Learning Styles of Australian Teachers in Learning Bahasa Indonesia (Bipa) at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

This research examines the learning styles (Fleming, 1987) – visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) of Aus-tralian teachers in learning bahasa Indonesia (BIPA) at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. This research was undertaken to answer the following questions: (1) what kinds of learning styles performed by the Australian teachers in learning bahasa Indonesia at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang? and (2) what kinds of categories of each learning style mostly reflected by the Australian teachers in learning bahasa Indonesia at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang? The data were collected by doing short survey, classroom observations, questionnaires, and interviews with both students and teachers (Robson, 2002). The results of the study shows that (1) more participants were kinesthetic learners. Most of them learnt bahasa Indonesia best through a hand – on method, exploring the world around them, and often relying on what they could directly experience or perform; (2) Its categories mostly suited with the participants\u27 learning style: more time for outside learning, as the participants needed to know more about the language and practice it within its cultural context. Most of them enjoyed very much tasks which involve manipulating materials and objects. Finally, they also liked learning bahasa Indonesia through moving, doing, and touching

Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia: the Role of School Environment

This paper examines the important role of the school environments to facilitate English program in Indonesian primary schools. The school environment here refers to the environment inside the school: principal, teachers, and foreign language (FL) classroom; and outside the school: the students' parents and the school community. Researchers have investigated teaching English as foreign language (TEFL) in primary schools from different perspectives, such as curriculum, teacher's role, and materials; however, little attention is paid to examine school environment as an important factor to improve the quality of TEFL in Indonesia. The data is taken from the results of my Masters study investigating the implementation of Indonesian language as LOTE program in Kingsbury Primary School (KPS), Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia. Interviews, questionnaires, and observations were employed to obtain the answers as to why Indonesian language was selected as the LOTE program in KPS. The study found several factors supporting the program, and one of the findings relevant to this present investigation was the positive attitude given by the environments. The main reason why Indonesian language was taken as the LOTE program was because there were many Indonesian people who lived around the school and frequently involved in the school activities. This was believed by the school council as important linguistic evidence to establish the program. All the members of the school environment were very supportive. The non-LOTE teachers, for example, occasionally attended the course and watched their children learning Indonesian language. The purpose of doing that, according to the non-LOTE teachers, was to motivate their children to learn it seriously as the children also saw their teachers came and learnt it. The LOTE program was also made possible by the availability of a representative classroom which was fairly large for doing class activities. This classroom was designed especially for the LOTE program and it was completed with printed materials such as books, comics, posters, short stories, and audio visual aids to show the Indonesian family, life and culture. The principal, the LOTE teacher, and LOTE coordinator claimed that having such particular classroom was significant to build the students' motivation to practice the target language when coming into the LOTE classroom because they were immersed with the atmosphere inside the room in which they could read anything written in Indonesian language. Keywords: language, literature, pedagogical approaches, non-native learners

Factors Supporting and Hindering the Use of English at International Class Program (Icp) Faculty of Tarbiyah, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

This study investigates factors supporting and hindering the implementation or the use of English by the students of International Class Program (ICP) Faculty of Tarbiyah, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. The primary purpose of this study is to provide recommendations for the Faculty especially the program coor-dinator to acknowledge the problems that need to be solved. This study involved a number of students joining the program. To obtain the data, interviews and questionnaires were distributed to 30 students. After analyz-ing the data, factors supporting and hindering the use of English at ICP were identified. Factors supporting the program are: (1) the students\u27 motivation, (2) the role of lecturers, and (3) the instructional materials. However, some factors hindering the program include: (1) not all students had an electronic English diction-ary, (2) both the lecturers and the students were inconsistent to use English, (3) the poor students\u27 English mastery sometimes also hindered the teaching process, (4) there was no language forums held in English, (5) there was no language lab, (6) the students had not been aware of the importance of practicing English, (7) the ICP students claimed that most of the materials they learned were written in Indonesian. The program coordinator acknowledges the students\u27 interest in learning English. As has been stated before, most of the students have high motivation to learn English. Thus, the program coordinator (1) should notice this and be very sensitive with this situation, because the students\u27 motivation is a very important thing in gaining more English development, needs to give extended role to the lecturers. They are required not only teaching the content materials but also some aspects of English entities, (3) needs to explain clearly that both lecturers and students need to make an agreement regarding the consistency of using English. Key words: factors supporting, factors hindering, International Class Program (ICP

