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When Women Didn’t Count
Authors: Lopresti Robert
Published: August 2023

Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics.

Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been significantly inaccurate, these misrepresentations in statistical information have shaped the reality of women's lives. They also affect men and society as a whole: these numbers influence our investments, our property values, our representation in Congress, and even how we see our place in society. This book documents how U.S. federal government statistics have served to reveal and conceal facts about women in the United States. It reaches back to the late 1800s, when the U.S. Census Bureau first listed women's occupations, and forward to the present, when the U.S. government relies on nonprofit groups for statistics on abortion.

Objective and accurate, When Women Didn't Count isn't focused on numbers and census results as much as on recognizing problems in data, exposing the hidden facets of government data, and using critical thinking when considering all seemingly authoritative sources. Readers will contemplate how the government decided that a "farmer's wife" could be a farmer, how the ongoing battle over abortion has been reflected in the numbers the government is allowed to keep and publish, the consequences of the Census Bureau "correcting" reports of women in unusual occupations in 1920, and why the official count of women-owned businesses dropped 20 percent in 1997.
The Words and Music of James Taylor
Authors: Perone James E.
Published: August 2023

A valuable resource for James Taylor fans and a fascinating read for anyone interested in autobiographical popular music of the past 50 years.

What kinds of unusual musical forms and lyrical structures did American singer-songwriter James Taylor incorporate into his songs? What role did Taylor play in the introspective singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s? How did Taylor write and record songs that were inspired from his own experiences in life that touched so many other people?

The Words and Music of James Taylor explores these specific topics and provides detailed critical analysis of the songs and recordings of this well-known musical icon, examining his melodic writing, his use of harmony, and his often-unappreciated tailoring of musical form to enhance his lyrical messages. The book is organized chronologically, primarily around Taylor's studio albums from 1968 to 2015, and offers an introduction, a summary of Taylor's career and importance, as well as an annotated bibliography and discography.

The final section of the book presents an overview of Taylor's importance and lasting impact, an analysis of themes that run through his songs, and an explanation of how Taylor's treatment of these themes changed over the years as he matured and as the world around him changed.
100 Great War Movies
Authors: Niemi Robert J.
Published: August 2023

This book serves as a fascinating guide to 100 war films from 1930 to the present. Readers interested in war movies will learn surprising anecdotes about these films and will have all their questions about the films’ historical accuracy answered.

This cinematic guide to war movies spans 800 years in its analysis of films from those set in the 13th century Scottish Wars of Independence (Braveheart) to those taking place during the 21st-century war in Afghanistan (Lone Survivor). World War II has produced the largest number of war movies and continues to spawn recently released films such as Dunkirk. This book explores those, but also examines films set during such conflicts as the Napoleonic Wars, the American Civil War, World War I, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The book is organized alphabetically by film title, making it easy to navigate. Each entry is divided into five sections: Background (a brief discussion of the film's genesis and financing); Production (information about how, where, and when the film was shot); Synopsis (a detailed plot summary); Reception (how the film did in terms of box office, awards, and reviews) and "Reel History vs. Real History" (a brief analysis of the film's historical accuracy). This book is ideal for readers looking to get a vivid behind-the-scenes look at the greatest war movies ever made.
America and Europe Adrift
Authors: Rizas Sotiris
Published: August 2023

This book provides a comprehensive review of the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe, from the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall to the Trump administration. It highlights the primary factors that test the U.S-Europe relationship.

America and Europe Adrift highlights the background of the German unification and the reaffirmation of NATO as the framework of U.S. presence in Europe after the end of the Cold War; the NATO enlargement; the Transatlantic Rift in the context of the Iraq War; the economic aspects of transatlantic relations, specifically the rise of Germany's weight in international affairs as a result of the European Monetary Union; and the gradual retrenchment of U.S. power. It focuses on the enduring factors that threaten the transatlantic relationship during the 21st century while also suggesting how that relationship will likely survive: through the United States' continued provision of indispensable security to the rest of the Western world.

This book is an essential resource for students of transatlantic relations; graduates in international politics and international history, security studies, and strategic studies; and foreign policy practitioners.
Americans Remember Their Civil War
Authors: Gannon Barbara A
Published: August 2023

This book provides readers with an overview of how Americans have commemorated and remembered the Civil War.

Most Americans are aware of statues or other outdoor art dedicated to the memory of the Civil War. Indeed, the erection of Civil War monuments permanently changed the landscape of U.S. public parks and cemeteries by the turn of the century. But monuments are only one way that the Civil War is memorialized.

This book describes the different ways in which Americans have publicly remembered their Civil War, from the immediate postwar era to the early 21st century. Each chapter covers a specific historical period. Within each chapter, the author highlights important individuals, groups, and social factors, helping readers to understand the process of memory. The author further notes the conflicting tensions between disparate groups as they sought to commemorate "their" war. A final chapter examines the present-day memory of the war and current debates and controversies.
Beyond Liberalism
Authors: Briand Michael K.
Published: August 2023

This book shows how the United States can begin dealing with the most difficult and intractable political issues that afflict liberal democracy today: by initiating an inclusive public practice of ethical dialogue and deliberation.

