the retention rate of learners` admitted. For example, in the year 2014, the retention rate was 37 learners (45.7%), 2015 (114 learners, 38.0%), 2016 (43 learners, 28.9%), 2017 (35 learners, 31.5%) and 2018 (41 learners, 23.7%). The purpose of the study was to assess the status of implementation of inclusive education practices for the retention of learners with special needs in regular primary schools in Dadaab sub-county. The specific objective of the study was to establish the extent to which the availability and use of teaching and learning resources affect the retention of learners with special needs in regular primary schools in Dadaab sub-county. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population comprised 26 head-teachers, 78 teachers, 300 learners with special needs, and 4 education officers. Saturated sampling technique was used to select 23 head-teachers, 70 teachers, 100 learners with special needs, and 4 education officers. Instruments for data collection were questionnaires, interview schedules and observation schedules. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, and mean. The findings of the study indicated that the availability and use of teaching and learning materials were inadequate (mean= 2.18). The study concluded that the low retention of learners with special needs as a result of the availability and use of teaching and learning materials to a small extent. The study recommended that the country and national government should ensure that there is adequate provision of teaching and learning resources to enhance learning for learners with special needs. The budget for materials should be enhanced. The study also recommends to non-governmental organizations to assist regular primary schools to access teaching and learning materials that can be used by learners with special needs.
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Yusuph, Kambuga, and Hussein A. Hussein. "Causes of Enrollment Disparities of Students with Disabilities in Tanzania Secondary Schools." IJDS Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies 9, no. 01 (May 31, 2022): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.ijds.2022.009.02.01.
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This article argues that children with disabilities face significant obstacles in schooling in Tanzania, despite the government initiative to formulate policy and awareness creation for people with disabilities. This paper examined the causes of enrollments disparities of students with disabilities in the schooling system in Tanzania. Three objectives were addressed regarding enrollment trends from 2016 to 2020, causes leading to disparities in enrolments, and obstacles facing students with disabilities in non-inclusive schools. Documentary analysis and interview methods were used to collect information. The participants were special needs educators and students from secondary schools and universities. The findings reveal disparities in enrollment of students with disabilities as they advance from lower to higher levels of schooling. The analysis shows that the smaller number of students with disabilities in the schooling system was attributed to a lack of awareness among parents on the educational services provided to children with disabilities, traditional beliefs, poverty, stigma, and harassment. The analysis further shows that shortage of qualified teachers, poor school infrastructures, and unsupported inclusive classrooms was among many obstacles facing students with disabilities in schools.
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Adorjan, Michael, and Ho Lun Yau. "Resinicization and Digital Citizenship in Hong Kong: Youth, Cyberspace, and Claims-Making." Qualitative Sociology Review 11, no. 2 (April 30, 2015): 160–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.11.2.11.
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Under the “one country, two systems” model fashioned after its handover to China in 1997, Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, is to retain its rule of law, capitalist system, and accompanying political and ideological independence. However, tensions remain centered on concerns held by many Hong Kong citizens over the “resinicization” of Hong Kong, related to anxieties regarding the putative erosion of political and ideological freedoms. This paper examines the claims-making of the student activist group Scholarism, who effectively used Facebook to raise awareness of and successfully resist a government proposal to introduce a national education curriculum into Hong Kong schools. Scholarism’s resistance and ability to mobilize mass demonstrations against the government is significant considering the lack of democratic channels in Hong Kong. Implications are explored for the examination of how claims-making in cyberspace impacts the social problems process, especially in non-democratic and post-colonial contexts.
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Purnomo, Parmadi Sigit, Totok Sundoro, and Pramukti Dian S. "STRUKTUR BIROKRASI DAN DISPOSISI DALAM PELAKSANAAN KAWASAN SEHAT BEBAS ASAP ROKOK DI SEKOLAH." Jurnal Cakrawala Promkes 2, no. 1 (March 14, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.12928/promkes.v2i1.1773.
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Based on the Health Research and Development Agency in 2013, the Special Province of Yogyakarta tended to be high at 21.2% for the proportion of the population aged over or equal to 10 years who smoked every day. One of the districts in the Yogyakarta Special Region that has a policy on non-smoking areas is Bantul Regency. The regulation regarding the non-smoking areas is regulated in the Bantul Regent's Regulation No. 18 of 2016 concerning Healthy Areas Non-Smoking (HANS). This study aims to determine the structure of the bureaucracy and disposition in the implementation of a Healthy Smoke Free Area in Schools. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. Data analysis using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of interviews about the bureaucratic structure in the implementation of the HANS found that there were no smoking procedures for smokers in schools. General rules are included in the school code of conduct in the form of a slogan / smoking ban. The disposition aspect possessed by the school could not be said to be good in the implementation of the HANS, it was evident that there were still school residents who still smoked in the school area and found cigarette putp in the school area. The conclusion of the research is that the bureaucratic structure does not yet exist and the disposition factor cannot be carried out properly so that it is expected that there will be a follow-up from the Government of Bantul Regency to be able to socialize Bantul Regent Regulation No. 18 of 2016 concerning Smoke-Free Healthy Areas in the school environment involving the role of the Health Office, BNNP and / or the Police and develop a culture of reporting and providing guarantees for reporters from the Principal, as well as making special regulations / SOPs for school residents who have a smoking habit.
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Oparah, Felix Chukwudi, Enya Ndem Bassey, and Ohatu Ekoh Ohatu. "The Role of Non-State Actors in Strengthening the Developmental Capacity of the State: A Case Study of Cross Rivers State, Nigeria." Business and Economic Research 10, no. 2 (April 22, 2020): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v10i2.16447.
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This study examined the role of Non State Actors (NSAs) in strengthening the developmental capacity of the state, using a case study of Cross River State, Nigeria. Primary and secondary data on selected constituents of NSAs including Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Privately Owned Companies, Banks, Private Hospitals and Private Schools were analyzed using tables and charts. The results revealed that activities of NSAs significantly enhance the developmental capacity of Cross River State especially in the areas of provision of public services, knowledge and skill acquisition, infrastructural development and employment generation. Besides other recommendations, it was recommended that NSAs and the government should perform complementary roles in enhancing developmental capacity and that the establishment of more NSAs in the rural areas should be encouraged through the provision of special funding and other incentives for NSAs that have their offices in the rural areas.
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Saleem, Jawairia, Qurat Ul Ain, Saleha Akram Nizami, Sadia Saleem, and Farrukh Sarfaraz. "Explore the Motifs of Attachment and Social Intelligence in Visually Impaired Adolescents." Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 15, no. 8 (August 30, 2021): 2257–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.53350/pjmhs211582257.
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Objective: This present study was aimed to explore the attachment patterns on the social Intelligence scale in visually and non-visually impaired adolescents. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study which was conducted in different private and government schools of special education and mainstream from Lahore. Results and Conclusion: During the two years of study, total contributors were122 in which Visually Impaired participants were 56 and Non-Visually Impaired were 66 with the maturity era of 14 to 19 years. Two scales were used; Social Intelligence Scale (SIS), and the Attachment Questionnaire for Children (AQC). In this study, results indicated that there was no significant difference found between the level of Social Intelligence on different attachment patterns between visual and non visually Impaired adolescents. There was no difference between the three types of attachment patterns on the social intelligence level of Visually Impaired and non Visually Impaired adolescents. On the other hand, Non-Visual Impaired adolescents had shown more secure attachment while Visual Impaired adolescents showed more ambivalent attachment patterns. Key Words: Visual Impairment, Non-Visual Impairment, Social Intelligence, Attachment Patterns
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Abdin, Maslan, and Johanes Mateos Tetelepta. "Faktor Penghambat Pemenuhan Hak Pendidikan Disabilitas di Kota Ambon." Jurnal Kewarganegaraan 18, no. 2 (September 27, 2021): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/jk.v18i2.26957.
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AbstractPeople with disabilities in Ambon City are part of the citizens who must be given the right to education in a fair and non-discriminatory manner by upholding human rights. Obstacle factors in the fulfilment of education will certainly exist. The government as the executor of the constitution is responsible for efforts to resolve it. This study uses a qualitative research design with a case study method. The subjects in this study are schools, parents and the Ambon city government. The results of the identification and analysis found that the factors that hindered the fulfilment of education for persons with disabilities in the city of Ambon, among others (1) parents of students, among others, parents still feel ashamed of the condition of their children, busy parents and access to special schools that are far away. (2) Inadequate school facilities and infrastructure according to the individual needs of each child with disabilities. (3) Only 23% of the accompanying teachers have special education qualifications from the total number of accompanying teachers, namely 116 teachers. On average, the accompanying teachers are classroom teachers and subject teachers with non-special needs education qualifications.-------------AbstrakPenyandang disabilitas di Kota Ambon menjadi bagian dari warga Negara yang harus diberikan hak pendidikannya secara berkeadilan serta tidak diskriminatif dengan menjunjung tinggi hak asasi manusia. Faktor kendala dalam pemenuhan pendidikan pasti akan ada. Pemerintah sebagai pelaksana konstitusi bertanggung jawab dalam upaya penyelesaiannya. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus, Subjek dalam penelitian ini yaitu sekolah, orang tua dan pemerintah kota ambon. Hasil identifikasi dan analisis menemukan bahwa faktor kendala dalam pemenuhan pendidikan bagi penyandang disabilitas di kota Ambon antara lain (1) orang tua siswa antara lain orang tua masih merasa malu dengan keadaan anak, kesibukan orang tua dan akses ke sekolah luar biasa yang jauh. (2) Sarana dan prasarana sekolah yang kurang memadai sesuai kebutuhan individu masing-masing anak disabilitas. (3) Guru pendamping 23% saja yang berkualifikasi pendidikan khusus dari jumlah keseluruhan guru pendamping yaitu 116 guru. Rata-rata guru pendamping adalah guru kelas dan guru mapel dengan tamatan bukan berkualifikasi pendidikan kebutuhan khusus.
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Setia, Shinta, Pwee Leng, Yurillah Endah Mauliate, Dian Ekowati, and Dwi Ratmawati. "The Principal Leadership in Developing Inclusive Education for Diverse Students." International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education 3, no. 1 (May 30, 2021): 08–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31098/ijeiece.v3i1.519.
