bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Implementation of Zakat Application in Improving the Performance of Amil Zakat Agency in Jelapat Village, South Barito District
Authors: Norika Pitasari  , Raldi Raldi , Rahimah Annisa , Riskiah Mudah , Rahmadayanti Nurul , Aprilia Rida , Yuni Purwanti Devi , Edyawati Lastri , Lukman Hakim Muhammad , Warman Taufik
Published: August 2024

Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) is a higher education program in Indonesia that aims to integrate science and community service. The program is mandatory for students to participate in social activities outside the campus. KKN began in the 1971/1972 academic year and was initially implemented by several well-known universities in Indonesia. The main concept of KKN is to allow students to experience the social, economic, and cultural problems of rural communities. The program has grown significantly and received government support to support development at the village level. KKN in Jelapat Village, South Barito Regency, Central Kalimantan, focused on the implementation of a zakat application to improve the performance of the Amil Zakat Agency in the region. The application improves the efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness of zakat management. Zakat application training helps mosque/musholla administrators to master technology in zakat management, reduce errors in data management, and report results accurately. Transparency in the management of zakat funds is also improved, strengthening public trust in the Amil Zakat Agency. The agency becomes more efficient in managing zakat recipient data and reporting the results of zakat collection, allowing it to focus on social programs. In addition to efficiency and transparency benefits, the zakat application training also strengthens the role of mosques/musholla in zakat collection and management. Mosques/mushollas, as centers of social and religious activities, play a strategic role in collecting zakat. In general, the training has a positive impact on zakat management and increases the social and economic benefits of zakat in the local community. The results showed a significant improvement in the efficiency and transparency of zakat management and strengthened the role of mosques/musholla in this process. Although challenges remain, the zakat application training is an important step in increasing the benefits of zakat in the local community.
Implementation of Umkm Model Canvas Concept at Pt. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian
Authors: Satria Hardiat Dani
Published: August 2024

PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian is a Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) that emphasizes agricultural innovation. Established in 2021, this MSME has received several national awards for its innovative aspects. The aim of this research is to analyze the implementation of the UMKM Model Canvas concept at PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian. This study adopts a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection methods include observation, interviews, and documentation. Based on observations and secondary data analysis from PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian, it is found that this enterprise was founded with limited capital of less than Rp.5,000,000. The enterprise has survived due to receiving significant mentoring support from local government, private institutions, and even ministries. This knowledge support has enabled PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian to improve its management, marketing strategies, and business legality. The unique and innovative products of PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian are the key to survival in the market competition. In conclusion, this research indicates that PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian has implemented several UMKM Model Canvas concepts in its business, although there are still many shortcomings. The spirit of innovation dominates the enterprise. The recommendation from this research is the necessity of a strong sales strategy to ensure the products of PT. Variegrow Inovasi Pertanian can thrive in the market.
Application of Islamic Consumption Theory to Students of Economics Faculty, Universitas Bangka Belitung
Authors: Rahmani Zikri , Eka Eka Fitriyanti
Published: August 2024

The current phenomenon shows that the lifestyle of students in the economics study program has entered the modernization era, in which society is increasingly consumerist. People will continue to consume, but the habitual consumption pattern is no longer just for fulfilling basic needs and functional needs, but has become a lifestyle and is excessive. The aim of this activity is to increase the knowledge and understanding of students in the Economics Study Program at Bangka Belitung University to apply Islamic consumption concepts and values in daily economic activities. This Community Service activity consists of two stages, namely the preparation and implementation stages of the activity. The preparation stages consist of coordination meetings, preparation of questionnaires and survey objects. The stages of implementing the activity consist of a lecture, brainstorming and ending with question and answer. The results of community service activities are providing education and understanding about the application of consumption theory in sharia economics, such as; Consumption for good (Maslahah), prohibition on doing Isrof, prohibition on tabzir, orders and recommendations for sharing and so on. The conclusion of this service activity increases the knowledge of Bangka Belitung University Economics Study Program students regarding the application of consumption theory in sharia economics to their daily consumption activities.
Road to Emancipated Curriculum: The Transformation of Teacher Mindset Regarding the Preparation of Teaching Module
Authors: Muhammad Sandy Al Fath  , Putri Nikmah Sistia Eka , Setiani Fatimah
Published: August 2024