Beyond Liberalism argues that there is a flaw in liberalism: the doctrine of individualism. Specifically, the defect consists in two distinct ideas: “atomism” and “subjectivism.” These ideas underpin the “principle of freedom,” which is our default method for making personal choices and resolving interpersonal disagreements but contains no standard for determining what might be worth doing, and hence no criteria for assigning relative priority to values in conflict.

Objective ethical judgments can be achieved, however, if we understand that, insofar as they support the fulfillment of empirically identified human needs, statements about good and bad are propositions of a factual nature. A conception of the good for human beings is implicit in the fulfillment of those needs. To articulate that conception, we need a constructive, productive public practice of ethical dialogue and deliberation. To build such a practice will require what amounts to a life of “ethical heroism.” This book seeks to encourage that sort of life.
Biocrisis
Authors: Mauroni Albert J.
Published: August 2023

This book examines the recent intersection of national security and public health regarding biological threats to the U.S. populace and proposes improvements to the executive and legislative development of U.S. policy addressing biological threat mitigation.
Over the last 20 years, the national security community has engaged with disease-related issues that have traditionally been the scope of public health agencies. The federal government's response has been to create a single national biodefense strategy, which has been largely ineffective in improving conditions due to poor terminology, a lack of leadership, and a failure to assess government programs.

Applying a public policy framework, Albert J. Mauroni examines how the government addresses biological threats including disease prevention, bioterrorism response, military biodefense, biosurety, and agricultural biosecurity and food safety. He proposes a new approach to countering biological threats, arguing that lead agencies should focus on implementing discrete portfolios with annual assessments against clear and achievable objectives.
Congress and U.S. Veterans
Authors: Cormack Lindsey
Published: August 2023

Providing a compelling look at veterans’ policy, this book describes why the Republican party is considered the party for veterans despite the fact that Congressional Democrats are responsible for a greater number of policy initiatives.

The United States is home to 21 million veterans, and Veterans’ Affairs is the second-largest federal department, with a budget exceeding $119 billion. Many veterans, however, remain under-served. Republicans are seen as veterans’ champions, and they send the majority of Congressional constituent communications on veterans’ issues, yet they are lead sponsors on only 37 percent of bills considered by the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. What accounts for this discrepancy? Drawing on thousands of e-newsletters sent from Congress to constituents, Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis argues that the distribution of veterans across districts and the Republican Party is based on government spending, which pulls Republican legislators in opposite directions.

This eye-opening book offers a history of veterans’ programs, highlights legislative leaders and the most pressing policy areas for reform, identifies the issues most often discussed by members of Congress from each party, points out which Congresspeople have acted on veterans’ issues and which have not, and offers an analysis of veteran population distribution and legislative policy preferences.

Features

• Includes content from nearly 20,000 e-newsletters sent from Congress members to constituents to demonstrate the differences in how Congress discusses and legislates veterans’ issues

• Provides a detailed description of the key legislative players, proposals, and communication strategies surrounding veterans’ policies

• Offers advice on providing for the future of veterans’ policies and describes the risks and benefits associated with moving veterans’ care into private industry

• Offers the first in-depth case study on the implementation of the post-9/11 GI bill

• Suggests the scandal surrounding the 2010 Phoenix VA hospital is an example of partisan differences in communication tactics
Contemporary Security Issues in Africa
Authors: Taylor William A.
Published: August 2023

This compelling book serves as a comprehensive resource for readers interested in contemporary security issues in Africa. It details the impact of complex challenges in Africa and explains why addressing them grows increasingly important. Presenting both general overviews and specific case studies, this book provides an excellent introduction to contemporary security issues in Africa, home to more than thirty of the fifty most fragile nations in the world. It covers the last three decades of conflict on the continent, focusing on such topics as weak and failing states, ethnic conflict and civil wars, natural resources and environmental security, political violence and terrorism, piracy and maritime security, food security and poverty, international responses, and future prospects. The core of the book comprises detailed analysis of the nexus between culture, politics, and security in Africa, while the volume as a whole examines key regional and transnational security issues affecting Africa and their implications at the state, regional, and international levels. The book explores the dynamic role that African nations play in influencing international security and also investigates and articulates factors heightening the importance of Africa’s role in international affairs.
Conventional and Unconventional War
Authors: Mockaitis Thomas R.
Published: August 2023

This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both. The book uses a broad range of conflicts to explore the societal forces that have shaped wars.

