Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) (Journal of UniSZA - Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin)
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WHEN SCIENCE BECOMES AN APPROACH IN EARLY LEARNING: KNOW IT, UNDERSTAND IT AND DO IT!
Get PDFThis review paper aims to explain and reinforce the view of how to teach science in early childhood education. Cuurrently, the need and interest of the community towards science are quite high. Science provides many contributions to various aspects of life including aspects of child development. Essentially, science is the process of discovering new knowledge through empirical experience. Science learning for children begins when the child shows interest and curiosity to the world around them. Science can be used as an approach by involving three components that is content, process, and attitudes that are holistically packaged and integrated into a series of learning processes and daily life of children because science can bedone almost in all activities. However, educators still understand science partially, they regard science as a branch of science that only focuses on mastering the concept of theory, whereas science includes how to work, to think, and to solve problems. Through a learning approach developed from a science process approach, children are encouraged to actively observe, question, collect information, reason, and communicate their new knowledge. Although this approach is based on constructivism, educators still have an important role in supporting learning by having sufficient science ability.Keywords: Early childhood, Indonesia, science, 21st century education, pedagogyCite as: Qonita, Syaodih, E., & Mulyana, E.H. (2017). When science becomes an approach in early learning: Know it, understand it and do it!. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 98-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp98-10
التفرق الحزبي السياسي بين المسلمين وآثاره في المجتمع الماليزي في ضوء السنة النبوية [POLITICAL PARTISAN DISPERSIONS AMONG MUSLIMS IN MALAYSIA AND ITS EFFECTS TO THE SOCIETY IN LIGHT OF THE SUNNAH]
Get PDFأن التفرق هو من أخطر الأزمات التي تحدث في المجتمع حيث منعه الإسلام منعا باتا، وقد يهدد التفرق الحزبي السياسي بين المسلمين في ماليزيا بسبب الاختلافات في الانتماءات السياسية مكانة الإسلام وحقوق أتباعهم، وتدرس هذه الورقة مفهوم التفرق في ضوء السنة النبوية أملا أن يساعد في تحديد المعنى المراد منها، كما تدرس الآثار التي يسببها هذا النوع من التفرق في المجتمع، وتكشف هذه الدراسة معنى التفرق ومفهومه الذي ذكرته السنة على أربعة معان، وهي الاختلاف في أصول الدين، وعدم التمسك بالكتاب والسنة في الاعتقاد والعمل، والاختلاف المفضي إلى ترك الواجبات وفعل المحرمات، والخروج على الحاكم وهو التمرد المسلح ضد الحكومة، وعلى هذا التفرق الحزبي السياسي بين المسلمين في هذا البلد هو الاختلاف المفضي إلى ترك الواجبات وفعل المحرمات، وهو التفرق والاختلاف المذموم، وآثار هذا التفرق أربعة وهي تهديد مكانة الإسلام وحقوق المسلمين، وأن تكون هناك عقبات أمام عملية الأسلمة والتنمية الإسلامية، وتقييد الدعوة الإسلامية لغير المسلمين، وأن تكون هناك معوقات أمام تنمية اقتصاد المسلمين.مفاتيح الكلمات: السنة، السياسة، التفرق السياسي، تفرق المسلمين، الأسلمة.Dispersion is a dangerous community conflict and is strictly prohibited in Islam. The political dispersion of Muslims in Malaysia has suffocated and challenged the status of the religion and its believers. This paper reviews the concept of dispersion according to the Sunnah of the prophet SAW with hope that it would help to establish the real meaning of the concept as stated in Hadith. The effects of disunity on society due to the political dispersion are also discussed. This paper reveals that dispersion among Muslims in the country occurs because of four factors: 1) the differences in the essence of religion; 2) the failure to hold on to the al-Quran and Sunnah in beliefs and practices; 3) the tendency to leave the obligated and commit the prohibited; and 4) the rebellion towards the government. The dispersion tarnishes the good image of religion, delays the Islamization process, affects the preaching to the non-Muslims and averts the economic growth of the Muslims. Keywords: Islamization, Muslim disunity, politics, political dispersion, Sunnah Cite as: Abu Bakar, A.I. (2017). Political partisan dispersions among Muslims in Malaysia and its effects to the society in light of the sunnah. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 319-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp319-33
