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KEPEMIMPINAN PENDIDIKAN
Authors: HIDAYAH NOOR
Published: December 2019

Leadership is an important part of management that is planning and organizing, but the main role of leadership is to influence others to achieve their stated goals.
Administrasi Peserta Didik
Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

Student administration is a process carried out by several people in an organization to achieve a certain goal, therefore student administration is a field that is highly related to the organization, and it can also be said that student administration is an attempt to achieve an objective effectively and controlled by utilizing what is available. The purpose of the administration of students is to regulate the activities of students that support the learning and teaching process in schools to run regularly, structured, effective and efficient, so that the desired goals are achieved. Students are a very important part in the learning and teaching process in schools, the administration of education is built to benefit students and schools. Therefore, it is very important for schools to get the attention of educational institutions, in order to achieve the goal of a nation-based comprehensive education. The role of the teacher in student administration is as a selection committee for new student admissions, plays a role in facilitating students to adapt to the school environment, recording and controlling student attendance, conducting competency tests, creating an atmosphere that creates motivation and carrying out career guidance and tracking graduates. In the research of this article, the material is taken from books, journals and other sources related to the administration of students.Student Administration is an activity that takes care of the part of students and provides services to new students who want to register until the student has graduated from the school. The implementation process of student administration there are 3, namely: student administration activities at the beginning of the school year, student administration activities during the school year, and student administration at the end of the school year. The Student Administration Instrument contains the recording of students' personal data at school.
ADMINISTRASI KURIKULUM
Authors: Kuwala Resfi Norma
Published: December 2019

This article was prepared using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, which is by first collecting study materials related to student administration in the form of books, articles, and other sources. The curriculum is a very important and decisive component in the administration of education. the curriculum functions as a tool for the achievement of educational goals, if educational goals change then automatically the curriculum must also be changed.
ADMINISTRASI LAYANAN KHUSUS
Authors: HIDAYAH NOOR
Published: December 2019

Special service is an effort that is not directly related to the teaching and learning process in the classroom, but is specifically provided by the school to the students so that they are more optimal in carrying out the learning process.
Administrasi Layanan Khusus
Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

An educational program or a school will not function if there is no special service administration program, in an education program it must have elements which include an educational program. The elements intended must have a relationship or relationship with the education program in the administration of special services, there are several elements, namely: the elements of student administration, elements of curriculum administration, elements of membership administration or personnel, elements of material administration, elements financial administration, the element of school and community relations administration, and finally the element of special service administration. Not only the elements above are able to encourage the success of an education, but there are many other elements, by including elements of special service administration in schools, students or students will certainly be fulfilled and their efforts to achieve goals major in school.In the study to date, the administration of special services is very important and very influential in the smooth running of an educational program. In general, all schools in Indonesia have special services in their respective schools for their students. The government must also pay attention to the needs or interests of students in schools in services, especially for students' learning convenience, if there is something lacking, the government must try to complete the needs in these special services in order to create students who are capable in their fields and to support the achievement of material. education in school. Special service management in schools is implemented and organized to facilitate or expedite the process of learning and teaching, as well as meeting the special needs of students at school.
administrasi dan supervisi pendidikan
Authors: alief elyia putri , Afriansyah Hade
Published: December 2019

This article aims to explain the understanding of the notion of financial administration, the objectives of financial administration, the principles of financial administration, the processes of financial administration and fungsion of teacher in proses adminisntrasion of financial
Supervisi Pendidikan
Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

In the supervision of education it is expected that supervisors can better understand and can be directed about any material or knowledge about education, hope it can be set forth in the regulations set by the minister on supervision. What must be demanded from a supervisor is research and understanding of the techniques and methods that exist in the supervision of education. And a teacher is one part of educational resources that really need a supervision service, a teacher really needs education supervision because between teacher and education supervision is very related in community life. A teacher can also foster in the form of guiding and directing the improvement of the state of education and can improve the quality of teaching and learning in particular.The purpose of educational supervision is to increase the enthusiasm of teachers and students to develop their potential and improve themselves, so that the educational process can run smoothly, and have good results too. And also in order to establish good relations and communication between teachers, students and other employees. Educational supervision that examines curriculum administration, student administration, administration of educators and education personnel, administration of facilities and infrastructure, financial administration, administration of school and community relations, administrative administration, and also studies other fields. And the task of educational supervision is to be able to assist teachers in doing important work and can also develop the potential of their students.
PERKEMBANGAN SIKAP SOSIAL PESERTA DIDIK DI LINGKUNGAN SEKOLAH
Authors: Anggia Rizky
Published: December 2019