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Background – Zonasi, a new ‘zoning-based school’ system implemented by the Indonesian government in June 2019 has created a significatnt impact on student enrollment in all public schools across the country. Before June 2019, student enrollment in public schools were based on its schools selection process, mainly academic achievement, whilst for past 2 years (2019 and 2020) students enrollment has been based on “zonasi”, a geographical distance between student’s home and the chosen school. The closer the distance, the bigger chance to get acceptance. As as result, public schools nowadays has more diverse students than before. Purpose - This research aimed to explore leadership practices of secondary public school principal in transforming a regular public school into inclusive public school through the act of leadership practices. The school was acknowledged by local government and communities as one of the successful inclusive public high school in Surabaya.Design/methodology/approach - This research used a qualitative approach within a case study design. The data collection techniques used in this research were interviews, observations, and school documents. Data were collected from the principal, 2 counseling teachers, 2 special education teachers, and head of educational in the district.Findings - The result revealed four principal leadership behaviour to transform regular public school into inclusive public school i.e. (1) changing mindset the teachers and non-academic staffs, (2) promoting inclusive practices within the school through various programs, (3) promoting inclusive practive in teaching-learning process, (4) building connection with parents & local communities, and seeking government support on the innitiatives.Research limitations – This study only investigated one public school, with the involvement of a school principal and 4 teachers. It would be better if the scope of the research could be broader, for example covering elementary and high schools, and involving more participants, such as the vice principal of the curriculum field, students and parents.Originality/value – This study contributes to leadership research in the context of secondary school education, which has undergone a transformation from the previously students tend to be homogeneous because they are based on standardized academic qualification, nowadays students at schools have more diverse social backgrounds as a result of the implementation of the zoning system in Indonesia. The findings of this paper can be used as a tool. a guide for policy makers and educational planners regarding zoning system in Indonesia. Such practices can also be learned, adapted and imitated by other schools.
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Indriyany, Ika Arinia. "Pelayanan Publik dan Pemenuhan Hak Difabe: Studi tentang Layanan Pendidikan Inklusif Melalui Kasus Pemindahan Difabel dari Sekolah Reguler ke Sekolah Luar Biasa di Yogyakarta." INKLUSI 2, no. 1 (June 3, 2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14421/ijds.020109.
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Indonesia’s constitution and legislation state that all Indonesiancitizens, including those with a disability, havea right to quality education. To meet this right, the government must ensure that every aspect of schooling and learning are accessible tostudentswith disabilities; however, this is not currentlythe case. Indeed, while inclusive education policy has been in place for years, its implementation is yet to be seen. For example, some children with disabilities are denied admission, while others continue to experience barriers to learning as schools are unable to meet their needs. The perception that disabled students belong only in special, segregated schools is still strongly held by the community, educational practitioners, and policy makers. As such, students with disabilities who register in inclusive schools are expected to meet certain qualifications. Should they fail to meet these requirements students are“returned” to special schools. Thispaper argues that such phenomenon demonstrates the government’s failure to meet its own mandateto ensure and protect the educational rights of persons with disabilities.[Pendidikan merupakan hak dasar bagi setiap warga negara Indonesia yang berada dalam usia wajib belajar, termasuk juga difabel (people with different ability). Negara idealnya mampu menyediakan layanan pendidikan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan difabel. Tidak hanya kebutuhan difabel yang harus diperhatikan tetapi juga bagaimana layanan pendidikan tersebut mampu menjamin hak-hak dari difabel dan yang terpenting adalah difabel mampu mengakses layanan pendidikan yang tersedia. Namun tidak jarang difabel mengalami kesulitan mengakses layanan pendidikan yang disediakan oleh negara dikarenakan kebutuhan mereka yang berbeda dengan non difabel. Akibatnya difabel banyak mengalami penolakan ketika ingin bersekolah di sekolah yang mereka inginkan, termasuk di sekolah reguler.Pemahaman yang berkembang adalah sekolah yang pantas bagi difabel hanyalah di sekolah luar biasa. Hal ini yang membuat difabel tak jarang di diskriminasi dalam dunia pendidikan. Kebijakan pendidikan inklusif yang awalnya didesain agar anak difabel dan non difabel mampu belajar bersama pun baik regulasi dan implementasinya masih jauh dari sempurna. Kebijakan pendidikan inklusif seharusnya dapat digunakan sebagai dasar kesetaraan pendidikan kenyataannya masih menerapkan syarat – syarat khusus agar difabel mampu diterima di sekolah reguler tersebut. Saat difabel tidak mampu lolos kualifikasi yang ditentukan maka dia tidak dapat diterima di sekolah inklusif tersebut dan dikembalikan ke sekolah luar biasa. Jika hal ini terjadi maka negara gagal menjamin pemenuhan hak pendidikan bagi difabel itu sendiri.]
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Rohmah, Luthfiyana Nur, and Subiyantoro Subiyantoro. "IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN PESANTREN DI PONDOK PESANTREN NURUL UMMAH PUTRI KOTAGEDE YOGYAKARTA." Tarbawy : Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 8, no. 1 (August 30, 2021): 59–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.32923/tarbawy.v8i1.1613.
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Islamic education in Indonesia appeared at the same time as the entry of Islam in Indonesia. It only started with a group of members of the community then turned to mosques, and ended up in a pesantren educational institution. Pesantren which as an Islamic educational institution for the first time before the existence of formal education is always seen as one's eyes, and the lack of attention from the government. Pesantren education has always taught Islamic education, and in addition pesantren has also contributed a lot to education, especially Islamic education. The change of government also has a positive impact on the government's concern for pesantren. Pesantren education that is only limited to non-formal education is still considered lacking and there is discrimination in it. Various policy changes are always made until a special policy appears about pesantren, which triggers all activities in pesantren. The policy aims to improve the quality of pesantren education without having to change the characteristics and traditions in pesantren. Pondok Pesantern Nurul Ummah Putri as one of the boarding schools has not felt the change from the pesantren law that has been passed by the government. So that the need for equality in the policy.
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Zhong, Baizhang, Fenghui Zhu, and Liying Xia. "Is There a Digital Divide Between Urban Students and Migrant Students in China?" SAGE Open 11, no. 2 (April 2021): 215824402110163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440211016387.
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The digital divide is an important issue that has been addressed in the world for several decades. However, little attention has been paid to the special population that emerged in cities of developing countries: rural migrant workers. Previous studies have shown that family background is a potential determinant of digital inequality among schoolchildren. The study aims to explore whether the disadvantaged conditions of rural migrant workers have an impact on their children (i.e., migrant students). A questionnaire survey and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were conducted to examine the digital divide in information and communication technology (ICT) access, ICT usage, and ICT skill between urban and migrant students. We draw upon 1,230 fifth and eighth grade students from six urban public schools in China. Results indicate that all the indicators of the digital divide are statistically non-significant between the two groups, and the predictor of parental education level is invalid to an extent. Additional analyses suggest that providing equal opportunities like Chinese government for disadvantaged migrant students to enroll in urban public schools would reduce the digital divide between migrant students and urban students.
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Hamidi, Foad, Patrick Mbullo Owuor, Michaela Hynie, and Melanie Baljko. ""Knowledge Comes Through Participation": Understanding Disability through the Lens of DIY Assistive Technology in Western Kenya." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 6, CSCW1 (March 30, 2022): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3512919.
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People with disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) have limited access to digital assistive technologies (ATs). Most ATs in LMICs are manufactured elsewhere and are expensive and difficult to maintain. Do-It-Yourself Assistive Technologies (DIY-ATs) designed, customized, and repaired by non-technical users offer exciting directions in these contexts. We have been exploring the possibilities and challenges of DIY-ATs in Western Kenya, using community-engaged workshops in rural and urban special education schools for the past three years. We present findings from a concluding-stage research activity: a multiple stakeholder focus group where teachers, disability advocates, and representatives from the local government and technology innovation hubs, discussed the possibilities and challenges of addressing disability issues through DIY-ATs in this context. Participants identified opportunities for DIY-ATs for social inclusion, disability assessment, and inclusive education, and shared concerns about their sustainability, safety, and contextual relevance.
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Makarova, Agrafena I. "Formation and Development of a Foreign Primary School in Yakutsk Region in Second Half of the XIX - Early XX Centuries." Nauchnyi dialog, no. 7 (July 30, 2020): 375–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.24224/2227-1295-2020-7-375-389.
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The formation of state policy in the field of foreign primary education in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries on the example of the Yakutsk region is considered in the article. It is noted that until the middle of the 19th century the state took its time to develop the education system on foreign outskirts, then during the liberal reforms of the 1860-1870s the government paid special attention to foreign education. It is reported that in total for the period under review four legislative documents were adopted on the education of non-Russian peoples with the aim of unifying the multinational school system and their integration into the common imperial social space. Based on archival documents, the formation and development of primary schools in the region is shown. Information on the number of schools and the number of students, the characteristics of the types of educational institutions, the conditions of their maintenance and activities are given. It was determined that the variety of types of schools, the inconsistency of provisions and charters made it difficult to guide them. Particular attention is paid to the territorial, climatic factors, lack of teaching staff, which had a great influence on the formation and development of the educational system in the region. It is concluded that, despite a number of specific problems, primary public education in the Yakutsk region developed as an integral part of the all-Russian educational process.
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Sartica, Dwi, and Bambang Ismanto. "EVALUASI PENYELENGGARAAN PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN INKLUSIF DI KOTA PALANGKA RAYA 1." Kelola: Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan 3, no. 1 (June 10, 2016): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24246/j.jk.2016.v3.i1.p49-66.