USING NATIONAL IDENTITY MEASURE AS AN INDICATOR OF MALAYSIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY
Get PDFConducting research about individuals’ feelings of belonging to a society comprising different social strata is of interest to researchers. National identity as a collective identity has gained salient attention in Malaysia because the country’s social structure is made up of different ethnic groups. To shed light on this topic, this study investigated national identity among undergraduate students of a public university in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire (the National Identity Measure or NIM) was utilized as the data collection instrument. Using a random proportional stratified sampling strategy, a total of 498 undergraduates studying in the University’s 15 different faculties were selected as respondents. The results of the study confirmed that, in a society that embraces various ethnic groups, a collective national identity can be measured.Keywords: Feeling of belonging, Malaysia, measurement, national identity, national identity measure.Cite as: Granhenat, M. & Abdullah, A.N. (2017). Using national identity measure as an indicator of Malaysian national identity. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 214-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp214-22
PENGARUH HUBUNGAN DIPLOMATIK TURKI DAN JEPUN TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN ISLAM DI JEPUN[THE INFLUENCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIP OF TURKEY AND JAPAN ON ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN]
Get PDFThis paper reviews the development of diplomatic relation between the Turkish and Japanese governments in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 19th century, the diplomatic relation involved the Turkish Ottoman Empire and the kingdom of Emperor Meiji. In the 20th century, it involved the Republic Turkey government and the Japanese government. In addition, this article explores the various factors and efforts made by the two governments to contribute to the establishment of diplomatic relation between Turkey and Japan. This qualitative research used secondary resources collected from books, articles and theses. The findings reveal that diplomatic relation between Ottoman and Japanese governments had many positive impacts on the development of Islam in Japan. The fall of the Ottoman Empire did not stop this diplomatic relation. In 1924, the Turkish Republic continued diplomatic ties with Japan until 1945 but the diplomatic ties ceased as a result of the Second World War. This paper concludes that the diplomatic relation between the two governments has influenced the development of Islam in Japan through the formation of Islamic community, the construction of mosques and the translation of the Qur'an.Keywords: Diplomatic relationship, Turkey, Japan, Islamic community, Islamic developmentCite as: Palem Zainol, S.Z., & Mat Resad@Arshad, I.S. (2017). Pengaruh hubungan diplomatik Turki dan Jepun terhadap perkembangan Islam di Jepun [The influence of diplomatic relationship of Turkey and Japan on Islamic development in Japan]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 139-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp139-154 AbstrakKertas kerja ini menerangkan pengaruh hubungan diplomatik antara kerajaan Turki dan kerajaan Jepun pada abad ke-19 dan ke-20. Permulaan hubungan diplomatik antara kerajaan Turki dan kerajaan Jepun berlaku melalui dua era pemerintahan. Era pertama adalah empayar Uthmaniyyah dan empayar Maharaja Meiji pada abad ke-19 dan era kedua adalah kerajaan Republik Turki dan kerajaan Jepun pada abad ke-20. Di samping itu, artikel ini menerokai kepelbagaian faktor dan usaha yang dibuat oleh kedua-dua kerajaan untuk menyumbang kepada permbentukan hubungan diplomatik antara kerajaan Turki dan Jepun. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan sumber sekunder yang dikumpul daripada buku-buku, artikel-artikel dan tesis-tesis. Hasil kajian ini mendedahkan bahawa perkembangan hubungan empayar Uthmaniyyah dan kerajaan Jepun mempunyai banyak kesan positif terhadap perkembangan Islam di Jepun. Kejatuhan empayar Uthmaniyyah tidak menghentikan hubungan diplomatik ini. Pada tahun 1924, kemunculan kerajaan Republik Turki tetap meneruskan hubungan diplomatik dengan Jepun sehingga tahun 1945 tetapi hubungan diplomatik ini terhenti akibat Perang Dunia Kedua. Dapatlah disimpulkan bahawa pengaruh hubungan diplomatik antara kedua-dua kerajaan telah membawa kepada perkembangan Islam di Jepun melalui pembentukan organisasi masyarakat Islam, pembinaan masjid dan terjemahan al-Qur'an.Kata Kunci: Hubungan diplomatik, Turki, Jepun, masyarakat Islam, pembangunan Isla