At the time humans were born, humans did not have social nature. Children's social abilities are obtained from various opportunities and experiences of interacting with people in their environment. Social nature is needed by humans for the need to interact with others. When humans recognize their first interaction with their families, they know their mothers, fathers, brothers and family members. In addition, children begin to be able to distinguish the meaning of smiles and other social behaviors, such as anger (not happy to hear loud sounds) and affection.Social development in adolescence develops the ability to understand others as unique individuals, both regarding personal traits, interests, values, or feelings so as to encourage adolescents to socialize more closely with their peer environment or community environment. school environment and teachers play an important role in the social development of students so that students can behave socially and behavior that can be accounted for, for example devout worship, virtuous character, and others.In the scope of education administration it is stated that the administration of personnel, including administration of personnel of teachers and school staff, and also the administration of students. In supporting the formation of the expected social development of students there is guidance and counseling at school.Keywords: Social development, school environment, students.
ADMINISTRASI LAYANAN KHUSUS
Authors: Kuwala Resfi Norma
Published: December 2019

This article was prepared using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, which is by first collecting study materials related to student administration in the form of books, articles, and other sources. Administration is a business or activity relating to the implementation of policies to achieve goals.Management of special services in a school is an important part of effective and efficient School Based Management (SBM). School is one of the facilities that can be used to improve the quality of the Indonesian population
KEPUASAN PELANGGAN DAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN PUSKESMAS
Authors: Laan Rahmat
Published: December 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis tingkat kepuasan pelanggan terhadap kualitas pelayanan kesehatan di Puskesmas Kenarilang Kecamatan Teluk Mutiara Kabupaten Alor. Sampel penelitian ditentukan sebanyak 100 orang dengan menggunakan rumus Slovin. Instrumen utama penelitian adalah kuesioner. Data dianalisis dengan menggunkana teknik analisis kudaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) Tingkat kepuasan pelanggan terhadap kualitas pelayanan puskesmas yang meliputi aspek bukti langsung, kehandalan, ketanggapan, jaminan dan empati berada pada kategori sangat memuaskan; (2) Sub item yang menjadi prioritas utama untuk diperbaiki kinerjanya meliputi keindahan halaman, kelengkapan alat-alat yang dipakai, kesiapan alat-alat yang dipakai, kecepatan prosedur penerimaan pasien, kecepatan menerima obat, ketepatan menerima obat dan ketersediaan waktu petugas untuk konsultasi pasien; (3) Sub item yang dianggap oleh para pelanggan sudah memuaskan dan perlu terus dipertahankan meliputi : Kebersihan ruangan, Kerapian ruangan, Kenyamanan ruangan, Kebersihan halaman puskesmas, Kecepatan pelayanan pemeriksaan, Ketepatan pelayanan pemeriksaan, Kecepatan tindakan petugas saat pasien membutuhkan bantuan, Keterampilan petugas memberikan pelayanan, Kesopanan petugas, Ketelitian petugas memeriksa kondisi pasien, dan Perhatian petugas, tanpa membedakan ras; (4) Sub item yang kurang penting pengaruhnya bagi pelanggan namun harus ditingkatkan meliputi Ketepatan prosedur penerimaaan pasien, Kesederhanaan prosedur layanan, Ketepatan jadwal buka jam pelayanan, Ketepatan jadwal tutup jam pelayanan, Keramahan petugas, dan Perhatian petugas terhadap keluhan pasien; (5) Sub item yang dianggap sudah memuaskan tetapi berlebihan pelaksanaannya oleh Puskesmas meliputi : Kebersihan alat-alat yang dipakai, Cepat tanggap petugas menangani keluhan pasien, Kejelasan informasi petugas tentang obat yang diberikan, Kejelasan informasi petugas tentang penyakit anda dan Perhatian petugas, tanpa membedakan status sosial ekonomi.
Administrasi dan supervisi pendidikan
Authors: ananda Putri
Published: December 2019

The financial administration in school is very important to be accountable for the teaching and learning process. Accountability, reporting and inspection, and the role of teachers in the financial administration shall be liable in accordance with the prevailing rules.
SUPERVISI PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Kuwala Resfi Norma
Published: December 2019

This article was prepared using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, which is by first collecting study materials related to student administration in the form of books, articles, and other sources. Supervision comes from the word super and vision, which means to see and review from above or view and assess from above, which is carried out by superiors on the activities, creativity and performance of subordinates.Educators are professionals, designing learning, implementing learning, assessing learning outcomes, guiding training in researching community service
KEPEMIMPINAN PENDIDIKAN
Authors: Kuwala Resfi Norma
Published: December 2019

