Employment Generation and Poverty Alleviation through SME Cluster Development in Bangladesh

SME Cluster Development could be an emerging force of entrepreneurship development, employment generation and poverty alleviation for any least developed country like Bangladesh. SMEs located at different clusters of Bangladesh are contributing in generating employment and income for the workers and producing import substitute product simultaneously. Realizing the full potential of SME cluster development in Bangladesh, it is important for all stakeholders to sit together and find out a concrete solution for the identified challenges of SME clusters. Recommended action plan could be catalyst to enhance productivity, increase efficiency, quality, acceptability, market linkage of SME products of Bangladesh. The action plan is designed with Short term (up to 3 year), Mid-term (3-5 years) and Long term (5 and more) recommendations for fostering cluster development of SME in Bangladesh with a vision of employment generation and poverty alleviation. 

PENGEMBANGAN LKPD BERBASIS GUIDED INQUIRY UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PRACTICAL SKILLS DAN HASIL BELAJAR KOGNITIF PESERTA DIDIK SMP KELAS VII

Penelitian ini bertujuan (1) menghasilkan LKPD berbasis guidedinquiry yang layak untuk meningkatkan practicalskills dan hasil belajar kognitif peserta didik SMP kelas VII, (2) mengetahui respon peserta didik terhadap LKPD berbasis guidedinquiry, (3) mengetahui peningkatan practicalskills peserta didik SMP kelas VII setelah menggunakan LKPD berbasis guidedinquiry, dan (4) mengetahui peningkatan hasil belajar kognitif peserta didik SMP kelas VII setelah menggunakan LKPD berbasis guidedinquiry. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain pengembangan 4D yang meliputi tahap define (pendefinisian), design (perencangan), develop (pengembangan), dan disseminate (penyebaran). Pada tahap define dilakukan dengan analisis awal, analisis peserta didik, analisis tugas, analisis konsep, dan merumuskan tujuan pembelajaran. Pada tahap design dilakukan penyusunan instrumen, pemilihan media, pemilihan format, dan rancangan produk awal. Instrumen yang digunakan pada penelitian ini meliputi angket validasi LKPD, lembar observasi keterlaksaan pembelajaran dengan pendekatan guided inquiry,lembar observasi practical skills, soal pretest-posttest, dan angket respon peserta didik terhadap LKPD. Tahap develop meliputi tahap peninjauan oleh dosen pembimbing, penilaian ahli oleh dosen ahli dan guru IPA, dan uji coba produk. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah 28 peserta didik kelas VII FMTs Negeri 6 Bantul. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis data kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Analisis kualitatif berupa uraian komentar dan saran dari validator sedangkan analisis data kuantitatif dengan menggunakan perhitungan persentase penguasaan practical skills dan peningkatan hasil belajar kognitif menggunakan gain score serta analisis skor respon peserta didik terhadap LKPD. Pada tahap disseminate, penyebaran hanya dilakukan terbatas di MTs Negeri 6 Bantul. Hasil penelitian ini adalah (1) LKPD berbasis guided inquiry yang layak dengan skor 115,5 dari 124 dan termasuk kategoti sangat baik. (2) Respon peserta didik memperoleh skor 129,5 dari 160 dengan kategori baik. (3) Pembelajaran dengan menggunakan LKPD yang dikembangkan mampu meningkatkan practical skill dengan persentase peningkatan 49,79% pada pertemuan pertama, 80,04% pada pertemuan kedua, dan 86,08% pada pertemuan ketiga. (4) Pembelajaran dengan menggunakan LKPD yang dikembangkan mampu meningkatkan hasil belajar kognitif dengan skor peningkatan sebesar 0,33 dan termasuk dalam kategori sedang. Kata kunci : guided inquiry,hasil belajar kognitif, LKPD, practical skills The research aims (1) to produce a guided inquiry based student worksheets which is feasible to develop practical skills and cognitive result of VII grade of junior high school student, (2) to know student response toward guided inquiry based student worksheets, (3) to know the increase of seventh grade high school student’s practical skills after using a guided inquiry based student worksheets, (4) to know the increase of seventh grade high school student’s cognitive result after using a guided inquiry based student worksheets. The research model that is being conducted is 4D model, consist of define, design, develop, and disseminate stage. In the define stage, initial analysis, analysis of students, task analysis, concept analysis, and formulation of learning objectives were conducted. In the design stage, building instruments, selecting media, selecting format, and preliminary design were conducted. The instruments of this research are student worksheets validation form, practical skills observation form, pretest-posttest question of cognitive result, and student response questioner toward student worksheets. Then, in developed stage covers the stages of consideration by consultants, assessment experts (validation by expert lecturers and science teachers) and trial products. The subjects of this research are 28 seventh grade high school student of F class in MTs N 6 Bantul. Data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Qualitative data analysis is a description of comments and suggestions from validators, while quantitative data analysis use the percentage calculation of practical skills and the increase of cognitive result using gain score as well as the score analysis of student’s responses toward student worksheets developed. The disseminate phase is only done to a limited extent in MTs N 6 Bantul. Result of this research are (1) the student worksheets is feasible which score 115.5 from 124 categorizes as very good. (2) The score of student responses is 129.5 from 180 categorizes as good. (3) Practical skills after using guided inquiry based student worksheets can increase from 49.79 % in activity one to to 80.04% in activity two and 86.08% in activity three. (4) Cognitive result after using guided inquiry based student worksheets can increase with gain score were 0.33 and categorizes as medium gain

