Innovare Journal of Social Sciences

LIFE SKILL-BASED LEARNING MANAGEMENT AT STATE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (SMKN) 3 SAMARINDA

BERE ALI — 2025-03-01

This research is based on the following problems: (1) How can life skills-based learning management improve the quality of graduates of SMKN 3 Samarinda? (2) What is the role of motivation in life skill-based learning management at SMKN 3 Samarinda? The objectives to be achieved are as follows: (1) Describe learning management based on life skills to improve the quality of graduates of SMKN 3 Samarinda. (2) Describe the role of motivation in the management of life skills-based learning of students of SMKN 3 Samarinda. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach, with the main and first instrument being the researcher himself. The results obtained in this study indicate that the achievement of life skill-based learning management to improve the quality of graduates cannot stand alone, but it is an integral part of the supporting management. Supporting factors for learning management are as follows: (a) curriculum management, (b) student management, (c) management of educators and education personnel, (d) management of facilities and infrastructure, (d) management of financing, (e) management of school and community relations, and (f) cultural and environmental management. Learning management and 7 (seven) supporting management are carried out by carrying out management functions, namely: (a) Planning, (b) organizing, (c) implementation, (d) control, (e) monitoring, and (f) evaluation. With the optimization of the implementation of learning management, it turns out that it can improve the quality of graduates of SMKN 3 Samarinda, namely, graduates who have life skills. The successful implementation of learning management and supporting management at SMKN 3 Samarinda is due to the high motivation from all levels of management, educators, and educational staff at SMKN 3 Samarinda. High motivation is owned by the ranks of learning management, curriculum management, student management, management of educators and education personnel, financial management, school and community relations management, cultural management, and the school environment. Thus, high motivation has a role in realizing learning management based on life skills. The achievement of learning management is due to the high motivation of all elements of human resources in learning management and support management, namely: Curriculum management, student management, management of educators and education personnel, management of facilities and infrastructure, financial management, school relationship management and community, and cultural management and the school environment. Each type of management carries out functions: (a) Planning, (b) organizing, (c) implementation, (d) control, (e) monitoring, and (f) evaluation.

SUICIDE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN HISTORICAL PROCESS AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

YENER ÖZEN — 2025-03-01

Suicide is a complex phenomenon that goes deep into human history and has gained different meanings and been evaluated in different societies, cultures, and periods. It has been observed that throughout the historical process, suicide has been shaped by many factors such as social norms, religious beliefs, psychological factors, and legal approaches. When considered from a perspective extending from ancient times to the present day, the perception and evaluation of suicide have undergone significant evolutions. While suicide was considered a sign of dishonor in ancient societies, during the Renaissance, it was romanticized as a reflection of the individual’s freedom and emotional expression. In the modern period, factors such as psychiatric perspectives, public health strategies, and international cooperation have played a critical role in understanding and preventing suicide. This study aims to examine the evolution of humanity’s efforts to cope with this challenging problem by addressing the history of suicide in various cultural and periodic contexts.

INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUES IN SULA: THE ROLE OF ELDERS IN SHAPING COMMUNITY NARRATIVES

SHALINI CHAKRANARAYAN — 2025-03-01

This study examines the role of elders in shaping community narratives in Toni Morrison’s “Sula” through the microscope of intergenerational dialogues. By analyzing key scenes, characters, and themes, the research explores how elder characters, such as Eva Peace and the Deweys, influence and shape the community’s collective memory and identity. The theoretical framework minutely integrates narrative theory, the concept of “community mothers,” and the dynamics of intergenerational dialogues to provide a comprehensive understanding of the novel’s exploration of community identity, cultural transmission, and the power of storytelling. The findings highlight the significance of elder wisdom, intergenerational tensions, and shared spaces and rituals in the construction and preservation of the community’s narrative. This study contributes to the existing scholarship on “Sula,” African American literature, and cultural studies, offering insights into the broader social and cultural functions of storytelling and intergenerational relationships.

