Penerapan Strategi Pembelajaran Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) untuk Meningkatkan Pembelajaran Matematika pada Siswa Kelas VI SD Inpres 07 Kabupaten Sorong

Pada umumnya pelajaran Matematika dianggap sebagai mata pelajaran yang sulit, menakutkan, kurang menarik, membosankan bagi sebagian siswa di semua jenjang pendidikan di Indonesia. Hal ini juga terjadi pada peserta didik di SD Inpres 07 Kabupaten Sorong Semester II dengan standar kompetensi melakukan operasi hitung pecahan dalam pemecahan masalah.  Kompetensi dasar memecahkan masalah perbandingan dan skala, indikator memecahkan masalah skala. Dari hasil ulangan tes formatif Matematika kelas VI semester II hanya 3 siswa dari 13 siswa yang  mendapatkan nilai di atas 65. Hal ini menunjukkan pembelajaran kurang berhasil. Untuk meningkatkan penguasaan siswa terhadap mata pelajaran Matematika maka diadakan perbaikan pembelajaran Matematika melalui PTK sebanyak 2 siklus dengan menerapkan Student Team Achievement Division  (STAD). Dari data pra siklus, siklus I, dan siklus II dapat peneliti rangkum, bahwa telah terjadi peningkatan hasil perbaikan pembelajaran.  Sebelum perbaikan, siswa yang tuntas dengan nilai rata-rata 65 ada 3 siswa dari 13 siswa atau 23,07%. Setelah dilakukan perbaikan pembelajaran pada siklus I meningkat menjadi 8 siswa dari 13 siswa atau 61,54 %.  Kemudian pada perbaikan siklus II lebih meningkat lagi menjadi 12 siswa dari 13 yang telah tuntas KKM setara dengan 92,31%

Holistic Care for Leprosy Patients in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara

Background: Lembata is a district in East Nusa Tenggara with various infectious and non-infectious diseases, including leprosy. The monthly incidence of leprosy increase by 1-2 new cases of leprosy per village. In Lembata there is Lembata Damian Hospital, a leprosy hospital established in 1959. Lembata District has a population of 157,265 people, most of than have low education level. The local government implemented a new approach of leprosy treatment emphasizing holistic treatment including medical, psychological, social, and spiritual treatment with the objective to cure and to improve the quality of life of leprosy patients. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the holistic leprosy treatment in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara. Subjects and Method: This was a qualitative study with problem solving approach. The holistic treatment applied to leprosy patients consisted of some components. In order to develop immune system in the body, the patients received local food nutritional intake, including maize, tubers, papaya fruit and leaf, and kelor leaf. To heal ulcers and wounds, the patients received blended topical herbal treatment, consisting of local papaya leaf, kelor leaf, turmeric tuber, and salt. The psychological component of holistic treatment aimed to prevent stress, feeling of despair, feeling of isolation, and lack of self confidence. The social component of holistic treatment empowered patients to be accepted by the surrounding community members. The spiritual component of holistic treatment attempted to enhance motivation by practicing prayer. The holistic treatment was developed by Porat Antonius. The data were collected by in-depth interview and direct observation. Results: As many as 76 cases of leprosy cases were identified through laboratory examination conducted at Damian hospital. As many as 33 leprosy cases received the holistic treatment in addition to anti-leprosy medical drugs. 19 of all 33 leprosy patients treated with the holistic treatment were cured. 14 patients refused to participate in the holistic treatment. Conclusion: Delving in local wisdom, the holistic treatment in complementary with modern anti-leprosy drugs can be used to cure leprosy patients and to improve their quality of life. Further studies, however, need to be carried out to provide rigorous scientific evidence on the effectiveness of the holistic treatment. Keywords: Leprosy, holistic treatment, herbal medicine, quality of lif

Menyibak Tabir Politik Otentikarendtlan: sebuah Pembacaan dari Perspektif Etika Politik