PENGARUH OUTDOOR EDUCATION TERHADAP KEPERCAYAAN DIRI SISWA DALAM MENGHADAPI UJIAN NASIONAL

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh outdoor education melalui program camping terhadap percaya diri siswa. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode quasi eksperimen melalui kegiatan camping. Dengan desain Non Randomize Control Group Pretest-Postest Design. Sampel penelitian ini kelompok eksperimen sebanyak 25 siswa kelas IX SMP dan 18 siswa kelas XII SMA. Hasil penelitian ini pengaruh Outdoor Education terhadap kepercayan diri siswa SMP memiliki nilai sig (2-tailed) lebih kecil dari nilai α = 0,05, yaitu 0,000 yaitu berpengaruh signifikan. Kemudian pengaruh Outdoor Education terhadap kepercayan diri siswa SMA memiliki nilai sig (2-tailed) lebih kecil dari nilai α = 0,05, yaitu 0,000 yaitu berpengaruh signifikan. Dari hasil yang didapat bahwa kegiatan Outdoor Education memiliki pengaruh positif dalam meningkatkan percaya diri siswa. Kata kunci : Outdoor education dan Percaya diri, Program camping The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of outdoor education camping program for students self confident. The method of this study is quasi-experimental method through camping activities with Non Randomize pretest-posttest control group design. This experimental research sample group of 25 students of class IX junior high school and 18 students of class XII senior high school. The results of this study for influence of self confident through Outdoor Education to junior high school students have a sig (2-tailed) is smaller than the value of α = 0.05, which is 0.000 which is a significant effect. Then the effect of Outdoor Education to senior high school students have the self belief sig (2-tailed) is smaller than the value of α = 0.05, which is 0.000 which is a significant effect. From the results obtained that the activities of Outdoor Education has a positive effect in increasing the confidence of students. Keyword : outdoor education and self confidenc

EFEKTIVITAS PENGGUNAAN METODE COOPERATIVE LEARNING TIPE NUMBERED HEAD TOGETHER (NHT) DALAM MENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBUAT KALIMAT BAHASA JEPANG

Membuat kalimat termasuk salah satu bagian utama dalam mempelajari bahasa Jepang.　Terdapat bermacam-macam jenis pola kalimat yang ada dalam bahasa Jepang. Namun pola kalimat dalam bahasa Jepang dan bahasa Indonesia memiliki perbedaan dalam struktur pola kalimat. Perbedaan tersebut sering sekali menyulitkan siswa terlebih lagi bagi pembelajar pemula. Sehubungan dengan hal tersebut peneliti ingin memberikan inovasi metode dalam mempelajari bahasa Jepang khususnya dalam membuat kalimat dengan menerapkan metode cooperative learning tipe numbered head together. Tujuan dari dilaksankannya penelitian ini adalah untuk mengukur efektivitas dari metode cooperative learning tipe numbered head together. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode ekspermimen semu dengan desain penelitian pretest and posttest control group design. Sampel yang diambil adalah siswa kelas XII IPA SMA Puragabaya tahun ajaran 2015/2016 yang berjumlah 15 orang. Terdapat dua instrumen yang digunakan yaitu berupa tes dan angket. Setelah dilakukannya analisis data tes diperoleh nilai t hitung sebesar 10,83 dengan db 14 pada tahap signifikansi 5% diperoleh t tabel sebesar 2,14. Karena t hitung lebih besar dari t tabel, maka hipotesis kerja dalam penelitian ini diterima dengan kata lain metode ini terbukti efektif karena terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap kemampuan membuat kalimat bahasa Jepang siswa kelas XII IPA SMA Puragabaya sebelum dan setelah diberikannya perlakuan dengan menggunakan metode cooperative learning tipe numbered head together. Hal ini diperkuat dengan hasil analisis data angket yang menyatakan bahawa metode ini menarik dan dapat membantu meningkatkan kemampuan membuat kalimat bahasa Jepang. Kata kunci : numbered head together, kalimat bahasa Jepang Creating sentence is one of the important parts in learning Japanese language. There are many type of sentence patterns in Japanese. The patterns are different with Bahasa Indonesia, so the students sometimes confuse with it, especially for the beginners. Therefore, the researcher want to give an innovation in learning Japanese, particularly in creating Japanese sentence by applying cooperative learning method with numbered head together type. The aim of this research is to measure the effectivity of the method. This research is using quasi experimental method through pretest and posttest control group design. The data of this research are 15 students of XII IPA of SMA Puragabaya 2015/2016. Two instruments used in this research are test and questionnaire. The test instrument obtained that t is 10,83 with db 14 on 5% significance level = 2,14. The conclusion of this method is acceptable, because t is bigger than t tabel. On the other hand, the method has been proved effective on increasing the student’s ability in creating sentence before and after using the cooperative learning method with numbered head together type. This was confirmed by the results of the questionnaire instrument that explained that this method is interesting and can increase the student’s ability to create a sentence in Japanese. Key words: numbered head together, Japanese sentenc

