Poverty is perceived as something unending in most poor and developing countries and it still occurs in areas including which have become tourist attraction centres. Tourism is an economic sector that is increasingly growing in importance to most poor and developing countries especially in rural areas and in the interior. Tourism activities have the ability to stimulate regional development rapidly which in turn benefits the locals. However, there is also a situation whereby its development is not equally beneficial to the government, investors and locals despite the rapidly developing tourism activities in that area. Pro Poor Tourism (PPT) is a mechanism that is able to benefit the poor at tourism centres; several strategies and approaches were identified as capable of increasing the cooperative bonding between the government, private sectors and local population as well as providing benefits to all three parties without ignoring the locals in the area. This study aims to present the .....

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The main purpose of this study was to understand the nature of learning for school managers in government schools as they learn and make decisions at different stages of the socialization stages from accession to retirement. A phenomenological approach was utilized and participants were selected from excellent and successful school managers through elite sampling. The data collection methods employed to achieve the purpose of the study were mainly in-depth interviews with the participants. The thematic findings which emerged from this data included four socialization stages namely: (1) Entry into Headship; (2) Identity Formation; (3) Making a Difference; and (4) Reformulation of Personal Values. The study concluded that the findings of this study provided a helpful guide for understanding school managers’ learning in the socialization process towards achieving better leadership and decision making. Implications for relevant training and appropriate support for leadership preparation .....

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The purpose of this study was to determine the variants of phonology sounds /θ/, /ð/, /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ among different races which are Malays, Chinese, Indians and other races such as Kayan, Melanau and Dusun. In Malaysia, the English language is the second official language and there are varieties on how people of different ethnicity pronounce certain words in their speech.This study was mainly based on the investigation on the pronunciation of words which had those sounds of 32 participants from Sultan Idris Education University. The first language of these participants varied as we have selected eight participants from each category of races. This study was conducted by adapting the variability model developed by William Labov (1970). The findings indicate that the majority of the participants had varieties in the pronunciation of /θ/ and /ð/ sounds. However, for /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ sounds, almost all of the participants managed to pronounce it correctly. The researchers found that eac.....

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Air tirisan atau lebih dikenali sebagai air bukit terhasil apabila sesuatu bentuk muka bumi diteroka atau dipotong untuk tujuan pembangunan khususnya untuk pembinaan jalan raya atau lebuh raya baharu. Air tirisan ini mengalir dari celah rekahan batuan dan dianggap sebagai air semula jadi yang mengalir dari dalam tanah. Menjadi satu trend pada masa kini, orang awam mengambil air ini untuk tujuan minuman di samping keperluan lain. Air tersebut diminum terus tanpa dirawat terlebih dahulu. Artikel ini menganalisis tahap kualiti air tirisan di dua buah lokasi iaitu Ulu Yam dan Kuala Kubu Bharu yang terletak dalam daerah Hulu Selangor. Sampel kualiti air di lokasi ini telah diambil sebanyak tiga kali dan dianalisis secara insitu serta dalam makmal. Data kualiti tirisan ini dibandingkan dengan Piawai Interim Kualiti Air Kebangsaan (INQWS), Jabatan Alam Sekitar dan Standard Kebangsaan Kualiti Air Minuman (NSDWQ), Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia memandangkan majoriti orang awam mengambil air ini.....

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This paper proposed the model of the development of knowledge entrepreneur that can be used for the entrepreneurship development program in Malaysian organizational context. The entrepreneurship concept is based on a multi dimensional approach, which integrates personality trait, business skill, business processes and business environmental. The knowledge entrepreneur is an extension of the entrepreneurship concept. Knowledge entrepreneur begins in the recognition of the potential value of knowledge, a likely result organisational, and ends in the implementation of an innovation aimed at the realization of that added value. Knowledge entrepreneur describes the entrepreneur ability to respond to learning, to capitalize on an opportunity, and protect against a threat by adopting an innovation. In summary, a knowledge entrepreneur is a combination of people, know-how and technology which can be brought together and beneficially manages and understand how to establish, launch and manage a .....