This article was prepared using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, which is by first collecting study materials related to student administration in the form of books, articles, and other sources. Leadership is the process of influencing organized group activities towards setting and achieving goals (Ralp M. Stogdill).Educators are professionals, designing learning, implementing learning, assessing learning outcomes, guiding training in researching community service
Administrasi kurikulum
Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

Administration is a process in the form of the act of planning, organizing, mobilizing and supervising determined through the utilization of human resources with the aim to determine certain goals. There are several program updates in a field of national education whose aim is to open the mindset of the community and develop life so that the community is able and ready to face the current era of globalization. The curriculum is an aspect that is the basis of reference in educational activities. The curriculum still needs to be updated, improved and more adapted to educational needs in the future because of the demands of the times. Curriculum administration is a learning guide in order to achieve learning as desired. All elements in the learning process at school are part of curriculum administration, for example such as rules, regulations, discipline, etc., all of which are included in aspects of curriculum administration. The research method used is literature search, in which in this research article the material was taken from books, journals and other sources concerned with curriculum administration. The purpose of this research is to add insight, knowledge, and knowledge in curriculum administration. Curriculum administration is planning, organizing, actuating, controlling. There are various kinds of education administration for example such as personal administration, curriculum administration and student administration. All school employees and teachers are involved in creating quality schools, in this administration the figure or role of a teacher is needed.
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Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

Educational administration is all or all that is involved in work regarding teacher training which is basically the administration of education is useful for expanding knowledge and abilities in the field and study administration. Educational administration is one of the actions of coordinating human behavior in education, so that the available resources can be arranged as well as possible, so that educational goals can be achieved productively. Administration has a very important message in education, where one of its important roles is to implement the principles of healthy human relations by emphasizing respect for everyone at the educational institution concerned and trying to connect and bring together educational institutions with the community towards development, progress and stability. The research method used is a literature search where researchers collect reference sources from books, journals, internet and other scientific sources. Then concluded by using language that is easier to understand. Educational administration is everything related to teacher training aimed at expanding knowledge and abilities in the field and administration studies. The educational administration process includes planning, organizing, actuating and controlling. The scope of education administration includes administration of school governance, personal administration of teachers and staff, administration of students, supervision of teaching, implementation and guidance of curriculum, establishment and planning of school buildings and school relations with the community.
Sumber dan Media Pembelajaran Tematik SD/MI
Authors: Rambe Sopiah
Published: December 2019

A.Latar BelakangPada hakikatnya proses pembelajaran juga merupakan komunikasi, maka media pembelajaran bisa bisa dipahami sebagai mediakonikasi yang digunakan dalam proses komunikasi tersebut. Media pembelajaran memiliki peran penting sebagai sarana untuk menyalurkan pesan pembelajaran. Tanpa media, komunikasi tidak akan terjadi dan proses pembelajaran sebagai proses komunikasi tidak akan berlangsung secara optimal. Dalamm proses komunikasi pada peristiwa belajar mengajar banyak ditemukan kegagalan-kegagalan, hal ini disebabkan karena materi yang disampaikan pendidik kepada peserta didik tidak sepenuhnya diterima dengan baik. Oleh karena itu, dengan adanya media proses belajar- mengajar akan berjalan baik dan efektif.Media pembelajaran berperaan sebagai salah satu sumber belajar bagi siswa. Artinya melalui media pembelajaran siswa dapat memperoleh pesan dan informasi sehingga membentuk pengetahuan baru pada siswa. Keberadaan media pembelajaran menjadi suatu hal yang sangat penting dalam pembelajaran tematik terpadu, karena dapat memudahkan siswa dalam menguasai materi pembelajaran, Selain itu,\pembelajaran akan lebih menarik bagi siswa sehingga dapat menumbuhkan motivasi belajar.dan memungkinkan siswa menguasai tujuan pelajaran pelajaran dengan baik. Metode mengajar juga akan lebih bervariasi tidak semata-mata berbentuk komunikasi verbal melalui lisan guru. Dan siswa akan lebih banyak melakukan kegiatan belajar karena siswa tidak hanya mendengarkan uraian guru, tetapi juga mengamati, melakukan dan mendemostrasikan bahan-bahan pelajaran yang dihadapi.Dengan adanya media dalam pembelajaranakan memperjelas suatu materi atau ilmu pengetahuan yang disampaikan oleh guru kepada siswa. Dan dapat membantu mempermudah proses pembelajaran. Penggunaan media pembelajaran akan mendorong keterlibatan siswa dalam melakukan proses belajar. Dan mendorong munculnya sikap positif terhadap isi materi dalam pelajaran.
Administrasi Keuangan
Authors: putri vilda yulia , Afriansyah Hade
Published: December 2019