Education transformation requires teachers to make changes on all fronts. Not The exception to the mindset in the concept of an independent curriculum is one of the real forms that requires teachers to face existing changes. This community service activitywas carried out at MTsN 1 Kotawaringin Barat where a vital problem was found with the lack of information about the concept of this independent curriculum, aiming to provide understanding and preparation to teachers in implementing the independent curriculum through counseling and mentoring methods by delivering theories about curriculum concepts and appropriate student assessment. This activity was attended by 40 teachers of MTsN 1 Kotawaringin Barat. The results of the implementation of this service activity are 1) Providing material on teaching concepts in the independent curriculum, especially project-based differentiated teaching 2) Providing material about the type of assessment used. The target and output of this activity is the formation of a new mindset that can help teachers in carrying out their duties later. Based on the results of evaluating the implementation of activities to determine the effectiveness of delivery, it can be concluded that this service activity shows a significant increase in knowledge after providing counseling material as indicated by an increase in the average post-test score.
Exploring Factors and Impacts of Online Lending on UMKM Expansion in North Sulawesi
Authors: Haris Chadijah
Published: August 2024

This study examines Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises' (UMKM) perceptions of online loans, employing a descriptive qualitative approach. The research draws upon theoretical frameworks surrounding perception and financial behavior to analyze how UMKM players perceive online loans for business development. Findings indicate that while UMKM players perceive online loans as additional capital facilitating business expansion, there exists a gap in their comprehension of associated risks, notably concerning high-interest rates and over-indebtedness. Consequently, the study emphasizes the critical role of financial education in mitigating these risks effectively. By elucidating the theoretical underpinnings guiding the analysis, this research offers valuable insights into UMKM perceptions of online loans and underscores the importance of educational interventions in enhancing their financial literacy and risk management capabilities. This study contributes to the existing literature by providing a nuanced understanding of UMKM attitudes towards online loans and advocating for comprehensive educational strategies to empower UMKM in navigating the complexities of financial decision-making.
Male Fertility Classification using Machine Learning and Oversampling Techniques
Authors: Pradnya Sidhawara Aloysius Gonzaga
Published: August 2024

Machine learning methods have been applied to male fertility diagnosis in recent years. Through early infertility case detection, this technology application offers potential benefits to the medical field. This study presents an experimental investigation that examines the prospect of using the oversampling technique and feature selection to enhance the performance of shallow classifiers to classify male fertility on the Fertility Dataset. Two oversampling techniques (SMOTE and ADASYN), two different scalers (MinMax and Standard), and two different feature selection methods (SelectKBest and SelectFromModel) were used to improve the performance of the classifier. The results show that the performance of machine learning models is better on the oversampled dataset than the original dataset. Random Forest performed best on the SMOTE test set with 90% accuracy, 89% and 100% Recall in Normal and Altered classes, respectively. Accidents or trauma, Age, and High Fevers features are selected by SelectKBest, and considered as factors that contribute to male fertility in prior studies.
Investigation of Terrorism As a Crime of International Criminal Law Expanded Via Digital Media
Authors:   English Language Teaching Department, Faculty of Education, Knowledge University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Balen Yasin Ibrahim Balen Yasin Ibrahim
Published: August 2024

Our aim in this paper is to pеrcеivе thе pattеrn in which Intеrnational Humanitarian Law through the digital media has еvolvеd in thе rеcеnt dеvеlopmеnt in rеgard to nеw form of thrеat to humanity and human dignity. In pursuing such objеctivе wе analyzе thе corе concеpt of tеrrorism via digital media, in its valuе, sеnsе and digital media еffеcts on human bеing. We assеss thе pattеrn in which Intеrnational Humanitarian Law or Intеrnational Criminal Law via digital media dеploys its juridical arsеnal to control dеrеgulation of war against humanity. But also to prеvеnt any brеach of intеrnational norm concеrning acts of tеrrorism. In duе rеspеct, wе focus on intеrnational tеrrorism via degital media as nеw thrеat at thе hеart of concеrn of intеrnational arеna. Our main objеctivе hеrе is to show in which еxtеnt intеrnational criminal law via digital media copе activеly with tеrrorism dеspitе thе lack of a clеarly dеfinition of it, thеrеforе wе posit intеrnational humanitarian law as thе fundamеntal norm that govеrn any acts that thrеat thе corе principlе of rеspеct of humanity in whatеvеr situations. Еvеn though tеrrorism is an intеrnational phеnomеnon that is not quitе dеfinеd it doеs not еxcludе that its еffеct fall undеr thе scopе of intеrnational criminal law or intеrnational humanitarian law via degital media.
Effects of Facebook Use on Adolescents
Authors:   Department of Media, College of Humanities, University of Sulaimani, Kadir Saeed Kwestan , Abdulwahab Latif Daria ,   Department of Media Technique, Sulaimani Technical Institute, Sulaimani Polytechnic University
Published: August 2024