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<p>Inclusive education program (PI) is a product of the policies of the regional government held Education Department of Palangkaraya and must be implemented by all schools. The purpose of this study was to gather information for the evaluation of the implementation of programs in SD Negeri 6 Bukit Tunggal, SMP Negeri 3 and SMAN 4. The data was collected through<br />interview and documentation study. Evaluation model used in this study is the CIPP. The subjects of this study were principal, regular teachers, and Guidance and Counceling Teachers of each school. The results of the evaluation context showed that the program has met the needs of PIs and parents of students with special needs; the population served were students with special needs and is still in the category of mild to moderate; as well as helpful programs so<br />that school the full confidence of the public and an opportunity to increase the number of crew members who served. The results of the evaluation input indicated that the special facilities were inadequate; school involving all stakeholders in the school and some from outside; financing comes from use of the funds, scholarships, and / or budget; and the school does not have Special Guidance Teacher (SGT). The results of the evaluation process showed that new<br />Education Department of Palangkaraya one to monitor and evaluate; teacher competence was good enough; learning in general but the treatment given on an individual basis, and extracurricular activities reserved for the crew; facilities not helpful enough; and the obstacles encountered was no SGT, facilities not adequate, specialized training has not been evenly distributed, no further monitoring of the relevant Department, and there is no standard for the<br />evaluation system. The results of the product evaluation showed that the academic and non academic achievement of were students with special needs good enough. In addition, there were many number of crew members who served. The implication of this study is to provide recommendations for schools and related agencies for the improvement of the sustainability of the program.</p>
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Monyeki, Kotsedi Daniel. "“Selected Papers from the 2nd Ellisras Longitudinal Study and Other Non-Communicable Diseases Studies International Conference” Special Issue Editorial." Children 8, no. 2 (February 16, 2021): 146. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8020146.
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Epidemics of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are presently emerging and on the increase in South Africa. It is increasingly recognized that the occurrence of adult chronic disease are influenced by factors operating from childhood, which are sustained throughout the individual’s life course. Increased risk may start in infancy or even before birth and will continue to be influenced by health related behavior during adulthood. The academic level of people in the community influence the level of their health status. Commitment to the promotion of health through prevention, education, and suitable management is the building block for creating a healthy society. The community must make strides to shift from traditional knowledge and medication, and seek new innovative ways of addressing issues facing the population with regard to obesity, overweight, hypertension health, smoking cessation, alcohol abuse, and low physical activity in line with a healthy living lifestyle. The NCDs pose health problems in South Africa and deserve more attention. Poor control of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, to name just a few, only adds to the current problems. The South African government and the business sector of South Africa should provide safe walking/riding trails in the cities and in rural area to combat emerging NCDs that are killing our community members indiscriminately without considering race, gender, age, and place of residence. Compulsory introduction of physical education lessons to all public schools cannot be over emphasized in the current escalating NCD situation in South Africa.
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Vincent, Ranjeetha Golde, and Shobha G. "Classroom practices of teachers on learning disabilities in children." International Journal of Educational Management 34, no. 3 (December 2, 2019): 562–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijem-07-2019-0228.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: to study the classroom practices followed by the government and private school teachers in handling children with learning disabilities; to study the differences in practice levels of government and private school teachers with respect to learning disabilities among children; and to study the influence of Socio-demographic factors of teachers on the level of their classroom practices toward learning disabilities in children. Design/methodology/approach As per the questionnaire development, the present study consisted of a self-developed tool (appendix) by the researcher, to assess the classroom practices of the teachers toward learning disabilities in children. In sum, 10 percent of the total sample size was considered for the pilot study, to know the feasibility, reliability and validity of the developed tool. The sampling technique used was convenient sampling. The data were collected through the survey method from 40 government and 40 private school teachers. Findings Both groups of teachers had low to moderate levels of practice with respect to handling children with learning disabilities in the classrooms. The findings disclosed significant association between demographic variables like monthly income, place of residence, and present school experience and selected features related to learning disabilities. A significant association was observed with teachers’ gender, having special training on handling children with learning disabilities and having children with learning disabilities in the classroom. A significant association was also found between schools offering regular training programs for teachers on teaching, handling and awareness of learning disabilities and practice level of the respondents. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to the assessment of classroom Practices of government and private primary school teachers toward learning disabilities in children. Practical implications The researcher, on the basis of the findings of the present study, suggests that trainings/workshops/intervention measure for teachers are much needed in order to help them in identifying and handling children with LD in a regular classroom especially at the primary level. Social implications Trainings can be provided in the areas of teaching skills, inclusive education, intervention measures/managing children with learning disabilities in the classroom, special education, counseling, classroom habits of a teacher, etc. This will ensure that teachers are empowered thus becoming powerful, operative and competent in teaching children with different needs and handling the uniqueness of each and every child. The school organizations and the government authorities can be informed on the need for such measures. This study recommends that there is a need for improving the classroom practice of teachers, in order to help children, benefit and get equal opportunities as their non-disabled peers. Originality/value This research paper is based on the findings collected from 80 primary teachers from various schools across the city.
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Bararah Mufidah, Hasna, Joan Hesti Gita Purwasih, Mochamad Ilham Akbar, and Dhanu Dewantara Aji. "Student's Rationality for Continuing Education in Equivalency Program (Case Study at Sabilum Najjah Community Learning Center)." SPEKTRUM: Jurnal Pendidikan Luar Sekolah (PLS) 10, no. 3 (August 31, 2022): 493. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/spektrumpls.v10i3.115721.
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Education is an effort made by individuals to acquire knowledge in the learning process. The number of people in Malang City who drop out of school and cannot complete their education is a problem for the community and the government. One solution for the community to be able to complete their education is to attend a non-formal school, one of the non-formal schools in Malang that has been recognized and trusted, namely PKBM Sabilun Najjah. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with the aim of knowing the rationality of learners in continuing their education at PKBM Sabilun Najjah and the expectations of learners in continuing their education in PKBM. Based on the results of the study, learners continue their education at PKBM Sabilun Najjah not only to get a diploma, but learners have special reasons, namely PKBM Sabilun Najjah has adequate facilities and programs, has official and accredited permits, school distance is close to home, and there are family relationship between learners and tutors. The hope of learners after completing their education at PKBM Sabilun Najjah is that they hope to create a business, get relationships, complete requirements from agencies, and get recognition by completing their education at PKBM Sabilun Najjah.Keywords: PKBM, Rational Action, Equality Program
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Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "Grundtvig og Norge." Grundtvig-Studier 44, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 191–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/grs.v44i1.16114.
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Grundtvig and Norway - Some Distinctive FeaturesBy Sigurd Aa. AamessAlthough this paper only examines the Norwegians’ relationship with Grundtvig, the author begins with a few remarks about Grundtvig’s relationship with Norway. Grundtvig only visited Norway once in his lifetime, but he always had special relations with Norway, inspired by the romantic interest in virgin mountain countries. Grundtvig was also a friend of the two founders of the theological faculty of the University of Christiania, and until 1815 he wanted to take up a post as a vicar in Norway. Gustav Albeck has written about Grundtvig’s relations with Norway until 1816, but unfortunately the correspondence between Grundtvig and Norwegians has not yet been published.Grundtvig’s influence in Norway is most distinctive in ecclesiastical and pedagogical fields. His hymns are abundantly represented in the Norwegian hymn book, but his .church-view. has not been accepted in Norway, although there was a Grundvigian fraction among Norwegian clergymen which seemed to be successful until the middle of the 19. century. Untill 1825 Grundtvig was considered an ally by the pietistic ‘Haugians’, but after 1850 the Norwegian pietistic theological and political administration, supported by the Faculty of Theology, fought down the Grundtvigian movement within the Church. At the same time Norway accepted the Danish folk high school idea in a version close to the Danish model. The first Norwegian folk high schools were founded in 1864 and 1867, at first supported by the poet Bjömstjeme Bjömson, with whom the Grundtvigian movement broke later, however. The Norwegian folk high schools were vey closely related to the .New Norse.-language movement and were hostil to the pietistic interpretation of Christianity. In 1875 the Norwegian Government discontinued financial support of the Grundtvigian folk high schools and established some county schools instead; they were also influenced by Grundtvigian ideas, however, and in 1908 the few survivors of the Grundtvigian schools regained their official financial support. The pietistic movement has founded a lot of non-Grundtvigian folk high schools in Norway, and although they are in opposition to Grundtvig’s ideas, they are inevitably influenced by his pedagogical views. In a paradoxical and ironical way, the author concludes, the Norwegian mixture of opposition against Grundtvigianism and acceptance of Grundtvigian hymns and pedagogical ideas illustrates the Grundtvig saying that ‘the word creates what it mentions’.
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Perez-Barbosa, David, and Junyi Zhang. "Transport-Based Social Exclusion in Rural Japan: A Case Study on Schooling Trips of High School Students." Social Inclusion 5, no. 4 (December 28, 2017): 235–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v5i4.1079.
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The well-being of young people—particularly aspects such as physical and mental health—has become an increasing concern for Japan’s government due, in part, to the aging and declining depopulation that Japan has been experiencing in recent years. Considering this, a survey of well-being and travel-to-school behavior was carried out in four high schools of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; between May and September 2016 with 1,017 valid samples. The respondents’ ages vary between 15 and 19 years old. We argue that transport-based social exclusion results from not only situations of transport disadvantage, but also reduced or deteriorated individual well-being. Here, well-being is measured by using constructs grouped into three main categories: happiness, healthy lifestyle propensity, and social exclusion. We found the following potential issues of transport-based social exclusion: residents in depopulating areas experience lower levels of well-being than people in non-depopulating areas. Travel times longer than 30 minutes have negative effects on happiness, traffic safety perception, health conditions, and personal health habits. Bicycle users tend to experience higher levels of well-being in general, whereas bus and car users tend to experience less in comparison. Special attention should be paid to improving affordability and flexibility of bus services for students.
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Kim, Nam-wook. "Public law tasks in response to local annihilation." National Public Law Review 18, no. 3 (August 31, 2022): 1–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.46751/nplak.2022.18.3.1.