This article discusses how important and urgent the financial administration is in the world of education. why this administration is needed because we in every activity need funds to carry out these activities. This article explains how the role of finance is important in the world of education which starts from planning to later supervising the funds used in educational activities where the use must be careful so that there is no financial loss or misuse. in the result this financial administration must be in the world of education so that all activities in the school run smoothly.
PENGARUH KEMAMPUAN KERJA DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI KELURAHAN DI KECAMATAN MAULAFA DENGAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA DAN EFIKASI DIRI SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERATOR
Authors: Laan Rahmat
Published: December 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kemampuan kerja, motivasi kerja, lingkungan kerja dan efikasi diri terhadap kinerja pegawai maupun pengaruh kemampuan dan motivasi terhadap kinerja yang dimoderasi lingkungan kerja dan efikasi diri. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam kategori eksplanatory research. sampel sama dengan populasi yaitu sebanyak 118 pegawai atau menggunakan metode sensus, namun kuesioner yang terisi lengkap dan layak dianalisis sebanyak 66 responden. Data dianalisis menggunakan Smart-PLS 3.0. Hasil studi membuktikan bahwa secara statistik: kemampuan kerja berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai; motivasi kerja berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai; lingkungan kerja berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai; efikasi diri berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai;kemampuan kerja berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai yang dimoderasi lingkungan kerja; motivasi kerja berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai yang dimoderasi lingkungan kerja; kemampuan kerja berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai yang dimoderasi efikasi diri; motivasi kerja berpengaruh tidak signifikan terhadap kinerja pegawai yang dimoderasi efikasi diri
Administrasi Pendidikan
Authors: Juita Rahma
Published: December 2019

Educational administration is all or all that is involved in work regarding teacher training which is basically the administration of education is useful for expanding knowledge and abilities in the field and study administration. Educational administration is one of the actions of coordinating human behavior in education, so that the available resources can be arranged as well as possible, so that educational goals can be achieved productively. Administration has a very important message in education, where one of its important roles is to implement the principles of healthy human relations by emphasizing respect for everyone at the educational institution concerned and trying to connect and bring together educational institutions with the community towards development, progress and stability. The research method used is a literature search where researchers collect reference sources from books, journals, internet and other scientific sources. Then concluded by using language that is easier to understand. Educational administration is everything related to teacher training aimed at expanding knowledge and abilities in the field and administration studies. The educational administration process includes planning, organizing, actuating and controlling. The scope of education administration includes administration of school governance, personal administration of teachers and staff, administration of students, supervision of teaching, implementation and guidance of curriculum, establishment and planning of school buildings and school relations with the community.
Psychotherapy in the era of artificial intelligence: Therapist Panoptes
Authors: Brailas Alexios
Published: December 2019

“What will happen when an artificial intelligence entity has access to all the information stored about me online, with the ability to process my information efficiently and flawlessly? Will such an entity not be, in fact, my ideal therapist?” Would there ever come a point at which you would put your trust in an omniscient, apperceptive, and ultra-intelligent robotic therapist? There is a horizon beyond which we can neither see nor even imagine; this is the technological singularity moment for psychotherapy. If human intelligence is capable of creating an artificial intelligence that surpasses its creators, then this intelligence would, in turn, be able to create an even superior next-generation intelligence. An inevitable positive feedback loop would lead to an exponential intelligence growth rate. In the present paper, we introduce the term Therapist Panoptes as a working hypothesis to investigate the implications for psychotherapy of an artificial therapeutic agent: one that is able to access all available data for a potential client and process these with an inconceivably superior intelligence. Although this opens a new perspective on the future of psychotherapy, the sensitive dependence of complex techno-social systems on their initial conditions renders any prediction impossible. Artificial intelligence and humans form a bio-techno-social system, and the evolution of the participating actors in this complex super-organism depends upon their individual action, as well as upon each actor being a coevolving part of a self-organized whole.
What Counts as Religious Experience? The Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences as a Tool for Analysis across Cultures
Authors: Taves Ann , Wolf Melissa Gordon , Ihm Elliott Daniel , Barlev Michael , Kinsella Michael , Vyas Maharshi
Published: December 2019

