KERUSAKAN TANAH DAN BEBERAPA FAKTOR PENYEBABNYA: STUDI KASUS DI KECAMATAN CISARUA KABUPATEN BOGOR

Laju perkembangan penduduk yang sangat pesat merupakan salah satu penyebab utama timbulnya tekanan yang sangat berat terhadap kualitas tanah. Pengamatan terhadap kerusakan tanah di kecamatan Cisarua Kabupaten Bogor, yang merupakan salah satu daerah yang termasuk Kawasan Puncak, dilakukan untuk mengidentifikasi tingkat kerusakan tanah dan factor-faktor penyebabnya, yang sepenuhnya didasarkan pada analisis “overlay” dari peta-peta yang diperoleh dari Direktorat Tata Guna Tanah Departemen Dalam Negeri. Kemudian juga disajikan alternative program untuk menanggulanginya

FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEMAMPUAN TRANSMIGRAN UNTUK MENGGARAP LAHAN USAHA: KAJIAN KASUS DI SATUAN KAWASAN PEMUKIMAN TRANSMIGRASI TULANG BAWANG, LAMPUNG

Although the participating farmers of transmigration program are provided with enough land to fulfill their basic needs, their ability to cultivate the land is very limited. From a case study of Tulang Bawang Transmigration Area, Lampung, it is indicated that the farmer’s ability to cultivate their land is influenced not only by the technical aspects itself but also by the socio economic aspects such as their previous occupations levels of education and capital ownership.

UPAYA MENUNTASKAN MASALAH ASONGAN

Pedagang asongan yang muncul sebagai bagian dari sektor informal di kota-kota besar sebenarnya merupakan konsekuensi logis dari gagalnya sektor industri modern menampung limpahan tenaga kerja yang terlempar dari sektor pertanian, yang dianggap tradisional itu. Bagi kaum migran yang tidak berhasil menembus sektor modern, kembali ke sektor pertanian hampir tidak mungkin. Jalan yang paling mudah adalah masuk ke sektor informal. Dengan sedikit modal dan keberanian melintas di tengah hiruk pikuknya arus lalu lintas, mereka boleh menyandang “profesi” sebagai pedagang asongan.

MASALAH JAKARTA BUKAN HANYA TANGGUNG JAWAB PEMDA DKI

Hampir setiap tahun selalu muncul gagasan untuk menangkal arus membanjirnya masyarakat yang berbondong-bondong ke Jakarta. Kalau tahun lalu Fraksi Karya Pembangunan (FKP) DPRD DKI Jakarta mengusulkan agar jakarta di canangkan kembali sebagai kota tertutup bagi pendatang baru, seperti pernah dicanangkan pada tahun 1970-an. Setelah lebaran tahun ini, beberapa orang anggota DPRD DKI Jakarta, yaitu Wakil Ketua Komisi D.H.Abu Bakar, dan Sekretaris FPDI, Romulus Sihombing, mengusulkan agar segera dibentuk forum konsultasi antar Pemda seluruh Indonesia

HAPPINESS AND ISLAMICITY

This paper analysis relation andimpacts of Islamicity on happiness, with human development and global competitiveness as moderating variables.Cross-nations data on Islamicity, human development, global competitiveness and happiness were collected from 123 countries and employed in a path analysis model. The result showed that there were positive and very strong correlations between Islamicity and happiness (r14= 0.81), between global competitiveness and happiness (r34= 0.76), and between human development and happiness (r24= 0.82). Path coefficients indicated that direct impact of Islamicity on happiness was positive and significant (P41= 0.36), direct impact of global competitiveness on happiness was positive and significant (P43= 0.06), direct impact of human development on happiness was positive and significant (P42= 0.46). Indirectly, the impact of Islamicity on happiness, through global competitiveness was positive, but statistically not significant (P43-P31= 0.04), the impact of Islamicity on happiness through global competitiveness and human development was positive, but statistically not significant (P43-P32-P21= 0.01) and the impact of Islamicity on happiness through human development was positive and significant (P42-P21=0.39). Implication of this finding was that applying Islamic teaching and implementing the practice of human development would be very important to make people happy and to maintain happiness.

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN INDONESIA

This paper examined the impact of technological progress on poverty reduction, with
unemployment rate and economic growth as moderating variables, in Indonesia during the period
of 2004-2013. It was coincided with two perods of Yudhoyono administration.Technological
progress was measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth, unemployment was
measuredby open unemployment rate, economic growth was measured by the growth of Gross
Domestic Product based on the year of 2000 constant price, and poverty reduction was measured
by the percentage of poor people. Impact analysis was conducted using SEM-Path Analysis
techniques. Most data were directly gathered from the National Statistics Agency, except data on
TFP growth. The results showed that first, technological progress,directly, had a not significant
positive impact on poverty reduction (Path-1). Second, technological progress, indirectly, had a
positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-2). Third, technological progress,
indirectly, had a positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-3). Fourth, technological
progress, indirectly, had positive significant impact on poverty reduction (Path-4). Technological
progress was important factor for poverty reduction but it was not sufficient conditions.

PERAN APA YANG DAPAT DILAKUKAN WARGA ?

Bahwa pembangunan bertujuan untuk menciptakan hari esok yang lebih baik, kiranya tak perlu lagi dipersoalkan. Be3gitu juga bahwa keberhasilan pembangunan menuntut adanya peran serta masyarakat sudah sejak lama disadari. Makanya dalam setiap bab penutup GBHN pentingnya partisipasi masyarakat demi keberhasilan pembangunan selalu dinyatakan secara tegas.

EFL Students’ Responses on Oral Corrective Feedbacks and Uptakes in Speaking Class

The study aims to find out the responses of Oral Corrective Feedback and Students’ Uptake on EFL students’
learning process in speaking class and to identify the most frequent type of oral corrective feedback and uptakes
by one non-native teacher and EFL students. To find out the responses and the types, the classroom observation
and interview were done. The results revealed that explicit correction is the most frequent type of oral corrective
feedback used by the teacher and self- repair as the most frequent type of students’ uptakes. Regarding the
responses of giving oral corrective feedback, the student admitted that 1) they became aware of their own errors;
2) they were motivated to improve their speaking skill; 3) their pronunciation and grammar input improved; and,
4) their vocabulary enriched. In spite of the positive responses of the students on the explicit correction, a further
study should be done with a different level of English proficiency in order to obtain comprehensive contributions
to the importance of feedbacks and uptakes in the learning process.

Case Study: The Use of Recast in the EYL Classroom

This paper reports the use of recast technique in correcting students’ errors in the EYL (English for Young Learners) classroom. Observation and interview methods were conducted to collect the data. While observation was implemented to find out the role of recast in teaching-learning processes, interview to ten teachers and twenty-four students was conducted in order to answer teachers and students’ perceptions of recast technique. Findings showed that teachers and students gave positive perceptions of recast. Recast can encourage students’ language awareness, motivation, and independence. The findings of this study suggest that recast technique can be used as an alternative feedback in giving correction to students’ errors. The study confirms literature showing that recast is an effective corrective feedback.