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The problem of population decline and local annihilation is directly linked to the problems of national existence and balanced national development. Despite massive fiscal and population growth policies to solve the problem of low fertility and aging according to the Framework Act on Low Fertility and Aging, the population fertility rate is 0.81 in 2021, which is the lowest in the world. As the phenomenon of concentration in the metropolitan area accelerated due to a decrease in local jobs and unbalanced development of the region, the Special Act on Balanced National Development, the Metropolitan Area Reorganization Planning Act, and the Local University Promotion Act have been enacted and implemented to solve the problem. development is not resolved. The government enacted the Special Act on Support for Depopulated Areas in June 2022 to respond to local annihilation. In the same law, local governments lead crisis response in areas with reduced population, national customized comprehensive support, strengthening cooperation between local governments and countries, and special provisions for childcare, medical care, housing, transportation, culture, and immigration in areas with reduced population is putting.
Although it is necessary to distinguish between population reduction and local annihilation, the Special Act on Support for Depopulation Areas defines only the term “depopulation area” and does not define the concept of “local annihilation”. It is necessary to conceptually define a region that requires special social, economic, financial, and administrative measures from the state as local governments cannot survive on their own or are in danger of extinction as an area with a low population density.
In this paper, after examining the main contents of Korea's Constitution, the Special Act on Balanced National Development, and the Special Act on Support for Depopulated Areas, to find implications for Korea and propose public law tasks by reviewing the Spanish Constitution and the legislative examples of Castile-La Mancha in Spain, present.
First, although the Korean constitution provides for balanced national development, the principle of solidarity stipulated in Articles 2 and 138 of the Spanish Constitution is stipulated to provide positive preferential treatment to areas in danger of late extinction or concern, so that the lives of the residents of the area are made. quality should be improved. Second, shared accommodation through settlement subsidies, tax reductions, and vacant home village regeneration should be made to activate residential mobility and sedentity in areas with reduced population and local extinction. Third, the Special Act on Support for Areas with Decreased Population has special regulations regarding the establishment of childcare facilities and universities, hearing opinions from the heads of local governments when kindergartens and elementary schools are closed, subsidizing expenses, and special measures for school establishment. Since it is necessary to substantially guarantee the right to education and access to education, etc., legal and institutional arrangements should be made to ensure the right to access public education, maintain schools, guarantee equal access to education for students, internship programs, non-compulsory education programs, and vocational training. Fourth, since the expansion of jobs and local labor force is the key to recovering the lost population and suppressing the disappearance of local areas, it is possible to create effective and suitable jobs in the depleted areas, as well as incentives for workers in the depleted areas, and to develop public and private projects and projects. Promotion, deregulation, and simplification of administrative procedures, project projects and plan implementation management systems for local extinction areas, and funding programs (subsidies) should be introduced.
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Saragih, Susiana, Warjio Warjio, and Adam Adam. "Implementasi Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia Nomor 8 Tahun 2020 di Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri 8 Medan." Journal of Education, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS) 4, no. 4 (May 1, 2022): 2369–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.34007/jehss.v4i4.1079.
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Regular School Operational Assistance (BOS) is a central government program to provide funding for operational costs for schools sourced from non- physical special allocation funds, in its implementation technically experiencing problems, including slow BOS management, misuse of the BOS budget, incomplete accountability reports and late data synchronization. SMA Negeri 8 is one of the school as recipients of the Regular School Operational Assistance in the city of Medan.This study aims to identify and analyze the policy implementation of the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2020 concerning the Technical Guidelines for Regular School Operational Assistance at SMA Negeri 8 Medan and to find out what factors are obstacles/ obstacles in the implementation of the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture Number 8 Tahun 2020 regarding Regular School Operational Assistance Technical Guidelines.The research method used is a descriptive method with qualitative approach, with the research informants being the Regular BOS Team at SMA Negeri 8 Medan.The theory used is George C Edward III’s public policy theory. The influencing factors are communication, resources, disposition and bureaucratic structure. The results of this study indicate that The implementation of the regulation of the minister of education and culure of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2022 has been carried out but not yet with optimal results. The succes of policy implementation.
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Soewadi, S. "Loan as Rural Development Support Case in Sudokarto, Godean, Sleman District DIY." Forum Geografi 4, no. 2 (December 20, 2014): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/forgeo.v4i2.4859.
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This reseach is excecuted in Sidokarto village Godean Subdistrial, Kabupaten Sleman, special province of Yogyakarta, and is derived from the question of how rural community uses formal and in-formal failities of lend institution (credits source) that are available in their villages. Are the debts affecting the income of rural community? The aim of this research is to find out the back ground of rural community life, public choice to decide creditor, and the income of family holder. Methodology applied in the research is a surveying methode. The seletion of the region was executed in purposive sampling tehnique and the respondents were randomly selected. The respondents were the heads of family as debtors who have taken the credit from either government or private. Analysis used in this research was frequency tabulation, cross tabulation and analysis of correlation is done by using product moment technique. The result proved that most of the debtors (more than 50%) are non peasant with low-rank education (passed and dropped out of elementary schools). Among the debtors, the greater part (93.55%), have used the formal merits i.e. KUD and BRI. Debtor's choice of lend institution is in fluenced by aspect of location and the ease of service. It is proved that the more debtors live near to the lend institution, the quality of the debtors will increase. The reason why credit source is used is influenced by the question whether it is easy or not to get the debt, without taking notice of rent, although it is low enough. The result also proved that, for the greater part of debtors have used the debt money to increase the capital for non agricultural ativities.
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Sitorus, Nova. "ANALYSIS OF MARKETING ASPECTS IN SPORT TOURISM ( CASE STUDY ON PEGASUS STABLE)." JELAJAH: Journal of Tourism and Hospitality 3, no. 2 (January 5, 2022): 23–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.33830/jelajah.v3i2.2239.
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One of the tourism sectors that continues to grow is Sports Tourism. Sports Tourism is a form of special interest tourism that has participation, or watching sports as its main component / theme / motivation of the trip. This includes all forms of active and passive involvement in sporting activities, participating regularly or in an organizational manner for non-commercial or commercial reasons, which necessitates traveling away from home and working there. Sports Tourism is one of the fastest growing sub-sectors in special interest tourism. The aim is to promote tourist destinations through a variety of sports activities, both indoor and outdoor. This research aims to find out how to identify the tourism component in Pegasus Stable and to find out how to analyze marketing in Pegasus Stable. Based on the problems to be studied, the research team chose to use qualitative research methods. The data collection technique that will be carried out is interviews. Pegasus Stable carries out a marketing strategy by determining market segmentation, namely through the income level of its target market and positioning itself according to the intended target market, such as positioning, namely the reputation of Pegasus Stable which automatically proves their high standards, because many ASEAN Games & SEA Games participants came from training facilitated by Pegasus Stable. Pegasus Stable also looked at the components of the marketing mix (8P) and adjusted accordingly. Starting from Products, providing facilities for riding, both for schools, photoshoots, horse care and rentals arena. Price , Pegasus Stable set a fairly affordable price compared to competitors. Location, which is easy to access. Promotion through social media, direct approach and word of mouth. Packaging provides attractive tour packages that are packaged at affordable prices, so that they are profitable and attract the attention of ordinary tourists and special tourists. Programming by holding an annual event that tourists look forward to specifically to maintain communication between horse riders. Cooperation, the existence of cooperation with the government and foreign parties. And finally, in human resources, there are human resources with the best quality through an appropriate recruitment process and evaluation process that is carried out regularly.
Keyword: marketing, sport tourism, analysis
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Balta, Ivan. "Care for people in diaspora up to a latent conflict with the domicile nation – updating the past to the present of Bosnia and Herzegovina." Historijski pogledi 2, no. 2 (October 28, 2019): 85–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.52259/historijskipogledi.2019.2.2.85.
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The beginning of the 19th and the 20th century marked the period of nations’ constitution in southeastern Europe and greater care for nations’ oases living out of their parent nations. Sometimes that care turned into intended or unintended hegemony over other nations. This phenomenon is actual even today in various nations, especially in the Balkans, so it is interesting how "the care of the people out of their home country" (nowadays people would say "diaspora"), implemented various "actions" that were sometimes politically conducted from the Austro-Hungarian centres of power to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slavonia, especially in the case of the Hungarian government's pro-government project "Julian Action".So-called Julian Action was not unique at that time, neither it was the only, nor the first or special, but it can be somewhat comparable to the same work methodology in the same regions, for example, with the similar German project Schulvereine, the Italian action by Dante Alighieri, and even to not so significant Slavic action of the Cyril and Methodius societies, as well as to some other less-known "actions" that operated abroad, i.e. mainly outside the home countries, on the territory of Austria-Hungary. The opposite views were mostly manifested in the interpretation of justification, e. g. of Julian Action (which got the prosaic name). For instance, the Hungarian side (similar to German, Italian ... through their associations), justified the action of the association "Julian" by the care of its own people outside the borders of the home state (in order to preserve identity, culture and language). On the contrary, the Croatian (and also Bosnian-Herzegovinian,…) side in the activity of the "Julian" organization recognized a sort of political alienation and Hungarization (or Germanization, Italianization, ...) of the majority of domicile population. The Hungarian Julian campaign was conducted on the basis of: A) Statute of the Julian Society, (voted in 1903), and B) Hungarian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Croatian-Slavonic-Dalmatian laws. For example, the Hungarian Julian Schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slavonia could be founded, organized and act not only on the basis of the applicable Hungarian laws, but also on the basis of the school laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, which allowed and even encouraged the organization of public and private schools, rural and wilderness schools (e. g. through Hungarian Julian schools), factory schools (e. g. Hungarian state railway schools), confessional schools (e. g. Hungarian reformatory schools), which opened a wide area of the Hungarian Julian Action operation from 1904 in Croatia and Slavonia, and from the 1908 occupation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A vast majority of pupils were of non-German nationality, and they were enrolled there because of better conditions, employment opportunities in enterprises, state and public services, as well as because of future education. Hungarian schools and Hungarian railways, as well as Hungarian churches and societies in Croatia and Slavonia, existed in the second half of the 19th century. They had the purpose of implementing the so-called Hungarian State Thought (Magyar Állami eszme), which had been politically instrumentalized. Since 1904 until the end of the First World War they put the so-called Julian action into their systems and programmes. Almost identical relationship had existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1908. There were constant conflicts between the state of Hungary and Julian campaign with the majority of Slavic population outside of Hungary, for example, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. When the Julian campaign was politically instrumentalized because of “taking care of its people in diaspora", and in some parts crossed the boundaries of "preserving" them, it began with "unintentional" assimilation through schools, railways and cultural societies. So it necessarily had to come into conflict with other nations. From the Hungarian point of view, the so-called "Bosnian Action" and "Slavonic Action" of the Hungarian Government were directed towards the care of Hungarians in the so-called "affiliated" and annexed province, as well as to strengthening and expansion of Hungarian influence in the countries where the majority of population were Muslims-Bosnians, Serbs and Croats. The same action ranged from the accusation of "Hungarianization” to the theory of the Hungarians threatened by assimilation; however, the action did not achieve a long-term goal and did not prove permanent because, after the end of the First World War, a small group of Hungarians in the newly established countries did not have any legal guarantees, and new authorities did not ensure its survival.
