Pemenuhan kebutuhan dasar anak secara utuh, simultan, dan berkesinambungan dalam keterpaduan (Holistik Integratif) perlu dilakukan sejak dini dalam rangka menciptakan sumber daya manusia bermutu.  Tujuan penelitian ini memperoleh deskripsi: 1) Kondisi sasaran Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini  Holistik Integratif (PAUD HI) dan akses anak usia dini dalam memperoleh kebutuhan dasarnya, 2) Kondisi mutu layanan dan kelembagaan Bina Keluarga Balita (BKB)-Posyandu-PAUD 3) Faktor pendukung dan penghambat pelaksanaan layanan terpadu BKB-Posyandu-PAUD dan 4) Upaya mengatasi hambatan dalam pelaksanaan layanan terpadu BKB-Posyandu-PAUD dalam rangka implementasi program  PAUD HI di Kabupaten Mamuju Provinsi Sulawesi Barat. Objeknya kelompok PAUD SIOLA (Stimulasi Intervensi Optimalisasi Layanan Anak), yakni kelompok PAUD yang merupakan lembaga pemberi layanan BKB-Posyandu-PAUD dan Lembaga Keuangan Mikro (LKM). Incidental sampling diterapkan dalam penentuan sampel. Data dikumpulkan melalui metode observasi, wawancara, dan studi dokumentasi. Jumlah keseluruhan anak usia dini di Kabupaten Mamuju 20.217 orang, 8.172 anak  terlayani dan 12.045 anak belum terlayani. Adapun mereka yang terlayani di PAUD dan  teridentifikasi sebagai anak berusia 0-6 tahun sejumlah 6.451 anak. Berdasarkan angka tersebut dapat diketahui Angka Partisipasi Kasar (APK) anak usia dini baru mencapai 40,42% (rendah), Proporsi anak usia dini yang bersekolah tepat waktu pun masih rendah, dilihat dari Angka Partisipasi Murni (APM)-nya baru mencapai 31,91%. Ini mengindikasikan program-program yang ditujukan guna memperluas kesempatan bagi penduduk anak usia dini di Kabupaten Mamuju untuk mengenyam pendidikan, belum menunjukkan keberhasilan. Termasuk didalamnya, program PAUD Holistik Integratif SIOLA yang telah digulirkan sejak tahun 2012. Mutu layanan dan kelembagaan BKB-Posyandu-PAUD Holistik Integratif dalam rangka pelayanan kebutuhan dasar anak usia dini di Kabupaten Mamuju masih rendah. Terdapat faktor pendukung pelaksanaan layanan terpadu BKB-Posyandu-PAUD dalam rangka implementasi program PAUD HI di Kabupaten Mamuju Provinsi Sulawesi Barat, yang perlu ditingkatkan pemberdayaannya. Terdapat sejumlah faktor penghambatnya yang  meski telah dilakukan upaya mengatasinya, namun belum menunjukkan hasil yang sesuai harapan. Olehnya, perlu terus dilakukan kajian/penelitian menyangkut pelaksanaan PAUD HI di Kabupaten Mamuju, agar ditemukan alternatif solutif guna mengatasi masalah yang dihadapi PAUD HI di Kabupaten Mamuju, Provinsi Sulawesi Barat. Penelitian yang direkomendasikan adalah penelitian yang dapat menghasilkan desain pengembangan anak usia dini terpadu holistik-integratif untuk tingkat Provinsi Sulawesi Barat yang memiliki tingkat keterterimaan tinggi, demikian halnya dengan peluang efektifitasnya. Penelitian demikian dimungkinkan terwujud dengan ancangan penelitian pengembangan (Research and Development - R&D).

Previous research showed that entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) plays an essential role in the behavior and success of a person’s career in entrepreneurship. On the other hand, various reports also showed that women’s participation in entrepreneurial work is still meager compared to that of men. The research examined differences in ESE and distribution among male and female students in various majors in vocational high schools from a region with a dominant ethnicity, namely, Bugis-Makassar, namely, Makassar City. This research is aimed at determining the differences between male and female students’ entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) from various areas of expertise at vocational high schools in Makassar. This study consisted of 812 students (331 males and 481 females), representing seven areas of expertise. They were selected using a multistage cluster sampling technique from 11 vocational high schools in Makassar, Indonesia. The applied ESE instrument was adapted from the Entrepreneur Self-Efficacy Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses, i.e., MANOVA and independent samples T -test. The results indicated that gender segregation is still high in the distribution of students. Furthermore, the disparity of ESE is found between male and female students in various areas of expertise at vocational high schools.

This empirical study on the quality of guidance and consoling instrument (AUM U2) aims at this closing the validity and reliability of the instrument use in government high school in is Jakarta. This study is also expected will be able to give contribution in improving the instrument to be a standard instrument. The finding shows that although the instrument (AUM U2) has a good validity and reliability, same weakness still have to be tackled, for which this study provide some recommendation.

This study aims to develop a soft skill development model for educators prospective. As a person who is an example and an example for students, every LPTK student must have high personal and social competencies. As it is known that there are 4 competencies that must be possessed by the teacher, namely professional competence, pedagogical competence, personal competence and social competence. For the first two competencies (professional and pedagogical) the curriculum in the LPTK already has a content that supports the two competencies. Soft skill is an important component in education that is still ignored. Cognitive and conative abilities in the education domain are categorized as hard skills, while other abilities related to social skills and the ability to have self awareness are categorized as soft skills. The research method used is Research Development which is carried out in 2 stages. Stage I as the first year is (a) Mapping soft skills that are owned by students and their implications for the patterns of relationships they develop (b) Develop learning models that can improve soft skills. Phase II conducted in the second year was to implement the model in several schools to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the model by using mixed methods, namely quantitative methodology with explanatory research design model and qualitative method with exploratory research design model. In the first stage, the product research is a soft skill instrument and data on the level of soft skills of prospective educators at UNJ. Based on the research process carried out, obtained softskill instruments that have good instrument character, the instrument test is carried out in the first two stages through the assessment of experts (expert judgment) by two experts, the first psychologist and the two instrument experts. Furthermore, empirical tests were conducted for students at UNJ, the results obtained were that the instrument items had validity ranging from 0.197 to 0.660. Reliability testing with Cronbach's alpha also has a high value, which is 0.728. Furthermore, mapping of soft skills for FIP students, obtained an illustration that the mean value is self awareness 2.8, self skills 2.8, interpersonal skills 3.2 and social skills 2.9.