Pengembangan Lembar Kerja Siswa (Lks) Non-eksperimen Hukum Gravitasi Newton

The aim of this research is to develop non-experimental student worksheet in Newtonian gravity. This research was conducted starting from May until June 2017. It is reasearch and development classification using ADDIE model without the implementation level. The subject was Newtonian gravity in the 10th grade, 2nd semester, senior high school physics subject. The research was conducted by analyzing the curriculum of physics subject in senior high school associated with Newtonian gravity, mapping the student worksheet assignment which fits to the curriculum, and the worksheet which was arranged and developed based on the planning above. The prototype of the worksheet was produced and then validated by the experts such as three physics lecturers and two physics senior high school teachers. The aspect of validation which has been assessed was the feasibility of presentment, content, and languange. After gaining the feedback from the experts, the worksheet was then edited, revised, and validated. The result of this research was analysed descriptively. According to the data, it can be concluded that the student worksheet which has been developed entirely has been catagorized as \u27very high\u27 and \u27valid\u27. The result of validation from presentmen feasibility respectively was 3.59; 3.67; 3.75; 3.70, the content feasibility showed, 3.64; 3.65; 3.65; 3.63 , and the languange feasibility was gained in the number of 3.62; 3.62; 3.54, and 3.40

Contemporary Brutalism: A Study of the Concept of Materiality

An Architectural and interior design works are made by combining various aspects including materials. Over time, the concept of materiality continues to develop so that this topic becomes relevant for discussion. This paper is a discourse on the development of Contemporary Architecture. The case study of this paper is a comparison of the Brutalism styles of Tadao Ando (Japanese Architect) and Andra Matin (Indonesian Architect). Data is collected by literature studies, namely by collecting various relevant writings related to the topic and then analyzing it using a qualitative method using analyzing of text-data by way of sorting and comparing each result of the writing. The aim of this paper is to find the background characters and concepts of contemporary brutalism from both architects. The results of the study show that both have several aspects in common in the creation of the works but can still have a different brand identity. Keywords Materiality, Brutalism, Contemporary Architectur

“Yang-tetap” Dan “Yang-berubah” Dalam Perspektif Metafisika Pancasila

The paper will tries to review classical debate about “the stable” and “the change” and discuss every notion in their variants. Description about the debate among philosophers will express chronologically as possible. Last but not least, it tries to express “the stable” and “the change” in Philosophy of Pancasila perspective. Pancasila, in its position as a genetivus objectivus, is very interesting to interpreted continuously; in order to do it, we must neither to maintain “the stabile” as a “glorious” in the one hand nor merely want to make it “change” in the other hand. For both attitudes are naïve and irresponsible. Pancasila, as a life symbol, must be actualized and interpreted openly, dialogically and there is no place for monopoly in interpretation. While, Pancasila as a genetivus subjectivus, give answer to the developing and management of state problems, unavoidably, the changes are always as assumption. “The stable” is “being” itself with its identity and developing; and that is meaning its existence. The ethical implication, therefore, is commitment to values inhering on the existence of being itself. “The change” is the way to handle of being and its technical management

Distribusi Substrat Di Dalam Fixed Bed Reactor (Fbr)

Fixed Bed Reactor was the biological wastewater treatment reactor thatwas one of the Cakung Slaughterhouse (RPH Cakung) wastewatertreatment. Biological wastewater treatment process in principle wasprocess use of the microorganism to degrade the wastewater pollutant,where the wastewater will be changed into gas and the particle bio-solidthat enabled to be sediment. The capability of the microorganismdegrading this pollutant was influenced by various factor, some amongthem were the distribution of the substrate (microorganism group) inthe reactor. The distribution of this substrate could be known bymeasuring the value of pH and organic content as Chemical OxygenDemand (COD) or Total Solid (TTS). Considering the importance of theparameter then must be keep so that both of them, did not exceedlimits that were allowed in the FBR operation. This paper was discussedby the condition for the distribution of the substrate in various hydraulicretention time (HRT). Analysis was held for the operation with the up-flow system. Results of the research could be known that the value ofthe pH and TS in various HRT relatively constant, that is between 6.93– 7.15 (for the pH) and 0.32% - 0.56% (for TS). This value is still inlimits that were allowed. This showed that the FBR reactor had thegood performance was inspected from the condition for the distributionof the substrate inside

Sultan Hamengku Buwono II: Pembela Tradisi dan Kekuasaan Jawa

Since his younger age, Sultan Hamengku Buwono II indicated that he always refused the Dutch intervention in the sultanate’s palace of Yogyakarta. He became rival of the Dutch governments because of his opinion that the Dutch had intervented too much in the cultural and noble life’s sultanate of Yogyakarta. After his coronation as a sultan in Yogyakarta in 1792, he kept his mind to guard the Java’s glorious tradition and the traditional power of the Sultan. This condition caused a great conflict between the Sultan and the Dutch government. Sultan HB II tried to refuse all the intervention of Dutch Government. As consequences of his character, the colonial government proposed to replace the Sultan with the crownprince. During his life, he accepted twice decoronation (in 1811 by Gouvernor General Daendels and in 1812 by Leutnant General Raflles) and he was exiled three times (Penang in 1812, Ambon in 1817 and Surabaya in 1825). Finally, the Dutch Government recalled him to be a sultan in Yogyakarta to persuade all princes who supported Prince Diponegoro’s revolt. Unfortunately, till his death, he still refused to cooperate with the colonial government. To the present, there are many works of this sultan as: literary works, philosophy, arts dan physical buildings, which describes his characters toward the colonial government