In philosophical discussions, politics is one of the most interesting, deep but also slippery topics. It is interesting because it aims to make life in society more humane, deep because it involves a variety of interests, and slippery because it is a discussion between citizens on various issues in a public space. This interesting, deep and slippery discourse is analysed by Hannah Arendt by clearly distinguishing between what is political and what is apolitical. In what is political, there are freedom and plurality. This becomes evident in the arena called "public space". On the other hand, what is apolitical can be defined as forcing the citizens into uniformity. According the Arendt, authentic politics has to be vivified by freedom, supported by plurality among human beings and strengthened by interlocution [communication] among citizens in public space

Epidemiological Clinical Index for Community Health Workers in Malaria Case Early Detection in East Nusa Tenggara

Background: East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is the province with the highest malaria morbidity rate in Indonesia. The Provincial Health Office reported that Annual Parasite Incidence (API) in 2009 was 31 cases per 1000 inhabitants. Compared with the WHO standard, i.e API>5‰, then almost all districts/cities in NTT were high endemicity areas. The aim of this study was to formulate the clinical index of malaria for community health workers for early detection of malaria cases in Lembata Island and Adonara, East Nusa Tenggara. Subjects and Method: This was an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional design. This study was conducted in Lembata and Adonara Island, East Nusa Tenggara from April to December 2014. A sample of 428 cases of malaria based on thick drip blood examination was selected for this study by stratified random sampling. The independent variables were symptoms and clinical signs of malaria. The dependent variable was thick drip blood examination of malaria. The data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by a multiple logistic regression. Results: Seven variables predicted malaria case: long fever (OR= 2.40; 95% CI= 2.20 to 5.75; p<0.001), chill(OR= 2.80; 95% CI= 1.19 to 3.69; p= 0.011), sweating (OR= 2.8; 95% CI= 1.19 to 3.6; p= 0.014), back pain (OR= 2.40; 95% CI= 1.11 to 3.51; p= 0.054), sore throat (OR= 3.80; 95% CI= 2.17 to 5.85; p <0.001), bitter mouth (OR= 3.60; 95% CI= 2.09 to 5.18; p= 0.011), pale face (OR= 4.20; 95% CI= 3.31 to 6.77; p< 0.001). The ROC curve had a sensitivity of 80.1% and a specificity of 66.2%. Conclusion: Seven variables can be used to predict malaria cases: long fever, chill, sweating, back pain, sore throat, bitter mouth, and pale face. Keywords: epidemiological clinical index, malaria case, early detection, community health worker

Alienasi Verbal Pada Umat Katolik Etnik Manggarai

Anstract Catholics of Manggarai ethnic (UKEM) in the district of Manggarai have experienced a verbal alienation due to an awkward Manggarai language (ML) used in Catholic religus activities (K3). As native speakers of ML, people even do not understand such an awkward language. Furthermore, they do not find any value behind the USAge of such a language. Statistically, their comprehension on such a language is only 43,22%, wich is categorized as do not comprehend. Religious meaning and value wich are not comprehended consist of love, faithfulness, unity, and peace. The contributing factor of such a condition is that the ML used in K3 with religious meaning and value has uniqueness in such aspects as forms, superstructures, and passage-micro structures. The uniqueness in the first aspect is indicated by monolog passage in horizontal dimension, while the second\u27s by the passage consisting of introduction, pre-core, core, pre-closing, and conclusion, each of witch has communication content. In the terms of micro structures, the uniqueness is indicated by the use of allophones [o] and [i], as well as alliteration, rhytme, assonance, and parallelism related to human\u27s body and plants

Education and Training in Public Administration

Tulisan ini mencoba menggali gagasan mengenai apa dan bagaimana revitalisasi sistem pendidikan dan pelatihan yang didasarkan pada landasan teoritis dan pengalaman empiris dalam kaitannya dengan administrasi publik dalam menghadapi otonomi daerah dan Perubahan global yang tidak bisa dihindari. Administrasi publik sebagai suatu ilmu, seni dan juga suatu profesi akan memberikan pengaruh dalam memilih dan mendidik pegawai negeri. Oleh karena itu pendidikan untuk administrator publik harus diarahkan pada kemampuan untuk dapat memahami kerangka konseptual administrasi publik, politik, konstitusional, kultural dan Perubahan lingkungan yang sedang berlangsung