When operationalizing ‘religiosity’ or ‘spirituality’ or ‘religious experience’ as measurable constructs, researchers tacitly treat them as if they were cross-culturally stable ‘things’ rather than investigating the way culturally-laden concepts, such as ‘religious’ or ‘spiritual,’ are used to interpret or appraise contested aspects of human life within and across cultures. To illustrate the distinction, we contrast the traditional research design that the Religious Experience Research Centre used to survey and compare “religious experience” in the UK and China with the appraisal-based design used by the Inventory of Nonordinary Experiences (INOE). Instead of operationalizing “religious experience,” the INOE distinguishes between generically-worded experiences and the way the experiences are appraised. When coupled with item level validation to ensure that queries are understood as intended, the generically-worded experiences function as common features that allow us to compare similarities and differences between culturally-embedded “lived” experiences. Separating generic experiences from appraisals allows us to (1) treat culture-bound concepts, such as ‘religious’ and ‘spiritual,’ as appraisals, and (2) view these and other concepts (e.g., dharmic, paranormal, psychotic) as advancing claims about how and why an experience occurred. In so far as we can establish the cross-cultural validity of common features, we can set up culturally-balanced (rather than Western-centric) comparisons and avoid operationalizing culture-specific concepts.
Testing a Self-Affirmation Intervention for Improving the Psychosocial Health of Black and White Medical Students
Authors: Perry Sylvia , Wages James , Skinner-Dorkenoo Allison , Burke Sara Emily , Hardeman Rachel , Phelan Sean
Published: December 2019

Self-affirmation interventions have been shown to mitigate the negative psychological effects of stereotype threat on Black students in secondary and undergraduate education. However, there is currently limited research testing whether Black students in medical schools may also experience the negative influences of stereotype threat. Until now, it has been unclear whether Black (vs. White) students experience a lower sense of belonging in medical school and whether they can benefit from self-affirmation interventions during medical training. With a longitudinal field experiment, we tested (a) whether Black (vs. White) medical students in the US experience decrements in psychological well-being (i.e., fatigue, depression, anxiety), sense of belonging, perceived residency competitiveness, and residency goal stability; and (b) the extent to which a self-affirmation intervention would ameliorate any observed disparities in these outcomes for Black students. With a sample of 234 Black and 182 White medical students across 50 schools in the US, we found that Black students tended to report more fatigue and less belonging than White students; however, the self-affirmation intervention did not significantly influence students’ fatigue, depression, anxiety, or belonging. Unexpectedly, Black students in the self-affirmation (vs. control) condition reported lower perceived competitiveness for residency. White students’ perceived competitiveness for residency was unaffected by the intervention. Exploratory analyses revealed that Black (vs. White) students were less likely to indicate stable residency goals over time, which may be an indication of threat; however, this racial gap was eliminated with the intervention. We discuss the plausible reasons for these findings and provide recommendations for future work in this area.
Textbook cost burden and social work students
Authors: DeCarlo Matthew Peter , Vandergrift Kerry Fay
Published: December 2019

This article examines the financial, social, and academic impacts of the increasing cost of textbooks and other required course materials. In an availability sample of 168 students at Virginia schools of social work, students reported spending between $300-$500 per year, with higher spending for graduate students. To afford textbooks, 63% of students got a job, 52% took out loans, 28% did not visit family, and 25% skipped a meal. Over one-third of the sample engaged in copyright infringement and most students delayed purchasing the textbook until they were sure it was required to be successful in the course.
Analysis of the academic production of the Faculty of Sociology of the Santo Tomás University, from the fields of action of the same university
Authors: Urra Miguel
Published: December 2019

This article aims to analyze the alignment of research products of the Faculty of Sociology of the Santo Tomás University with these fields of action and institutional interactions. For this, a bibliometric exercise is carried out with 104 research products of the faculty's teachers. As main results, a focus is obtained in the areas of "Peace and coexistence", "Social groups" and "Citizen participation". As the main conclusion, there is an adequate alignment of research products with the "Society" field of action and a still shy alignment with the "Environment" field of action.
Big Data, Data Science and Emerging Analytic tools : Impact in social science
Authors: Saha Satabdi , Maiti Tapabrata
Published: December 2019

Rapid advancement of the Internet and Internet of Things have led to companies generating gigantic volumes of data in every field of business. Big data research has thus become one of the most prominent topic of discussion garnering simultaneous attention from academia and industry. This paper attempts to understand the significance of big data in current scientific research and outline its unique characteristics, otherwise unavailable from traditional data sources. We focus on how big data has altered the scope and dimension of data science thus making it severely interdisciplinary. We further discuss the significance and opportunities of big data in the domain of social science research with a scrutiny of the challenges previously faced while using smaller datasets. Given the extensive utilization of big data analytics in all forms of socio-technical research, we argue the need to critically interrogate its assumptions and biases; thereby advocating the need for creating a just and ethical big data world.
Towards a New Political Economy of Food: State Capitalism and the Emergence of Neomercantilism in the Global Food System
Authors: Belesky Paul
Published: December 2019

