Constructing Culturally-Authentic Differentiated Access Points Using the Content Imperatives

The need to create culturally authentic and specific learning experiences is a call to action that all teachers must answer. Current definitions of differentiation either avoid or exclude topics of culture and race. These definitions are incomplete and must be expanded if the needs, interests, abilities, and cultural assets of gifted learners are to be addressed in a classroom. Under this expanded definition, differentiation strategies must be culturally authentic and purposefully integrated into the opportunities provided to gifted learners. It is incumbent upon teachers to reorient differentiation strategies they employ with gifted and advanced learners, so they become culturally authentic and contextually relevant. This chapter provides the reorientation of one differentiation strategy: the content imperatives. This chapter (1) defines the content imperatives, (2) demonstrates how they can be used as the catalyst for honoring the funds of knowledge that students bring into any learning experience, and (3) creates culturally-authentic access points into content for all learners.

Importance-Performance Analysis of Mountain Village Promotion Projects in the Forest Sector by Upper-Level Local Governments

Background and objective: Due to the recent crisis of extinction in local areas, the mountain village promotion policy is recognized as an important task. This study examined the priorities of major policy projects in the forest sector that affect mountain village promotion.Methods: For research methods, literature search, expert advisory meetings, and a survey were conducted. The survey was conducted on 42 policy stakeholders from June 1 to August 13, 2021. The literature search was based on policy projects in the forest sector by 8 upper-level local governments including mountain villages. For questionnaire items, 173 forest policy projects were classified into 27 types through expert review, and the importance and performance of each type were rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Paired t-test, IPA, Locus for Focus model, and Borich needs assessment were used as the analysis methods, and the statistical program SPSS 21.0 was used as the analytical tool.Results: The results showed that ‘creating forest-related jobs’ and ‘supporting cultivation of professional forestry workers’ both showed high importance and performance, implying that they would show an effect in mountain village promotion. ‘Creating forests for environmental improvement’, ‘discovering forest cultural assets’ ‘establishing and boosting forest tourism’, ‘providing forest therapy services’, ‘creating forest-related jobs’, ‘supporting community revitalization’, and ‘urban-rural exchanges’ were found to be the types that needed improvement and concentration for mountain village promotion. In particular, ‘creating forests for environmental improvement' and ‘discovering forest cultural assets’ were derived as priority considerations for mountain village promotion policies.Conclusion: In summary, it was found that in order to promote mountain villages, various content projects must be improved and carried out to enhance the physical environment and revitalize mountain villages.

Eksplorasi Etnomatematika Pada Benteng Belgica Di Neira Maluku Tengah

Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics learning. One of the cultural assets in Indonesia is Belgica Fort which is located on Neira Island, Central Maluku, which has a pentagon shape on the outside. The purpose of this research is to know the history of Belgica Fort and to know the construction of Belgica Fort building which is associated with mathematics in geometric shapes. The research method is a document analysis by analyzing and reducing data from several articles that become references, with the conclusion that the Belgica Fort building is composed of various forms of flat and spatial shapes. The results of his research that learning mathematics on geometry material associated with Belgica Fort can be used as teaching materials and encourage students to be active in exploring their knowledge through observations made in this ethnomathematics-based learning. Keywords: Fort Belgica, Ethnomathematics, Geometry

The Role of the Catholic Church in Facilitating Implementation of Constitutional Guarantees of Cultural Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic

According to the research thesis presented in this article, the Catholic Church plays a special role in providing direct access to national cultural assets. The article analyses the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland guaranteeing cultural rights in the light of other provisions of the Constitution, including the principle of subsidiarity and the common good, as well as guarantees granted to religious associations. Moreover, the study analyses the existing provisions of specific acts, Concordat and church law, in order to verify the thesis on the role of the Catholic Church as a depositary of national cultural assets. In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of state-run cultural institutions, the Catholic Church allowed direct access to the sacred cultural property owned by the Church, thus facilitating the realization of the cultural rights of citizens of the Republic of Poland.

