Penyelidikan ini bertajuk Perspektif Feminisme dalam Karya Tari Terpilih Ciptaan Ni Putu Ari Handayani yang dikaji menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan pendekatan kajian kes. Kaedah analisis kualitatif sebagi proses inkuiri untuk memahami masalah sosial berdasarkan isu-isu perempuan. Manakala kajian kes deskripsi dan penerangan yang melibatkan koreografi yang merefrsentasikan kekuatan perempuan. Kajian ini juga menggunakan teori feminis eksistensialisme oleh Simone De Beauvoir (2019) dan teori simbol Susanne K. Langer (2006). Kajian ini membincangkan masalah gender wanita Sasak dalam penciptaan karya tari Ni Putu Ari Handayani. Sebagai koreografer wanita di Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Ni Putu melihat fenomena sosial dalam masyarakat khususnya yang berkaitan dengan wanita. Ni Putu membangkitkan topik wanita dalam karya tari beliau khususnya berkaitan peranan dan fungsi kewanitaan dalam tradisi Sasak. Fenomena wanita dalam budaya Sasak sentiasa melekat pada aspek inferiority yang dalam .....

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Murid yang terpilih mengikuti tahfiz aliran perdana di sekolah-sekolah Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) merupakan murid-murid yang dianggap mampu dan layak untuk mengikuti kedua-dua aliran iaitu akademik dan hafazan dengan baik dan seimbang. Justeru, pelbagai gaya dan strategi yang digunakan oleh murid-murid ini bagi menguasai pembelajaran. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti gaya pembelajaran murid-murid sekolah tahfiz aliran perdana di bawah Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, dan menganalisis hubungan gaya pembelajaran murid tersebut dengan penguasaan akademik dan hafazan murid berdasarkan model visual, aditori, reading & writing dan kinestetik (VARK) dan Ibn Khaldun. Reka bentuk kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif dengan soal selidik sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Seramai 495 responden dipilih dengan kaedah persampelan rawak mudah. Data kajian dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) untuk mendapatkan kekerapan, peratus, min.....

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This study aimed to explore bullying prevention and intervention among school counselors in Masafi-Fujairah schools, UAE. A descriptive design using qualitative case studies was used on several Masafi-Fujairah schools. The study participants were seven counselors in all four schools within the selected area. Interview techniques were used to collect data and analyzed through thematic analysis using NVivo-10 software. Findings show that school counselors' definitions of bullying vary according to their experience and context. Study participants said verbal bullying was the most preventable, and the counselors noted the increasing rate of cyberbullying. The study also found that some students report bullying cases to teachers, especially to counsellors. Moreover, it was found that counselors have the necessary training to handle bullying and employ educational programs, awareness campaigns, student development programs, and teacher-oriented programs. Study participants also mentioned mos.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara kepimpinan digital Guru_ Besar dengan kreativiti guru serta pembelajaran profesional guru sebagai perantara di_ sekolah rendah, Negeri Perak. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui_ kaedah tinjauan yang melibatkan seramai 377 orang guru sekolah rendah. Pemilihan_ responden_ kajian_ dijalankan_ secara_ persampelan_ kelompok_ pelbagai_ peringkat. Data_ dikumpulkan melalui soal selidik dan dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan_ statistik_ inferensi_ menggunakan_ Statistical Package_ for_ Social_ Sciences_ (SPSS)_ dan_ Analysis_ of_ Moment_ Structures_ for_ Structural_ Equation_ Modeling_ (AMOS-SEM)._ Kajian mendapati bahawa_ tahap kepimpinan_ digital Guru Besar, kreativiti_ guru, dan_ pembelajaran profesional guru berada pada tahap tinggi. Kajian mendapati kepimpinan_ digital Guru Besar mempengaruhi pembelajaran profesional guru (_=0.548, p..

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This study has mainly explored the artistic value and cultural significance of contemporary Chinese painting under the postcolonial thinking influence, then revealed the different levels and practical effects of its influence on this painting form expression. The postcolonial concepts have integrally influenced the cognitive thinking and behavioral logic of different art groups in Chinese contemporary aesthetic ecology as a whole, adapted to the current aesthetic context to profound change related creation, research and aesthetic activities, and presented postcolonial contemporary aesthetic illustration with different impact effects due to regional cultural differences and local artistic diversity. Researcher has used mixed research methods to investigate and collect data from different art groups in different cities and related art venues in China, then used different types of descriptive analysis methods to analyze the specific data feedback. On this basis, researcher has summarized .....

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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of different relatedness supportive settings on the motivation, engagement and effort of a-motivated students in secondary physical education. 147 a-motivated students from 5 schools were taught in a setting that was either high or low in support for their need of relatedness. Data were collected using a pretest and posttest design to examine a-motivated student_s level of motivation, engagement and effort. Repeated measures ANOVA_s with follow-up comparisons were utilized to analyze the data. Results indicated that students engaged in the high supportive setting significantly increased their levels of motivation, engagement and effort compared with students in the low support group. Findings from this study provide the first empirical evidence that supporting relatedness can positively influence the affective aspects of students with low motivation. Keywords Low motivation, self-determination theory, relatedness..

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This study investigated the effects of game-based practice on year three pupils_ vocabulary acquisitions in the Chinese language classroom. Two different teaching practices were adopted, i.e. a game-based practice for the experimental group and a conventional based practice for the control group. The teaching program was the same for both groups. Each group had 30 pupils which were randomly assigned. Data was collected through a vocabulary acquisition test. Statistical results revealed that there were no significant differences between the two groups on vocabulary acquisition test. However, the middle vocabulary level pupils in the experimental group made significant improvement and performed as well as the high vocabulary level pupils. When tested separately, the pupils of high, middle and low vocabulary levels in the experimental group significantly performed better than those in the control group. These positive results offer a notable incentive to language teachers to include game-.....

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The education system in Malaysia plays an important role in strengthening the relationship among multi-ethnic students. This article uses data drawn from interview session, observation and document analysis, which aim to identify strategies to strengthen relationship among multi-ethnic students in a secondary school. Through purposive sampling, two school administrators, seven teachers and twenty form four students from various ethnicities were selected. This study revealed that, there were four strategies such as nurturing national integration, encouraging interactions among multi-ethnic students, stimulating acceptance and tolerance between students and creating school environment that reflects diversity of ethnics. The present findings provide new evidence illustrating how a secondary school implemented various strategies to strengthen student relationship and a few recommendations were made. Key words Diversity, multi-ethnic students, strategies, relationship, national unity, mult.....

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Teacher competence is recognised as an important requisite to improve students_ academic performance and their experiences of schooling. Although proponents of standard-based competency have welcomed its introduction, this article argues that standard-based competency poses significant challenges for teacher educators as they set out to train new teachers to begin teaching in ways that are congruent to the standards. The Malaysian government hopes that by initiating standards by which teachers are to be appraised upon, will in turn effect changes in how they are prepared. However, less understood are the challenges it presents for the teaching institutions. This article presents various challenges (and possibilities) for teacher educators. Although the article lacks empirical base for examining these issues, it offers instead a logical analysis based on the authors_ own (and others_) experiences to illuminate the issues. Keywords Competency, teaching standards, teacher education...

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The study is aimed to identify the extent to which play activities to play while learning improve students' level of thinking and recovery recognition. This study was conducted on six special remedial (Year 2) students aged 8 years old in a primary school. Datas were collected through observation and interviews. Datas were analyzed in narrative form. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between playing and learning activities and recovery cognition. Keywords Play, rehabilitation students, learning activities, cognition enhancement..

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