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Roy, Vivek, B. S. Sahay, and Parikshit Charan. "Akshaya Patra (Bhilai): purchasing and supply management." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 7, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 1–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-08-2016-0176.
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Subject area This case is intended for use in a course on supply chain management. Study level/applicability The study is applicable to MBA or executive MBA programme. Case overview The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) is an Indian non-governmental organisation which provides free mid-day meals to students in government schools. This case revolves around one of its kitchen facility (TAPF Bhilai) located in Bhilai in the Chhattisgarh province of India. TAPF Bhilai is about to witness a significant increase in the number of students to cater for. The Unit President, Vyomapada Das, is determined to ensure that there is no compromise in the standards of service in terms of quality and hygiene of meals in the wake of present expansions. As such, he recognizes that addressing a social cause brings additional responsibilities to them towards ensuring superior quality meals. He thereby lays a special emphasis upon the role of purchasing and supply in facilitating the scale expansion. Expected learning outcomes This case intends to demonstrate the process of managing, purchasing and supply for a socially responsible supply chain. Students must be able to appreciate the challenges associated with such a system. By applying the key theoretical concept of the social capital theory, they must also understand the nature of managerial responses inherent in these challenges. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 9: Operations and Logistics.
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������� and Irina Ivanova. "Conceptual View to the Nature of Planning of Younger School Students� Extracurricular Activity in Conditions of the Mastering of Federal State Educational Standard of Primary Education." Standards and Monitoring in Education 3, no. 2 (April 17, 2015): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/11211.
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Due to the modernization of education system, one of the most important task of educational organizations is to assist in the process of human selfactualization
and self-development. According to the Federal state brand-new educational standard , to the �Law on Education in Russia�, and to the
national educational initiative �Our new school�, the emphasis in educational practice is gradually shifts towards support for the formation of the
personality of the individual, of his capacity for self-realization.
As one of the conditions that can provide self-development of students in modern-term educational practice supports extracurricular activities, which
today has a special role in the development and education of the younger generation. According to information on launch of FSES of primary education,
extracurricular activities should be understood as educational activities carried out in the forms of non-class-lesson, and aimed at achieving the
expected results of development of the basic educational program of primary education.
The article presents the author´s vision of constructing models, that is to support self-development of students in extracurricular activities in the development
of the FSES of primary general education in rural schools. The model is based on the principles of flexibility, variability, individualization, creative
interaction of all participants of the educational process, and is to pay attention on individual characteristics of students and accept the regional features
of educational environment of rural schools. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the structural components of the model, the conditions of its realization in educational practice. The structural
model consists of three units: methodical, informational and psycho-pedagogical, their implementation relies are based on the adequate mechanisms
for psychological and pedagogical support of students (active basis of claims for recognition of motifs in the hierarchical subordination ,domination
of moral norms , the motive of self-acceptance and the desire for self-development, prevention and correction of negative psychological formations.
An important aspect of the model is to provide the author´s technology-monitoring measurements of the results of its operations on each structural unit
(methodical, psychological and pedagogical, informational).
The proposed model of self-support of students in extracurricular activities in the development of the FSES of primary general education in rural schools,
can be widely used in the regional educational practice in the context of the organization of extracurricular activities of younger students.
Currently testing model is performed on the basis of rural schools of Yukhnovskiy area of the Kaluga region. The study is conducted with the financial
support of the Government of RHF and the Kaluga region, the project �14-16-40007 a (r).
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Morishita, Tetsuo. "Japanese Report." European Review of Private Law 20, Issue 1 (February 1, 2012): 139–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/erpl2012007.
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Abstract: Compared to European countries, the fragmentation of law is not so material and has not caused serious problems in Japan, because Japan does not belong to a regional framework such as the European Union and Japanese law clearly stipulates the priorities between different norms in Japanese legal practice. On the other hand, in academic, there have been researches on the fragmentation of international norms, such as the applicability of non-state norms and the importance of soft laws. Japanese government considered it necessary to strengthen the proficiency of judicial professionals in dealing with transnational cases. I agree. However, the education at law schools has put too much stress on Japanese basic laws and has failed to strengthen the proficiency of young Japanese lawyers. In relation to the Japanese court practice, some academics point out that judges tend to avoid application of foreign laws because the application of Japanese law makes the handling of the case easier. In my view, it should be considered to set up a special branch of a special department of the Japanese court which deals with cases with cross-border elements and could hear cases in English if necessary. Résumé: Par rapport aux pays européens, la fragmentation du droit n'est pas aussi marquée au Japon et n'y a pas créé de problèmes graves car ce pays n'appartient pas à un cadre régional, comme cela peut être le cas pour l'Union européenne. En outre, la loi japonaise stipule clairement les priorités qui s'appliquent entre les différentes normes de la pratique juridique. D'autre part, dans les milieux universitaires, des recherchesont été menées sur la fragmentation des normes internationales, telles que l'applicabilité des normes non-étatiques et l'importance des lois douces. Le gouvernement japonais a jugé nécessaire de renforcer les compétences des professionnels de justice pour traiter les affaires transnationales. Je suis d'accord. Toutefois, l'enseignement dans les écoles de droit a trop insisté sur les lois japonaises fondamentales et n'a pas réussi à renforcer les compétences des jeunes avocats japonais. En ce qui concerne la pratique judiciaire du pays, certains universitaires soulignent que les juges ont tendance à éviter l'application des lois étrangères car la loi japonaise facilite le traitement de l'affaire. À mon avis, il faudrait envisager de mettre en place une division spéciale du tribunal japonais, qui traite des affaires contenant des éléments internationales et qui pourrait traiter les affaires en anglais si nécessaire.
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Prasti, Evi. "Pandangan Etika Kristen tentang Berbusana bagi Wanita Kristen." Jurnal Teologi Berita Hidup 1, no. 2 (March 20, 2019): 109–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.38189/jtbh.v1i2.12.
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In dressed placement there are special situations that require the wearer to dress in formal situations, namely government agencies, schools, offices and worship. In a semi-formal or causal situation that is a semi-formal situation but there is a limit of politeness also in non-formal situations such as in the market, at home. This situation has no rules that bind it from the three situations we must be able to choose clothing according to the provisions of the event we are going to attend. Christian women's clothing must be different, because it manifests the person of the Lord Jesus the Great and holy so that the appearance of dressed in Christianity especially prioritizes God rather than appearance. Because God is holy and holy, in practice daily life glorifies God through our bodies. In a position as a student, the clothes that are used are dress that is polite, not sexy, does not wear a T-shirt, does not wear a tight shirt, mini skirt, transparent clothes but can choose clothes that are reasonable and appropriate in the campus situation. AbstrakDalam penempatan berbusana ada situasi khusus yang menuntut si pemakai berbusana sapan dalam situasi formal yaitu instansi pemerintahan, sekolah, kantor dan beribadah. Dalam situasi semi formal atau causal yaitu situasi setengah formal tetapi ada batas kesopanan juga dalam situasi non formal seperti di pasar, dirumah. Situasi ini tidak ada peraturan yang mengikatnya dari ketiga situasi tersebut kita harus dapat memilih busana sesuai ketentuan acara yang kita akan hadiri. Busana wanita Kristen harus berbeda, karena mewujudkan pribadi Tuhan Yesus yang Agung dan kudus sehingga penampilan dalam berbusana orang Kristen terlebih mengutamakan Tuhan dari pada penampilan. Sebab tuhan adalah suci dan kudus maka dalam praktek kehidupan sehari hari memuliakan Tuhan melalui tubuh kita. Dalam posisi sebagai mahasiswa maka busana yang dipakai adalah busana yang sopan, tidak seksi, tidak memakai kaos oblong,tidak memakai kaos ketat,rok mini, baju transparan melainkan dapat memilih busana yang wajar dan pantas dalam situasi kampus.
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Gonçalves, Bruno Miguel F. "Designing and Implementing a Distance Education Plan: A Case Study at a School in Portugal in Pandemic Context." Journal of e-learning Research 1, no. 1 (September 30, 2021): 34–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/jelr.v1i1.52.
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Considering the epidemiological situation of the new coronavirus - COVID 19 in Portugal, the XXII Constitutional Government decided, in March 2020, to suspend all classroom teaching and non-teaching activities in all educational establishments in the national territory. Consequently, all Portuguese educational institutions had to adapt to the new educational reality, where technologies play a leading role in ensuring communication, interaction and collaboration between all stakeholders in the teaching-learning process. Naturally, this adaptation took time and was accompanied by several opinions and guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education and other responsible entities. In general, these guidelines aimed to ensure that all students continue to learn in a pandemic context, regardless of geographical and temporal barriers. One of the guidelines issued was the design, development and implementation of a Distance Learning Plan in each of the Portuguese schools. Thus, based on the case study methodology, we intend to demonstrate the process of designing and implementing a distance education plan in a school in Portugal. The plan was categorized into three main areas - technology, pedagogy, and content - and arise from the theoretical model Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK). This plan was developed based on the consultation of all educational agents in that school, but, in a special way, of the students and teachers who were the protagonists in the educational process. Participant observation, recorded in the researcher's diary, was also another instrument used that contributed to the design of the distance education plan. The results of the study suggest that the plan designed, despite the improvements that it naturally had to have during its implementation, was adequate for the realization of the process of teaching and learning at a distance in times of pandemic.