The current restructuring of the global food system and its sociopolitical and economic coordinates has significance for comprehending the broader configuration and transformation of the contemporary global political economy. Much of the food regime literature to date has focused on power relations between the Global North and the Global South, and the neoliberal characteristics of the corporate food regime. However, this literature has often overlooked the nuances in varieties of capitalism and largely ignored the rise of ‘state capitalism’, the emergence of ‘neomercantilism’ and the incipient importance of South- South relations in the global food system. This paper contends that the neoliberal corporate food regime is in a period of transition – and the analytical contours of this emergent food regime cannot be adequately comprehended without recognising the importance of neomercantilism and the ways in which this paradigm shift is reshaping the dynamics of the global food system. This transition is typified by the proliferation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) that are intensifying competition for natural resources across the globe. This paper examines the emergence of neomercantilism and its constitutive role in the evolving global food regime and evaluates the question – ‘To what extent does this emergent paradigm contradict or reaffirm a neoliberal food regime?’ It situates this contemporary conjecture in the global food regime within the context of a transition from a unipolar world order under US hegemony towards a multipolar order and a multipolar global food system. This transition is characterised by the rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs), and the emergence of state capitalism and neomercantilism. Additionally, the dynamics of the proliferation of these entities and their role in securing global supply chains for food, feed and fuel through the acquisition of foreign land and natural resources, are also examined.
Multifaceted Effects of Migration for Sustainable Future
Authors: Pun Lal Bahadur
Published: December 2019

Migration has become a global phenomenon because the modern means of transportation has reduced the time of travel. It has not only been soaring globally but also it has been becoming intense in Nepal as well. In the context of Nepal, migration from village towards frontier proximities, towns and city centers has been increasing on everyday basis, which is a stumbling block for sustainable future of both origin and recipient communities because it is associated with social, economic, environmental and institutional attributes of the origin and recipient communities. In this field, very few attempts have been made by academia, professional and concerned authorities focusing on the effects of migration for sustainable future. Considering this reality, I attempted to explore the twofold effects of migration in both origin and recipient communities pleading the stories of three research participants such as one non-migrant and two migrants. In this paper, I implanted ethnographic methods to inscribe the stories of research participants. For this, I employed conversational interview and observation techniques. In addition to this, I put my theoretical positionality on the side of the migration pessimistic school of thought putting the migration optimistic school of thought away to reveal the negative results of migration. Thus, the stories of both non-migrant and migrants have been implored in informal settings. From the sustainable point of view, the departure of people created social, economic, environmental and institutional threats in the origin as well as recipient communities.
Social Media in an Emergency: Use of Social Media in Rescuing Abducted School Girls in Nigeria
Authors: Maigari Muhammad Abdullahi , Abdul-Qadir Uthman Abdullahi
Published: December 2019

This paper examines the abduction of the schoolgirls in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria in 2014. The paper examined how the abduction of the schoolgirls generated responses and support for the rescue of the abducted girls from people and organization from different parts of the globe. The Islamists terrorist organization operating in Borno State has attracted the attention of the world since 2009 when they started attacking government establishments and security installations northeast which later escalated to major cities in Northern Nigeria. Methodologically, the paper utilized secondary sources of data to analyze the phenomenon studied. The paper revealed that the development and innovations in information and communication technology which dismantled traditional and colonial boundaries enabled people to express support, solidarity and assist victims of conflict who resides millions of Kilometers away. This shows that Internet-based communications technology has reduced the distance of time and space that characterised traditional mass media. The campaign for the release of the schoolgirls on the social media platforms particularly Twitter and Facebook has tremendously contributed to the release of some of them. Furthermore, the girls freed from abduction have received proper attention: education and reintegration programmes which enable them to start post-abduction life. In this regard, social media has become a tool for supporting the government in moments of security challenges which the Bring Back Our Girls campaign attracted foreign and domestic assistance to Nigeria in the search of the abducted girls and the fight against the Islamist insurgents.
Irrelevance of Basic School Education in Nepal: An Anti-Colonial Critique on Problems and Prospects
Authors: Wagle Shree Krishna , Luitel Bal Chandra , Krogh Erling
Published: December 2019

