Penelitian merupakan suatu proses penyelidikan yang dilakukan secara aktif, tekun, dan sistematis yang bertujuan untuk menemukan, menginterpretasikan, dan menemukan fakta-fakta yang baru, serta mengembangkan kesimpulan dan menghasilkan teori baru yang sesuai dengan keadaan yang berlaku. Buku dengan judul "Metodologi Penelitian Kualitatif" merupakan buku ajar yang disusun sebagai media pembelajaran, sumber referensi dan pedoman belajar bagi mahasiswa. Buku ini juga akan memberikan informasi secara lengkap mengenai materi apa saja yang akan mereka pelajari. Pokok-pokok bahasan dalam buku ini mencakup: 1) Paradigma Penelitian Kualitatif; 2) Penelitian Kuantitatif vs Kualitatif; 3) Pendekatan Etnografi; 4) Pendekatan Naratif; 5) Pendekatan Studi Kasus; 6) Perumusan Masalah Penelitian Kualitatif; 7) Instrumen Penelitian; 8) Teknik Pengumpulan Data; 9) Analisis Data Penelitian Kualitatif; 10) Keabsahan Data Penelitian Kualitatif; 11) Desain Penelitian; 12) Variabel dan Cara Pengukurannya; dan 13) Menyusun Proposal Penelitian Kualitatif.

Book Chapter Pengantar Pendidikan disusun untuk kepentingan sebagai buku pegangan yang diikhtiarkan untuk membantu para mahasiswa dan dosen yang menempuh mata kuliyah Pengantar Pendidikan, Belajar dan Pembelajaran, oleh karena itu buku ini berdasarkan dan dirumuskan sesuai dengan Rencana pembelajaran di Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan di semua Universitas atau IKIP yang berhubungan dengan Pendidikan. Secara tradisi di Indonesia mata kuliah Pengantar Pendidikan, Belajar dan Pembelajaran yang di berlakukan di Fakultas Keguruan dan pendidikan atau LPTK dapat disajikan pada semester awal atau semester dua yang mengawali sekaligus membekali para mahasiswa yang akan memepelajari dan mendalami tentang ilmu pendidikan. Pendidikan adalah merupakan sebuah proses perubahan sikap dan perilaku seseorang atau kelompok melalui sebuah sistem pengajaran dan pelatihan tertentu, tujuan pendidikan suatu bangsa di sesuaikan dengan kepentingan bangsa itu sendiri, pendidikan dapat kita implementasikan sebagai revolusi industri yang dapat merubah cara pikir dan tingkah laku sesuai dengan mdel pendidikan saat ini.

Elementary student’s interests in music subjects at baseline showed a low percentage that is equal to 53.29%. Therefore it is necessary to attempt to increase student’s interest towards the subject. Learning by doing method applied to grade students in elementary school of Sukorejo, Indonesia to increase student’s interest towards music subject. The method that used is descriptive qualitative and quantitative descriptive (mixing methods). Data was collected by questionnaire (questionnaire), observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the learning model of learning by doing can improve student’s interest towards music subject at 94.73% and also can cultivate student’s interest during the learning process and can foster student’s interest towards music activities. In these efforts need to be supported facilities complete musical equipment of schools and teachers should be reproduce musical activities (practices) in the process of learning the art of music and requires students to take an active role in the learning process such as to ask, give an opinion and doing musical activities in the classroom.  

Currently, the learning system has demanded in 21st-century skills competencies. Freedom learning concept-independent campus learning is presented to improve the education system in Indonesia. This research aimed to support the new curriculum of policies by applying music learning methods based on the freedom of learning-an independent campus policy for the students. Music education students are educated and trained to be ready to face all challenges in the era of the digital industry 4.0 and society 5.0 today. This type of research is a descriptive qualitative approach to the study of literature relating to the new curriculum of the concept of freedom learning-an independent campus. The results of this study stated that the concept of a freedom learning-an independent campus in music learning was carried out with internships, fieldwork practices, teaching practices, student exchanges, research, entrepreneurship activities, humanitarian programs, as well as across study programs and universities. The new policy requires 21st-century skills competency so that music education graduates can be employed and able to compete in today's global industry.

The energy crisis in Indonesia is marked by the increasing scarcity of fuel oil in the midst of society. One of the alternative energy sources is charcoal briquettes, where the ingredients are derived from solid waste from palm fronds. This study aims to determine the characteristics of oil palm midrib briquettes with 50% tapioca flour adhesive. The palm fronds were chopped to a size of ± 5 cm and then put into the pyrolysis chamber. Oil palm fronds were burned with a little oxygen at a temperature of 200-300⁰C for 3 hours. The result of pyrolysis combustion from oil palm fronds in the form of charcoal, then ground and filtered with a mesh of 60. The charcoal is glued with tapioca flour in a ratio of 2:1. Briquette testing is carried out at the Briquette Testing Laboratory provider to determine the parameters of combustion time, calorific value, moisture content, ash content, and carbon content that occur. From the test results, the following parameters are obtained: the average burning time is 1 minute/gr, the calorific value is 5.361kcal/kg wet basis and 5.863 kcal/kg dry basis, the water content is 8.56%, the ash content is 6.84 % wet basis and 7.48% dry basis, volatile matter is 36.96% wet basis and 40.42% dry basis and fixed carbon 47.64% wet basis and 52.10% dry basis.