Written by noted military historian Thomas R. Mockaitis, this book explores conventional and unconventional conflicts and considers the relationships between them. It considers how epic struggles like the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts in the Middle East, among many others, shaped human history. The coverage serves to highlight four themes: the relationship between armed forces and the societies that create them; the impact of technology (not just armaments) on warfare; the role of ideas and attitudes towards violence in determining why and how wars are fought; and the relationship between conventional and unconventional operations.

The book also covers the advent and evolution of unconventional warfare, including counterinsurgency, the War on Terror, and current conflicts in the Middle East. It concludes with consideration of the forms armed conflict will take in the future. The book includes valuable excerpts from the writings of military thinkers such as Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and supporting maps and diagrams.
The Dysfunctional Politics of the Affordable Care Act
Authors: Shaw Greg M.
Published: August 2023

While analyzing the contentious debate over health care reform, this much-needed study also challenges the argument that treating medical patients like shoppers can significantly reduce health expenditures.

This revealing work focuses on the politics surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), explaining how and why supporters and opponents have approached the issue as they have since the act's passage in 2010. The first book to systematically examine public knowledge of the ACA across time, it also documents how that knowledge has remained essentially static since 2010, despite the importance of health-policy reform to every American.

An important book for anyone concerned about the skyrocketing costs of health care in the United States, the work accomplishes three main tasks intended to help readers better understand one of the most important policy challenges of our time. The early chapters explain why congressional Democrats designed the Affordable Care Act of 2010 as they did, clarifies some of the consequences of the act's features, and examines why Republicans have fought the implementation of the law so fiercely. The study then looks at how the intersection of economics and politics applies to the ACA. Finally, the book details what the public knows―and doesn't know―about the law and discusses the prospects for citizens gaining the knowledge they should have about the overall issue of health-policy reform.
Explains why the two political parties have staked out such different positions on health care reformDocuments what the public knows about the Affordable Care Act and how individuals' party identification significantly affects their knowledgeChallenges the arguments for consumer-driven health care plans by gathering evidence from numerous studies of consumer behavior under various kinds of insurance plansOffers a well-informed critique of the political arguments surrounding the expansion of Medicaid, showing how this policy diffusion leverages the weak arguments and evidence for consumer-driven health care plans
Executive Sexism
Authors: Wolfe Elizabeth C.
Published: August 2023

“Overt and intentional sexism” against women by powerful men in politics, business, and academia and across the white-collar world in public and private institutions is common, according to author Elizabeth C. Wolfe, a conflict analysis and resolution specialist. Female executives, even at the pinnacle of their careers, remain vulnerable to their male colleagues. In this book, Wolfe details how men treat women at the highest levels and the result of their actions.

Women executives from nine countries explain how their career advancement and earning potential are continuously harmed though overt sexism, sexist social behavior, and microaggressions–those damaging behaviors that are in a gray area but are not legally actionable. She further examines why law does not protect these women: sexism, like racism, is a way of thinking and so cannot be legislated. Each “-ism” has legal protections against documentable actions, but ways of thinking, socializing rituals, and microaggressions are not actionable by law. Wolfe details the minds of sexists and describes how sexism is “socialized,” and then explains how to name each sexist behavior, address it, and take action to stop it.
The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform
Authors: O’Hear Michael
Published: August 2023

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains at an unprecedented high level. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of these reforms and explains why they have proven to be ineffective.

After many decades of stability, the imprisonment rate in the United States quintupled between 1973 and 2003. Since then, nearly all states have adopted multiple reforms intended to reduce imprisonment, but the U.S. imprisonment rate has only decreased by a paltry two percent. Why are American sentencing reforms since 2000 been largely ineffective? Are tough mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders the primary reason our prisons are always full? This book offers a fascinating assessment of the wave of sentencing reforms adopted by dozens of states as well as changes at the federal level since 2000, identifying common themes among seemingly disparate changes in sentencing policy and highlighting recent reform efforts that have been more successful and may point the way forward for the nation as a whole.

In The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform, author Michael O’Hear exposes the myths that American prison sentencing reforms enacted in the 21st century have failed to have the expected effect because U.S. prisons are filled to capacity with nonviolent drug offenders as a result of the “war on drugs,” and because of new laws that took away the discretion of judges and corrections officials. O’Hear then makes a convincing case for the real reason sentencing reforms have come up short: because they exclude violent and sexual offenders, and because they rely on the discretion of officials who still have every incentive to be highly risk-averse. He also highlights how overlooking the well-being of offenders and their families in our consideration of sentencing reform has undermined efforts to effect real change.
Food as a Human Right
Authors: Schanbacher William D.
Published: August 2023

This important work addresses the difficult ethical issues surrounding the accessibility of food to all people as a human right, and not a privilege that emerges because of social structure or benefit of geography.

