The objective of this study was to analyze the principal's academic supervision and teacher's work motivation toward the performance state elementary school teachers in Undaan District, Kudus Regency. This research is correlational research with a quantitative approach. The independent variables determined were the principal's academic supervision and teacher's work motivation, while the dependent variable observed was teacher performance. The study was conducted in 33 state elementary schools in Undaan district, Kudus Regency with a sample of 181 respondents. Data collection techniques in this study used interviews, questionnaires, and documentation. Data analysis was performed statistically using descriptive statistical analysis, prerequisite analysis, and final analysis for hypothesis testing. The results of the study found that (1) the principal's academic supervision has a significant effect of 10.10% toward the performance state elementary school teachers in Undaan District, Kudus Regency; (2) the teacher's work motivation has a significant effect of 37.40% toward the performance state elementary school teachers in Undaan District, Kudus Regency; and (3) the principal's academic supervision and teacher's work motivation has a significant effect of 38.40% toward the performance state elementary school teachers in Undaan District, Kudus Regency.

. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menghasilkan modul pembelajaran  tematik kelas V SD berbasis kearifan lokal untuk pengenalan budaya Sedan Rembang  yang memiliki kevalidan dan keefektifan. Metode penelitian ini mengacu pada teori Borg dan Gall. Langkah penelitian adalah sebagai berikut: penelitian dan pengumpulan informasi, perencanaan penelitian, pengembangan produk awal, uji coba produk awal, revisi hasil uji coba, uji validasi, revisi produk akhir , dan diseminasi. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara, observasi, dan angket. Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis kuantitatif dan kualitatif meliputi observasi pembelajaran dan validasi produk bahan ajar. Sumber data pada penelitian ini adalah guru dan siswa kelas V di kecamatan Sedan. Desain pengembangan modul pembelajaran berbasis kearifan lokal ini terdiri atas 3 bagian yaitu pendahuluan, isi, dan penutup. Pada bagian isi modul terdiri atas kutipan kompetensi dasar, tujuan pembelajaran, konsep pembelajaran, serta latihan latihan. Kelayakan produk dilihat dari hasil validasi ahli materi dan ahli bahasa. Dari proses validasi ahli materi diperoleh hasil rata-rata 3,25 dengan persentasi 81% termasuk kategori sangat baik. Sedangkan validasi ahli bahasa memperoleh hasil rata-rata 3,5 dengan persentasi 83% dan kategori sangat baik.. Untuk hasil respon guru diperoleh hasil rata-rata 3,73 dengan jumlah skor 470 dengan kategori sangat baik. Untuk hasil respon peserta didik diperoleh hasil rata-rata 3,92 dengan jumlah skor 752 dengan kategori sangat baik. Berdasarkan hasil validasi dan dikuat dengan respon guru dan peserta didik maka modul pembelajaran tematik kelas V SD berbasis kearifan lokal ini dinyatakan layak untuk digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran

Kurangnya media pembelajaran pada muatan seni budaya, menyebabkan minat belajar siswa menjadi rendah. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kelayakan media pop-up book batik Lasem untuk kelas V sekolah dasar. Metode penelitian ini mengacu pada teori Borg dan Gall, dengan menggunakan tujuh langkah pelaksanaan penelitian yakni penelitian dan pengumpulan informasi, perencanaan penelitian, mengembangkan produk awal, validasi desain produk, revisi desain produk, uji coba produk, dan revisi hasil uji produk. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah teknik observasi, wawancara, dan angket.  Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis kuantitatif dan kualitatif meliputi observasi pembelajaran dan validasi produk media pembelajaran. Sumber data pada penelitian ini adalah siswa dan guru kelas V sekolah dasar. Hasil analisis dari proses validasi ahli materi memperoleh jumlah skor 44 persentase 88% dengan kategori sangat baik. Validasi ahli media memperoleh jumlah skor 68 persentase 91% dengan kategori sangat baik. Berdasarkan hasil validasi maka media pop-up book batik Lasem untuk sekolah dasar dinyatakan layak untuk digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran. Implikasi media ini diharapkan dapat membantu siswa untuk belajar secara mandiri.

A serious challenge which is faced by teachers is educating character and bringing norms being practiced by the society into the classrooom, and English teacher is no exception. The challenge makes IndonesianEducation is very dynamic as everything dealing with normsis always thethe concern and developed by scholars, parents as well as the government. Some scholars propose to foster English teachers as models of practicing norms, while some others think to integrate norms into teaching materials. The second thought invites curriousity on how the writer of English textbook supports the recent concern on norms, and the research on it becomes very important to do. Therefore the research dealing with several reading passages in the English Textbook was done. The design was descriptive qualitative which aimed at investigating whether the writer of English textbook integrates norms in reading passages he/ she wrote. The data was norms, while the data sources were reading passages in the 2015-English Textbook developed by The Ministry of Education and Culture. The result describes that norms of trust, discipline, respect to others and self-confidence were found in reading passages. It can be then concluded that the writer of English textbook integratesnorms in the text he/ she writes. The results of the research implies not only the seriousness of scholars, parents and government in fostering character education, but also the support and care of textbook writer in succeeding the education.It is therefore suggested to teachers, scholars as well as book writer to always concern with the society's need in developing education, especially in sharing the existed and practiced norms.

The purpose of this research is to analyze the feasibility of developing a picture book based on local wisdom of Demak. Feasibility is seen from the anatomy aspects of the book, the components of the book content, the intrinsic elements of the book as well as the responses of students and teachers. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The results showed the feasibility of the book from expert validation obtained a score of 157, mean 4.62 with a percentage of 92% very good category. The results of the student response analysis obtained a score of 4383, a mean of 4.96 with a percentage of 99.2% very good category. The results of the teacher's response obtained a score of 176, the average was 4.51 with a percentage of 90.3% in the very good category. It can be concluded that the picture book based on local wisdom of Demak is suitable to be used for understanding the healthy lifestyle of students.