Kesiapan Guru Terhadap Penerapan Kurikulum 2013 Pada Mata Pelajaran PAI (Bahasa Arab) Di SMK PPMI Assalaam Surakarta Kelas XI Tahun Pelajaran 2014/2015

Perubahan dan pembaharuan kurikulum harus difahami sebagai hal yang lazim, karena kurikulum memang harus selalu beradaptasi dengan zaman dan kebutuhan, dan kurikulum 2013 memang disusun untuk mengantisipasi perkembangan zaman tersebut. Lalu yang menjadi masalah sekarang adalah bagaimanakah kesiapan guru dalam menerapkan kurikulum 2013 itu untuk tahun ini. Apabila guru memiliki kesiapan yang memadai, siap dalam segi kualifikasi dan kompetensi serta siap dalam hal kesamaan pemahaman paradigma yang dijabarkan dalam kurikulum 2013 maka tidak akan bermasalah. Penulis tertarik meneliti tentang: kesiapan guru terhadap penerapan kurikulum 2013 pada mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab). Dalam penelitian ini masalah yang penulis bahas adalah kesiapan guru terhadap penerapan kurikulum 2013 pada mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab) di SMK PPMI Assalaam Surakarta. Serta apa yang menjadi faktor pendukung dan penghambat dalam penerapan Kurikulum 2013 pada mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab) di SMK PPMI Assalaam Surakarta. Tujuan penelitan ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan kesiapan guru terhadap penerapan kurikulum 2013 pada mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab). Serta mendeskripsikan apa yang menjadi faktor pendukung dan penghambat dalam penerapan kurikulum 2013 pada mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab) di SMK PPMI Assalaam Surakarta kelas XI tahun pelajaran 2014/2015. Manfaat penelitian diharapkan dapat menambah wawasan dan pengetahuan dalam meningkatkan kesiapan guru dalam menerapkan kurikulum 2013. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif yang mengambil objek di SMK PPMI Assalaam Surakarta dengan subjek guru PAI dan siswa kelas XI. Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah dokumentasi, observasi, dan wawancara. Sedangkan metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik analisis deskriptif kualitatif dengan cara deduktif yaitu pengumpulan data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan analisis data, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa: Guru belum sepenuhnya siap dalam menerapkan kurikulum 2013 dalam mata pelajaran PAI (bahasa Arab). Hal ini dapat dilihat dari ketidak sesuian rumusan kurikulum 2013 dan penerapan mata pelajaran bahasa Arab di SMK PPMI Assalaaam, yaitu: SKL belum dirumuskan sesuai dengan kurikulum 2013, standar isi belum diadaptasi dengan kurikulum pemerintah. Dalam standar proses KI 1, KI 2, KI 3, dan KI 4 belum diterapkan dalam KBM. Dan standar penilaian pada sikap sesama teman dan portofolio belum dilakukan. Faktor pendukung: Siswa diajak aktif mengkonstruk pemahamannya dalam mengikuti setiap pembelajaran. Pembelajaran tidak hanya dilakukan di ruang kelas. Siswa dibebaskan memanfaatkan media pembelajaran seperti laptop. Faktor penghambatnya: Buku PAI disusun menggunakan bahasa Arab sehingga kurang efektif jika diajarkan dengan menerapkan kurikulum 2013. Metode yang kurang variatif sehingga menimbulkan kebosanan pada siswa

Operative strategy for fistula-in-ano without division of the anal sphincter

We would like to thank Mr ER MacDonald for his contribution in data collection during the early years of the study. The material in this paper was presented as a poster at the annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons held in Vancouver, Canada, May 2011.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Using visual lifelogs to automatically characterise everyday activities

Visual lifelogging is the term used to describe recording our everyday lives using wearable cameras, for applications which are personal to us and do not involve sharing our recorded data. Current applications of visual lifelogging are built around remembrance or searching for specific events from the past. The purpose of the work reported here is to extend this to allow us to characterise and measure the occurrence of everyday activities of the wearer and in so doing to gain insights into the wearer's everyday behaviour. The methods we use are to capture everyday activities using a wearable camera called SenseCam, and to use an algorithm we have developed which indexes lifelog images by the occurrence of basic semantic concepts. We then use data reduction techniques to automatically generate a profile of the wearer's everyday behaviour and activities. Our algorithm has been evaluated on a large set of concepts investigated from 13 users in a user experiment, and for a group of 16 popular everyday activities we achieve an average F-score of 0.90. Our conclusions are that the the technique we have presented for unobtrusively and ambiently characterising everyday behaviour and activities across individuals is of sufficient accuracy to be usable in a range of applications

