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Islamic Boarding School Based Vocational Education: A Case Study On Smk Syubbanul Wathon Tegalrejo Magelang, Umi Rochayati, Z. Zamroni, Putu Sudira

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

This study aims to: (1) describe the conception of vocational education by the Islamic boarding school community; (2) describe the education system at SMK Syubbanul Wathon Tegalrejo Magelang. The study was conducted at SMK Syubbanul Wathon Tegalrejo Magelang using qualitative approach of a case study. The data collection used interviews, participant observation, and documents. The research informants consisted of the chairman of the foundation of Syubbanul Wathon, the caretakers, the principal, the vice principal, the teachers, the cleric, and the students. The results of the study were: (1) The conception of vocational education by Islamic Boarding School community is ngluru …

Pesantren Sebagai Situs Kewarganegaraan Dan Pembentukan Budaya Kewargaan Di Madura, Ahmad Muwafiq, Samsuri Samsuri

Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan

This research aimed to analyze the pesantren as a site of citizenship and its role in shaping civic culture in Madura. This research was qualitative with a case study The results of this study indicate that: 1) Pesantren as a site of citizenship was a place of sowing identity and spirit of religion and nationality for citizens who are participative, active, caring, sensitive and responsible. 2) The role of pesantren as a site of citizenship in shaping civic culture in Madura, appears in the field of education, social, and politics through the inculcation of religious and national values, community empowerment, …

Studi Tentang "Negara Pancasila Sebagai Darul Ahdi Wa Syahadah" Untuk Penguatan Materi Pembelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan Di Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Dikdik Baehaqi Arif, Syifa Siti Aulia

Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan

This research-based article tries to dig the conception of Pancasila-based State as Darul Ahdi Wa Syahadah to enlarge and enrich teaching materials of Citizenship Education for students at Muhammadiyah Higher Education. It is argued that this effort is to give them basic comprehension of conceptual as well as practical dimensions of the relation among state, Pancasila, and Islam in accordance with Muhammadiyah doctrine. Unit of analysis is the coordinators of Citizenship Education at Ahmad Dahlan University. Data was collected through interview and document reading. Interviewees were coordinators and lecturers of the program chosen purposively. It is argued that the urgency …

The Effect Of Silent Short Movie On Efl Writing Achievement Of Vocational High School Students, Rahmani Ayu Rinda Kartika, S. Susilo, Muhammad Natsir

Jurnal Pendidikan Vokasi

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether or not there is a significant effect of silent short movie on EFL writing achievement of the vocational high school students. This study was quasi-experimental using a nonrandomized control group, pretest-posttest design. There were 61 students who were selected randomly from the 10 classes of tenth-graders of the 6^th State Vocational School in Samarinda. The instruments used in the study was writing test. The result revealed that the vocational high school tenth grade students who were taught by silent short movie (M = 8.01, SD = .32) got significantly …

Project-Based Learning In Higher Education In The Uae: A Case Study Of Arab Students In Emirati Studies, Noorah Mohammed

All Works

Educational institutions in the Middle East are often criticized for using outdated teaching strategies such as lecturing that promote rote learning and memorization skills rather than life skills such as critical thinking, creativity and innovation which are important for students’ education and their future careers. This applied research paper presents an example of using Project-Based Learning (PBL) in Higher Education as a supplement to traditional lecturing and the benefits of using this approach for teaching and learning. A group of 62 female Arab students studying Emirati Studies at a federal higher institution in the UAE were involved in this classroom-based …

Finding Lost & Found: Designer’S Notes From The Process Of Creating A Jewish Game For Learning, Owen Gottlieb

Articles

This article provides context for and examines aspects of the design process of a game for learning. Lost & Found (2017a, 2017b) is a tabletop-to-mobile game series designed to teach medieval religious legal systems, beginning with Moses Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah (1180), a cornerstone work of Jewish legal rabbinic literature. Through design narratives, the article demonstrates the complex design decisions faced by the team as they balance the needs of player engagement with learning goals. In the process the designers confront challenges in developing winstates and in working with complex resource management. The article provides insight into the pathways the team …

Introduction: Jewish Gamevironments – Exploring Understanding With Playful Systems, Owen Gottlieb

Articles

The study of Judaism, Jewish civilizationi, and games is currently comprised of projects of a rather small set of game scholars. A sample of our work is included in this issue.

