Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan persepsi generasi milenial terhadap model pendidikan Islam berbasis keterampilan abad 21. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif, yang dilakukan pada mahasiswa angkatan 2018 yang lahir pada kurun waktu antara 2000 – 2001 dari 9 program studi di IAIN Kendari, berjumlah 40 partisipan yang dipilih dengan metode purposive sampling. Data penelitian dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner, yang dianalisis secara kualitatif dan dilaporkan secara deskriptif. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara umum partisipan sebagai generasi milenial memiliki persepsi positif terhadap model pendidikan Islam berbasis keterampilan abad 21. Mereka berpendapat bahwa model pendidikan Islam berbasis keterampilan abad 21 belum sepenuhnya terlaksana disebabkan oleh faktor ketersediaan fasilitas dan kompetensi tenaga pendidik yang belum sesuai yang diharapkan, sehingga beragam upaya yang mereka lakukan untuk menguasai keterampilan tersebut. Untuk itu direkomendasikan kepada guru dan dosen untuk memperkaya proses pembelajaran dengan berbagai kegiatan yang mengasah 4 keterampilan abad 21 agar mereka lebih terlatih dan ketersediaan fasilitas penunjang perlu mendapatkan prioritas.Kata Kunci:   Generasi milenial, model pendidikan Islam, keterampilan abad 21

Many  teachers  understand  that  the  use  of  nonverbal  communication  in teaching process is a good way to support the students’ understanding. By this effort, students may reach good comprehension through their belief for every act of teaching  and  learning  process.  This  belief can  be scripted  to  picture their perception. The students’ perception is all the students’ mental images and feeling which happen during their activities in the school. This means that any activities where the students gain information, the perception exist there. In this thesis, the students’ perception determines the function of the teacher’s nonverbal communication. The aim of this research was to investigate the students’ perception on the teacher’s nonverbal communication in teaching English at SMAN 14 Bombana. The research used a qualitative design with the subject of the study was class X and XI IPA. The total numbers of these two classes were 47. The researcher used classroom observation sheet and semi-structure interview as the instrument of the research, the interview which was the questions were formulated but, in the field, the interviewer might modify the format or questions during the interview process. This process took place to both of the students and the teacher. After collecting data, the data was analyzed descriptively. The result showed that the students agreed that the use of nonverbal communication in the teaching and learning process works. All of the expected meaning behind the nonverbal communication could be understood by the students well. The entire teacher’s   nonverbal   communication   where   the   researcher   focused   namely gestures, eye contact, and tone of voice functioned well. Most of the students agreed that the teacher’s nonverbal communication made them motivated to learn, focused their attention, and made them eagerly to speak, and sometimes, it made the students proud

This study aimed at examining how teachers evaluate their principal’s leadership competencies in terms of principal-staff relation, organization, and building management, student relationship, curriculum and program development, community, and parent relation. This descriptive qualitative research was conducted at elementary and middle schools. The subjects were 30 teachers. The data were gathered using the Performance Evaluation of Education Leader. The data were analyzed qualitatively and descriptively reported. The findings revealed that the principals at the two schools show different results. The principal of elementary school effectively perform in principal-staff relations, students’ relationships, and community and parent relations. Meanwhile, the principal of middle school show effective performance not only in the above three-mentioned aspects but also in organization and building management as well as curriculum and program development.