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF MARITAL ADJUSTMENT OF WORKING WOMEN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE (A STUDY IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN)

AAMNA SALEEM BAJWA — 2025-03-01

In Pakistan, marital adjustment is a topic for research having great importance for sociologists, psychologists, and some other social researchers. Marriage is culturally, socially legitimate relation among two individuals begin with a public type of announcement and having some ideas of stability it is understood with additional a fewer explicit marriage agreement, which spells out the give-and-take human rights and obligations stuck between the spouses and future children. The family is a communal unit that appears to be based on marital adjustment. The different national and international organization and university scholars have been working on this social issue. The main objectives of the research are as “To assess the degree of impact of financial independence of working women on marital adjustment. As the main hypothesis of the research is having same future aspiration leads towards a balanced marital adjustment, it’s analyzed through different statistical tools such as percentage; chi-square, gamma test univariate, and bi-variate were applied to assess the association among the different hypothesis. As for the methodology is concern, convenience is proposed for this research. A sample of 400 married working women was selected from four districts Jhang, Bukhar, Khushab, and Sargodha. Some reliability checks were also adopted to ensure the consistency of the data by all means at all levels. It was found that 54.0% of respondents strongly agreed that financial matters solved by mutual understanding of husbands and wives. Data shows that 50.5% respondents strongly agreed that they are usually good to resolve their problems at own their best satisfaction level. It is suggested that on the basis of this study as, marriage seminar and workshops which could help minimize disunity in families should often be organized by the government and marriage counselors and couples of various sort should be encouraged to attend.

THE DILEMMA OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND ETHNO-RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN NIGERIA

OLANREWAJU OLU-ADEYEMI — 2025-03-01

Any attempt to understand the development of the nation state in Africa cannot escape a study of leadership, ethnicity, and religion as some of the main challenges to the development of democracy and nation-building. The legitimacy of the state is linked to the capacity of the political leadership to present itself as a provider of necessary public goods and, more important, a neutral arbiter that guarantees the rights, interests, and security of all sections of society. However, in Nigeria, the state, through its leadership, is generally perceived as serving the particular interest of one group, thus losing its legitimacy and indeed its authority. As state capacity declines, therefore, the fear of ‘the other’ rises and citizens resort to other levels of solidarity – ethnic and religious, in search of security. Thus, the paper utilized secondary (including historical) sources of data to show that ethno-religious pluralism and attendant conflicts have become a major theme in Nigeria’s political development over the past five decades to the detriment of nation-building. It also shows that Nigeria has witnessed a surge in ethnic chauvinism as well as Christian and Islamic religious revivalism. Rather than ethnic accommodation and secularization, there has emerged a puritanical tendency emerging in both the ethnic and religious space that has constituted a management dilemma for the political leadership. It concludes on the note that both the colonial powers and the elites that succeeded them have used ethnicity and religion for their own ends. Thus, concerted efforts to remedy the ethno-religious extremities that confront Nigeria must target poverty reduction on a massive scale among the poor on a non-ethnic basis, shift emphasis from the ‘sharing’ of the national cake to its production, promote a single form of citizenship based solely on residency requirements and re-calibrate secularism not to be the withdrawal of the state from religious affairs but as a guarantee of religious freedom to all religious groups.

COMPARISON OF THE TEACHING CURRICULUM IN MATHEMATICS BETWEEN MONTENEGRO, SERBIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, AND CROATIA IN VI (VII) GRADE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

AMOR HASIĆ — 2022-09-15

The aim of this research is to compare the basic goals and tasks, learning outcomes or contents/concepts, and mathematical curriculum for VI (VII) primary schools used in Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia. Mathematical curriculum for Montenegro of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia is relatively analyzed in the following research work: (a) Mathematical curriculum of Montenegro used for VII grade of primary school, (b) Mathematical curriculum of Serbia which is used for VI grade of primary school, (c) Mathematical curriculum of Bosnia and Herzegovina used for VII grade of primary school, and (d) Mathematical curriculum of Croatia used VI grade of primary school. The collected data were analyzed relatively using document analysis as a qualitative method of analysis.