A Study on the Relationship between Mental Well-Being and Cultural Tourism Guides Based on the Interview Methodology

The purpose of this study was to find a way for modern tourists to enjoy increased well-being while being provided with high-quality information about cultural assets. In order for tourists to enjoy well-being, cultural tourism guides must provide quality services while using various storytelling techniques. As the number of tourists who are interested in cultural assets and use their leisure time for this purpose increases, quality cultural tourism commentary can be directly connected to the well-being of tourists. Modern tourists can experience richness of life and emotional stability while being provided with cultural tourism commentary services through various storytelling techniques rather than professional knowledge. In order for tourists to effectively experience well-being through cultural tourism commentary, cultural tourism guides need to implement the following effective commentary. First, culture tourism guides should try to have sense of unity with visitors. Second, they should encourage humanistic imagination through related information. Third, they should provide customized explanations for tourists’ understanding because tourists consist of various classes and ages. Cultural tourism guides who attract tourists’ interest, have appropriate wit, skillful responses to cope with unexpected situations, cheerful laughter, and a loud voice gained satisfaction from many tourists. In modern society, cultural tourism commentators are not limited to simply explaining tourist destinations, but play an important role in satisfying the well-being of modern tourists who seek leisure and emotional stability. The external environment that refers to outdoor atmospherics is also crucial as it influences visitor experiences. In museums, external physical environment factors such as architectural style, positioning of entrances, and exterior décor and signage can be a crucial facet of external ambiance affecting visitor experiences. The external environment (e.g., spacious design, pretty landscape design, outdoor natural surroundings) is a constituent of the tangibility aspect of museum performances. These external environment factors and internal factors together create perceived physical environments that visitors and staff cognitively/emotionally/physiologically respond to. The significance of this study is that various cultural storytelling activities performed by tour guides are examining the possibility of experiencing increased psychological well-being while making tourists as well as themselves aware of the happiness and joy of life.

PEACE RESOLUTION IN EDUCATION

Abstrak: Resolusi Perdamaian dalam Pendidikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis resolusi perdamaian dalam pendidikan. Perdamaian tidak bisa dilihat sebagai substansi yang berdiri sendiri dan parsial. Kekerasan melibatkan banyak faktor yang sangat mungkin saling terkait, sehingga penanganannya membutuhkan kesabaran yang luar biasa. Beberapa kasus konflik dan kekerasan yang terjadi di Indonesia memberikan gambaran yang cukup jelas. Melalui penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa Pendidikan adalah solusi terbaik untuk membantu manusia melihat bagaimana seharusnya manusia dan bagaimana seharusnya hidup. Pendidikan harus menjadi cara hidup dalam penemuan cara hidup yang benar. Pendidikan dapat melakukan sesuatu untuk perdamaian setidaknya dalam dua cara: Pertama, Pendidikan mengambil strategi konservasi bahwa Pendidikan perlu diarahkan untuk merawat, memelihara, mempertahankan "aset agama dan budaya" pengetahuan, nilai, dan adat istiadat dari waktu ke waktu oleh sejarah dalam rangka mempertahankan harkat dan martabat manusia dan Kedua, Pendidikan mengambil strategi restorasi yaitu Pendidikan diarahkan untuk memperbaiki dan memulihkan aset-aset agama dan budaya yang telah mengalami pencemaran, pembusukan, perusakan.Abstract: This study aims to analyze peace resolution in education. Peace cannot be seen as an independent and partial substance. Violence involves many factors that are very likely to be interrelated, so handling it requires tremendous patience. Several cases of conflict and violence that occurred in Indonesia provide a reasonably clear picture. Through research, it can be concluded that Education is the best solution to help humans see how humans should be and live. Education must be a way of life in the discovery of the right way of life. Education can do something for peace in at least two ways: First, Education takes a conservation strategy that Education needs to be directed to care for, maintain, maintain "religious and cultural assets" of knowledge, values, and customs from time to time by history in order to maintain dignity. Moreover, human dignity and Second, Education adopts a restoration strategy, namely Education is directed to repair and restore religious and cultural assets that have been polluted, decayed, and damaged.Keywords: Resolution, Conflict, Peace, Education

Struktur dan Fungsi Sosial Nyanyian Rakyat (Lullaby) Laloklah Nak Kanduang Masyarakat di Nagari Paninggahan

This research was conducted with the aim of describing the structure and social function of the folk song (lullaby) of Laloklah Nak Kanduang community in Nagari Paninggahan, Junjung Sirih District, Solok Regency. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive methods. Data obtained from informants through recording, recording, observation, and direct interviews with informants. Then the data that has been collected is analyzed in the following stages: (1) the data identification stage, (2) the data analysis stage, (3) the discussion stage and the conclusion of the data classification results, (4) the reporting stage. Laloklah Nak Kanduang's song has a structure like that found in poetry, namely physical structure (lines, stanzas, and sounds) and inner structure (patterns of association, patterns of images and emotions as well as themes and messages). Then the social functions, namely three (1) creative functions, (2) enthusiasm, (3) hope and prayer. The oral tradition of humming needs to be preserved, considering that the values contained in chanting are priceless cultural assets.