Despite its contextual, theoretical, and practical relevance, contextualized teaching and learning has not been the priority of school education of Nepal. The policy provision of local curriculum and the use of locally available resources for teaching and learning have continuously lost its position in educational circle. To this background, taking anti-colonial critical stance, this paper analyses problems and prospects of contextualized teaching and learning in school education of Nepal. Taking evidences from the first author's lived experiences, and experiences from a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project in a public school of Nepal, the paper exposes manifold challenges and dilemmas initiated by Western-modern educational ideologies, and promptly illustrates how those uncritically imposed/accepted schooling agendas were responsible to demolish rural (and indigenous) identities of Nepal. The paper eventually proposes policy makers and curriculum practitioners of Nepal to pursue agency in school education, making it more place-relevant; enabling school graduates to learn to ‘live’ (rather than ‘leave’) their place.
Review Note on Shifting Cultivation in Northeast India amidst Changing Perceptions
Authors: Bhuyan Ratna
Published: December 2019

Historically, shifting cultivation has been traced back to the neolithic period. It has undergone transitions from being a subsistence agriculture to small surpluses. Despite the global changes intruding into the socio-economic sphere of the tribal communities across Northeastern region of India, shifting cultivation continues to play an important role in providing livelihoods and food security to the rural tribal households. It seems that shifting cultivation is closely tied to the cultural identity of the tribal people. Therefore, its importance lies beyond mere economic concerns. Though with government interventions and under innovative shifting cultivation, the farmers in the region have switched to newer methods of cultivation, shifting cultivation continues parallel to sedentary cultivation accommodating at the same time the value system and needs of the tribal society. Concurrently, the Jhumias – shifting cultivators are constantly incorporating new measures into shifting cultivation to make it ecologically less destructive. Amidst changing perceptions on shifting cultivation practices, the paper tries to analyse the continuance of shifting cultivation in the region.
Struggle for Right to Health Equity and Social Justice: Remembering Professor David Sanders
Authors: Subedi Madhusudan
Published: December 2019

Professor David Sanders, a well-renowned academic, consummate activist and commentator, a great public intellectual passed away on 30th August 2019 at the age of 74 years. He was a champion of economic and social justice and one of the pioneers of the importance of primary health care who emphasized the importance of involving communities, being accountable to communities and role of community health workers in promoting health and preventing disease. David shaped research and teaching in public health for almost five decades. This paper highlights David's contribution in public health teaching, research and advocacy.
Keywords: Public intellectual, People's Health Movement, Struggle for Health, David Sanders
Experiences of Tuberculosis in a Tarai Village, Nepal
Authors: Engelbrektsson Ulla-Britt , Subedi Madhusudan
Published: December 2019

In focus is the experience of being a Tuberculosis (TB) patient in the mid-west Tarai of rural Nepal. The information derives from a longitudinal qualitative study between 2005 to 2017 in one and the same community. The findings show few changes in the experience of being a TB patient. The availability of anti-TB medicine free of cost within the government health services was greatly appreciated. The cause of TB, ways and means of transmissions, and the need for preventive measures, however, were not well understood. In the case of Child-TB, the expectation of numerous visits to the government treatment centre for the picking up of medicines was a strong deterrant. In consequence, most child-TB cases were diagnosed and treated within the private sector. The distribution system of the medicines, particularly within the government system, clearly added to the burden of being a TB patient and much would have been gained had the arrangement been more patient-friendly, a difference which most likely had also resulted in more children being treated within the public services rather than within the money-geared private sector. Various misunderstandings about the cause/s of the disease need to be addressed. And, much would be gained was the central directive of “patient support”, truly implemented and was a true “two-way communication” to take place.
Women and the Perpetuation of Caste System in Nepal
Authors: Misra Mira
Published: December 2019

South Asian feminist scholars have attempted to comprehend both the nature of interconnections between caste and gender relations and women’s complicity in sustaining patriarchy and caste system. This presentation seeks to answer a few key questions regarding the interconnection between caste and gender. It also seeks to answer the question regarding how and why women in Nepal wittingly and unwittingly help maintain the caste system that underlies their own subordination. The answers are framed within the ongoing dynamics of society in Nepal.
Editorial Notes Vol.13
Authors: Khattri Man Bahadur
Published: December 2019

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Editorial Vol.5(1)
Authors: Jha Vinaya Kumar
Published: December 2019

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Estimation of Monthly Average Daily Diffuse Solar Radiation using Empirical Models For Kathmandu Nepal
Authors: Pandey B. , Aryal R. P. , Gnawali C. L. , Poudyal K. N. , Karki I. B. , Koirala I.
Published: December 2019

