SEKOLAH ALAM SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PENDIDIKAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN MINAT BELAJAR ANAK-ANAK DI DUSUN BURNE DESA BEBIDAS KECAMATAN WANASABA

Sekolah alam merupakan salah satu pendidikan alternatif yang menggunakan alam sebagai media belajar. Pembelajaran di sekolah alam menggunakan metode action learning atau peserta didik mengalami pembelajaran secara langsung. Melalui program sekolah alam, anak didik tidak hanya mengeksplor potensi yang dimiliki tetapi juga membina nilai-nilai moral pada setiap kegiatan sekolah alam. Sebagaimana bunyi Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia No. 20 Tahun 2003 tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional bahwa pendidikan tidak hanya membentuk manusia Indonesia yang cerdas, namun juga memiliki kepribadian atau berkarakter, sehingga akan melahirkan generasi bangsa yang berkarakter sesuai dengan nilai-nilai luhur Pancasila dan ajaran agama. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan dan mengetahui (1) sekolah alam sebagai media meningkatkan minat belajar anak di Dusun Burne , (2) materi sekolah alam sebagai pendidikan alternatif dalam pembinaan potensi yang di miliki oleh anak-anak di Dusun Burne, (3) muatan nilai-nilai moral pada materi sekolah alam sebagai pendidikan alternatif dalam pembinaan moral di dusun Burne

Theology, Politics and Society: the Missing Link. Studying Religion in the Mamluk Period

The chapter focuses on a few problematic topics which have so far received little attention in contemporary scholarship on religion in the Mamluk period. In particular it tries to shed light on what the author describes as a missing link between theological production and its social and political significance, between theologians and society at large, between ideas about God and their relevance to people\u2019s lives. The article argues that exploring the link between society and theology may be a rewarding research enterprise. An attention to this link is generally missing in scholarship both on the intellectual and the socio-religious history of the Mamluk period. The paper identifies the reasons for this state of affairs and provides a sample of materials that proves that we do not lack the resources for pursuing research in this direction. The paper advocates an interdisciplinary approach where the efforts of experts in Islamic theology and historians interested in religion and society ought to merge

Selectivity of antimicrobial peptides: a complex interplay of multiple equilibria

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) attack bacterial membranes selectively, killing microbes at concentrations that cause no toxicity to the host cells. This selectivity is not due to interaction with specific receptors, but is determined by the different lipid composition of the membranes of the two cell types, and by the peculiar physico-chemical properties of AMPs, particularly their cationic and amphipathic character. However, the available data, including recent studies of peptide-cell association, indicate that this picture is excessively simplistic, because selectivity is modulated by a complex interplay of several interconnected phenomena. For instance, conformational transitions and self-assembly equilibria modulate the effective peptide hydrophobicity, the electrostatic and hydrophobic contributions to the membrane binding driving force are non-additive, and kinetic processes can play an important role in selective bacterial killing in the presence of host cells. All these phenomena, and their bearing on the final activity and toxicity of AMPs, must be considered in the definition of design principles to optimize peptide selectivity