scholarly journals A comparative study on violent and aggressive attitudes and activism among students and non-students

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Shawkat Ara ◽  
Md. Abul Kashem Mir ◽  
Syeda Shahria Samad ◽  
Rasel Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Student Activists ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Institutional Violence ◽  
Two Phases

The purpose of this study was to investigate the violent and aggressive attitudes for student activists, non-student activists and student non-activists of different educational institutions within the framework of socio-cultural background. The study has been developed under the theoretical interpretation of biological theory of aggression and violence, and social learning theory of aggression and violence. It uses a multidimensional co relational approach with a criterion group design.The study was conducted into two phases. In the first phase criterion groups of student activists, non student activists and student non activists were selected on the basis of an activism criteria questionnaire. To achieve the goal 360 respondents was equally taken from student activists, non-student activists and student non-activists. Each sample group was sub-divided into upper middle and lower middle SES background. The violent and aggressive attitudes composed of five dimensions– such as political violence, social violence, institutional violence, administrative violence and sex violence in the violence - nonviolence continuum. The main objective of the present investigation was to make a comparative study of the pattern of the attitudes of student activists, non-student activists and studentnon-activists. In this Study it was hypothesized that student activists would score higher on the attitudinal variables of violent and aggressive attitudes as compared to non-student activists and student non-activists respectively. The data were analyzed to obtain Mean, SD & t-test to test hypothesis. The result revealed that student activists were found to possess higher score on the attitudinal variable of violent and aggressive attitudes as compared to non-student activists and student non-activists respectively.

Indonesia: Political violence and counterterrorism: Disputed boundaries of a postcolonial state

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-150
Author(s):  
Evan A. Laksmana ◽  
Michael Newell
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
New Order ◽  
Transnational Terrorism ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Postcolonial State ◽  
State Responses

This chapter argues that, contrary to the rhetoric of the War on Terror, Indonesia’s counterterrorism policies are neither specific responses to transnational terror networks, nor are they simply a byproduct of the post-9/11 era. We argue, instead, that counterterrorism policies in Indonesia cannot be disentangled from historical state reactions to internal security challenges—ranging from social violence to terrorism and secessionism—since the country’s independence in 1945. While these different conflicts had diverse political, ideological, religious and territorial characteristics, they are united as disputes over the basic institutions and boundaries of the state. In light of this history, the Indonesian state’s response to contemporary political violence—such as the 2002 Bali bombings and the threat of transnational terrorism, allegedly centered on the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group—should be reexamined as part of these broader, historical trends in state responses to internal violence. We further argue that while the state, in seeking to maintain its territorial integrity and defend its institutions, has responded in a variety of ways to these conflicts, the particular domestic tools of coercion and repression used in President Suharto’s authoritarian New Order—from arbitrary imprisonment to forced disappearances and an all-out military campaign—have contributed to the rise of JI and its splinter groups and left a legacy of mixed responses to terror. Our examination of the evolution of internal political violence and state counterterrorism demonstrates that terrorism and counterterrorism in Indonesia are rooted within this context of the disputed postcolonial state. As such, state responses to terrorism and political violence in Indonesia have taken both a different form and function when compared to the reactions of the United States and United Kingdom. While the latter states committed their militaries abroad in an effort to exterminate foreign militants, our analysis demonstrates that the state has crafted responses to various sources of domestic violence—including different secessionist movements and JI—on an ad hoc basis and, in doing so, has utilized different security institutions, from the military to the police.

Measuring E-Learners' Perceptions of Service Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvester Ivanaj ◽  
Grâce-Blache Nganmini ◽  
Alain Antoine
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Attention To Students

This article examines the factors of e-learners' perceptions of service quality in terms of the physical appearance of the learning management system, students' assurance of personnel's level of knowledge, and the customized attention to students' needs. The authors use a survey to measure the five dimensions of the SERVQUAL scale, adapted to the e-learning context. A total of 325 responses were obtained. To validate their scale, the authors performed exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. They found that the most important determining factors for e-learning are: ergonomics, corresponding to the attractiveness of the e-learning system; assurance, corresponding to instructors' ability to satisfy students' needs; and empathy, corresponding to the attention given to each individual student. The authors also found that in the context of e-learning, the relative importance of the dimensions of perceived quality is different from what is typically observed in more traditional services. Their findings enable educational institutions to improve their understanding of the expectations and perceptions of e-learners.

scholarly journals Assessing Students’ Knowledge and Soft Skills Competency in the Industrial Training Programme: The Employers’ Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lim Khong Chiu ◽  
Nor Idayu Mahat ◽  
Basri Rashid ◽  
Norhanim A. Razak ◽  
Hamimi Omar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Industrial Training ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Service Sectors

<p>The importance of developing soft skills competency among students should be the priority of all the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in order to ensure their graduates are marketable. Therefore, it is essential for HEIs to distinguish the knowledge and soft skill levels of their students so that strategies and intervention could be implemented to rectify their capabilities. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and soft skills competency from the employer’s viewpoints on the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students participating in the industrial training programme. A total of 438 employers from different industrial backgrounds had participated in this study. A questionnaire consisting of five dimensions of soft skills which are basic knowledge, communication skills, practical skills, leadership, and attitude was utilized to collect data. The results of this study indicate that the employers were satisfied with the knowledge and soft skills competency portrayed by UUM students in preparing themselves for the real work environment. The employers from the service sectors were satisfied with students’ performance in all dimensions of soft skills measured. However, employers from the factory and commerce sector perceived as moderate satisfaction for all dimensions of soft skills. Additionally, the employers of the factory and commerce sector assessed by giving the lowest satisfaction score for “hands-on” skills, but generally they satisfied with the students’ communication skills. The information gathered can provide important insights from the perspective of organizations which is valuable in improving the overall hard and soft skills competency for future professionals and managers.</p>

scholarly journals THE SOCIAL VIOLENCE AND REGIME CHANGES IN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-821
Author(s):  
Nurus Shalihin ◽  
Firdaus ◽  
Muhammad Sholihin ◽  
Andri Ashadi
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
New Order ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Social Violence ◽  
Election Process ◽  
The Social

