This study intended to clarify whether there are significant relationships between the job satisfaction of the English Language teachers in Perak Tengah district toward the selected variables with respect to type of school and respondents’ gender or sex. A questionnaire that was modified from Dr. Patricia Cain Smith’s Job Descriptive Index (JDI) and the Likert-type scale were used to collect the data for this study. This study involved ten respondents from two different schools in Perak Tengah district, and they were SMK Iskandar Shah, Parit, and SMK Sultan Muhammad Shah, Parit. The results of this study showed that hypothesis null could not be rejected, that is there is no statistical significant difference in the English language teachers’ job satisfaction between respondents’ gender and types of school. The findings showed that most English language teachers were unsure about their present job, income and BISP allowance, facilities, and Malaysian Remuneration System. Only gr.....

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Ahli ekologi manusia seperti Bronfenbrenner (1986) bersetuju bahawa peranan keluarga amat penting dalam pelbagai aspek atau dimensi perkembangan anak. Ibu dan ayah, sebagai orang pertama yang penting dalam kehidupan anak, menyediakan ruang dan persekitaran fizikal, sosial dan emosi yang boleh menggalak atau menghalang perkembangan kanak-kanak secara optimum. Selain itu, ibu dan bapa juga menyalurkan segala nilai, menetapkan peraturan, dan mengamalkan tradisi yang perlu diikut dan diakur. Menurut sistem teori ekologi, kedudukan anak dalam sistem tersebut adalah di tengah-tengah bulatan yang dinamakan sistem mikro, di mana terdapat tiga pengaruh utama, iaitu keluarga, rakan sebaya dan sekolah. Dalam bulatan sistem mikro tersebut, anak mengalami pelbagai interaksi dengan keluarga, dan ini kemudiannya menyumbang kepada perkembangan psikologi dan emosi mereka...

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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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Kajian ini menghuraikan pembinaan alat ukur amalan keibubapaan Muslim dan melaporkan kesahan dan kebolehpercayaannya. Metode kajian menggunakan penulisan tokoh dalam bidang pendidikan anak-anak dan kekeluargaan Islam untuk menghasilkan konsep dan item amalan keibubapaan. Tiga proses pengukuran iaitu memberi definisi kepada konsep, memilih pengukuran untuk konsep dan memperoleh maklumat empirikal digunakan. Dua konstruk amalan keibubapaan iaitu amalan awal dan amalan khusus keibubapaan dibina. Amalan awal mempunyai 11 item meliputi tiga subkonstruk iaitu sebelum kelahiran, semasa dan selepas kelahiran anak. Amalan khusus keibubapaan mempunyai 59 item dengan lapan subkonstruk bagi pendidikan aqidah, ibadah, sosial, akhlak, emosi, intelektual, pendidikan jasmani/kesihatan dan seksualiti. Lima kaedah mendidik anak dimasukkan dalam setiap skala iaitu kaedah bimbingan dan nasihat, qudwah, pengawasan/pemerhatian, kebiasaan dan hukuman. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 372 orang ibu bapa daripad.....

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Kajian ini telah dijalankan bertujuan mengukur kesan rawatan Kaunseling Kelompok Pendekatan Pemusatan Insan (KKPPI) dan Kaunseling Kelompok Pendekatan Psikologi Kognitif Ad-Din (KKPKAD) ke atas konsep kendiri, kemurungan dan daya tahan remaja hamil luar nikah. Kajian ini melibatkan 55 orang remaja dari tiga buah pusat perlindungan wanita iaitu Raudhatus Sakinah, KEWAJA dan Taman Seri Puteri I Cheras (JKM). Subjek kajian berumur di antara 13 hingga 21 tahun. Soal selidik yang digunakan ialah Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale (MSCS), Beck Depression inventory (BDI) dan Adolescent Resiliency Attitude Scale (ARAS). Nilai kebolehpercayaan alat kajian diukur melalui kaedah Cronbach Alpha koefisien. Kaedah item keseluruhan dan kesahan konstruk digunakan untuk mengukur tahap kesahan alat ujian. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk ujian pra dan ujian pOS. Kaedah quasi eksperimen telah digunakan untuk mengutip data. Subjek telah dibahagikan kepada tiga kumpulan. Dua kumpulan rawatan dan satu ku.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan membina Modul Pendidikan Akhlak berdasarkan Surah Luqman (MPAL) berpandukan model reka bentuk pengajaran Dick, Carey dan Carey serta model pembinaan modul Sidek dan Jamaludin. Dalam konteks pembinaan akhlak, teori moral Kohlberg dan Piaget serta perspektif Al-Ghazali telah dijadikan asas teorikal kajian. Pada peringkat pembinaan modul, MPAL telah melalui proses kesahan kandungan oleh panel pakar bidang. Kajian ini juga untuk menentukan keberkesanan MPAL terhadap pembentukan tingkah laku positif kanak-kanak. Pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk kajian kes telah dipilih. Pemilihan peserta kajian dijalankan secara pensampelan bertujuan melibatkan enam orang kanak-kanak yang berusia tiga hingga empat tahun. Peserta kajian dipilih daripada sebuah Taman Asuhan Kanak-kanak (TASKA) di negeri Kedah. Tiga jenis instrumen telah digunakan dalam kajian ini iaitu soal selidik, senarai semak pemerhatian, dan protokol temu bual separa struktur. Data dianalisis menggunakan peri.....

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This study was aimed to construct and test the validity of Module to Empower Bully Handling by using Cognitive Behavior Therapy This survey-designed study was using questionnaires to get the validity value of the module. MEBH is a module consists of 12 strategies and 23 self-activities. The questionnaires used were Module Validity Testing Questionnaire by Russell (1974) and Module Validity Testing Questionnaire based on Strategies and Activities by Mohammad Aziz Shah (2010). The content validity of MEBH was assessed by nine experts consist of academicians and practitioners in guidance and counseling field. Based on Russell (1974), the analysis value of content validity of this module was high which is 93.00%. The content validity for Strategy 1 The Introduction of Module to Empower Bully Handling is 93.00%, Strategy 2 Objectives, Definition and Concept of the Module to Empower Bully Handling is 91.00%, Strategy 3 Types, Factors and Implications of Bully is 89.60%, Strategy 4 Discipline.....

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This article aims to discuss the level of safety and security of domestic visitors in eight urban tourism destinations in Kuala Lumpur city centre. Discussing safety and security importance for urban tourism destinations because it can influence of frequency and severity among tourist. Primary data were gathered from questionnaire surveys of 192 randomly sampled domestic visitors who are willing to be the respondents of the study. The findings indicated the reality of some security and safety issues faced by the Kuala Lumpur domestic visitors. The results show that concerns and anxieties have arisen among domestic visitors to their safety in the urban tourist location in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during their visit to the site. This harms the location of city tourism in downtown Kuala Lumpur in the future if it is not resolved. Safe city programs should be empowered and implemented more widely including in the urban tourism sector to address safety and security issues in the rapidly ex.....

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