Resilient economic development is supported by each and every people as a whole. To deal with disasters, we should not act alone. Readiness is one part of the process of disaster management and natural disasters that disrupt the living system. The study was conducted to measure the level of readiness for emergencies and disasters among youth (eg:high learning students) and to develop items for factors that influence students' ability to serve in disaster areas. To achieve the following objectives, two analyses were conducted: the first analysis was the comparison of mean scores and the second analysis was the factor analysis involving four factors, physical factors, university management factors, financial factors and personal factors. This study uses questionnaire and online form to collect data from respondents. A total of 120 respondents from three higher learning in Malaysia – Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and University of Technology .....

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Penyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji penggunaan kaedah Teater Membaca serta impaknya terhadap pengajaran dan pemudahcaraan (PdPc) di dalam bilik darjah. Objektif kajian ini adalah menganalisis keberkesanan PdPc drama melalui kaedah Teater Membaca. Data kajian menggunakan naskhah drama Tingkatan Dua yang bertajuk Hemodialisis. Data lain disokong dengan kajian kes terhadap pelajar Tingkatan Dua Agama Satu (2A1) dan Tingkatan Dua Agama Dua (2A2) di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato’ Syed Ahmad, Kuala Nerang, Kedah. Data-data penyelidikan yang bersifat kualitatif dianalisis menerusi pembinaan instrumen senarai semak pencerapan PdPc, temu bual tidak berstruktur dan soal selidik. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa penggunaan kaedah Teater Membaca memberi impak yang positif dalam aspek pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Selain itu, kaedah ini dapat menarik minat pelajar tanpa terikat dan tidak memberi tekanan kepada pelajar. Hasil kajian menunjukkan kaedah Teater Membaca sesuai digunakan sebagai m.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti manfaat rangkuman kewangan (ketercapaian kemudahan kewangan, penggunaan akaun simpanan, dan penggunaan kemudahan kredit) terhadap prestasi perniagaan mikro di negeri Terengganu. Reka bentuk penyelidikan kuantitatif dipilih untuk menjawab dua hipotesis kajian. Tiga pembolehubah digunakan untuk mengukur manfaat rangkuman kewangan iaitu ketercapaian kemudahan kewangan, penggunaan akaun simpanan, dan penggunaan kemudahan kredit. Manakala dua pembolehubah lain digunakan untuk mengukur prestasi perniagaan mikro iaitu pulangan modal dan pulangan jualan. Kajian ini melibatkan 350 responden yang mewakili pertubuhan perniagaan mikro di sekitar negeri Terengganu. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan kewujudan manfaat rangkuman kewangan antara penggunaan akaun simpanan dan pulangan jualan. Ini membuktikan bahawa responden lebih memilih peningkatan prestasi jangka masa pendek kerana mereka mendapatkan pulangan jualan tanpa mengambil kira pulangan modal yang merupakan.....

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This study examined short run and long run relationship between endogenous and exogenous variables. Specifically, it studied the relationship between real export, real import, labor force participation and real effective exchange rate (REER) and real GDP in Malaysia from 1988 to 2017. These variables were tested in various tests, namely, unit root test, granger causality test, vector autoregressive (VAR), Johansen Juselius test and Error Correction Term (ECT). The result revealed that all variables were non-stationary at the level form and stationary at first difference in ADF unit root test. The findings also exhibited the existence of bilateral relationships between real export and real GDP, real import and real GDP, as well as labor and real GDP. Nonetheless, there were no relationship found between REER and real GDP. On the other hand, in VAR, the lag optimum was lag 10 because it indicated the smallest value of AIC. Moreover, for Johansen Juselius cointegration test, it showed two.....

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Waqf continues to be a significant source for developing the Muslim community today. Waqf institutions thus need to ensure their unceasing effectiveness in managing Waqf funds so as to establish a Muslim economy that is more vibrant, progressive and inclusive. The improved performance of the institution, which can be achieved by improving public trust, will in turn lead to social improvements as well. To ensure that a Waqf institution remains competitive, it is crucial to identify its core competencies in terms of leadership styles and roles which allow it to establish a productive working environment. Therefore, the institution’s leader plays a major role in ensuring management effectiveness. This paper reviews several literatures on the management effectiveness of Waqf institutions and proposes viable leadership communication styles for the institutions. It has been suggested that clear, regular and constant communication is necessary for the growth and effectiveness of any institu.....