An accurate knowledge and data of solar radiation and its component are indispensable for the utilization of solar energy. However radiation data are often inaccessible. In this regard, the empirical models are reliable tools. This paper aims to develop and evaluate three simple empirical models (linear, quadratic, and cubic) for estimation of monthly average daily diffuse solar radiation of Kathmandu. Developed Models correlates diffuse fraction with clearness index are based on the satellite data from the NASA Langley Research Center. The performance of models is found to be statistically significant which has been analyzed in terms of statistical indicators like RMSE, MBE and R2. Among the three models, the cubic model is best fit on the basis of statistical parameters. So that cubic model is recommended for the estimation of monthly average daily diffuse radiation at Kathmandu and similar climatic sites of Nepal.
First-Principles Study of Van Der Waals Interactions between Halogen Molecules (Cl2 and I2)
Authors: Neopane S. , Pantha N.
Published: December 2019

Density Functional Theory (DFT) based first-principles calculations have been performed to investigate vander Waals (vdW) interactions in between halogen atoms/molecules —Cl-Cl, I-I, Cl2-Cl2, Cl2-I2, I2-I2—via with and without a non-local exchange-correlation (XC) functional (vdW-DF) using Quantum ESPRESSO codes. The non-polar covalent bond length between atomic halogens (Cl-Cl and I-I) is not observed to be affected by vdW interactions and agrees well with experimental values. The binding energy between theatomic halogens, on the other hand, is slightly corrected by vdW interactions. However, the role of vdW interactions is observed to be crucial to bind molecular halogens. The molecules are weakly bound in the presence of vdW interactions and not correlated (bound) in the absence of them.
Theoretical Study of Absorption of Light Due to Effect of Ponderomotive Force
Authors: Thakur P. K. , Nakarmi J. J.
Published: December 2019

Absorption of light due to effect of ponder motive force in laser plasma interaction which has seen that the nonlinear interaction results from rigorous application of the ponder motive force description based on Lorentz’s theory. The deduced equation of motion is more general than that of the two–fluid model of the plasma and that used in the theory of microwave interaction with plasma. As might be expected, the forces are only in the direction of lower plasma densities and tangential forces vanish only with the general equation of two–fluid model. This result has been verified up to the third order in the spatial variation of the electron density. In addition it is seen that the collision frequency decreases continuously with the increase in temperature. From these results, it is concluded that the absorption coefficient decreases continuously with the increase in temperature. Furthermore, this work describes the variation of the absorption coefficient with laser light frequency and shows that the absorption coefficient depends on the frequency of light.
Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues in Recent Mithila Paintings
Authors: Singh Santosh Kumar
Published: December 2019

This article examines how Mithila art functions as a window to Maithili values and its current innovations in the field which notes the change both in society and the canvas. Two illustrious contemporary Mithila painters, Rani Jha from India and S. C. Suman from Nepal, shows how Mithila art has swerved from traditional motifs and themes to the on-going socio-cultural and socio-political issues even as the aim of painting is commercial, that is, to earn money by making the art saleable among foreign tourists and art lovers. While Rani Jha mostly highlights women’s issues, Suman remains engaged with Nepal’s volatile political situation which sometimes makes him pessimistic and sometimes optimistic. It also makes the point that Mithila painting is largely women-centred, despite the hold of patriarchy. The one, controlling, socio-semiotic meaning of Mithila art is that it is an expression of women’s assertiveness and agency of their subjectivity within the Lakshman Rekha drawn by Maithili patriarchy. The objective of this research is to show how the geographically confined Maithili drawing happens to communicate larger issues at national and global levels at a fresh time. And to prove the main argument, this study makes use of the theoretical framework of socio-semiotic analysis. A semiotic analysis of the artwork in the light of the specific socio-cultural contexts of Mithila reveals that the art not only alerts and modifies the mindset of the stakeholders but also visualizes the socio-cultural troubles of the existing era.
Leadership Crisis in Nepali Politics: Specific Focus on National Parties in the Context of Declaration of the Republic
Authors: Devkota Khimlal
Published: December 2019

The article reflects upon different political movements that took place in Nepal before Nepal was declared a republic and argues that all the earlier political movements failed to declaration of republic, because of the crisis of leadership and leaders’ dilemma to make decisions in the right time. The article is prepared based on the survey of literature on Nepali political transition ranging from the Rana regime, a close study of Nepali politics till the declaration of republic in 2008  mapping of literature related with leadership skills and qualities. After a comprehensive study, I have come to a conclusion that Nepali political movements have repeatedly failed due to the failure and crisis of leadership because of indecisiveness. Right decision in right time is make sense of leadership quality.