ئەم توێژینەوەیە هەوڵێکە بۆ زانینی پاڵنەر و کاریگەرییەکانی بەکارهێنانی تۆڕی کۆمەڵایەتی فەیسبووک لەسەر هەرزەکاران. توێژینەوەیەکی وەسفییە و میتۆدی ڕووپێویکردنی بەکارهێناوە بۆ دەستکەوتنی داتاکان و شیکردنەوەیان بە ڕێگەی فۆڕمی ڕاپرسی. کۆمەڵگەی توێژینەوەکە بریتییە لە خوێندنگە ئامادەییەکانی ("دکتۆر عیزەدین مستەفا رەسوڵ-ی کوڕان، ڕێژین-ی کچان" سەر بە پەردوەردەی ڕۆژئاوا، "خەرمانان-ی کچان، ئاگری داغ-ی کوڕان" سەر بە پەروەردەی ڕۆژهەڵات، لە بەڕێوەبەرایەتی پەروەردەی ناوەندی سلێمانی). سامپڵی توێژینەوەکە بەشێوەی ناهەڕەمەکی مەبەستدا دەستنیشانکراوە و بەشێوەی (پشکی بەڕێکەوت)کە ژمارەیان (١٨٧) هەرزەکارە. لە گرنگترین دەرئەنجامەکانی توێژینەوەکە پێیگەیشتووە بریتییە لە: ١- هەرزەکاران بەڕادەیەکی مامناوەند بەرکەوتنیان بۆ تۆڕی کۆمەڵایەتی فەیسبووک هەیە و ڕۆژانە بەبێ کاتی دیاریکراو بەکاریدەهێنن، هەروەها زۆرترینیان پەڕەی تایبەتی فەیسبووکیان بە ناوی خوازراوەوە تۆمارکردووە. ٢- بەفیڕۆدانی کات یەکێکە لە کاریگەرییە نەرێنییەکانی بەکارهێنانی فەیسبووک لەسەر هەرزەکاران، لە هەمانکاتدا هۆکارە بۆ بڵاوبوونەوەی ڕەفتاری نەخوازراو لە کۆمەڵگەدا. کلیلە وشەکان: کاریگەری، تۆڕی کۆمەڵایەتی، فەیسبووک، هەرزەکاران
Development of Video Tutorial-Based Learning Media in Basic Beauty Lessons
Authors: Zuda Gholiya ghiska Putri , Rahmiati Rahmiati
Published: August 2024

Manual facial skin care is a material that is learned in basic beauty subjects. This study aims to develop learning media based on video tutorials on facial skin care manually at SMK Negeri 7 Padang. This research will measure the validity, practicality and effectiveness of the results of the development. This research is a type of R&D research and development, in this study it is necessary to follow the 4-D stages. The data collection instrument used in this study was a questionnaire as a validation assessment to material and media experts as well as practicality tests, and pretest and posttest questions to measure the level of effectiveness, data analysis using percentages with predetermined categories. The research sample was 30 students of class X Beauty Management at SMK Negeri 7 Padang for the academic year 2021/2022. The results of media design validation are 0.86 with a very valid category and 0.88 for material validation with a very valid category. Practical results obtained from student responses of 95.56% in the very practical category and practicality values obtained from teacher responses of 94.2% in the very practical category. The results of the effectiveness test obtained an average pretest value of 32.33 and an average posttest score of 85.00 with the result of a gain value of 0.77 which means that the developed media is very effective in improving students' abilities. From these results, the video tutorial-based learning media can be said to be valid, practical and effective to be used as teaching materials in the classroom. The suggestions that the researchers gave related to the results of this study were to teachers and students to be able to use this learning video media as a reference in classroom learning.
The Influence of Entrepreneurial Education and Training on Work Readiness of Vocational Beauty and Cosmetology Graduates
Authors: Astuti Murni , Giatman Giatman , Syah Nur Hasan
Published: August 2024

This research aims to see the influence of education and entrepreneurship training on the work readiness of students at the Department of Beauty and Cosmetology of 2022. The research method used is quantitative research with an ex-post facto design. The population of this research is all students of the Department of Beauty and Cosmetology of 2022, who are the data sample. Data collection was carried out through tests and questionnaires. Data analysis uses simple regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. The research results show that education has a positive influence on work readiness with a coefficient of determination value of 0.066 (Y=59.371+0.225X1). Likewise, entrepreneurship training also has a positive influence on work readiness with a coefficient of determination value of 0.065 (Y=68.596+0.526X2). Apart from that, together, education and entrepreneurship training also have a positive effect on work readiness with a coefficient of determination of 0.125 (Y=52.381+0.214X1+0.500X2). These findings indicate that both education and entrepreneurship training have a significant role in preparing graduates to face the demands of the world of work, especially in the dynamic and competitive beauty industry. The implications of this research can contribute to the development of vocational education curricula that are more relevant to the needs of the job market and provide recommendations for educational institutions and the government in increasing the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and training programs.
Analysis of Tourism Village Products through Digital Marketing in Girimulyo Tourism Village
Authors: Pradipta Made Prasta Yostitia
Published: August 2024