Food sovereignty—the right of peoples to define their own chosen food and agriculture, free of monopolization or threats—is the path to stopping global hunger. This book approaches the topic from a solutions-based perspective, discussing concrete policy providing for sovereignty, or control, of one's own food sources as a solution that, while controversial, offers more promise than do the actions of international organizations and trade agreements. Providing access to safe, healthy food is an ethical responsibility of the world's nations, not just a right of the elite or wealthy.

This book presses the need to formulate policies that address the problems of poverty and hunger on a more humane and meaningful level. Organized thematically, chapters are based on such topics as food security, food sovereignty, human rights, and sustainability that focus on the global food system. Specific case studies provide examples of global hunger and poverty issues. Taken in its entirety, the book informs readers of how their food consumption might negatively affect the global poor, while its concluding chapters offer solutions for alleviating problems in the global food system.
Hollywood’s Native Americans
Authors: Aleiss Angela
Published: August 2023

This book highlights the contributions and careers of Native Americans who have carved impressive careers in Hollywood, from the silent film era of the early 1900s to the present, becoming advocates for their heritage.

This book explores how the heritage and behind-the-scenes activities of Native American actors and filmmakers helped shape their own movie images. Native artists have impacted movies for more than a century, but until recently their presence had passed largely unrecognized. From the silent era to contemporary movies, this book features leading Native American actors whose voices have reached a broad audience and are part of the larger conversation about the exploitation of underrepresented people in Hollywood.

Each chapter highlights Native actors in lead or supporting roles as well as filmmakers whose movies were financed and distributed by Hollywood studios. The text further explores how a "pan-Indian heritage" that applies to all tribes in terms of spirituality, historical trauma, and a version of ceremony and storytelling have shaped these performers' movie identities. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, including fans of Westerns, history buffs of American popular cinema, and students and scholars of Native American studies.
The Joy of Eating
Authors: Glenn Jane K.
Published: August 2023

This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians' roadside eats, reality show "chef showdowns," and gravity-defying cakes into a deeper exploration of why people find so much joy in eating.

In 1961, Julia Child introduced the American public to an entirely new, joy-infused approach to cooking and eating food. In doing so, she set in motion a food renaissance that is still in full bloom today. Over the last six decades, food has become an increasingly more diverse, prominent, and joyful point of cultural interest.

The Joy of Eating discusses in detail the current golden age of food in contemporary American popular culture. Entries explore the proliferation of food-themed television shows, documentaries, and networks; the booming popularity of celebrity chefs; unusual, exotic, decadent, creative, and even mundane food trends; and cultural celebrations of food, such as in festivals and music.

The volume provides depth and academic gravity by tying each entry into broader themes and larger contexts (in relation to a food-themed reality show, for example, discussing the show's popularity in direct relation to a significant economic event), providing a brief history behind popular foods and types of cuisines and tracing the evolution of our understanding of diet and nutrition, among other explications.
Modern Sports around the World
Authors: Schwartz David Asa
Published: August 2023

Sports have become an international spectacle that influences nations’ foreign policy, world economies, and regional morale. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake as governments and multinational corporations rush to make sure they have a place at the table. And yet, sports come from humble beginnings. We are fascinated by who can run the fastest, lift the most weight, jump the highest, swim the farthest, and act with the most precision. The history of sports is the history of the world.

Modern Sports around the World examines 50 of the world’s most popular sports. Each chapter features one sport and details that sport’s origins, global migration, economic forces, media influences, political environment, pop-culture inspirations, scandalous moments, and key individuals. Sports history is a tapestry of sociological variables; Modern Sports around the World weaves them together to create a unique history book that explains not only where humanity has been, but where it might be going.
Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare
Authors: Sambaluk Nicholas Michael
Published: August 2023

This illuminating book examines and refines the commonplace “wisdom” about cyber conflict? its effects, character, and implications for national and individual security in the 21st century.

"Cyber warfare" evokes different images to different people. This book deals with the technological aspects denoted by "cyber" and also with the information operations connected to social media's role in digital struggle.

The author discusses numerous mythologies about cyber warfare, including its presumptively instantaneous speed, that it makes distance and location irrelevant, and that victims of cyber attacks deserve blame for not defending adequately against attacks. The author outlines why several widespread beliefs about cyber weapons need modification and suggests more nuanced and contextualized conclusions about how cyber domain hostility impacts conflict in the modern world.

After distinguishing between the nature of warfare and the character of wars, chapters will probe the widespread assumptions about cyber weapons themselves. The second half of the book explores the role of social media and the consequences of the digital realm being a battlespace in 21st-century conflicts. The book also considers how trends in computing and cyber conflict impact security affairs as well as the practicality of people’s relationships with institutions and trends, ranging from democracy to the Internet of Things.
The Pearl Harbor Secret
Authors: Menzel Sewall
Published: August 2023

This book provides a penetrating look into U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's strategy to bait Adolf Hitler into declaring war on America in order to defeat Germany militarily, thus preventing the Nazis from developing the atomic bomb.