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Evelina, Lidya Wati, and Mia Angeline. "Upaya Mengatasi Golput pada Pemilu 2014." Humaniora 6, no. 1 (January 30, 2015): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v6i1.3302.
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Data from General Election Commission (KPU) said the 2009 election abstentions level is still relatively high , ie 49,212,161 non voters (29.1%) of the 176,411,434 voters. The low political participation of Indonesian society is caused by many cases convoluting political parties, the lack of potential figure of political parties, and the decline of the party's image. Research aims to find the 2014 election socialization efforts of the General Election Commission to reduce the level of abstentions and how the media shape public opinion to reduce the abstentees. Research used qualitative method with data collection through interview and literature. Data were analyzed with data reduction and triangulation. The study found the socialization media used for 2014 election were national and regional media socializing to various schools and universities in Indonesia. KPU also recruited agents of socialization in 2014, put up posters and banners, did activities along with agents of socialization, and increased the number of polling stations (TPS). KPU disseminated the information to the mass media to be publicized. The goal is to involve the community and to contribute to the success of the election. Electronic mass media need to make a program that helps the socialization of the election, for example having an open debate of all parties participating in the election in a special slot provided by the government then they explain the program and their pro-people commitments. As conclusions, the commission and the media have not been systematically designing programs that can persuade public to participate in the election of 2014. Research recommends the media to make a program that is interactive and engaging based on local tastes and culture to provide a common understanding about the 2014 election.
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Фисенко, Андрей Петрович, Владислав Ремирович Кучма, Наталья Юрьевна Кучма, Елена Вячеславовна Нарышкина, and С. Б. B. Соколова. "Strategy and practice of the forming a healthy lifestyle for children in the Russian Federation." Russian Pediatric Journal 23, no. 2 (May 8, 2020): 76–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.18821/1560-9561-2020-23-2-76-84.
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Introduction. The State strategy for the development of a healthy lifestyle of the population defines the goals, objectives and principles of public health policy, but needs to specified in relation to children. Materials and methods. There was an expert and analytical study. Materials of the analysis included Strategy of development of healthy lifestyle for the population by the Ministry of health of Russia and practices of the design of healthy lifestyle intervention for children. Results. The strategy for the formation of healthy lifestyle of the population, prevention, and control of non-communicable diseases for the period up to 2025 include the need to develop and implement measures aimed at the formation of a healthy lifestyle in children and young people; improving the effectiveness of teaching the basics of healthy lifestyle and prevention of non-communicable diseases in the school curriculum; developing and implementing a set of measures to prevent suicide among minors; improving the system of children’s nutrition in educational institutions, conducting applied and fundamental research in the field of public health. The development of children’s healthy lifestyle must be carried out in the course of their education. The introducing students to the problem of the care for their health includes a process of socialization and education, during which the child must receive the knowledge about the process of the development of their body, an interaction with social factors, acquirement skills of caring for their own health and its protection, and being to form an attitude to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The development of a healthy, physically active lifestyle should begin on the basis of the example set by parents. The formation of a healthy lifestyle of children advanced by the activities of educational institutions included in the Russian network of schools that promote health. Health-promoting school technologies are to be extended to all educational institutions. Presented indices can be used to assess the results of the Strategy and plans for its implementation in the field of the formation of healthy lifestyle. The indices allow choosing the specific programs and projects for the region, municipality, educational organization. Conclusion. The development of a healthy lifestyle of the population should be carried out from childhood based on a special plan taking into account the growth and development patterns of children, their behavior in relation to their own health, and places of residence, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
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Mårtensson, Ulrika, and Mark Sedgwick. "Preface." Tidsskrift for Islamforskning 8, no. 1 (February 23, 2014): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/tifo.v8i1.25321.
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This special issue is the outcome of a generous invitation by the Center for Islamic Studies of Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, to arrange a seminar on Nordic Islam at Youngstown State and to publish the proceedings in the Center’s journal, Studies in Contemporary Islam. To make the proceedings available to Nordic audiences, the proceedings are also being published in the Tidsskrift for Islamforskning. The seminar was held on 25–26 October 2010, and was highly rewarding. The contributors are grateful for the hospitality they received during their stay in Youngstown. They are also grateful to Professor Rhys Williams, Director of the McNamara Center for the Social Study of Religion at Loyola University Chicago, for contributing to the seminar and the special issue. Rhys Williams’ perspective is that of an experienced researcher of religion in the USA, and represents the logical opposite of the Nordic state model and its way of organizing welfare, civil society, and religion. Dr. Williams’ perspective helps to highlight the specifics of the Nordic context. Last but not least, the contributors wish to thank the editors of the Tidsskrift for Islamforskning.The fact that this special issue about Islamic institutions and values in the context of the Nordic welfare state is intended for both American and Nordic readers has inspired the framework that introduces the issue. The first three contributions constitute one group, as they each deal with the significance that the two different welfare and civil society models represented by the Nordic countries and the USA may have for the institutionalization of Islam and Muslims’ public presence and values. First, Ulrika Mårtensson provides a historical survey of the Nordic welfare state and its developments, including debates about the impact of neoliberal models and (de)secularization. This survey is followed by Rhys Williams’ contribution on US civil society and its implications for American Muslims, identifying the significant differences between the US and the Nordic welfare and civil society models. The third contribution, by Tuomas Martikainen, is a critical response to two US researchers who unfavorably contrast European ‘religion-hostile’ management of religion and Islam with US ‘religion-friendly’ approaches. Martikainen , with reference to Finland, that globalized neoliberal ‘new public management’ and ‘governance’ models have transformed Finland into a ‘postsecular society’ that is much more accommodating of religion and Islam than the US researchers claim.The last seven contributions are all concerned with the ‘public’ dimensions of Nordic Islam and with relations between public and Islamic institutions and values. In the Danish context, Mustafa Hussain presents a quantitative study of relations between Muslim and non-Muslim residents in Nørrebro, a part of Copenhagen, the capital, which is often portrayed in the media as segregated and inhabited by ‘not well integrated’ Muslims. Hussain demonstrates that, contrary to media images, Nørrebro’s Muslim inhabitants feel that strong ties bind them to their neighborhood and to non-Muslims, and they trust the municipality and the public institutions, with one important exception, that of the public schools.From the horizon of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, Oddbjørn Leirvik explores public discourses on Islam and values with reference to national and Muslim identity and interreligious dialogue; Leirvik has personal experience of the latter since its start in 1993. From the Norwegian city of Trondheim, Eli-Anne Vongraven Eriksen and Ulrika Mårtensson chart the evolution of a pan-Islamic organization Muslim Society Trondheim (MST) from a prayer room for university students to the city’s main jami‘ mosque and Muslim public representative. The analytical focus is on dialogue as an instrument of civic integration, applied to the MST’s interactions with the church and the city’s public institutions. A contrasting case is explored in Ulrika Mårtensson’s study of a Norwegian Salafi organization, whose insistence on scriptural commands and gender segregation prevents its members from fully participating in civic organizational activities, which raises questions about value-driven conditions for democratic participation.In the Swedish context, Johan Cato and Jonas Otterbeck explore circumstances determining Muslims’ political participation through associations and political parties. They show that when Muslims make public claims related to their religion, they are accused of being ‘Islamists’, i.e., mixing religion and politics, which in the Swedish public sphere is a strong discrediting charge that limits the Muslims’ sphere of political action in an undemocratic manner. Next, Anne Sofie Roald discusses multiculturalism’s implications for women in Sweden, focusing on the role of ‘Swedish values’ in Muslims’ public deliberations about the Shari‘a and including the evolution of Muslims’ values from first- to second-generation immigrants. Addressing the question of how Swedish Islamic schools teach ‘national values’ as required by the national curriculum, Jenny Berglund provides an analysis of the value-contents of Islamic religious education based on observation of teaching practices. In the last article, Göran Larsson describes the Swedish state investigation (2009) of the need for a national training program for imams requested by the government as well as by some Muslims. The investigation concluded that there was no need for the state to put such programs in place, and that Muslims must look to the experiences of free churches and other religious communities and find their own ways to educate imams for service in Sweden.
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Nataliia, Sun. "The genesis of Taiwanese piano art: historical and cultural context." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 63, no. 63 (January 23, 2023): 52–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-63.03.
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Introduction. The article examines the origins of Taiwanese piano art, its evolution, the influence of national and numerous non-national musical traditions. Until today, no special study devoted to the general panorama of these important processes has been created. The general picture of the formation and development of Taiwanese musical culture in the context of the political, economic and social situation is considered. The purpose of the article is to highlight the origins of Taiwanese piano art, which influenced its evolution, the process of introducing national and numerous non-national elements at the main stages of its formation and development. With the help of analytical, historical, comparative, interdisciplinary methods of research, a number of tasks are solved: the role of Western Christian missionaries in the development of musical education and piano art on the island is determined, the reasons why the Western classical music was accepted by the local society, the questions about the founders of the system of Western of classical music education, the programs and forms of learning in the first music schools in Taiwan, the names of the first Taiwanese composers-pianists are clarified; а periodization of the development of piano art in Taiwan is proposed. Results. The most important historical stages of the formation and development of Taiwanese piano art can be considered: – the period of its creation from the end of the 16th century to 1894; – the period of Japanese colonial rule from 1895 to 1945; – the period of development of national self-awareness, 1946–1986; – the period of reunification with mainland China from 1987. The proposed periodization makes it possible to reveal the entire historical and cultural context of the existence of piano art in Taiwan, to project its genetic settings for further stages of its development. Its basis was national folklore, but since the middle of the 16th century, the island was visited by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Canadian colonists, and the first contacts of Western music with the indigenous population of Taiwan were made thanks to the activities of Western missionaries and were subordinated mainly to religious purposes. The stage of Japanese colonial rule was important for the development of piano art on the island. Due to the influence of Japan, Taiwanese musicians had further opportunities to join the system of Western classical music education, as the Japanese government was helping Taiwanese youth to obtain it. After 1920, Western classical music becomes popular in Taiwan; the formation of composer creativity in the field of piano music also takes place – the activities of such Taiwanese composers and pianists as Chiang Wen-Yeh, Chen Sizhi, Kuo Chih-Yuan, Kao Tzu-Mei and others. In the years 1946–1986, we observe the further development of performing and teaching activities at the island, a bright burst of creativity by such composers as Chang-Hui Hsu, Hsiao Tyzen, Shui-Long Ma and others. After 1987, active musical contacts between China and Taiwan contribute to the further progress of the island’s piano art. The piano works of Taiwanese composers Shih-Hui Chen, Fan-Ling Su, Chien-Yu Huang and others are widely popularized. In recent decades, the performing activities of Taiwanese pianists, represented in the international space by the names of Chien-Yu Huang, Yi Chih Lu, Chiu Tze Lin and many others, have become very active. Today, the piano art of Taiwan is the most important part of not only Chinese, but also world music culture. Conclusions. The study of the origins of the piano art of Taiwan, the periods of its development, ways of refracting different musical traditions will help to understand both the historical-theoretical and aesthetic-pedagogical and artistic significance of this phenomenon in musical art. The most important events in the social and cultural life of Taiwan, since the end of the 16th century, indirectly affected the development of national piano art, which underwent qualitative changes connected with the emergence of new musical forms and means of expression, the methods of using the national and Western compositional techniques. The prospect of further study of the topic consists in a more detailed study of the modern stage of developing piano art in Taiwan and clarifying the influence of its extensive genetic roots on the compositional and performing creativity of representatives of Taiwanese musical culture.
