This study aimed to investigate Philippine indigenous learners’ speaking difficulties in English Semantics.The objectives was to identify indicators of poor vocabulary, processing and expressing of information. It was a qualitative research through case studies of five Grade 2 Indigenous Peoples (IP) learners in Echague, Isabela, Philippines. Data collection was done through observation and oral assessments activities. Instruments include checklist of speaking difficulties signified by inadequacy in English vocabulary; and constructed oral assessment activities in English. Data gathered were qualitatively analysed. Findings revealed that all the five indigenous learner-participants demonstrated English vocabulary deficiency to name depicted objects in the surroundings. They had struggles in reciting week-days, months and in citing common Philippine events. They had difficulty in conveying illustrated antonyms and synonyms. These findings denote a language intervention to im.....

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Seri Rama is a protagonist character in the  repertoire of Hikayat Seri Rama which is performed in Wayang  Kulit  Kelantan.  However,  this  protagonist  character  is  a  fine  character  that holds  high feminine attributes. Therefore, to characterize these feminine attributes, gender schema theory is used as a reference by utilizing Bem Sex-Role Inventory as the quantifying measurement tool. There are three assessment techniques to analyze the feminine attributes, however this research analyses the feminine attributes of Seri Rama through the movements conducted by the dalang (puppeteer) during the performance. The movements of gambalan (puppets) have distinct differencesmbetween each gambalan and this shows that every characters has its own identity.These observed feminine attributes shows that a ruler like Seri Rama holds feminine traits...

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Purpose of this study: This article discusses the basic principles that must be possessed by Muslim scholars to understand knowledge and its sources. The term ‘academic crime’ generally refers to the conduct of a few university lecturers, who violate the ethics and good practices of the teaching profession through the misappropriationof powers or by making false claims. However, academic crimes can also be classified as frauds in publications. Indeed, the ability to reason is one of the things that a person possesses. Nevertheless, it is not  absolute, because the Quran and hadith are on the topmost. Methodology:  This study uses the qualitative method and finds excessive rationality by the Anti-Hadith Group (AHG), leading them into a crime, i.e., rejection of the hadith as one of the sources of Islamic law. Findings: The revelation is believed to be true even though it contains metaphysics (al-ghaibiyyat) that cannot be logically explained. Furthermore, in rejecting hadith,  .....

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The basis of the discussion in this article is the protection of the abandoned children or foundlings (al-laq?? ) that covered aspects namely custody, maintenance as well as self-identity. The discussion of foundling’s identity is related to his/her status as a free person (not slave), religion and  lineage are based on Islamic principle that had been examined by dist inctive jurists from different school of jurisprudences. This study utilized document analysis approach, scrutinizing  Islamic jurists’ views as well as Malaysian law provisions on Zanariah Noor these issues. In Malaysia, aspects of custody, maintenance, and identity of the foundlings are handled differently from Islamic law pertaining to these issues, because matters related to the foundlings are under civil law jurisdiction, for instance, Child Act 2001 and Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1957,  aepartment of Social Welfare. The law provisions under Acts/ Enactments of Islamic Family Law in Malaysia in.....

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Pendidikan merupakan satu medium terbaik untuk menangani sesuatu masalah serta memberi kesedaran tentangnya. Kaedah gamifikasi digunakan sebagai satu pendekatan pendidikan untuk memberi motivasi kepada pelajar serta fokus terhadap pembelajaran dengan menggunakan unsur pemainan dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji keberkesanan penggunaan gamifikasi bagi kursus berkaitan dengan alam sekitar. Ini kerana kaedah pengajaran kini menjadi satu aspek penting dalam menarik minat pelajar seiiring dengan perkembangan teknologi kini. Selain itu, kajian ini juga menilai tahap pengetahuan responden tentang alam sekitar. Hasil dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan am alam sekitar dengan perhatian dan releven serta tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan am alam sekitar dengan keyakinan dan kepuasan. Manakala tahap pengetahuan am responden tentang alam sekitar masih berada pada tahap yang rendah......

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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Human Resource (HR) practices (training, career development, compensation and performance appraisal) and teachers' job satisfaction. Correlational method was used and data were collected by using questionnaires from teachers pursuing their studies in one of the public universities in Malaysia. Simple random sampling technique was utilized and 148 teachers were selected as the research sample. The value of Cronbach's Alpha obtained was 0.923 meaning that the research instrument was reliable. Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and regression analysis. Results showed that training (r = 0.52, P ..

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The main aim of this paper is to establish the Tamil literary sources of the Hikayat Seri Rama. Various recensions of the Hikayat Seri Rama demonstrate the close identity between one text and the other which would seem to indicate that all these texts were apparently derived from some older versions of the Rama story, which was the common source of all the recensions. Methodology: The methodology employed in this article is qualitative in nature. It is library research based on the existing published materials. Four steps of Hermeneutics approaches have been employed to produce findings which are objective in nature. This research is aimed to contribute to the existing body of knowledge about the sources of Hikayat Seri Rama. Main findings: This study would enable us to appreciate the close similarity of motifs and episodes between HSR and the Rama story in Tamil tradition. The Rama story in Tamil folklore itself stands out as a great proof to manifest that the Tamil sources are predom.....

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This is a review of ‘An Evaluation of Teachers’ Opinions about the Servant Leadership Behaviours of School Principals’ published in Educational Process: International Journal. That article delves into how school teachers perceive the implementation of the ‘Servant Leadership Behaviours’ concept by school principals, where teachers serve under these principals’ supervision. It also identifies the level of this concept’s application in primary and secondary schools. The article has strengths and weaknesses. The concept of servant leadership by school principals is well-explained and it effectively employs methodology (snowball sampling and content analysis). It systematises data, succeeds in answering the research questions, and its references are compatible with bibliographic rules. But the article lacks a research problem statement or review of past studies, has a shallow and unorganised introduction, and only vaguely distinguishes data analysis from its overall conclusio.....

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The guided inquiry approach is an inquiry activity where problems and various questions are raised by the teacher while the student needs to initiate the findings of the item. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to know the level of knowledge and skill of managing the Islamic Education teacher towards the implementation of guided inquiry approach based on Aqidah in high school. Also, this study also identifies the relationship between the two aspects. The methodology of this study is quantitative in the survey of 108 Islamic Education teachers. The descriptive analysis was carried out that both elements of knowledge and skills in managing teachers were at high levels. Spearman's correlation inference analysis also found that the strength of the relation between the two aspects was at a moderate positive level. Furthermore, the implication of the study found that teachers need to emphasize specifically on issues of knowledge and skills in managing the implementation of guided inquir.....

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This article aims to verify the key factors behind the changes in small towns due to the spillover of the Klang-Langat Valley using Exploration Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approaches. This study is based on the responses of 355 stakeholders from Hulu Selangor, Selangor, selected via random sampling. Likert scale questionnaires ranging from 1 to 5 were used to obtain feedback. Overall, the questionnaire was reliable with an Alpha Cronbach value for each construct greater than 0.7. The obtained data were processed through EFA in order to group the constructs and items for the change factor of small towns. The CFA was undertaken in order to verify the accumulated constructs based on their respective groups. The findings reveal the creation of six constructs: access (5 items), environment (5 items), security (2 items), activity (4 items), neighbourhood (2 items) and infrastructure (2 items). It is thus hoped that the findings of this research can help in id.....

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