Rapid advancements in information technology have necessitated efficient use of data. This research evaluates the content on the Girimulyo Tourism Village website, [www.senatahadventure.com], in terms of completeness, speed, and efficiency through five dimensions of website facilities. By utilizing this technology, tourists can access comprehensive, timely, and efficient information. The data for this study were obtained by visiting the Senatah Adventure website and comparing it with other websites. This research employs five dimensions of information technology: information, communication, transactions, relationships, and technical excellence. The findings indicate that the website [www.senatahadventure.com] only meets the technical excellence dimension, which can be found via a Google search engine and has a fast-loading time. However, several deficiencies must be addressed to transform a website into a dynamic platform known to the broader community.
What Does Research Say About the Effectiveness of Professional Learning and Development for Culturally Responsive Teaching at Primary School Level?
Authors: Smyth Heather
Published: August 2024

In recognition of the growing cultural diversity in today’s schools and the importance of culturally responsive teaching, a systematic review was conducted to attempt to answer the question: “What training is most effective for primary teachers to incorporate their students’ cultures into their learning opportunities?” Database searches were conducted and eight studies, including three based in New Zealand, met the specified inclusion criteria. The studies included qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. Main themes and findings include a lack of studies that are designed to collect data on teachers’ implementation of professional development strategies and their impact on student achievement, sampling and researcher bias as common threats to validity, and common characteristics of training such as sustained support, self-awareness, reflection and constructing learning with others. Due to the dissimilarities of the studies reviewed, for example, with different age groups, for different topic areas and varying aims, no one type of professional development could be identified as the most effective. Implications for teachers and teacher educators are discussed.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Reducing Anxiety in School- Aged Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Tait Kirstin
Published: August 2024

I conducted a systematic review to identify studies that examined the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in reducing clinical levels of anxiety in school-age children identified with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This is an important consideration for teachers given the prevalence of children with an ASD diagnosis and high comorbidity of ASD and clinical anxiety. Anxiety symptoms can cause distress to children, peers, parents and teachers, and be detrimental to academic and social performance. CBT is a skill building approach which aims to change maladaptive thought and behaviour patterns. Of the 16 studies reviewed, 14 indicated a reduction in parent, teacher, and clinician identified anxiety symptoms in children with ASD who participated in CBT programs. While this indicates a high level of effectiveness, caution must be applied in interpreting self-reported anxiety symptoms as 6 of the 16 studies showed no significant improvement on self-report scales. Teacher expertise is therefore paramount in understanding the complexities of ASD, in making evidence-based decisions, and in interpreting the effectiveness of interventions from the child’s perspective.
The Use of Computers to Facilitate Effective Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Anxiety
Authors: McCallum-Clark Nina
Published: August 2024

Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health issue for children and adolescents. The issue is important for teachers and schools as anxiety disorders can cause significant learning difficulties as well as problems with social and emotional development. Cognitive behavioural therapy is currently the best available treatment for anxiety disorders. However, it is not readily accessible for many children and adolescents. The purpose of this review is to investigate an area of development in the treatment of anxiety for children and adolescents by answering the question: Can cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) provide successful treatment outcomes for school-aged children and adolescents with anxiety if delivered using a technology-based platform (cCBT), as opposed to traditional face-to-face delivery? The research shows cCBT treatment results in effective post-treatment and follow-up outcomes for children and adolescents with anxiety when compared to no-treatment controls. The review concludes that CBT delivery using a technology-based platform results in similar treatment outcomes to traditional face-to-face delivery, while at the same time increasing the accessibility of CBT for children and adolescents with anxiety.
Alleviating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Exploring the Effectiveness of Cognitive- Behaviour Therapy
Authors: Lemmon Kristy
Published: August 2024

Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are reported to experience high rates of anxiety disorders. Cognitive-behaviour therapy has been found to be an empirically validated treatment for typically developing youth with anxiety disorders. In recent years, researchers have been investigating the use of cognitive behaviour therapy with children and adolescents with ASD. Key characteristics associated with ASD may make the application of traditional cognitive-behaviour therapy complex. In this systematic review of literature, studies that have examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behaviour therapy treatments for youth with ASD who have co-occurring anxiety disorders were reviewed and the overall findings indicate that cognitive-behaviour therapy is effective at reducing anxiety in this group of young people The modifications made to the treatment programmes to adapt them for use with children and adolescents with ASD are described and discussed. Implications for teachers and schools are discussed.
School-Based Intervention for Adolescent Anxiety
Authors: Cullen Ryan
Published: August 2024

