AKS, the talent agency that manages idol groups in Japan, announced in 2016 that they will be establishing AKB48 sister groups in Thailand (BNK48), the Philippines (MNL48), and Taiwan (TPE48). The Groups of 48, commonly referred to as 48G, is being spearheaded by AKB48, the world’s largest pop idol group with more than three hundred members. It already established international sister groups in Indonesia (JKT48) and China (SNH48) to propagate the concept of ‘idols you can meet’ in Asia. Currently, the original Japanese songs were already translated in the Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin Chinese, and Thai languages. Due to their popularity, AKB48 is constantly being invited by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to perform in its events all around Asia, where the fans spending a lot of money to see their favorite idols. This paper discusses the possibility of Japanese cultural hegemony in the Philippine popular culture industry. Utilizing the lens of Roland Robertson on globalizat.....

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Objektif kajian ini ialah untuk meneliti kompetensi moral murid tingkatan empat di daerah, Dalat, Sarawak untuk menangani isu tingkah laku moral. Instrumen Moral Competency Inventory (MCI) telah digunakan untuk mengukur komponen pengetahuan moral, pertimbangan moral, emosi moral dan perlakuan moral. Seramai 199 orang murid dipilih secara rawak berlapis untuk dijadikan responden. Data yang dikutip dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik diskriptif dan inferens. Analisis statistik Ujian-t menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan kompetensi moral dengan jantina dan aliran tingkatan. Hasil keputusan ANOVA juga menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan kompetensi moral murid dengan tahap pendidikan dan sektor pekerjaan ibu bapa. Skor min yang tinggi dalam pengetahuan moral dan perasaan moral menunjukkan kedua-dua komponen ini menyumbang kepada kompetensi moral dan wujud korelasi yang kuat di antara keempatempat komponen dalam kompetensi moral. Implikasi kajian menunju.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti sama ada aspek pengalaman mengajar atau latihan professional guru lebih mempengaruhi penerapan kemahiran pemikiran sejarah di sekolah menengah. Kajian ini yang menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk tinjauan melalui soal selidik yang melibatkan seramai 92 orang guru sejarah di sebuah negeri di utara Semenanjung Malaysia. Soal selidik yang telah diadaptasi digunakan dalam kajian ini dan telah disahkan oleh pakar bidang pendidikan sejarah serta mempunyai nilai kebolehpercayaan yang baik. Data kajian dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi iaitu ujian-t sampel tak bersandar, ujian ANOVA Satu Hala dan Korelasi Pearson dengan menggunakan perisian “IBM SPSS Statistics” versi 24. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa tahap kemahiran pemikiran sejarah dalam kalangan guru sejarah berada pada tahap sederhana. Latihan professional guru lebih mempengaruhi tahap penerapan kemahiran pemikiran sejarah di sekolah. Implikasi kaji.....

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Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengupas pemikiran Mana Sikana dalam teks-teks drama yang dihasilkannya terhadap sembilan buah drama karya beliau iaitu drama lhsan, Tanah di Hujung Bendang, Pengadilan, Hikmah, Mustaqima, Apa-apa, Di Hujung Taming Sari, Pasir-Pasir di Pasir Salak dan Air Mala Naning berdasarkan tiga zaman iaitu Realisme (1960-1970),Absurd (1980-1990) dan Metasejarah (tahun 2000-2010) menjadi bahan analisis. Analisis dilakukan dengan menggunakan teori sastera teksdealisme. Empat prinsip yang menjadi landasan teori ini ialah prinsip kehadiran, prinsip pelanggaran, prinsip pengukuhan dan prinsip keperibadian telah dijadikan kriteria mengukur keunggulan drama-drama Mana Sikana. Kajian mendapati drama-drama beliau mempunyai pelbagai tingkat pengalaman. Dalam meletakkan mutu drama ke tahap yang lebih unggul, beliau telah melakukan pelanggaran terhadap konvensi sastera termasuklah pelanggaran terhadap aliran, watak dan teknik. Hal ini selari dengan prinsip perlanggaran dan pengukuh.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti gaya bercinta dan perkaitannya dengan kepuasan perkahwinan dalam kalangan orang Islam di Selangor. Love Attitude Scale (LAS) oleh Hendrick, Hendrick & Dicker (1998) telah digunakan untuk mengukur gaya bercinta dan Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale oleh Schumm (1983) telah digunakan untuk mengukur kepuasan perkahwinan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan gaya bercinta Storge, Eros, Pragma, Mania dan Agape mempunyai perkaitan yang signifikan dengan kepuasan perkahwinan, manakala gaya bercinta Ludus tidak mempunyai perkaitan dengan kepuasan perkahwinan. Kajian juga mendapati gaya bercinta Pragma adalah faktor peramal yang paling mempengaruhi kepuasan perkahwinan...