In late 1939, President Roosevelt learned that Hitler was attempting to develop an atomic bomb to use against the United States. The president responded by directing his own scientific community to develop an atomic bomb and began making plans to go to war with Germany. However, he was hampered by public opinion, with 80 percent of the American people against U.S. involvement in another ground war in Europe.

Roosevelt seized an opportunity in 1940, when Japan and Nazi Germany formed a military alliance. To bait Germany into war, FDR shut down Japan's war-making economy, prompting Tokyo to attack Pearl Harbor. A few days later, Hitler declared war on America.

Using declassified documents, this book shows how Pearl Harbor was not about Japan; it was about the United States going to war with Germany. It reveals how the U.S. Navy's intelligence gathering system could break virtually any Japanese naval code, but Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, was kept in the dark about the impending Pearl Harbor attack by his own government.
Poverty and the Poor in the World’s Religious Traditions
Authors: Brackney William H. , Das Rupen
Published: August 2023

This detailed book is a resource for students, practitioners, and leaders interested in how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor.

Poverty is a universal phenomenon across history, regardless of country or culture. Today, the demographics of the poor are on the rise globally: it is a critical issue. Religious traditions are another universal aspect of human societies, and nearly all religions include directives on how to respond to the poor and systemic poverty. How do the various religious traditions conceptualize poverty, and what do they view as the proper response to the poor?

Poverty and the Poor in the World's Religious Traditions: Religious Responses to the Problem of Poverty brings together specialists on the religions of the world and their diverse viewpoints to identify how different religious traditions interact with poverty and being poor. It also contains excerpts of religious texts that readers can use as primary documents to illustrate themes such as identifying the poor, religious reasons for being poor, and responses (like charity and development) to the existence of poverty. This book serves as a powerful resource for students of subjects like international development, missiology, comparative religion, theology, social ethics, economics, and organizational leadership as well as for any socially concerned clergy of various faiths.
Spanish Meta-Art and Contemporary Cinema
Authors: Rodríguez-Romaguera Guillermo
Published: August 2023

Can cinema reveal its audience’s most subversive thinking? Do films have the potential to project their viewers’ innermost thoughts making them apparent on the screen? This book argues that cinema has precisely this power to unveil to the spectator their own hidden thoughts. It examines case studies from various cultures in conversation with Spain, a country whose enduring masterpieces in self-reflexive or meta-art provide insight into the special dynamic between viewer and screen. Framed around critical readings of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Diego Velázquez’ Las meninas and Luis Buñuel’s Un chien andalou, this book examines contemporary films by Víctor Erice, Carlos Saura, Bigas Luna, Alejandro Amenábar, Lucrecia Martel, Krzysztof Kieslowski, David Lynch, Pedro Almodóvar, Spike Jonze, Andrzej Zulawski, Fernando Pérez, Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Craven and David Cronenberg to illustrate how self-reflexivity in film unbridles the mental repression of film spectators. It proposes cinema as an uncanny duplication of the workings of the brain – a doppelgänger to human thought.
IMPLEMENTASI PEMBELAJARAN AKIDAH AKHLAK DALAM MEMBENTUK KARAKTER RELIGIUS SISWA DI SMP NU KAJEN
Authors: Nursya Sekar Tanti  , Rofiqotul Aeni
Published: August 2023

Pada zaman sekarang ini masih banyak anak yang memiliki akhlak atau perilaku kurang baik. Baik dari sikap, tingkah laku, maupun tutur kata. Sehingga pentingnya pembelajaran akidah akhlak dalam membentuk karakter religius siswa. Materi â€“ materi pembelajaran akidah akhlak membentuk karakter religius Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan mengenai proses pelaksanaan pembelajaran akidah akhlak . Tujuan penelitian ini antara lain adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana proses pelaksanaan pembelajaran Akidah Akhlak,kemudian implementasi dari pembelajaran Akidah Akhlak dapat membentuk karakter religius siswa yang disertai faktor pendukung dan penghambat serta solusi selama proses pelaksanaan dan implementasi pembelajaran Akidah Akhlak dalam membentuk karakter religius siswa di SMP NU Kajen. Penggunaan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dalam penelitian.Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui metode wawancara, dokumentasi, dan observasi. Dalam hal ini teknik analisis yang digunakan yaitu analisis data lapangan. Dari hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan didapatkan data Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran Akidah Akhlak di SMP NU Kajen sudah dilakukan dengan tepat dan baik kemudian sesuai dengan kurikulum yang berlaku mengacu pada RPP yang digunakan di sekolah meliputi kegiatan pembukaan, kegiatan inti, dan kegiatan penutup.  Selanjutnya Implementasi Pembelajaran Akidah Akhlak di SMP NU Kajen dapat dilihat dari evaluasi atau penilaian diakhir pembelajaran.