THE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE LEARNING BASED ON THE SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES WITH ISLAMIC VALUES ON LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SOCIO-SCIENTIFIC ISSUES
Get PDFThis study aimed to investigate the effects of ‘science learning based on the socio-scientific issues with Islamic values (PSBIS-NI)’ on form four secondary school students’ attitudes towards the socio-scientific issues. PSBIS-NI is a learning method that focuses on the socio-scientific issues with the integration of Islamic values. A learning module was developed based on PSBIS-NI conceptual model as a reference for the intervention of PSBIS-NI. The Pre-experimental design: One Group Pre Test-Post Test Design was employed in this study. The effects of PSBIS-NI on the variable were measured in the pretest, posttest and extended posttest. The purposive sampling was used to select 31 form four Muslim students from the science classes to undergo the PSBIS-NI intervention. A Science teacher and an Islamic Education teacher were involved collaboratively as facilitators during the intervention. Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues Scale was administered to the students. Hypotheses were tested for statistical inference by using ANOVA repeated measures. Findings of the study indicate that PSBIS-NI has positive effects on the learners’ attitudes toward socio-scientific issues. This study contributes to science education in providing content and methods for implementation of PSBIS-NI through the development of PSBIS-NI Integrated Module. One of the suggestions for future research is to implement PSBIS-NI with a focus on specific skills such as argumentative and decision-making skills. Keywords: Attitude, Islamic values, Malaysia, socioscientific issues, Science learningCite as: Abd. Rahim, R. & Samsudin, M.A. (2017). Kesan pembelajaran Sains berasaskan isu sosiosaintifik dengan nilai Islam ke atas sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik [The effects of Science learning based on the socio-scientific issues with Islamic values on learners’ attitudes towards the socio-scientific issues]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 231-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp231-250 AbstrakKajian ini bertujuan mengkaji kesan pembelajaran sains berasaskan isu sosiosaintifik dengan nilai Islam (PSBIS-NI) ke atas sikap pelajar sekolah menengah tingkatan empat terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Dalam kajian ini, sebuah modul pembelajaran dibina berasaskan Model Konseptual PSBIS-NI sebagai rujukan untuk intervensi PSBIS-NI. Reka bentuk Pra-eksperimen: Ujian Pra-Ujian Pos Satu Kumpulan digunakan dalam kajian ini. Kesan PSBIS-NI ke atas variabel sikap terhadap isu sosiosaintifik diukur dalam ujian pra, ujian pos dan ujian pos lanjutan. Kaedah pensampelan bertujuan digunakan bagi memilih 31 orang pelajar tingkatan empat aliran sains dan beragama Islam untuk menjalani intervensi PSBIS-NI. Seorang guru mata pelajaran Sains dan seorang guru Pendidikan Islam terlibat secara kolaboratif sebagai fasilitator semasa pelaksanaan intervensi. Soal Selidik Sikap Terhadap Isu Sosiosaintifik digunakan untuk mengukur sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Data diproses dan dianalisis berbantukan pakej statistik SPSS versi 19. Hipotesis kajian diuji secara statistik inferensi menggunakan Ujian Anova dengan Pengukuran Berulang. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa PSBIS-NI memberi kesan positif ke atas sikap pelajar terhadap isu sosiosaintifik. Kajian ini memberi sumbangan kepada pendidikan sains dalam menyediakan isi kandungan dan kaedah pelaksanaan PSBIS-NI melalui pembangunan Modul Bersepadu PSBIS-NI. Antara cadangan untuk kajian lanjutan adalah melaksanakan intervensi PSBIS-NI dengan menumpukan kepada kemahiran tertentu seperti kemahiran berhujah dan kemahiran membuat keputusan. Kata Kunci: Isu sosio-saintifik, Malaysia, nilai Islam, sikap, pembelajaran Sain
A STUDENT-CENTERED APPROACH TO IDEAS GENERATION FOR PROJECTS: IS IT A THREAT TO CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION?