This systematic literature review investigates the efficacy of adolescent anxiety interventions in schools. Collectively the studies in this review present findings that suggest school-based intervention programmes can be effective inreducing anxiety levels in adolescents. The majority of studies present group cognitive behavioural therapy in particular as an effective option. The research suggests that effective programmes include cognitive restructuring, exposure toanxiety provoking situations, and targeted social skills education components. Furthermore, the findings of several of the studies suggest that school-based cognitive-behavioural therapy can be effectively transported and disseminatedto different cultural contexts.
Challenging Behaviour in Secondary School Students: Classroom Strategies for Increasing Positive Behaviour
Authors: Browne Kate
Published: August 2024

To assist in developing an evidence base in the area of behaviour management in classrooms, a systematic review of strategies to increase the positive behaviour of secondary school students with challenging behaviour in the general education classroom was undertaken. Educators have identified challenging behaviour as a major concern and many teachers report feeling ill-equipped to assist students who exhibit challenging behaviour. By not addressing challenging behaviour during secondary school, young people could face a number of adverse outcomes during adulthood. The objective of this review is to provide teachers with practical evidence-based strategies to address commonly occurring challenging behaviours, in order to increase the learning and social outcomes of students. From an extensive search of electronic databases, selected journals, and reference lists, 10 primary research articles met the selection criteria of this review and were critically evaluated. It was found that the use of positive reinforcement approaches were effective for increasing positive behaviour. The importance of clear, positive communication between students and teachers was shown to be evident, indicating a number of valuable implications for policy and practice.
Transformational Learning and Teacher Collaborative Communities
Authors: McComish Dayna , Parsons Jim
Published: August 2024

An abundance of literature on transformational learning and teacher professional learning communities (PLCs) exists; yet, few, in any, have linked the presence of one within the other. We believe Mezirow’s Transformational Learning Theory should be acknowledged as a viable theoretical framework for better understanding the power of how teachers work together. Evidence of its presence can be identified within the current school practices of PLCs and other collaborative activities. In this paper, we will first overview Mezirow’s theories of transformational learning and then attempt to show how the work of professional learning communities specifically and teacher collaboration generally provide a platform for transforming teachers’ understandings of pedagogy and their roles as teachers. After outlining the concept of transformational learning, we provide two specific research examples to support the existence and relational significance of Mezirow’s Transformational Learning Theory as it relates to advancing teacher practice through collaboration. We trust that our paper adds to a better understanding of why teachers believe collaboration with their peers represents their best professional learning.
Discipline-based Teaching and Identity Expansion – Teacher Education and the Tertiary Vocational Educator in New Zealand
Authors: Maurice-Takerei Lisa , Anderson Helen
Published: August 2024

The vocational tertiary teaching work force in New Zealand is made up of individuals from an extensive range of occupational backgrounds. When their occupational or discipline-based expertise is employed within Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) and Private Training Establishments (PTEs) they make up another occupational group – that of vocational education or training practitioner. With diverse work-based backgrounds, vocational educators undertake their work within the teaching workforce often without a strong sense of their educational position or function and there is little guidance in the complexities and realities of the role. This paper considers the role of vocational educators and the practices of professional development or tertiary teacher education that might support building a multi-layered identity encompassing their discipline expertise and their role as an educator.
Policy, Research and Practice to Improve Student Outcomes: Some Philosophical Problems
Authors: Clark John
Published: August 2024

If policy, research and practice are to improve student outcomes, then the successful achievement of this will require prior attention to several fundamental philosophical problems. Failure to address these is likely to lead to a breakdown in the link between means and ends with the goals being sought coming to nothing. First, what, conceptually, is meant by ‘student outcomes’? Second, since not all student outcomes are educationally worth cultivating, judgement is required to determine which outcomes to promote and which not. Third, how are we to ascertain whether there is an improvement in student outcomes? Finally, if policy, research and practice are to improve student outcomes, it is incumbent on those promoting such policy, research and practice to empirically demonstrate how these causally bring about such improvement rather than any improvement being attributed to some other causal mechanism. This paper will critically examine these philosophical difficulties.
A Competence-based Approach in Portuguese Early Childhood Education
Authors: Simões Dias Isabel , Kowalski Isabel
Published: August 2024

This paper reports on a Portuguese study in a teacher education context (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria) which, in Portugal, takes place in universities and educational institutes. It aims to reflect on a competence approach in the context of early childhood education. Starting from a concept of competence that considers the subject, action and context, students in the teacher education course (the Degree in Early Childhood Education) made lesson plans (termed, Pedagogic Practice Unit) during the academic year of 2008/2009 in accordance with the Portuguese national guidelines (PT, 1997). These curriculum guidelines do not identify the competences that children should develop. However, the competences identified by students in their lesson plans concerning the curricular areas (area of personal and social education, area of world knowledge, area of expression and communication) were grouped and analysed in relationship to the concept of competences previously assumed. From the data collected, we could infer that it is possible to identify competences to be developed by the children in a kindergarten context and that this identification can be made by the teacher according to the group of children with whom they are working. This research enhances the value of a competence-based approach.
Putting The Community Back Into Inquiry Based Learning. Why Inquiry Based Learning Should Look Back As Well As Forward.
Authors: Davis Ra
Published: August 2024