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Pelaksanaan program pemindahan ilmu tatacara menyelamat ketika banjir adalah salah satu langkah inisiatif Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Pejabat Tanah dan Jajahan Kuala Krai (PTJKK) dan Kementerian Pelajaran Tinggi (KTP) untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kesedaran komuniti dalam mengaplikasikan tatacara menyelamat sewaktu banjir. Pengetahuan mengenai tatacara menyelamat telah dipindahkan secara berperingkat di mana ahli akademik akan memindahkan ilmu kepada Graduate Intern (GI), ketua-ketua kampung dan ahli kumpulan ResQ UPSI seterusnya pemindahan ilmu daripada GI kepada komuniti kampung dilakukan dengan bantuan modul tatacara menyelamat sebagai panduan persediaan komuniti menghadapi banjir. Ilmu tatacara menyelamat meliputi asas keselamatan arus deras, teknik asas menyelamat, asas pertolongan cemas dan kemahiran asas penyelamat. Keberkesanan program ini dinilai berdasarkan penguasaan ilmu dalam kalangan komuniti sebelum dan selepas pelaksanaan program. Hasil tinjauan menu.....

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Thisresearch was conducted to examine the relationship between depression and child abuse among career parents in Melaka. Career parents both father and mothers in different fields (N=60) were randomly selected from Melaka, Malaysia. Clinical Assessment of Depression (CAD) and Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI) instruments were used to collect the data. The results revealed that depression has significant positive relationship with child abuse potential inventory (r=.640**). The results concluded that there is significant positive relationship between depressions with the child abuse potential among career parents in Melaka and depressions is a predicting factor related to child abuse potential among career parents in Melaka. Child abuse is a complex phenomena which needs to be studied for the management of health parents and child relationship. This study helped to explore the causes of child abuse issues and parents level of depression...

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To explore communicative readiness and motivation among refugee teachers in Malaysia, 30 refugee teachers registered under UNHCR were recruited Drawing on a quantitative approach, questionnaires consisting of 20 items adapted from McCroskey and Richmond’s (2013) Willingness to Communicate Scale, Gardner’s (2004) Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) and Fulmer’s (2010) Organisational Communication Survey were distributed. The data analysis revealed that communication apprehension was negatively associated with willingness to communicate and anxious teachers were less willing to communicate with strangers and acquaintances. A negative relationship between interpersonal conversation subscale of communication apprehension and intrinsic motivation was also observed. Those who regarded learning English as important were more willing to converse in the said language. It is hoped that this study could serve as an introductory guide to NGOs and existing voluntary groups when designing .....

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The systemic approaches connect a set of interacting, functioning, and interdependent or elements with mutual relationships. The objective of this study is to analyze how students' cognitive ability profiles if measured using Chemistry Systemic Multiple Choices Questions (CSMCQs). This study was conducted by testing CSMCQs to the 157 students who studied with the usual learning approaches by teachers. Data collection technique were conducted using the objective test instruments consist of C1 to C6 cognitive abilitiy domains. Data were analyzed using descriptive percentage analysis. The results showed that students' cognitive ability is in the highest category. Based on these result, Chemistry Systemic Multiple Choice Questions (CSMCQs) can be used as an alternative learning evaluation instrument to develop students’ cognitive abilities...

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Plant tissue culture technology offers the potential of producing medicinally important secondary metabolites such as anti-malarial artemisinin from Artemisia annua. In this study, callus induction of three different varieties of A.annua, namely T1, T2 and Hi varieties was carried out using leaf explants on Murashige & Skoog (MS) and Litvay (LV) media with three different supplementations. MS medium added with 0.5 mg/L BA, 0.5 mg/L NAA and 0.5 g/L of casein hydrolysate (CH) induced the highest yield of callus biomass compared to the effect of picloram- or 2,4-enriched MS medium. T2 variety was found to be the highest yielding variety in this medium. Picloram-enriched MS medium induced better callus in term of callus biomass and friability than 2,4-enriched medium. Hi variety induced in MS medium added with 0.5 mg/L picloram produced highest callus biomass among the three varieties. Callus formed on 0.5 mg/L picloram was also much more easily dispersed than callus of all three varieties.....

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