Kata Kunci: akidah akhlak, karakter religius, pembelajaran.
MANAJEMEN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER AL-QURAN
Authors: Maulana Irwan
Published: August 2023

Managemen pendidikan karakter al-Quran menjadi hal yang penting untuk diterapkan terutama di SMP sebagai salah satu upaya dalam menghadapi krisis akhlak. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan manajemen pendidikan karakter al-Quran yang ada di SMP Islam Birru-Waalidain. Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dengan menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara, studi dokumentasi dan uji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi, pengumpulan data, reduksi data, pengelompokan data dan verifikasi data. Managemen pendidikan karakter di SMP Islam Birru-L-Waalidain berjalan dengan baik melalui perencanaan pendidikan karakter dirumuskan oleh ketua yayasan, wakil kepala sekolah kurikulum dan kesiswaan serta dewan guru melalui program (1) tahsin dan tahfidz al-Quran; (2) sholat lima waktu; (3) puasa senin kamis; (4) berkata dan berbuat baik. Pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter dilakukan melalui pembiasaan yang dilaksanakan oleh seluruh stakeholder pendidikan. Evaluasi pendidikan karakter dilaksanakan dengan menjalankan evaluasi harian, mingguan, bulanan, tengah semester, dan semesteran.
PENGORGANISASIAN KEGIATAN TABLIGH DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN KOMUNIKASI PESERTA DIDIK DI MDTA SYEIKH ZAINUDDIN PANYABUNGAN
Authors: Ramadani Sahria , Rohman
Published: August 2023

Kemampuan komunikasi sangat penting untuk ditingkatkan oleh seseorang. Pada hakikatnya selaku makhluk sosial manusia sangat memerlukan interaksi satu dengan yang lainnya. Komunikasi yang baik bisa kita lihat dari sistem pengorganisasian. Adapun tujuan adanya penelitian ini adalah untuk pertama, pengorganisasian kegiatan tabligh, kedua, kemampuan komunikasi. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif. Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala sekolah, pembina, guru, dan peserta didik MDTA Syeikh Zainuddin. Adapun teknik pengumpulan datanya menggunakan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik keabsahan data dengan teknik triangulasi sumber data dan triangulasi metode pengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: pertama pengorganisasian kegiatan tabligh sudah berjalan dengan baik. Pengorganisasian kegiatan tabligh dimulai dari penentuan aktivitas kegiatan yaitu dari MC, pidato, puisi, qasidah, membaca sifat 20, syair nahwu. Pengelompokan perta didik dipilih setiap minggu dari kelas I sampai IV secara bergantian. Anggaran dalam kegiatan tabligh dibebankan dari SPP siswa. Kedua Kemampuan komunikasi siswa sudah cukup baik karena dalam pengorganisasian kegiatan tabligh sudah ditugaskan untuk menyampaikan ajaran-ajaran keislaman atau pesan keagamaan.
ANALISIS KONSEP PEMIMPIN IDEAL DALAM PERSPEKTIF IMAM AL-GHAZALI (AT-TIBRU MASBUK FII NASHIHATI AL-MULUK)
Authors: Yunita Erna , Falah Saiful , Latifah Milahtul
Published: August 2023

A leader must be an effective leader. The goal shared by all leaders is the same, which is to be able to guide people to a better life and help solve problems in the organization or community. The research methodology uses the qualitative method of Literature Review systematically the relevance of the data determined. The primary data source of At-Tibru Masbuk Fii Nashihati Al-muluk by Imam Al-Ghazali and the secondary data source of the work are still continuous. An Islamic leader, that is the criterion of an ideal leader, namely: having knowledge, perfection of the five senses, ability, maturity, male, progressive, independent, justice, ahead of the pious person. A leader according to Imam Al-Ghazali there are 1) Principles of Faith, 2) Points of Justice include the Points of justice, not committing tyranny, being close to scholars, educating, not being arrogant, not betraying, not ignoring the needs of society, not greedy, not authoritarian, loving his religion, not seeking the pleasure of the people who are not in accordance with the teachings of the Shari'a. Collaborative governance in eradicating corruption cases in Indonesia requires structured cooperation between government, private and community institutions through personal dialogue, trust building, commitment to the process, mutual understanding, intermediate results
PERAN QUANTUM LEARNING DALAM MENINGKATKAN SECARA BERLIPAT TARGET BELAJAR BAHASA INGGRIS DI SMA PGRI CICURUG
Authors: Muslimatul Amanah Ima , Qomariyah Siti , Sukandi Andi
Published: August 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan tentang konsep model pembelajaran quantum learning, langkah-langkah penerapan model quantum learning, peran quantum learning dalam meningkatkan secara berlipat target belajar, dan kelebihan kekurangan model pembelajaran quantum learning. Model pembelajaran Quantum Learning merupakan suatu model pembelajaran yang dapat membuat siswa langsung mengalami permasalahan, menemukan sendiri jawaban atas permasalahan dan beraktivitas sesuai dengan kompetensi yang ingin dicapai.  Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif menurut Kirk dan Miller, mendefinisikan bahwa penelitian kualitatif adalah tradisi tertentu dalam ilmu pengetahuan sosial yang secara fundamental bergantung dari pengamatan pada manusia baik dalam kawasannya maupun dalam peristilahannya. Subjek penelitian adalah guru bahasa Inggris, dan kepala sekolah. Adapun objek penelitiannya yaitu siswa kelas X-4 SMA PGRI Cicurug. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keberhasilan pembelajaran quantum tergantung pada kemampuan guru dalam memahami konsep dan mengimplementasikan langkah-langkah pembelajaran quantum dalam kegiatan pembelajarannya. Penerapannya dalam mata pelajaran bahasa Inggris cukup menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan pada target belajar siswa
DIGITAL COMPETENCES LEVEL OF INDONESIAN TEACHERS IN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
Authors: Zaenuri Ari Mohamad
Published: August 2023