The current quest to implement inquiry based learning would be all the better for some philosophical enrichment. The emphasis of successful enquiry lies in developing the classroom environment into a true community of inquiry. This community has its roots firmly planted in the traditions of philosophy.
Unlocking the Formative Potential of NCEA
Authors: Rawlins Peter
Published: August 2024

This article examines the formative potential of New Zealand’s exit qualification from secondary school, the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Drawing on findings of a study conducted in a senior mathematics classroom it asks the question: To what extent can high-stakes assessment be used to formatively direct and influence students’ learning? The article argues that, when a distinction between the gathering and the interpretation and use of assessment evidence is established, the formative function of assessment tasks need not be incompatible with high-stakes summative assessment.
Personal Reflections on Professional Practice: A Portrayal of Nora
Authors: Malm Birgitte
Published: August 2024

This article focuses on ways in which teachers’ conceptions of their professional roles reflect their own personal values, beliefs and convictions. Data exploration has comprised journals, interviews, written reflections and collaborative contextual analysis. Analysis of the teachers’ occupational life histories and the findings as a whole have been used to shed light on underlying values, conceptions of professional roles and future perspectives. Eight Swedish Montessori primary school teachers participated in the study. Although relevant issues pertaining to the group as a whole will be raised here, this article will focus mainly on one teacher. By presenting Nora’s story I hope to be able to illustrate, through a personal portrayal, the complexities involved in coming to terms with personal values and professional roles.
An Administrator’s (Mentors) Guide to the Beginning Teacher’s Needs
Authors: G. Ryan Dr. Thomas
Published: August 2024

Administrators need to be reminded that the beginning teacher, while trying to achieve the necessary competency ratings, encounters both problems and dilemmas that need to be dealt with in a manner that does not impede growth. This period of growth is embedded in experiences that are the cause of a great deal of reflection, deconstruction, reconstruction and planning. Much of this transitional journey is emotionally, physically and spiritually demanding. Beginning teachers strive for success on a stage that is not their own yet this same stage is the focus of evaluative mentors who must interpret and record a great deal of each performance in order to judge the progress of the beginning teacher in a supportive manner.
An Exploration of Teacher Power and its Place in Negotiation as a Teaching Strategy in Early Years
Authors: Bernstone Helen
Published: August 2024

A small scale case study research investigation evolved from an exploration of the beliefs held by early childhood teachers in relation to the balance of power in the teaching strategies they used. A strategy of negotiation supported the development of a model where instruction, co-construction and negotiation are connected to the problem solving states of dependence, interdependence and independence.
New Zealand ECE teachers talk about Te Whāriki
Authors: Alvestad Marit , Duncan Judith , Berge Anita
Published: August 2024

This article presents a group of nine New Zealand early childhood teachers’ understandings of aspects of their educational planning and practice related to the implementation of the national curriculum document – Te Whāriki. We discuss one of the research questions: What are New Zealand teachers’ understandings of learning, knowledge and strategies in their educational work with children and planning, and how is this related to the national curriculum? To conclude ourdiscussion some of the main findings in this study are briefly related to findings in two parallel, and independent, studies carried out in Sweden and Norway (Alvestad, 2004a, Alvestad & Berge, 2009).
Teacher Learning and Pedagogical Shifts Subsequent to Professional Development Experiences
Authors: Lawrence Anne , Anthony Glenda , Ding Liping
Published: August 2024

Mathematics pedagogy is a complex and multilayered practice, a practice that is formidably difficult to change. The authors of this paper were interested in understanding the changes that teachers from the Secondary Numeracy Project (SNP) have made to their practice. The paper focuses on a case study of one teacher, looking at how her teaching is changing in the year after professional development experiences of SNP. Teacher learning and associated changes in practice are seen as occurring across a continuum; the case study highlights that, for this teacher, participation in SNP was an impetus for her to continue to learn through inquiry into her own practice.
Tertiary Teachers and Theory Avoidance
Authors: Leach Linda
Published: August 2024

While many tertiary teachers engage willingly with theories to inform their understanding and practice, some seem fearful of theory and avoid engagement. This article analyses theory in tertiary teacher education programmes in one university. It considers the place of theory in the programmes and the selection of theories included; it explores students’ avoidance of theory and outlines some practices used to invite engagement with theory; and it suggests some possible future practices. It concludes that theory has a continuing role in the programmes, albeit one that warrants ongoing discussion and debate.
The Teacher/ Researcher and the Role of Pre-understanding: A Personal Analysis
Authors: G. Ryan Thomas
Published: August 2024