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Adatuu, R., and G. Gyader. "THE SUPPORT OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE BUILSA NORTH DISTRICT OF GHANA." UDS International Journal of Development 8, no. 1 (November 8, 2021): 573–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.47740/570.udsijd6i.
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This study explored the role NGOs’ play in educating children with disabilities in the Builsa North District of Ghana. A cross-sectional survey approach was applied in the study. The sample size was 150 respondents (75 male and 75 female) for the questionnaire. A mixed method approach involving questionnaires, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were the main instruments used for data collection. The data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The questionnaire was answered by 150 respondents, 72 respondents answered the focus group questions while eight (8) respondents answered the key informant interview questions. The schools, parents/guardians of children with disabilities, foster homes and NGOs that support the education of children with disabilities were visited for the questionnaire administration. The study realized children with disabilities face discrimination and marginalization in accessing education in the district. Thus, some NGOs support the education of children with disabilities by recruiting and sending them to school as well as providing teaching and learning materials, feeding the disabled children, capacity building as well as caring and showing love for the disabled children. The challenges militating against children with disabilities in their bid to access education were: lack of special educational infrastructure; stigmatization by school mates, teachers and parents; and their inability to move from home to school and back. The study concludes that children with disabilities have the desire to be educated. The study recommends the provision of a disabled children school in the district. Government should formulate legislations against stigmatization and discrimination of disabled children.
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Massae, Raphael Julius, Victorin Salema, and Emmanuel Kileo. "Approaches Taken to Ensure Intellectually Impaired Pupils Receive Basic Primary Education at Patandi Primary School Meru District, Arusha Tanzania." British Journal of Education 10, no. 14 (October 15, 2022): 80–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.37745/bje.2013/vol10n148093.
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The study focused on formative evaluation on Approaches Taken to Ensure Intellectually Impaired Pupils Receive Basic Primary Education at Patandi Primary School Meru District, Arusha Tanzania. This study was guided one evaluation question. This study employed case study design under qualitative research approach where non-Probability sampling techniques were employed. The evaluation study seeks to evaluate the approaches taken to ensure that intellectually impaired pupils receive basic primary education at Patandi primary school. The respondents of this question are the District Education Officer, the ward education officer, the project coordinator and teachers who teach the intellectual impaired pupils at Patandi Primary School. The instruments of collecting data included, Interview guide for teachers, Interview guide to the project coordinator, Interview guide for the District Education Officer (DEO), Interview guide for ward educational officer and observation guide for pupils. Document analysis guide was used to obtain more information about the school. The data was collected and coded, organized, analysed under qualitative approach, then the relevant information was extracted, interpreted and discussed. The evaluator provided the instruments to two lecturers of Mwenge Catholic University who are experts of evaluation from education field to check the extent to which the instruments reflect the evaluation questions and the problem ad their recommendations were considered. The evaluator employed triangulation method for all evaluation instruments to ensure consistence of the information provided by the respondents by making comparison of the information that will be provided. Piloting of instruments carried out in one primary school which offers special education for intellectually impaired pupils in Moshi Municipality. The respondents of the theme under question one are; District education officer, ward education officer, project coordinator and the all 4 teachers who teaches pupils with intellectual impairment. The approaches including announcements and assessment of a child individually and registering a child as a pupil of Patandi Special Education primary school in stage one, stage two or Autism. The conclusion of this study showed that the youngsters with mental disabilities should be enrolled to school to acquire education on basic knowledge that could help them in their daily life. The recommendations showed that Parents/Guardians should be educated on Intellectual impairments that is not caused by superstitions but it is health/intellectual problem of a child. The government should increase number of Special Needs Educational Teachers and motivate them.
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Ali, Faizan, and Seden Dogan. "Editorial: academic peer reviewers – The good, bad, and the ugly." Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism 1, no. 2 (August 2022): 182–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2771-5957.1.2.1015.
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My academic research journey started a decade ago as a Ph.D. student at the Azman Hashim International School, University Technology Malaysia. Since then, I have authored over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, books, and book chapters. In addition to guest editing several special issues for academic journals, I also had an opportunity to serve as the Director of Research for numerous professional organizations. Furthermore, I have served in senior editorial positions for numerous well-established hospitality and services management journals for the last three years. All these roles involve sending out invitations to review the manuscripts. The usual scenario is where some invitees accept to review, and others decline. However, what stands out is that many invitees do not respond to the invitation or send a review comprising three to four sentences. Conferences and special issues usually are tight on time schedules because of deadlines. Journals also need to publish timely research. Most of it is possible with a quality review provided on time. Hospitality and tourism management is a relatively smaller discipline, and it is difficult for many editors/conference chairs to manage reviewers for an increasing number of submissions. Consequently, at times, many scholars receive dozens of review invitations every month with shrinking deadlines to get the job done. Including myself, I know of numerous scholars who review over hundred articles every year. The question, however, is if this is fair to be putting a burden of reviewing on a relatively smaller number of people. Recently a discussion on TRINET MAILSERV attracted some of the prominent scholars in our discipline with exciting viewpoints. An interesting question was raised in the discussion - "How many papers should an active researcher review every year?" To answer the question, while some mentioned a numeric number, others responded with an emphasis on the quality of reviews instead of the quantity. I stand for both of these arguments. I think an active researcher should publish a certain number of papers every year and try to beat that number the following year without compromising the quality of the feedback. I also think that reviewing for a journal should be incentivized. Monetary incentives can be lucrative but not practical. Some journals have started including quality and reliable reviewers on their editorial boards. It is a great practice that can benefit early-career researchers but is not being practiced by all journals. Another incentive can be pushing for the recognition of reviewing process. Recently, there has been an increase in journal editors working with Publons to provide recognition to reviewers. Another reason why many junior faculty members do not want to review academic journals is the simple cost-benefit equation. Providing quality reviews for several papers every year takes considerable time. However, reviewing is often given little weightage in an already minimum share of service for tenure-track faculty members towards their tenure and promotion. Since most of the editors in the hospitality and tourism discipline are senior faculty members, there is an increasing need for them to push for having some weightage to 'reviewing' in the tenure and promotion guidelines within their colleges/schools/departments. It is important because I know a few younger faculty members who love to review papers and provide feedback but cannot do it because it is not considered a performance metric. Lastly, just like anything else, reviewers also need to be developed. Many institutes and conferences hold panel discussions and workshops on research methodology or publishing papers. It is good for the benefit of the authors. However, there are no workshops provided to train reviewers. Recently, I moderated an online webinar, "Academic Peer Review: Benefits and Challenges." Panelists included Dr. Ulrike Gretzel, Dr. Stanislav Ivanov, Dr. Metin Kozak, and Dr. Marissa Orlowski. Here is a link for all of you to watch the webinar and forward it to your students or colleagues. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJ66YyeEdk). The webinar generated a huge interest from around the world, further strengthening my viewpoint about the need for such activities. In the peer review process, reviewers act as the gatekeepers, which signifies their importance in advancing knowledge. However, most of the reviewers are self-taught or mentored in-house by their advisors. It is time for journal editors and conferences to step up and think about holding workshops to train the reviewers on how to review. It can be done at a major conference such as the Annual ICHRIE Conference or the Graduate Conference with a larger graduate student population to cultivate the next crop of reviewers. It can be a valuable step not only to deal with the shortage of reviewers but also to ensure quality reviews. Overview of This Issue This is the second issue of the Journal of Global Hospitality and Tourism. This issue features five exciting research papers and two viewpoints. The first paper written by Noradiva Hamzah, Norlida Hanım Mohd Salleh, Izuli Dzulkifli, and Tengku Kasmini Tengku Wook, sheds light on intellectual capital from the Islamic Value dimension to Muslim-friendly Medical Tourism. Using a case study approach, this study gives some directions for the hospital's management in developing and managing its intellectual capital and Islamic values. This study also explains how they can better leverage their intellectual capital and create added value to respond successfully to the increasingly competitive environment. It is pioneering research that develops a theoretical model to incorporate Intellectual Capital dimensions and Islamic Values in Muslim-friendly Medical Tourism. The second paper is written by Shaniel Bernard, Imran Rahman, Sijun Liu, and Luana Nanu. It examines the effect of reliance on different sources of information on the credibility of COVID-19 information (BCI). In addition, the effect of BCI on fearfulness and the corresponding fear on intention to use accommodation services and stay at home are analyzed. The authors collected data from 1,017 American consumers and analyzed them using a structural equation model. The results confirm the significant effects of trust in media and government on BCI and the corresponding positive effect of BCI on the scarecrow. However, the adverse effects of fear on intentions to visit hotels and restaurants (general and Chinese) and the positive effects of fear on intentions to stay at home and use third-party meal delivery services are confirmed. Rami K. Isaac conducts the third study from the Breda University of Applied Sciences. This research aims to understand better the impact of terrorism on risk perceptions and attitudes of Dutch travel behavior towards Egypt. The researcher obtained data from 414 respondents, and findings show that (potential) Dutch tourists are less likely to take risks when traveling with children. For example, people who often travel with children avoid traveling to countries in the MENA region due to terrorism-related unrest. Furthermore, it was determined that more than half of the sample size did not consider traveling to Egypt due to the current travel advice of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The fourth paper is written by Michael Vieregge from the University of Western Colorado. Although the demand for rural destinations has increased after the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of studies on this topic is scarce. This study contributes to the field by focusing on local gastronomy in rural communities. The archival research study focuses on 549 Cittaslow and non-Cittaslow towns and cities in 19 