Get PDFThe conceptual framework of the nature of learning in final year undergraduate projects (FYP) has not been clearly defined. Fostering creativity in undergraduate projects, and particularly in their proposals for the projects is challenging. Defining what is viewed by assessors as ‘creative’ can be less precise than other features, such as feasibility and resourcing. This study focused on supports given to students in developing high quality proposals for their FYP in computer science, and the supports for teachers to assess this new feature. Providing these supports requires development of new approaches, as assessment of the proposal is not a common practice in other universities which offer undergraduate programme of Computer Science. A new assessment rubric for evaluating the proposals was developed for both teachers and students, and material extracted from past project proposals (of differing quality) was mapped to the assessment criteria and presented as an online support system. Student and teacher feedback was gathered at all stages. The concept of combining and reorganizing existing knowledge to produce creative ideas is discussed, and both the literature review and the research findings from this study may be of value to researchers interested in FYP and teachers wishing to develop such modules. Keywords: final year project, student –centered, creativity, assessment, inquiry-based learning.Cite as: Haji Suhaili, W.S., Haywood, J. (2017). A student-centered approach to ideas generation for projects: Is it a threat to creativity and innovation? Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(1), 13-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss1pp13-2
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACTS OF TEACHING WRITING SKILL THROUGH EXTENSIVE SHORT STORY READING
Get PDFThe present study is an attempt to test the effect of wide short story reading on the precision and difficulty of EFL students’ composition ability. The research was accomplished at Fan Bayan Language Institute in Ajabshir, Iran on advanced EFL students. The entire sample group of 30 learners exhibited a high amount of improvement in a composition ability pre-test, which had an experimental part and a control part. The experimental group of the study comprised three entire weeks of short story practicing before the final test. A composition skill post-test was administered for both the experimental and control groups of the study. The subjects’ compositions were graded according to precision and difficulty of the final test and a T-Test was applied to investigate the students’ improvement according to their grades. The outcomes of the research proved that long-time reading of such stories could empower students in the experimental group to apply and use many answer patterns in post-testing. Keywords: literature, short stories, extensive reading, writing, accuracy, complexity.Cite as: Nozen, S.Z., Kalajahi, S.A.R., Abdullah, A.N., & Jabbarzadeh, H. (2017). An investigation of the impacts of teaching writing skill through extensive short story reading. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(1), 53-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss1pp53-7
PEMBINAAN KELUARGA SEJAHTERA: ANALISIS TERHADAP PRINSIP ‘KELUARGA BAHAGIA RAKYAT SEJAHTERA’ DALAM TRANSFORMASI TERENGGANU BAHARU[BUILDING A HAPPY FAMILY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ‘HAPPY FAMILY HAPPY NATION’ PRINCIPLE IN NEW TERENGGANU TRANSFORMATION]
Get PDFA happy family needs to possess a balance between its interior and exterior needs. Such criteria for wellness in the family are also discernable from the voluminous writings of Muslim scholars. However, the reality is, Muslim families nowadays are facing great challenges which have caused moral disintegration, social problems and chaotic economic situations. The government of Terengganu under the “Happy Family Happy Nation” principle in its New Terengganu Transformation initiative has launched 10 special programs to address these challenges. This study aims to analyse the effectiveness of the programs in promoting the wellbeing of families. This paper also offers suggestions for the betterment of the programs, in accordance with the real needs for a happy family. This paper concludes that the programs have partially fulfilled the requirements needed for creating a happy family. Nevertheless, there are several shortcomings that need to be attended to from time to time especially in terms of strategic knowledge, worship, premarital preparation and transportation. Keywords: Family, happiness, Malaysia, New Terengganu Transformation, peacefulness.Cite as: Wan Chik, W.M.Y, Md. Ali, A.W., Mohamad, Z., Ramly, A.F., Mohd Ghazalli, F.S. (2017). Pembinaan keluarga sejahtera: Analisis terhadap prinsip ‘Keluarga Bahagia Rakyat Sejahtera’ dalam transformasi Terengganu baharu [Building a happy family: An analysis of the ‘Happy Family Happy Nation’ principle in new Terengganu transformation]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 306-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp306-318 AbstrakSebuah keluarga yang sejahtera perlu memiliki keseimbangan antara dalaman dan luaran. Kriteria sebuah keluarga yang sejahtera ini boleh difahami menerusi penulisan para ilmuwan Islam di dalam kitab-kitab mereka. Realitinya, keluarga Islam masa kini sedang menghadapi ancaman yang cukup besar sehingga boleh membawa kepada keruntuhan akhlak, sosial dan