The acknowledgement of pre-understanding is imperative within research and/or teaching. Pre-understanding consists of both explicit and tacit knowledge that can best be understood as two levels or planes; namely, firsthand and second-hand pre-understanding. First-hand pre-understanding, acquired through personal experience, is distinct from second-hand which is collected through the pre-understanding of other people (intermediaries). Preunderstanding includes knowledge within a certain disposition which surfaces while collecting, analyzing and processing information within one’s role as teacher and/or researcher. To fully comprehend pre-understanding, three distinct elements including membership (teaching fraternity), experience, and education and training are explored using personal experiences.
Māori Medium Teachers: Getting the Professional Development they Need
Authors: Marshall Meri , McKenzie Tabitha
Published: August 2024

In 2007, the Ministry of Education commissioned an evaluation of three Māori medium junior reading series: He Purapura, Ngā Kete Kōrero and He Kohikohinga. Questionnaires were completed by 84 teachers in Level 1, 81-100% immersion Māori settings, and semi-structured focus group interviews were undertaken with 15 teachers and 14 literacy experts. Two case studies and a review of texts were also undertaken. This article explores an emerging theme from the evaluation data around professional development (PD). Teachers and literacy experts identified several key features important for effective PD, including the quality of pre- and in-service education, second language acquisition training and PD that is tailored to meet the teachers’ needs. The findings indicate that teachers should have access to ongoing opportunities to develop their pedagogical and content knowledge and to have sufficient training in the use and implementation of reading resources and their support materials after they are distributed to schools.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Teacher Professional Learning
Authors: Smardon Dianne , Charteris Jennifer
Published: August 2024

A market-driven model for in-service teacher development can potentially place the sustainability of professional learning initiatives at risk. As schooling improvement contracts become increasingly student outcome driven, we question whether this could compartmentalise processes of teacher learning. With an emphasis on fixed fiscal input and resulting student outcomes, in-service teacher educators (ISTE) and teachers are in the middle charged with making a significant difference. What are the practices that make this space in the middle a place where agentic learning takes place? Adopting a polemic stance, we invoke the ‘between a rock and a hard place’ metaphor to illustrate the way teachers and ISTE are currently politically positioned.
National Standards: A New Frontier of Control in Teachers’ Work?
Authors: George Rob
Published: August 2024

The National Government is in its second parliamentary term of implementing a policy package of National Standards into New Zealand primary schools. For better or for worse, the Standards will impact on the learning of children. Theywill also impact on the work of teachers. Whilst the first matter is important, it is the second that is considered here. The state maintains a fundamental interest in controlling and directing teachers’ labour. The Standards policy package will intersect the structure of control currently in place. It may replicate the contemporary arrangements that are mediated through arms-length school-based decision making and conceptions of teaching. It could also be constructed in a manner that permits greater incursion by the state into teachers’ work. The implementation of the policy package has not gone uncontested and it seems likely that this resistance is not yet over.
Formalization of State Policy in the Field of Land Use and Protection
Authors: Kovalchuk Natalia
Published: August 2024

Introduction. The article discusses the formation of the land policy of the state, the need for its documentary expression. The formalization of the state land policy will contribute to improving the efficiency of land use, as well as the directed systematic development of land legislation and uniform law enforcement. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to characterize the concept of state land policy and the need for its documentary consolidation. Methodology. The author uses the general scientific dialectical method of cognition, methods of analysis, synthesis, formal-legal, system-structural, and comparative-legal. Results. It is confirmed that the theoretical basis of the state land policy is the doctrine, formed on the basis of teachings from various spheres of public life. The general obligation of the state land policy is given by strategic planning documents, in the content of which a certain place is given to the development of land legislation. Conclusion. The goal set in the work was achieved. The concept of state land policy as a strategy of socio-economic development of relations related to land resources is given. The necessity of formalization of land policy in strategic planning documents approved by state bodies is proved.
Legal Regulation of Staffing of Municipal Services Based on An Inter-Sectoral Method
Authors: Alenina Irina
Published: August 2024