Sohni Mahiwal Preserving South Asian Cultural Heritage Through Animated Storytelling, Anem Syed

Theses

Majority of Pakistani youth is not enthralled by the country’s rich cultural heritage. There is less public knowledge on the subject. This translates into less appreciation or interest. The academic system is largely responsible for this. It imparts a conservative history of undivided India, focuses on politics, ignores its nuanced culture. Unless students venture into specialized fields of art and humanities, most do not get stimulated to study history. Additionally, today when digital learning is on the rise, there is a lack of relevant sources on the subject. This thesis is creating a digital source. It is re-packaging an Indian …

Prayers, Sex, Islam, And Electric Guitars: A Rhetorical Criticism Of The Taqwacores, Margaret Moore

Conversations: A Graduate Student Journal of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology

Punk rock Islam may not a common phrase to hear in society, but it is quickly expanding in popularity and in effectiveness. A fiction book entitled "The Taqwacores" tells the story of faithful Muslims practicing punk rock Islam in their own way. The novel utilizes constittive rhetoric, a concept popularized by Maurice Charland, to create a social movement that is sweeping the world. This paper analyzes the novel using the tenets of constitutive rhetoric and uses social movement theory to understand the implications that a simple book is having upon the world. Punk rock Islam may not be such an …

Faith Development Beyond Religion: The Ngo As Site Of Islamic Reform, Nermmen Mouftah

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts. Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Thorough introductory chapters provide a short history of NGO anthropology, address how the study of NGOs contributes to anthropology more broadly, and examine ways that anthropological studies of NGOs expand research agendas spawned by other disciplines. In addition, the theoretical concepts and debates that have anchored the analysis of NGOs since they entered scholarly discourse after World War II …

Jurisdiction Over Jihid: Islamic Law And The Duty To Fight, Adnan A. Zulfiqar

West Virginia Law Review

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The Dignity Of The Human Person: Catholic And Islamic Approaches To Human Rights, Matthew Bagot

Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights

At the beginning of The Global Face of Public Faith, David Hollenbach, S.J., challenges the world’s religious communities to relate their distinctive visions of the good human life with the growing awareness that all persons are linked in a web of global interdependence. Hollenbach’s work is founded on an understanding of the common good that he discerns at Vatican II and calls “dialogic universalism.” It is universal because humans are sufficiently alike when it comes to the requirements for their respective goods; it is dialogic because cultural differences necessitate deep intellectual engagement across traditions if they are to be …

Kenyon Collegian - November 9, 2017

The Kenyon Collegian

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Editor's Note: A Banner Year For Iscsc And The Comparative Civilizations Review, Peter Hecht

Comparative Civilizations Review

The past year has witnessed an enhanced level of dedication, by many volunteers, to the sustainability of our parent organization, the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilization, as well as to the continuing quality of the Comparative Civilizations Review. Costs are down, membership is up, our journal is more popular than it has been in years, the new website continues to amaze, and our 2017 conference was a success.

Full Issue, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Travel Ban Countries Film Series A Separation, Nov. 29, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Inclusion Of An Autistic Child In Kindergarten Facility: A Case Study, Ibrahim Al-Qaryouti, Ghazwa Nachabe, Tamara Leeder

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies

This study aimed to investigate the effects of inclusion of an autistic child, at entrance age of four years and seven months, into the Child Care Center of the Sultan Qaboos University. The study was designed to specifically answer: (1) Which domains of the ASDA scale did „Ahmad‟ show notable improvement? (2) Which areas of the academic program did „Ahmad‟ show notable improvement? The program at the Center is a bilingual mainstream program in Arabic and English. It is a highly structured and individualized program which covers all of the developmental domains. It caters for two groups of mixed age …

The Making Of Salafism: Islamic Reform In The Twentieth Century, Matthew Vondrasek

International Dialogue

Henri Lauzière takes the reader on a multi-dimensional counterintuitive journey with The Making of Salafism: Islamic Reform in the Twentieth Century. The book might be more aptly titled The Conceptual Construction of Salafism as its most illuminating and insightful features focus more on linguistics and heuristic devices rather than history or political developments. Through detailed analysis of language, religion, history, and politics, Lauzière shows how Salafism, as it is understood today, represents a misunderstood construction that is often portrayed back into history onto primary sources. Perhaps the most important parts of the text help the reader “unlearn.”

2017 Conference Program, University Of Dayton Human Rights Center

Human Rights Program Documents

We come together at a challenging time. Sixty-five million forcibly displaced persons. More than forty million slaves. Democracy under attack. Nuclear weapons, ethnic cleansing, ecological disasters and racial injustice headlining the news. The resurgence of a hardline, nativist intolerance around the world. While there are many threats to the realization of universal human rights, there are many powerful tools we can use to confront these dangers. Chief among these is our growing ability to come together, to communicate, to collaborate.