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The objective of this study was to investigate the difference between the children’s solfege singing with playing musical glasses skills in terms of the diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm between the treatment group and the control group. The solfege notation selected and evaluated in this study encompasses (i) so mi and (ii) so mi la. The duration of this study is two weeks. Fifty children from two preschools were selected as the respondents in this study. This study adopts the quasiexperimental design with one treatment group and one control group of twenty five children, respectively. The treatment group sang and playing musical glasses, while the control group sang without playing musical glasses. The study finding shows that the Kodaly teaching method applying playing musical glasses is more effective to increase the skills in diction, pitch accuracy and rhythm if compared to the teaching method without playing musical glasses. Solfege singing with playing musical glasses in Kod.....

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Leaner's motivation and attitudes have great impact on the foreign language learning. The objective of this study was to determine the motivation and attitudes of the students towards learning foreign languages among Malaysian students in Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI). This study measured the attitudes through the motivation of students on the basis of Gardner's SocioEducational Model (1985). In order to reveal the co-relation between motivation and attitudes of language learners and the foreign language learning, the study designs a set of questionnaire to investigate the student's learning attitude and motivation towards learning process of all the three languages involved (Spanish, German and Japanese). A total of 90 respondents involved in this study comprising of 30 Spanish, 30 German and 30 Japanese language students. Through discussion of the survey, the respondents have showed positive attitudes and motivation towards learning process of all the three languages. The .....

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Kajian ini dibuat sempena pameran Negaraku 2017 di Balai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala Lumpur. Karya yang dipilih dalam pameran ini berbentuk nasionalisme mengupas tentang apreasasi karya berbentuk nasionalisme dalam pameran Negaraku 2017 memfokuskan kedua menyatakan ciri-ciri subjek nasionalisme yang terkandung dalam karya dan fokus seterusnya menginterpretasi makna karya nasionalisme dalam konteks seni moden Malaysia. Karya untuk pameran“Negaraku” bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti bentuk karya-karya  ciri-ciri subjek nasionalisme yang terkandung dalam karya-karya seni rupa di dalam pameran seni “Negaraku” dan ingin menginterpretasi makna karya nasionalisme dalam konteks seni moden Malaysia. Penyelidikmenggunakan pendekatan kualitatif kajian kes. Kaedah pengumpulan data melalui penelitian (observasi), temubual, rakaman visual dan dokumentasi. Seterusnya data ini di analisis menggunakan model kajian Edmund Burke Feldmen (1992). Manakala kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan interdisiplin .....

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The quality of human capital is indispensable for economic growth and sustainability. The developed nations have shown evidence of a positive relationship between education and economic development. In all respects, a better understanding of economics among citizens has led to more efficiency in implementing economic policies. In this paper, we explore a possible relationship between economic literacy and policy understanding. Policy knowledge, interest and explanation are measured through policy understanding. This study used the students’ teachers as a sample and found that economic literacy was below 50 per cent. Meanwhile, the level of policy understanding was moderate. Interestingly, our findings showed that economic literacy is not strongly associated with economic policy understanding. Policy interest appeared as an important element for policy understanding among the sample. In a volatile economic environment, the level of economic knowledge among the population is a vital fa.....

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This article discussed on type of plants of herb origin that has become motif inspiration for Malay carver. This research gave specialattention on motif of teratai, bakawali and bayam peraksi  highlighted on decorations of gunungan (cosmic mountain) mihrab (niche) andmimbar (pulpit) in Tanah Melayu (Malaya). The subject of the research focused on gunungan mihrab of Masjid Jamek Batu Uban (1734) and Masjid Kampung Tuan (1830) as well as gunungan mimbar Masjid Kampung Laut (circa 1700), Masjid Tengkera (1728) and Masjid Kampung Bukit Bayas (1827/1828). Diversity of identified stylized motif has not only highlight the exquisite decoration but indirectly uncover the secret of herbaceous plant in Malay World which possessed certain benefits. Aforementioned reflects the intimacy between Malay carver and nature and their wisdom in exemplify the motif that has becomes their sources of inspiration. In identifying the type of herbaceous plant, decoration on studied gunungan panel on mihrab and .....

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