Introduction. The inclusion of local government bodies into a unified system of public authority has become a new challenge for the development of human resources of executive bodies of municipalities. This process coincided with the reform of legislation on education and public service legislation, which is genetically close to the municipal service. Purpose. The purpose of the work is to analyze the current state of legal support for the principle of professionalism and competence of municipal employees, and to identify related points of intersectoral interaction. formulating proposals to improve the quality of regulatory regulation. Methodology. During the study, methods of analysis, synthesis, formal-logical, system-structural, formal-legal, and comparative-legal were used. Result. Building an effective system for providing municipal government bodies with qualified personnel presupposes the presence, along with financial and organizational, of an appropriate legal infrastructure. Regulatory regulation of relations for the training and development of personnel of municipal government bodies is complex in nature and represents a complex multi-level legal formation in the form of an intersectoral legal institution, consisting of norms of municipal, labor, service and educational legislation. The condition for its effective functioning is their synchronous development. The central concept of this legal institution is the “professional level of a municipal employee,” which should be understood as the level of knowledge, abilities, skills and competence, as well as the set of personal qualities necessary to perform the duties of a municipal service position. Municipal employees have the status of workers. It is necessary to limit the competence of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local governments in establishing the status of a municipal employee with its redistribution in favor of federal authorities. Conclusion. The conclusions made during the research process can be taken into account in the process of legal regulation and become the basis for further scientific developments.
Present and Future of Judicial Representation
Authors: Kaiser Yulia , Bakanov Konstantin
Published: August 2024

Introduction. The article presents and analyzes the reflections of scientists on the institute of judicial representation currently operating; reveals the semantic significance of the upcoming legislative reforms to tighten the requirements for the subjects of the institute of judicial representation; presents a model of future judicial representation in the light of the further bias of the judicial representative towards professionalization. Purpose. The main purpose of the article is to present the judicial representation of the present and its highly probable future for review; to reveal the legal nature of the emerging legislative novelties in the field of the institution of representation; to present a new hypothetical model of the existence of judicial representation. Methodology. The authors used general (theoretical, universal), as well as private (empirical and practical) research methods, such as analysis, synthesis, generalization, analogy, classification, deduction and induction, comparative method. Results. A model of the future judicial representation is presented for review, taking into account the hypothetical consistent continuation of legislative novels in the direction of a bias towards further professionalization. Conclusion. The future of judicial representation in Russia is directed towards the global trend of professional judicial representation with a gradual legislative “build-up” of the basic characteristics of its subjects, including the requirement of work experience in the professional legal field.
The Problem of Legal Nihilism in Russia
Authors: Kleymenov Mikhail , Sabol Ekaterina
Published: August 2024

Introduction. The problem of legal nihilism as a negative attitude towards law is extremely important both for legal science and for the practice of state building. Purpose. The author's goal is to consider the phenomenon of legal nihilism in the context of the historical development of the Russian state. Methodology. The dialectical, systemic, logical, comparative-historical, formal-legal methods were used. Results. For a number of reasons, throughout Russian history, legal nihilism has remained the most vulnerable part of social design. An analysis of the dynamics of its development indicates an aggravation of this problem in the conditions of a class society, during periods of social upheaval and reform. The restoration of capitalism naturally leads to the emergence of the most malignant forms of legal nihilism: legal cynicism, legislative lobbying of class interests, suppression of feedback loops between the authorities and the people, and the development of economic organized crime. Conclusion. A successful example of countering legal nihilism is the experience of Soviet civilization in its last period, including the use of criminal law prohibitions. In this regard, sweeping anti-Sovietism should be recognized as a manifestation of legal nihilism. Without overcoming it, it is impossible to form a legal tradition of harmonization of social relations.
Criminalistic Characteristics of Frauds Committed Using Information and Telecommunication Technologies
Authors: Revenko Natalya
Published: August 2024

Introduction. The article is devoted to the consideration of individual elements of the criminalistic characteristics of frauds committed using information and telecommunication technologies. Purpose. The main purpose of the article is to identify typical features characterizing the personality of the victim, the perpetrator and the ways of committing fraud. Methodology. The research is based on comparative legal, formal legal, systemic structural and specific sociological methods. Result. The study revealed the personality traits of the victims of fraudsters, the features of the methods of committing fraud in this category, and the characteristics of typical behavior of fraudsters. Conclusion. The results obtained during the study can be used by the investigator when putting forward forensic versions, planning and conducting initial investigative actions.
Japón: la herencia política de Fumio Kishida
Authors: Kerber Palma Víctor
Published: August 2024

En este trabajo se presenta un panorama general de las condiciones de política interior y exterior que han prevalecido en Japón desde que el primer ministro Fumio Kishida asumió el mando. Kishida gobierna una sociedad envejecida que se reabrió después de la pandemia de covid-19 y se conmocionó ante el magnicidio del ex primer ministro Shinzō Abe; también ha hecho frente a los desafíos de China y las dos Coreas, así como las secuelas del accidente nuclear en la planta de Fukushima que obligaron al derrame de aguas residuales. Los aciertos y los desaciertos se reflejan en los vaivenes de los índices de popularidad del gabinete de Kishida.