The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of the product of developing thematic learning media Fun Thinkers Book on the theme of various fourth grade elementary school jobs. This research used research and development methods used to produce products and test the feasibility of media Fun Thinkers Book. This study used the ADDIE development model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The problem was the lack of thematic learning media, when learning only used student books and LKS only so students are less interested, feel bored and make concentration The students only lasted a little while.The data were obtained through questionnaires, observations, and interviews.This study was conducted at the fourth grade in 3 elementary schools in the District of Pucakwangi, Pati, this study produced valid media with appropriate criteria in accordance with the results of the teacher response questionaire the percentage is 97.5% with very decent criteria and the results of the student questionaire responded 98.6% with very feasible criteria.

Madrasah is a public educational institution distinctively Islamic. Since the issuance of the decree of the Minister and Law No. 3 2/1989 on National Education System, the school is entrusted to manage the education and follow the success of the 9-year compulsory education program. Although the school has held the same position with the public schools, but school achievement is still low. The focus of this paper is an internal problem which includes students, teachers, curriculum, resources and infrastructure, and aims to determine the efforts undertaken at MAN Rejotangan to overcome the problems faced in order to improve the quality of Islamic education. Research on this paper include descriptive study, based on a qualitative research approach, and review of field belongs to science education research, and if viewed from the place designated as a research field. These results indicate the existence of problems serious enough in MAN Rejotangan, which include educators, either quantitatively or qualitatively, the lack of government budget, input a low level, the source of funds and infrastructure is relatively inadequate, student interest low and parents are less concerned about the education, and the development of resources and infrastructures affordably.

Drèze and Sen are not entirely right in their apparent glorification of the roles of nongovernmental organizations in Bangladesh in An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions because they leave out and/or de-emphasize some important issues, especially those that are related to the problematic trusting relationship between nongovernmental organizations in Bangladesh and rural poor women. Nongovernmental organizations’ use of trust disturbs social solidarity in rural Bangladesh mainly because of their massive supervision mechanism that they undertake to sustain the so-called trusting relationship between them and their debtors. The massive supervision mechanism damages social solidarity also because it creates a tension between local norms and nongovernmental organizations’ neoliberalist values of “discipline, efficiency and competitiveness,” which nongovernmental organizations try to inject into villagers by their numerous social engineering programs, which are state’s responsibility. Nongovernmental organization monitoring has some psychological impacts on their clients that also contribute to shaking social solidarity. The absence of a proper trusting relationship between nongovernmental organizations and rural poor women reduces the capabilities of the latter as a result of which Drèze and Sen’s glorification of Bangladeshi nongovernmental organizations and Sen’s capabilities approach are in tension. However, there are strategies that Bangladeshi nongovernmental organizations should employ to address the issues raised due to their massive supervision mechanism.

<p>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk-bentuk interaksi sosial Suku Samin dengan Masyarakat Sekitar di Dusun Jepang Desa Margomulyo Kecamatam Margomulyo Kabupaten Bojonegoro Tahun 1990-2012. Adapun bentuk dari penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif yang datanya menekankan pada kondisi obyek yang alamiah untuk memahami dan menafsirkan makna peristiwa hubungan interaksi pola tingkah laku, dan tidak ada rekayasa dalam aktifitas tersebut saat penelitian berlangsung. Pengambilan data melalui sumber data primer diperoleh dari wawancara dengan informan, dan sumber data sekunder diperoleh dari dokumen Desa Margomulyo, dokumen sejarah Samin dan bahan kepustakaan maupun jurnal ilmiah. Validasi yang digunakan yaitu validasi sumber dan teknik. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis data model interaktif Miles dan Huberman. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa keberadaan masyarakat Samin telah mengalami transisi dari tradisional menuju masyarakat modern, dan terwujud dalam bentuk interaksi asosiatif dan disosiatif. Bentuk asosiatif berupa kerjasama seperti gotong royong, musyawarah, dan membantu ketika ada yang memerlukan. Bentuk disosiatif yakni konflik seperti terjadi kesalahpahaman misalnya ada kecemburuan sosial ketika adanya bantuan dari pemerintah pusat yang terkadang membuat kedua belah pihak ada rasa iri. Selain itu pengaruh yang terjadi bersifat positif maupun negatif, bagi Samin perubahan positif seperti gaya hidupnya dan pola/cara berpikir yang modern, sedangkan pengaruh negatif yaitu tradisi dan budaya Samin mulai sedikit terkikis dan ditinggalkan. Bagi masyarakat akan mengetahui karakter orang Samin dan dalam berkomunikasi terkadang mereka berhati-hati, sebab orang Samin mudah tersinggung serta nilai Saminisme yaitu kejujuran juga sedikit terbawa dalam kehidupan masyarakat saat ini.</p>

AbstrakDomestifikasi peran perempuan dalam sektor ekonomi tidak dialami oleh perempuan Kapuk Samin Tapelan Bojonegoro. Meskipun suku Samin dikenal sebagai suku yang memiliki kekhasan adat, partisipasi perempuan dapat ditemukan dalam banyak aktivitas. Riset ini berjenis kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Sumber data melaluiwawancara, dan data sekunder analisis dokumendan dokumentasi.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat tiga bentuk peran perempuan Kapuk dalam sektor ekonomi. Pertama,sektor ekonomi publikutama yaitu berjualan Kapuk dengan sistem ngreyengdan corek.Kedua,sektor publik sekunder adalah dengan memelihara ternak dan berladang, Ketiga,sektor relation-ekonomi dengan wirausaha warung, arisan, dan jualan ayam potong. Peran ekonomi perempuan Suku Samin Tapelan memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan bagi perekonomian keluarga. Abstract Female domestification in economic is not the case of female among Samin people in Tapelan, Bojonegoro. Despite Samin's unique culture, their female contributes to economic activities. This is a qualitative research applying case study approach. Sources of data are interview, content analysis and documentation.Results show there are three forms of Kapuk women's role in the public economic sector. The main