ekonomi. Atas kesedaran ini, kerajaan negeri Terengganu melalui Transformasi Terengganu Baharu (TTB) telah melancarkan sepuluh program khas di bawah prinsip ‘Keluarga Bahagia Rakyat Sejahtera’. Justeru, kajian ini menganalisis program-program yang telah diperkenalkan di bawah prinsip tersebut dari sudut sejauhmana ia membantu dalam pembinaan keluarga sejahtera. Beberapa cadangan dan penambahbaikan turut dilontarkan bersesuaian dengan keperluan sebenar sebuah keluarga yang sejahtera. Kesimpulannya, berasaskan program-program yang dilancarkan di bawah prinsip tersebut, ia dilihat memenuhi sebahagian keperluan yang perlu dimiliki dalam sebuah keluarga sejahtera. Pun begitu, masih terdapat beberapa kelompangan yang perlu diperbaiki dari semasa ke semasa terutamanya berhubung elemen ilmu, ibadah, persiapan sebelum perkahwinan dan pengangkutan.Kata Kunci: Keluarga, kesejahteraan, kegembiraan, Malaysia, Transformasi Terengganu Bahar
SASTERA NASIONAL: ANTARA SASTERA INGGERIS DAN SASTERA MELAYU[NATIONAL LITERATURE: BETWEEN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE AND MALAY LITERATURE]
Get PDFMalay literature is hoped to unite the multi-racial Malaysian through the use of Malay Language which is the national language of the country. However, the recognition of Malay literature as national literature is not free from criticsm. This national identity began to be contested with the arrival of postmodernism. This qualitative research employed descriptive and comparative methods to provide insights into the importance of having national literature that is written in Malay language. This paper also discusses whether literature written in English should be recognized as the national literature since the language emerges as the global language used by people from different backgrounds. The main data sources are the views of two national poets -Muhmamad Haji Salleh and Wong Phui Nam - which were critically compared and synthesized. This paper concludes that Malay literature should remain as national literature whilst literature written in other languages should be allowed to flourish in their own unique ways. Keywords: National literature, Malaysian literature, sectional literature, Malay literature, contemporary Malay literatureCite as: Ismail, H. (2017). Sastera nasional: Antara sastera Inggeris dan sastera Melayu [National literature: Between the English literature and Malay literature]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 178-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp178-187 AbstrakSastera Melayu sebagai sastera yang menyatukan semua kaum sama ada kaum bumiputera atau bukan bumiputera adalah sudah jelas, namun pandangan untuk mencabar kedudukan sastera Melayu sebagai sastera kebangsaan sentiasa muncul dalam bentuk polemik. Setelah globalisasi menjadi satu bentuk perubahan pemikiran pascamoden, persoalan berteraskan satu kaum dipertikaikan atau mula disemak kembali. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan kaedah deskripsi dan perbandingan untuk membincangkan kepentingan penggunaan Bahasa Melayu dalam sastera kebangsaan. Kajian ini juga membincangkan sama ada kita wajar menerima sastera berbahasa Inggeris yang dipandang oleh setengah pihak sebagai bahasa penyatuan baharu dunia sastera. Sumber data utama adalah hujah-hujah yang dilontarkan oleh dua orang ahli sastera negara iaitu Muhmamad Haji Salleh dan Wong Phui Nam. Kajian ini menegaskan bahawa Sastera Melayu perlu kekal sebagai sastera kebangsaan manakalan sastera bukan berbahasa Melayu boleh berkembang dengan sendirinya mengikut acuan masing-masing.Kata Kunci: Sastera kebangsaan, sastera Malaysia, sastera etnik, sastera Melayu, sastera Melayu mutakhi
CONCEPTUALISATION OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION IN THE HOLY QURAN: A COGNITIVE-SEMANTIC APPROACH
Get PDFConceptual metaphor is the discursive linguistic strategy employed in the Holy Quran to imprint upon the human mind the Quranic worldview. This approach can better explain the abstract concepts of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran through cross domain mapping with human experiential concepts. Traditional exegetes and rhetoricians missed this phenomenon in the Holy Quran because of their preoccupation with rhetorical and theological aspects of death and resurrection. The existing cognitive semantic research has also paid little or no attention to the investigation of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran. Therefore, this paper attempts to investigate the conceptual metaphor themes of death and resurrection in the Holy Quran. Data were retrieved from the Holy Quran on the basis of key words and phrases encapsulating the abstract concepts of death and resurrection. The analysis of data reveals various conceptual metaphor themes. It is also found that the data question the asymmetrical hypothesis of conceptual metaphor theory and its role as a sole model of metaphor interpretation. This study is part of the growing research on conceptual metaphor in the Holy Quran and is hoped to contribute to further research on the cognitive semantic analysis of the Holy Quran. Keywords: cognition, cognitive-semantic, conceptual metaphor, experiential gestalt, QuranCite as: Khan, S. & Ali, R. (2016). Conceptualisation of death and resurrection in the holy Quran: A cognitive-semantic approach. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 1(2), 11-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol1iss2pp11-2