Perturbation and Variational Methods in Nonextensive Tsallis Statistics

A unified presentation of the perturbation and variational methods for the generalized statistical mechanics based on Tsallis entropy is given here. In the case of the variational method, the Bogoliubov inequality is generalized in a very natural way following the Feynman proof for the usual statistical mechanics. The inequality turns out to be form-invariant with respect to the entropic index $q$. The method is illustrated with a simple example in classical mechanics. The formalisms developed here are expected to be useful in the discussion of nonextensive systems.Comment: revte

Effect of resistance and aerobic exercises on bone mineral density, muscle strength and functional ability in children with hemophilia

Background and purpose: Children with hemophilia are at risk for reduced bone mineral density (BMD), muscle strength and functional ability as a result of reduced leisure-time activity and less involvement in intense activities. So, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of resistance and aerobic exercise program on BMD, muscle strength and functional ability in children with hemophilia.Materials and methods: Thirty boys with hemophilia A ranging in age from 10 to 14 years had participated in this study. They were assigned randomly into two equal groups (control and study groups). Control group received a designed physical therapy program and aerobic exercise in the form of treadmill training, while the study group received the same program as the control group in addition to resistance training program in the form of bicycle ergometer training and weight resistance. Both groups received treatment sessions three times per week for three successive months. BMD, muscle strength of knee flexors and extensors and functional ability were evaluated before and after the 3 months of treatment program.Results: There was no significant difference between both groups in the pre-treatment mean values of all measured variables. Significant improvement was observed in BMD, knee extensors and flexors strength, and functional ability in the study group when comparing pre and post treatment measurements. There was a significant improvement in functional ability of the control group. Significant difference was also observed between both groups when comparing the post treatment measurements in favor of the study group.Conclusion: Based on obtained data, it can be concluded that, resistance and aerobic exercise training program is effective in increasing BMD, muscle strength and functional ability in children with hemophilia.Keywords: Hemophilia; Resistance; Aerobic exercise; Bone mineral density; Strength; Functional abilit

Magnetic Reconnection in Extreme Astrophysical Environments

Magnetic reconnection is a basic plasma process of dramatic rearrangement of magnetic topology, often leading to a violent release of magnetic energy. It is important in magnetic fusion and in space and solar physics --- areas that have so far provided the context for most of reconnection research. Importantly, these environments consist just of electrons and ions and the dissipated energy always stays with the plasma. In contrast, in this paper I introduce a new direction of research, motivated by several important problems in high-energy astrophysics --- reconnection in high energy density (HED) radiative plasmas, where radiation pressure and radiative cooling become dominant factors in the pressure and energy balance. I identify the key processes distinguishing HED reconnection: special-relativistic effects; radiative effects (radiative cooling, radiation pressure, and Compton resistivity); and, at the most extreme end, QED effects, including pair creation. I then discuss the main astrophysical applications --- situations with magnetar-strength fields (exceeding the quantum critical field of about 4 x 10^13 G): giant SGR flares and magnetically-powered central engines and jets of GRBs. Here, magnetic energy density is so high that its dissipation heats the plasma to MeV temperatures. Electron-positron pairs are then copiously produced, making the reconnection layer highly collisional and dressing it in a thick pair coat that traps radiation. The pressure is dominated by radiation and pairs. Yet, radiation diffusion across the layer may be faster than the global Alfv\'en transit time; then, radiative cooling governs the thermodynamics and reconnection becomes a radiative transfer problem, greatly affected by the ultra-strong magnetic field. This overall picture is very different from our traditional picture of reconnection and thus represents a new frontier in reconnection research.Comment: Accepted to Space Science Reviews (special issue on magnetic reconnection). Article is based on an invited review talk at the Yosemite-2010 Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection (Yosemite NP, CA, USA; February 8-12, 2010). 30 pages, no figure

Quality control and beam test of GEM detectors for future upgrades of the CMS muon high rate region at the LHC

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