RETROSPECTIVE CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF BARACK OBAMA’S AND OLUSEGUN OBASANJO’S POLITICAL COMMUNICATION FEATURES AND STYLES

Governments make calculated human capital commitment to political communication because of its indispensability and effectiveness as a veritable tool, which underlies and is underlined by massive government investment in public communication. Presidential communication is rooted in, influenced, and limited by, usually, certain written codes. This study examined why, when, and how two presidents said what they said, and why they did or not do as said. Thesis problem was unravelling how features and styles of two presidents facilitated their political communication and public policies. Study fitted into two models, using two political communication theories: mainly ‘Aristotelian Political Rhetoric;’ Walter Fisher’s ‘the Narrative Paradigm’ as theoretical guides. Using original communications of two presidents, this comparative and historical study bridged the sparse scholarship on comparative presidential political communication. Data were obtained from purposively selected sample population, collated, analysed and interpreted, deploying multiple instruments, majorly content and discourse analyses chosen for their effectiveness at measuring predetermined variables. Selected published presidential communications 178 and 158 each all totaling 336 obtained from secondary sources formed the sample population. Findings of study revealed both presidents were largely more dissimilar than otherwise. Their backgrounds reflected, not dominated their communications. As communicators, they were urban-romanticisers, but rural-jilters, promoting rural exclusion, and accessibility to selected urban congregations. Obama’s presidential communication was delivered using peculiar styles, like Olusegun Obasanjo’s, both relying on diverse notable features. Conclusively, presidential political communication should be additional statutory responsibility of presidents to legally guarantee accountability, and practical democracy. Presidential communication system must be deconstructed and reconstructed to promote professional speech-making, and polity-connected presidential political communication.

First Fruits

Anderson thrives in graduate school where he begins a career-long friendly rivalry with Walter Kohn. He consciously chooses not to work with superstar theorist Julian Schwinger and pursues a PhD supervised by John Van Vleck. His thesis problem is a quantum mechanical calculation of the microwave absorption spectrum of small molecules. His social time is spent almost exclusively with non-physics graduate students, including the mathematician-comedic songwriter Tom Lehrer. He meets Joyce Gothwaite during a vacation trip home and only a short time passes before they marry in Boston and she becomes pregnant. Daughter Susan is born and Anderson completes his thesis work quickly. Money is tight.

A Thematic Analysis of Theses Made in the Field of Lifelong Learning with Pre-Service Teachers (2009-2020)

This study was conducted to examine the postgraduate theses made in the field of lifelong learning with pre-service teachers between 2009 and 2020 in terms of their thesis problem, research topic, conclusions and recommendations. The 23 postgraduate theses constituting the study sample were determined by means of criterion sampling method from the Higher Education Council’s thesis database. These theses were used as data collection tools and the study was designed as a qualitative study using the document review method. The data was analyzed using content analysis. The study revealed that a significant part of the theses consisted of subjects aimed at revealing the perceptions of lifelong learning tendencies-competencies and the relationships between lifelong learning and different variables. In addition, the postgraduate theses predominantly looked at the level of lifelong learning tendencies of the pre-service teachers and whether lifelong learning competencies-tendencies differed by gender, grade levels, departments, educational status of parents, academic achievement and socio-economic levels. As a result, it was revealed that the pre-service teachers' lifelong learning tendencies were high in most of the theses and that there was a significant difference in terms of lifelong learning competence by gender. Some suggestions were made based on these results.

Peran Pengadilan Agama Kediri Dalam Penyelesaian Sengketa Ekonomi Syariah

The formulation of this thesis problem has three aspects, those are: (1) How is the authority of Religious Court of Kediri in resolving sharia economics disputes before the Decision of the Constitutional Court No. 93 / PUU-X / 2012, (2) How is the authority of the Religious Court of Kediri in the settlement of the sharia economics dispute after the Decision of the Constitutional Court No. 93 / PUU-X / 2012 (3) How is the role of Religious Court of Kediri in resolving the sharia economics dispute after the Constitutional Court Decision No. 93 / PUU-X / 2012?The Research method used is qualitative method since this research describing an object in accordance with reality that is about the role of religious court of Kediri. Technique of collecting data is through interviewing and recording, while the data that has been obtained is analyzed by using descriptive analysis technique with deductive inductive pattern.Based on the results of the research and the discussion done it can be summarized as follows: 1. The Judges of Religious Court of Kediri disagree if the sharia banking dispute must be resolved through the General Court. Based on the reason that the operational activity in Sharia Bank uses sharia principles, therefore if there is a dispute then the resolution is in the Religious Court instead of General Court. 2. The Judges of Religious Court of Kediri argue that it is true if the resolution of the sharia banking dispute is the absolute authority of the Court within the Religious Court. 3. The role of Kediri Religion Court in facing the existence of authority in the resolution of Shariah economic dispute after the Decision of the Constitutional Court No. 93 / PUU-X / 2012 is through following the technical training of sharia economic dispute resolution held by the Supreme Court and Financial Services Authority, following the education and training held by the courtroom of the Supreme Court and Ibnu Saud University of Saudi Arabia and reading many books related to the sharia economic.On the basis of the results above, the researcher suggests to Judge of Religious Court of Kediri to be able to improve the quality especially in the field of sharia economy and the law of agreement and hopefully for the further researcher can analyze and examine more about sharia economic disputes both litigation and non litigation. Key words: Religious Courts, Shari'a Economics, Constitutional Court