European countries. According to the research findings, rural towns offer more local gastronomy than cities, and towns with Cittaslow certification are more common than non-Cittaslow ones. The research suggests rural towns should focus on expanding their local gastronomy, and Cittaslow recommends expanding cities even further. The last article is authored by Cecily Martinez, Amy Bardwell, Julie Schumacher, and Jennifer Barnes. This study is based on implementing six nutrient claims evaluated by a group of registered dietitians. The snack items were conveniently placed near the cash register to "nudge" purchases, and sales of snacks before and after the claims implementation were examined. The authors applied paired-sample t-tests and indicated that after nutrient claims were implemented, sales of snacks increased in both groups. Results indicate that nutrient claims that had a significant impact on sales differed between the two groups. In addition to these five research papers, this second issue of JGHT also has two viewpoints. The first is an academic viewpoint, written by Prof. Stanislav Ivanov from Varna University of Management. He suggests academic research accepts and pays more attention to the economics of technologies in travel, tourism, and hospitality. According to Ivanov, travel, tourism, and hospitality (TTH) are intrinsically connected to technology. At the same time, tourists book their flights and accommodation through technology, reach their destination with the help of technology, explore the destination with technology, and share their experiences online with technology. Economic principles, like any other business, run them. Economic factors also drive their decisions to invest in technology. That is why academic research needs to acknowledge and pay more attention to the economics of technologies in travel, tourism, and hospitality. This academic viewpoint also outlines several directions for future research in the field. The second viewpoint is industry-focused and is authored by Mr. Murat Toktaş. He is the founder/president of KATID (Black Sea Tourist Operators Association), the founder/president of SKAL Karadeniz, and the founder/vice-president of TUROYD (Tourism Hotel Managers Association) and a member of the Board of Directors of TUROFED (Turkish Hoteliers Federation). In his viewpoint, he explains how destination management organizations (DMOs) work with local governments in Turkey. He suggested a successful destination marketing strategy for the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA). Collaboration between local and DMOs is essential for destinations to be adequately promoted and become a successful brands. Marketing is effective when a destination's artistic and cultural features are correctly promoted, as in the case of TGA. This viewpoint also concludes with several future research directions.
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"Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools Under Local Government Jurisdiction: A Study of South Kalimantan Province in Indonesia." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 10, no. 4 (July 1, 2019): 20–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjss-2019-0049.
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Abstract This paper examines the practice of inclusive education in schools under the jurisdiction of South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. According to law, the education system must be inclusive; therefore, schools are required to acknowledge all groups of kids, incorporating those with special educational needs (SEN). This study highlights the state of inclusive education in schools, which includes the implementation of its policies by school administrators, proper management by teachers, and the community’s perception. Primary data were obtained from surveys and interviews with 100 school administrators, 500 teachers, 45 parents of SEN students, and numerous stakeholders. The study shows that local government policies have resulted in the development of inclusive education in schools located in South Kalimantan. It also indicates that, most school leaders and parents of non-SEN students support its utilization in classrooms, and are willing to work with SEN students. In practice, the implementation of inclusive education varies from one school to another depending on the perceptions of administrators and the will of teachers.
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Ribeiro, Melise Maia. "HOME CLASS: EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVE IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BASIC EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS, BRAZIL." PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, July 15, 2021, 113–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.36106/paripex/0710913.
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The objective of this research is to know new decisions about the teaching and learning process in the context of the pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. The pandemic suspended classroom classes at more than 200 schools, causing the reorganization of pedagogical practices in distance education. The result was the applicability of the Special Regime of Non-Attendance Classes adopted by the Government of Amazonas (Aula em Casa Project). It is concluded that new directions can be taken from formal education in view of this new reality.
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Nirmal Vaghela, Ravi Asari, Rechal Parmar, Reena Patel, Rinilata Gavnda, Shirley Macwan, Shivangi Mecwan, Smita Khristi, Sujata Vasava, and Arpita Vaidya. "“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS REGARDING ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPER ACTIVITY DISORDER IN SELECTED GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL OF NADIAD CITY”." Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, November 17, 2022, 1429–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.47750/pnr.2022.13.s09.174.
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Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) has been described by the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 1994) as age-inappropriate inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder comprise a heterogeneous population with considerable variation across children to the extent in which they demonstrate all symptoms. Attention deficit hyperactive disorder is currently understood largely through a medical perspective, and in that context, the treatment recommended is stimulant medication. Supporting research has found that attention deficit hyperactive disorder is one of the most widely diagnosed disorders of childhood. With this in mind, educators have the responsibility to help each student to be successful in schoolAims: To know the knowledge level of primary school teachers about (ADHD), To find is there a relationship between the knowledge levels of primary school teachers about ADHD and their socio-demographic characteristics, To find there a relationship between the knowledge level of primary school teachers and their experiences about (ADHD).Objective:1. To assess the knowledge of government primary school teachers on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in selected government primary school of Nadiad city.2. To find out the association between selected demographic variables and knowledge on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder associated between government primary school teachers in selected government primary school of Nadiad city.Methodology: Research design and setting non experimental cross sectional research design was used Setting is the physical location and condition in which data collection takes palace in a study. The study was conducted in the selected government primary schools in Nadiad city.
Prior to data collection written setting permission obtain from District Educational Officer Kheda district and principals of varies selected government primary school at Nadiad city. The sample size considered of 50 teachers in selected government primary schools in Nadiad city.The tool consists of followingSection A:The demographic variable in that age, gender, diet, monthly family income, educational status, teaching experience, experience in special school ,experience certificate of teaching awareness or information regarding the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of selected government primary school teachers of Nadiad city..Section B: The structure knowledge questionnaire was used in this study.Statistical Analysis used Inferential and Descriptive statistics applied where, data were analyzed by using SPSS software, and Frequency, percentage, tables etc. were used to represent the statistical data in the tables and graph and figure. Chi-square test was used to assess the significant association between the demographic and level of knowledge of government primary school teachers regarding attention deficit hyper activity disorder in selected government primary school of Nadiad city.Result: Age group 24(48%) were came from 40-49 years. According to the gender the female 37(74%). The eating pattern shows that 29(58%) are vegetarian. Monthly family income in rupees is 23(46%) had Rs.50,000-1,00,000. Educational status of the research group explore that 31(62%) had done PTC. Teaching experience shows that 19(38%) are from 21-30 years. As per the experience in special school in which 32(64%) has no any special school experience. An experience of teaching in which 34(68%) has no any certificate of teaching experience.Conclusion: The current study aim to assess the knowledge regarding attention deficit hyper activity disorder among government primary school teachers. There were total 50 government primary school teachers has been selected for the study at selected government primary school Nadiad city. To assess the knowledge regarding attention deficit hyper activity disorder researcher has prepared 25 knowledge questionnaires. The study results shows that (4%) school teachers had good knowledge regarding attention deficit hyper activity disorder, majority of school teachers (80%) had average knowledge and only (16%) had poor knowledge. There is no significant association found between knowledge and selected demographic variables of government primary school teachers. Similar study can be conduct among more samples.
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Meade, Anne. "Contestability in the Special Education and Early Childhood Sectors: A Mechanism for Countering Equity." New Zealand Annual Review of Education, no. 2 (October 25, 1992). http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/nzaroe.v0i2.852.
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The reforms in education in New Zealand in the late 1980s were characterised by their concentration on the administrative system whereas other countries had curriculum and assessment changes as well. I want to explore an administrative measure in this paper – a measure called “contestability”. Contestability refers to the principle of “alternative provision”. Alternative provisions are being promoted by Market Liberals to give consumers a choice, which they see as highly desirable. The Treasury, in its 1987 Brief to the Incoming Government, stirred up a debate on “voluntary choice versus state direction” (1987, p. 17). The debate has been active ever since. The 1989 policy statements – by and large – restricted the introduction of contestability to non-educational operations, (such as the supply of stationery to schools), although they indicated that alternative educational provisions would be approved in future years. When the National Party was elected to government in late 1990, it soon became apparent that it would translate Market Liberal philosophy into policies. An “Economic and Social Initiative Statement” was released within weeks, and it clearly indicated a Market Liberal agenda. Choice versus state intervention was a dominating concept, and the debate fostered by The Treasury in 1987 was alive again. I believe this debate is on-going mostly because the Treasury and the State Services Commission are persistent. The Treasury argues for less state intervention in education because governments curtail people’s “sphere of responsibility” and weaken their “self-steering ability ... to reach optimal solutions through the mass of individual actions pursuing free choice” (Treasury, 1987). A second assumption of Market Liberals is that organisations, including non-commercial educational organisations, maintain efficiency when there is exposure to potential or actual competitors. By 1992, the Government had become pro-active in actioning the principle of contestability for educational services; that is, it was actively encouraging alternative providers to compete where the Welfare State used to be the sole provider of such services. In 1992 there were two significant structures in which the contestable provision of educational services was being introduced. These were the Crown agencies which provide support services to teachers, managers and parents: the Special Education Service, providing specialist support and interventions for children with special educational needs, and the Early Childhood Development Unit which is associated with early childhood care and education...