The University of Dayton — a Catholic, Marianist research university — long has been a center of programming, dialogue and …

The Perceived Impact Of The Empowerment (Tamkeen) Training Programme On Improving Cycle Two Teachers' Competencies In Al-Ain City United Arab Emirates, Salma Musabbeh Al Dhaheri

Theses

At a time of significant educational reform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), teacher professional development (PD) plays an instrumental role in equipping teachers with the knowledge, teaching practice, skills and competencies to improve students’ learning outcomes. This study explores the impact of Tamkeen: Empowering Educators Programme, which was a large-scale teacher PD training initiative by the Abu Dhabi Education and Knowledge (ADEK) PD Division. Carried out from 2012 to 2016, the programme was designed to improve participating teachers’ competencies. This qualitative study was based on the perspectives of teachers who had participated in the programme, from eleven female schools …

Containing The Kalon Kakon: The Portrayal Of Women In Ancient Greek Mythology, Dessa Meehan

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the Author

Dessa Meehan recently finished her undergraduate degree (Magna cum Laude) at Western Washington University double majoring in History and Anthropology-Archaeology. She also minored in Geographic Information Science, Arabic and Islamic Studies, and Latin. Her research interests center around comparative women studies in classical civilizations, especially within the Roman Empire. She will continue her education in the MSt Classical Archaeology program at University of Oxford during the 2017-2018 academic year, with the eventual goal of obtaining PhD and leading archaeological excavations.

Developing Critical Thinking In Female Teacher Candidates At Squ: A Predictive Model, Caroline Ladewig

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies

The purpose of this paper was to articulate the way in which socio-cultural factorsinfluence the propensity for critical thinking among female teacher candidates at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman. The sample consisted of 274. Twelve independent variables were ascertained, relating to key Omani institutions and forms of socio-cultural capital. A significant model to predict critical thinking identified religious beliefs and practices, family support for a knowledge society, valuing individual qualities (motivation participation and learning outcomes) over other forms of capital, and the state’s endorsement of the role of teachers as loyal civil servants and trusted agents of change. Implications …

The Extent To Which Islamic Banking Transactions Are Compatible With The Rules Of Islamic Economics, Om Badr, Aa El-Masry, Kis Ahmed

Plymouth Business School

According to existing literature in Islamic economics the implantation of the idea of Islamic banks emerged in the Egyptian countryside in 1963. Thereafter, this kind of institutions have spread all over the world to reach more than 700 banks operating in 60 countries with 38 million customers around the world with total assets of up to $2 trillion according to latest reports. However, the practices of these institutions have given rise to a very critical question: Are the existing Islamic banks practicing their transactions according to Islamic Shari'ah in substance rather than the forum? The objective of this study is …

Aspects Of Islamic Revival And Radicalization In The Region Of Middle East, Redi Papa

UBT International Conference

The main objective of this topic is to provide a detailed panorama of the causes of Islamic Revival and radicalization of Islam, particularly in the region of Middle East. In this perspective, it’s somehow puzzling to at the first sight that Arab World used to be a leader in the science, military and science, is now paradoxically a region characterized by unrest and turmoil. Contrary to the past decades where peace was a distinctive peculiarity of the region and economy flourished, now is overwhelmed by the phenomena of the Radicalization of Islam for political purposes and to come to power. …

From The Concept To Results: A Case Study On The Collection Development For The Odc–Opening Day Collection At Qatar National Library, Henry Owino, Katarzyna Helena Dudek

Charleston Library Conference

"A library collection should fit the mission for which it is created. The number of books it holds does not determine its worth." (E. J. Loveland, 2000)

If so, how do we create a national library, and how do we build its collection from scratch without making many mistakes? Since 2012, when the plans for the new national library were announced, Qatar National Library (QNL) envisioned as carrying out its mission to "spread knowledge, nurture imagination, cultivate creativity, and preserve the nation’s heritage for future generations” through three functions: National library, university and research library, and a metropolitan public library. …

The Principles And Required Elements Of The Official Friday Sermon “Khotbat Al-Jumu’A’ In Islam, Majed J. Khader

Conference on Sermon Studies

In Islam, adherents are required to perform five daily prayers, preferably in congregation, though that is not required if means are unavailable. Believers are also required to assemble on Fridays at noon, in place of the normal daily noon prayer, at a mosque or at any place that may be able to accommodate a large gathering to perform a special congressional prayer called Friday Prayer or “Salat Al-Jumua’.” This special Friday congregational prayer, Salat Al-Juma’, must consist of two main parts: a sermon and a prayer. The sermon must follow certain guidelines inherited from the practice of Prophet Muhammad as …

Spring 2018 Middle East And North Africa Studies Certificate Courses, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig

TSOS Interview Gallery

In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …

Layla, Layla, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …

Laudato Si’: Engaging Islamic Tradition And Implications For Legal Thought, Russell Powell

Seattle University Law Review

This Essay considers the 2015 papal encyclical Laudato si’s engagement with Islamic religious and legal traditions in order to identify shared ethical and jurisprudential commitments and their broader implications for law. By 2025, Muslims will constitute 30% of the population of the world, while Catholics will likely be between 15% and 20%. The history of interreligious conflict is long and enduring. In many cases, legal structures related to security and immigration have exacerbated these tensions, prompting uncertainty and instability.5 Laudato si’ is a strategic document, intended to address climate change, increasing economic inequity, and interreligious conflict by opening a space …