Praktik pendidikan juga berubah selama 20 tahun terakhir karena pengenalan teknologi. Kompetensi digital menjadi tujuan penting untuk pengembangan guru. Professional Learning Community yang menjadi pusat pengembangan ilmu dan praktik guru juga harus mengimplementasikan kompetensi digital. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kompetensi digital guru Indonesia berdasarkan kerangka kerja DigCompEdu, dan pengaruh pengalaman guru terhadap tingkat kompetensi digital mereka. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan alat Check-in versi terjemahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis statistik deskriptif. Penelitian dilakukan di salah satu asosiasi profesi guru di Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar guru masih berada pada tahap Eksplorasi dan Integrasi, mayoritas 43% pada level Integrator dan 17,2% pada level Eksplorasi, serta 26,9% pada level Expert, dan masing-masing 6,5% pada level Leader dan Pioneer. Guru Indonesia membutuhkan lebih banyak kesempatan untuk mengembangkan kompetensi digitalnya, sehingga guru yang lebih berpengalaman memiliki guru yang konsisten dengan level tinggi. PLC dalam hal ini dapat menjadi pusat pengembangan kompetensi digital guru dengan berkolaborasi dengan guru pada tingkat kompetensi digital yang berbeda
EMOSI POSITIF PADA IBU YANG MEMILIKI ANAK TUNAGRAHITA DI SLB C YPALB KARANGANYAR
Authors: 'Abiir Zahrotun , Noviya Andriyani Isnanita
Published: August 2023

Fenomena terkait ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita di Indonesia merasakan kesedihan, kekecewaan, dan emosi negatif yang lainnya. Dengan begitu masyarakat hanya dapat melihat dari sisi emosi negatifnya saja. Dengan adanya penelitian ini, bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana gambaran emosi positif dari ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita. Metode dalam penelitian ini yaitu kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Hasil penelitian yang didapat yaitu adanya berbagai macam bentuk emosi positif pada ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita dan faktor yang mempengaruhi emosi positif tersebut. Diketahuinya berbagai wujud dari emosi positif pada ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita dan juga faktor yang mempengaruhi emosi positif tersebut, diharapkan dapat membuat masyarakat mengetahui bahwa ibu yang memiliki anak tunagrahita tidak hanya memiliki emosi negatif saja tetapi juga emosi positif
ISTIRATIJIYYAT MU’ALLIM AL-LUGHAH AL-‘ARABIYYAH ‘INDA TAGHALLUBI SU’UBAH QIROAAT AN-NUSUUS AL-‘ARABIYYAH ‘ALAA THULLAABI AS-SHAFI AL-'AASYAR FII AL-MADRASAH AL-'ALIYATI AL-MUHAJIRIN CIGUDEG (DIRAASAH HAALIYAH 'AN MADDAH AL-LUGHAH AL-'ARABIYYAH)
Authors: Taufan Al-Farisi  , Abrar Muh , Taufik Akasahtia Lukman
Published: August 2023

This research provides benefits for Arabic language teaching lecturers in helping to provide an easy learning motivation for students to master and memorize the Qur’an through learning the Arabic language. That the author of this research be able to provide benefits in applying and applying Arabic language proficiency in memorizing the Qur’an. It can be a positive contribution and as a material consideration, especially for the educational institutions of the Jahai Quran Jebonbulang Bogor High School in improving Arabic language learning towards fluency in Quran memorization. The researchers want to further research on the comparison between the application of learning the Arabic language, especially in speaking skills with the lack of application of learning the Arabic language, especially in speaking skills, to the fluency of memorizing the Qur’an in this Quran memorization institute. Based on the above research results, learning Arabic has a significant impact on the fluency of memorizing the Qur’an, especially for students who master the ability to speak Arabic. It is therefore hoped that this ability to speak in the future will become a second priority in addition to memorizing the Qur'an, in order to facilitate the memorization of the Qur'an for students
TATHBIIQU THARIIQAH AL-QIRA`AH FII TA’LIIMI KITAABAH MUKHTASHAR JIDDAN FII AS-SHAF AT-TSAMIN BI MA’HAD AL-ISLAMIYYAH TANJUNG UBAR HASAN NAULI PANDANG BOLAK JULU PADANG LAWAS AS-SYIMAALIYYAH
Authors: Alawiyah Samosir Nur , Yunaldi
Published: August 2023