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to explain social violence during the transition of three regimes in Indonesia, from the Old Order to the New Order and from the New Order to the Reformation. This paper also analyzes the motives behind the violence at each transition of the regimes. Methodology: The research was conducted through a literature study by examining media documents, magazines, research reports, scientific articles, and books on various social violence practices in every three regimes in Indonesia. Main Findings: The result of the study found that the social violence in Indonesia has occurred in various forms and motives. Five types of social violence have been identified, communal violence, separatist violence, state-community violence, industrial relations violence, and political violence. The social violence has used as a tool to silence the past and carry out political propaganda by elites and to gain the power by opposition. Thus, it argues that all social violence practices are constructed by various interests of the regimes and anti-regimes. Applications of this study: This study provides a mapping of violence in every political and regime transition in Indonesia. Thus, this study can be applied for two important issues. First, this study can be used as reference in anticipating political violence in the national and regional election process in Indonesia in particular, and other countries in general. Second, for developing countries, this study can be used as reference as reference in mapping and analyzing various social violence practices that accompany the transition process. Novelty/Originality of this study: The recent studies of violence in Indonesia covered the issues of religious, ethnic, economic and political violence. There are limited studies violence and democracy transition in Indonesia and it’s relation to political regimes. This article focuses on violence and its relationship with the political regimes and regime’s changes in Indonesia.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Conflicts Experienced Between Immigrant Parents in Canada and in Israel and Professionals in Educational Institutions about Appropriate Responses to Children's Misbehavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith K. Bernhard ◽  
Ron Shor
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Student Misbehavior ◽  
The Impact

One of the barriers which immigrant parents may encounter in the process of acculturation into their new country is differing expectations about ways in which teachers and other professionals involved in the educational system should relate to their children’s misbehavior. To examine the potential sources of conflicts relating to disciplinary measures, a comparative study utilizing a qualitative methodology was conducted with 65 immigrant parents from Latin America in Canada and with 103 immigrant parents from the Former Soviet Union in Israel. The findings indicate that, in the two samples, participants experienced differences between their expectations about the way in which teachers should handle student misbehavior and the actual behavior of the teachers. The differences which the immigrant parents indicated could be characterized primarily as culturally based disagreements about (a) the types of misbehaviors which justify intervention by teachers, (b) the kind of disciplinary measures which should be used, (c) the factors that should be considered when deciding about disciplinary actions, and (d) the lack of sensitivity to the impact of immigration related difficulties on the behavior of children. The immigrants’ current expectations of teachers’ behavior was based on their experiences in their country of origin, and these were often in contradiction with the common approach in Canada and Israel. Ways of developing reciprocal channels of communication between professionals in schools and kindergartens and immigrant parents are suggested in order to overcome barriers and bridge gaps in communication.

scholarly journals Solving the four index fully fuzzy transportation problem

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-215
Author(s):  
Manal Hedid ◽  
Rachid Zitouni
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Transportation Problem ◽  
Fuzzy Numbers ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Approximation Methods ◽  
Initial Feasible Solution ◽  
Fuzzy Transportation Problem ◽  
Two Phases

In this paper, we will solve the four index fully fuzzy transportation problem (\textit{FFTP$_{4}$}) with some adapted classical methods. All problem's data will be presented as fuzzy numbers. In order to defuzificate these data, we will use the ranking function procedure. Our method to solve the \textit{FFTP$_{4}$} composed of two phases; in the first one, we will use an adaptation of well-known algorithms to find an initial feasible solution, which are the least cost, Russell's approximation and Vogel's approximation methods. In the second phase, we will test the optimality of the initial solution, if it is not optimal, we will improve it. A numerical analysis of the proposed methods is performed by solving different examples of different sizes; it is determined that they are stable, robust, and efficient. A proper comparative study between the adapted methods identifies the suitable method for solving \textit{FFTP$_{4}$}.

scholarly journals Comfort of the educational process in rural school study results

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Olga G. Selivanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Schools ◽  
Training Session ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theoretical Interpretation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Technical Teaching

As our theoretical analysis has shown, the relevance of the study is determined by the importance of rural schools in the education system both in Russia and in the world. Despite thedifferences in the policies of states towards rural schools, similar didactic difficulties for teachers both in Russia and abroad have been identified. The purpose of the article is to describe the results of a study of educational process comfort ina rural school, which was attended by teachers, students and their parents (more than 3000 in total) from 10 regions of Russia. The main research methods were the collection of an array of empirical data based on questionnaires and their theoretical interpretation. The article contains an analysis of data on an educational lesson in rural school as a marker of the psychological comfort of education according to the following parameters: lesson density; the emotional background of the training session; the use of technical teaching aids in the classroom; frequency of rotation of activities types, methods and techniques of teaching. Despite the positive data obtained on the psychological comfort of the educational process in rural school, in the course of the study, problems were found out and identified, the failure of which in the context of the digital transformation of education creates the danger of losing the designated positions. The article substantiates and reveals the substantive, technological, communicative aspects of the formation of the psychological comfort of the educational process in rural school as vectors of transformation of the characteristics of the educational process of rural school in accordance with the trends and challenges of the time. The article will be useful for working teachers, as well as researchers dealing with the modernization of the educational process in educational institutions of the village, graduate students, undergraduates and students of the training directions «Pedagogical Education».

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