Disaster Diplomacy as an Alternative Approach for Indonesia's Instrument of Foreign Policy in ASEAN

ASEAN is one of the regions with the highest rate of disaster vulnerability. Tsunami 2004 has triggered the momentum for Indonesia and ASEAN to deal with disaster-related issues more seriously. Losses and casualties from the catastrophe led to the decision by Indonesian government to put disaster prevention and risk reduction as a priority. Indonesia continues to encourage and supporting ASEAN in order to improve the region's capability to deal with natural disaster. Through AADMER (ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response) that was signed in July 2005, ASEAN held an unequivocal and defined base in any efforts of disaster management, especially in the ASEAN region. Through Qualitative Methodology, this paper will discuss about how the disaster diplomacy of Indonesia contributes to the improvement of ASEAN's capability in the disaster management, but also examines BNPB as both the backbone and the focal point of Indonesia's disaster management, which then leads up to how disaster can abolish certain diplomatic hurdles, as well as improving regional cooperation, and strengthen the Indonesia's position as a key country in regional disaster management

Analisis Hubungan Sipil-Militer terhadap Perubahan Kebijakan Pertahanan Jepang di Tahun 2015

The change in defense policy that occurred during Shinzo Abe\u27s reign in 2015 produced many pros and cons among the public. As a decision, it was not popular among civilians, either political elites or the public sphere because the administration made it in a hurry. Moreover, Japanese country was famous as a country with pacifism value after the Second World War. Therefore, the question arises as of why the decision was taken. This study uses the theory of Civil-Military Relations from Samuel Huntington to see whether there is a motive from the military to involve in the decision. Besides, this study also discusses military defense and professionalism of management in Japan to further illustrate the existence of military influence in the defense policy-making process and the political orientation of the Japanese military. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method. The author concludes that there was no interference by the Japanese army on the Japanese defense policy changes in 2015, but there was a scourge of civil-military relations in Japan which was initially a subjective civilian control into an objective civil­ian control

A Mouse Amidase Specific for N-terminal Asparagine: the gene, the enzyme, and their function in the N-end rule pathway

The N-end rule relates the in vivo half-life of a protein to the identity of its N-terminal residue. In both fungi and mammals, the tertiary destabilizing N-terminal residues asparagine and glutamine function through their conversion, by enzymatic deamidation, into the secondary destabilizing residues aspartate and glutamate, whose destabilizing activity requires their enzymatic conjugation to arginine, one of the primary destabilizing residues. We report the isolation and analysis of a mouse cDNA and the corresponding gene (termed Ntan1) that encode a 310-residue amidohydrolase (termed NtN-amidase) specific for N-terminal asparagine. The ~17-kilobase pair Ntan1 gene is located in the proximal region of mouse chromosome 16 and contains 10 exons ranging from 54 to 177 base pairs in length. The ~1.4-kilobase pair Ntan1 mRNA is expressed in all of the tested mouse tissues and cell lines and is down-regulated upon the conversion of myoblasts into myotubes. The Ntan1 promoter is located ~500 base pairs upstream of the Ntan1 start codon. The deduced amino acid sequence of mouse NtN-amidase is 88% identical to the sequence of its porcine counterpart, but bears no significant similarity to the sequence of the NTA1-encoded N-terminal amidohydrolase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which can deamidate either N-terminal asparagine or glutamine. The expression of mouse NtN-amidase in S. cerevisiae nta1Delta was used to verify that NtN-amidase retains its asparagine selectivity in vivo and can implement the asparagine-specific subset of the N-end rule. Further dissection of mouse Ntan1, including its null phenotype analysis, should illuminate the functions of the N-end rule, most of which are still unknown

Pengelolaan Kampung Nelayan sebagai Desa Wisata di Kabupaten Majene, Sulawesi Barat

This research aims at 1) analyzing the tourism potential of Kampung Nelayan (Majene Regency) as tourism village; 2) recommending steps or mechanisms to implement Kampung Nelayan as tourism village. This paper employs a qualitative approach to answer research questions through research visit in July and September 2019. The authors collected research data through in-depth interviews and direct observation. The research reveals that Kampung Nelayan has the potential for tourism village based on community empowerment principles. Kampung Nelayan has potential of marine tourism and cultural tourism. The steps to implement Kampung Nelayan as tourism village including 1) identification of members of community under the categories of internal and external community groups; 2) involving the community members in tourism programs and 3) follow up of community collaboration by the internal and external groups of community