A very brief book is a grammar book that is used in the eighth grade middle school of the Tanjung Ubar Hassan Noli Islamic Institute and in its teaching the teacher uses the method of reading. The objectives of this research are: To know how to apply the method of reading in teaching a very brief book and the difficulties that students face when teaching it. In this research using qualitative research. The result of this research indicates that the teacher who teaches in this class using the reading method method is of the type of common reading in teaching a very short book and teaches the teacher by reading aloud as well as intensive and analytical reading, but some of the students are more impressed and do not like or get excited when learning in the classroom
Peran Metode Qira’ah dalam Meningkatkan Literasi Bahasa Arab di Prodi Pendidikan Bahasa Arab
Authors: Fidani Riki , Ghifary Muhamad Fadlan , Indriana Dina
Published: August 2023

Many Arabic language education students in Arabic language education programs lack literacy, making it difficult to understand the language they are taking in their study program. so that the qira’ah method must be applied to increase language literacy found by many Arabic language students but they do not understand what they are learning, qiraah is the main method for a broader understanding in the field of language. This study aimed to the role of the Qira’ah Method in Increasing Arabic Literacy in Arabic Language Education Study Programs. The method used qualitative study and collecting data used interview and observation. The result showed that language functions can be developed and implemented in everyday life as well as in the academic campus of the Arabic Language Education Program.

Keywords: Arabic Education Programs, Arabic Literacy, Qira’ah Method
Boas Práticas de Governança Pública e Corporativa: Fomento de uma Governança Nacional Brasileira
Authors: Meffe Corinto , Marchisotti Gustavo Guimarães , De Farias Filho Jose Rodrigues
Published: August 2023

Objetivo: O presente artigo compara a Lei das Estatais e o Decreto da Política de Go­vernança com as boas práticas propostas pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Cor­porativa, em busca de pontos de (não)interseção entre estes artefatos, que possibilitem a discussão e o fomento de uma governança nacional brasileira.Método/abordagem: Utilizou-se das análises comparativas, de conteúdo e indutiva.Contribuições teóricas/práticas/sociais: A partir da identificação de onze pontos de não interseção: composição do conselho, influência conceitual, diversidade de atores, capacidade de resposta, aplicabilidade, melhoria regulatória, escolha dos dirigentes, ouvidoria, confiabilidade, política de gestão de pessoas e indicadores; e dez pontos de interseção: controles internos, gestão de riscos, auditoria, integridade, transparência, auditoria independente, colegiados, avaliações, estratégia e conduta ética.Originalidade/relevância: O presente artigo contribui com a literatura sobre o tema governança no contexto brasileiro, considerando a perspectiva de leis recentemente promulgadas sobre a governança para o setor público, e que, portanto, possuem pouca literatura acadêmica que a discuta.
Laboratory diagnostics of drought resistance of sudanese grass samples by seed swelling in osmotic solutions
Authors:   Russian Research and Design-Technological Institute of Sorghum and Corn, Efremova Irina , Kukoleva Svetlana , Semin Dmitry , Larina Tatyana , Nemkina Elena
Published: August 2023

The results of studies of the nature and intensity of swelling of seeds of Sudanese grass samples in hypertonic solutions of osmotics and distilled water in 2021-2023 made it possible to establish a significant effect of the genotype, conditions of the year and the duration of the experiment. The seeds of the studied samples were distinguished by different water absorption intensities during the experiment period. On average, over the years of research, a high intensity of the seed swelling process was established in the initial (in the 1-st and 2-nd hours – 47,9-55,6%) and the final period of the experiment (24 and 48 hours – 86,4-105,1%, respectively), with a significant slowdown in the increase in the mass of grains during the lag phase – 4-6 hours from the beginning of the experiment (62,6-67,9%). The most intense swelling was found in Sudanese grass seeds in a 2022 laboratory experiment: the average value for samples in the studied variants was 78,0%; in 2021 – 74,2%, in 2023 – 60,5%. Relatively drought-resistant under conditions of artificially simulated stress include varieties of Sudanese grass Allegoriya, Ambiciya, promising breeding lines – Faina, L-30/17, which are used in the selection of new varieties and hybrids with high adaptive potential, adapted to cultivation in arid regions of the Russian Federation. Keywords: DROUGHT RESISTANCE, SUDANESE GRASS, ARTIFICIALLY SIMULATED STRESS, SEED SWELLING