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Zakat is the fourth pillar of Islam and mandatory to be conducted by every Muslim with the compliance of syara’ prescription. Among the types of zakat that closely related to every Muslim is Zakat Fitrah. The law of zakat fitrah is mandatory and has its own specific duration of payment. Thus, this article intends to analyze the extend of payment made by the Muslim society using the formal channel through Zakat Centre. Based on the amount of zakat fitrah collection, the rate of zakat fitrah and the number of Muslim in Malaysia, the finding of the study indicates that the amount of zakat fitrah is increasing each year. However, the result also finds that the payment of zakat through informal channel or direct distribution to receivers is also increasing. Therefore, direct distribution must be controlled to ensure the government objective in establishing the zakat centre is efficiently achieved due to the fact that centralized distribution will ensure fairness and justice...

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Komponen asas guru j-QAF yang berkesan memerlukan kepada kemahiran dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran, penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan, motivasi diri dan personaliti yang positif. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti tahap kesediaan guru dalam menjalankan Model Tasmik di sekolah kebangsaan. Sampel kajian ini terdiri daripada 422 orang guru j-QAF. Dapatan kajian ini diperoleh menggunakan kaedah tinjauan (survey) yang menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen. Sebanyak 22 item telah diuji dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan 19 item berada pada tahap tinggi dengan min antara (4.01 hingga 5.00), manakala 2 item berada pada tahap sederhana tinggi (min=3.01-4.00). Dapatan keseluruhan menunjukkan bahawa tahap kesediaan guru berada pada tahap yang tinggi iaitu (min=4.27, sp.=0.392). Diharapkan kajian ini mampu menjadi panduan dalam memperbaiki dan memantapkan lagi perlaksanaan pengajaran guru j-QAF yang telah sedia ada dan menyelesaikan perm.....

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This study aimed at testing the validity of the measurement model Teacher Leadership Practices. The measurement tools of the validity and reliability of the Teacher Leadership Practice consists of 53 items with seven domains i) Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, ii) Leadership attributes and skills, iii) Developing the organization through management and administration, iv) Fostering a collaborative culture to support educator development and student learning, v) Practicing professional learning for continuous improvement, vi) Enhancing collaboration with various stakeholders, vii) Making exemplary contribution towards becoming referral leader. The study involved 150 primary and secondary school teachers from several schools in the state of Perak and Selangor in Malaysia. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique was utilized to perform the required statistical analysis of the survey data. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysi.....

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Pembiayaan pajak gadai konvensional telah wujud sejak abad ke-19 lagi. Namun, praktis pemberian pinjaman daripada pajak gadai konvensional sering dikaitkan dengan penyelewengan dan mempunyai unsur eksploitasi terhadap peminjam. Sebagai alternatif, pajak gadai Islam yang pertama telah diwujudkan pada tahun 1992 iaitu Muassasah Gadaian Islam Terengganu dengan inisiatif oleh Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Terengganu (MAIDAM). Sehingga tahun 2013, terdapat 464 buah cawangan daripada 10 institusi yang menawarkan pembiayaan pajak gadai Islam berbanding pajak gadai konvensional yang berlesen iaitu 259 buah. Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menganalisis persepsi tiga perintis utama pemegang pajak gadai Islam di Malaysia iaitu MAIDAM, YaPEIM dan Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia berkaitan aspek kemapanan dan daya saing produk, isu pembiayaan berfokuskan penggunaan dan kesedaran masyarakat terhadap kewujudan pajak gadai Islam. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif yang melibatkan temu bual sep.....

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Matlamat utama kajian ialah meninjau teknik pembelajaran tahfiz al-Quran di institusi-institusi tahfiz di Malaysia. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti teknik yang digunakan oleh pelajar dalam pembelajaran tahfiz, perbezaan latarbelakang pelajar dan amalan teknik pembelajaran tahfiz. Kajian ini juga mengenal pasti adakah terdapat hubungan antara teknik pembelajaran tahfiz dengan pencapaian pelajar. Kajian ini melibatkan 212 pelajar dari seluruh institusi tahfiz yang mengambil Diploma Tahfiz Darul Quran di Malaysia. Instrumen soal selidik digunakan dalam kajian ini telah dibina sendiri oleh penyelidik dan disahkan kandungannya oleh panel rujukan pakar. Tahap nilai kebolehpercayaan Alpha Cronbach bagi semua bahagian dalam soal selidik adalah tinggi (>0.9). Data kajian dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan min, sisihan piawai dan peratus. Manakala untuk mendapatkan perbezaan dan hubungan, data dianalisis secara inferensi menggunakan ujian-t dan korelasi Pearson. Analisis data inf.....

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