This study aimed to investigate Indonesian EFL teachers' beliefs regarding the use of authentic materials at State Islamic Junior High School level in South Tangerang. Six English teachers took part in completing a survey questionnaire and interview for the purpose of this study. The results indicated that although most English teachers have positive attitude toward using authentic materials in the classroom and preferred to use authentic materials. The analysis showed that some of the teachers concern about selecting materials of AMs and designing activities of using AMs in their classroom. The study has significant educational implications for English teacher for the further training using AMs. Rrecommendations for future study may focus on materials development using AMs including class observation and post class observation on how the teachers use authentic materials effectively. It is also suggested that the study should have more teachers from different schools involve in this study.

This paper aims to analyze the development of Islamic education in Indonesia and efforts to strengthen it in the national education system. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. Study of literature by focusing on terms of peeling, summarizing and collecting a literature, then the authors provide an analysis of the data that has been collected. The results showed that during the pre-independence era religious education was not only not recognized but also not included in the education system, it was even suspected of being a place to incite and fight the invaders. At the time of independence it did not yet have a role because the government still tended to be controlled by nationalist and secular groups, if there were Islamic groups, Islam was still more abangan. Thus the New Order government continuously fostered the quality of madrasa education so that in 1975 a joint decree (SKB) was issued by three ministers on Improving the Quality of Education in Madrasas, where the SKB of the three ministers had advantages and disadvantages. So that the solution of this weakness is the government is trying to make breakthroughs to restore the function of the madrasa as a place to print religious leaders, namely by opening an alternative Madrasah Aliyah named Madrasah Aliyah Special Program (MAPK). Henceforth, this MAPK was changed to Madrasah Aliyah Religious (MAK) which focuses and strengthens the field of Islamic education. There are two strengthening of Islamic education in the national education system, namely strengthening Islamic educational institutions, and strengthening religious subjects in all schools both under the auspices of the Ministry of Religion and other Ministries.

Purpose -The selection of the research topic and design crucially determines the success of conducting a research. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to explore the process by which undergraduate students select their research topic and design, as viewed from the lens of motivation theory proposed by Ryan and Deci (2000), which focuses on motivational propensity and consistency. Design/methodology/approach -A longitudinal narrative inquiry was employed to address the gap. In total, 10 Indonesian graduates from different educational backgrounds were purposively selected. The interview focused on their longitudinal experiences from the freshman period to skripsi (undergraduate thesis) supervision period. Data analysis included inductive thematic analysis, member checking by the researchers, and cross-checking by the participants. Findings -The motivational propensity and consistency in selecting research topic and design are highly dynamic. Specifically, autonomy, high curiosity, self-reflection of past interest and perceived competence, and library research become the major factors toward the manifestation of intrinsic motivation in the selected topics and designs. Meanwhile, friends' preferences, lecturer's expertise and suggestion, and unclear input from the relevant previous courses result in the manifestation of various types of external motivation. Practical implications -Therefore, the implementation of dialogic discussion might be more effective when tensions prevail between the department, academic advisor or skripsi supervisors, and students with respect to the selected topics and designs. Moreover, the provision of constructive tasks like case studies, group discussion, and/or research proposal writing can be applied in research methodology course to enhance their repertoire about research topic and design. Autonomy and self-reflection should become the driving objectives. Originality/value -The exploration of the issue has to be intensively oriented toward prescriptive handbook development in selecting research topic and design. This study sheds light on the explanation of the actual cyclical process of the undergraduate students' motivational propensity and consistency generated from internal and external regulations, as viewed from the lens of motivation theory.

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This study analyses the learning process of student leadership in Islamic boarding schools through organizational empowerment. This research was conducted at the Nurul Jadid Islamic Boarding School, Probolinggo, with a qualitative approach through case studies. Data collection techniques used are interviews, observation, and documentation. The data analysis was carried out in a structured and systematic manner, starting from data collection, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. The study results show that the learning process of learning student leadership is carried out through five stages: direction, training, assignment, escort, and approach. This leadership study shows that the organization's cadre system can run well and create good leaders who can carry out the mandate and carry out their duties properly.