Choosing a career as an Early Childhood Education Teacher is both challenging and joyful.  Not everyone is interested in this profession except for those who have strong motivation. This study aims to identify students’ exact motivation to select the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study uses combined qualitative and quantitative methods (exploratory mixed methods design). Sources of qualitative data were taken from twenty informants through in-depth interviews and analyzed using NVivo 10 analysis software, while sources of quantitative data were taken from a hundred correspondents and analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses showed that students have seven motivations to select the Early Childhood Education Department. Those seven motivations are: i) parents encouragement (81%); ii) job opportunities after graduation (83%); iii) loving kids (85%); iv) teaching is a noble profession (100%); self-will (70%); vi) the choice to be a teacher (76%); and vii) Early Childhood Education is not difficult, but joyful (80%). The study has successfully revealed seven students’ motivations for selecting the Early Childhood Education Department at Public University. This study’s results can be used as preliminary data for subsequent researchers to examine this problem in different contexts and issues. This study’s findings need to be continued by the next researcher by examining the correlation between motivational aspects with various other variables. However, this data can also be used as an initial reference for examining the issues and problems in different contexts.

The learning to analyze problems and do improvements on hardware and installation of application software is part of the basic competencies of knowledge and skills of computers and basic networks. Based on observations, the learning process has not been able to provide a real picture of the problems that often occur on computers. The purpose of this study is to design and develop learning aids through artificial intelligence applications on computer troubleshooting. The research method used is R & D (Research and Development) with a 4-D model. The results of the study this is the application being valid, practical and effective. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the application of artificial intelligence to computer troubleshooting has been successfully designed and developed.

This study aims to analyze the factors that cause bullying behavior among students and how to solve it. This study was employed a qualitative method with a case study approach. Sources of data were taken through in-depth interviews with twenty informants consisting of elementary school students, junior high schools, senior high schools, principals, teachers, school security guards, education observers and parents of students. All interview data were then analyzed thematically using NVivo 10 quality analysis software. Overall, the study found nine important themes. Four themes related to the factors causing bullying behavior, namely: i) entrenched beliefs among students, ii) physical differences between the perpetrator and the victim, iii) discipline by seniors to juniors and iv) the condition of the victim's physical disability and weakness. Five themes related to solutions to tackling the problem of bullying, namely i) giving firm action to the perpetrator, ii) eliminating television shows related to violence, iii) equipping children with martial arts, iv) providing continuous education about the dangers of bullying, and v) instilling mutual respect in children.

This study aims to identify how the parenting style of parents in instilling morality in children among the people on the coast. This study uses a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach, data sources were taken to eight informants consisting of five female parents (mother), and three parents (male) through in-depth interviews selected using purposive sampling technique. All interview results were then analyzed using Miles and Huberman's qualitative analysis technique with four steps of analysis (data collection, data reduction, presentation and conclusion). Overall, the research findings found that, there are three forms of parenting carried out by coastal community parents in educating children's morals in their daily lives. The three patterns are first; authoritarian parenting, second; democratic, third; permissive. The results of this study can be used as initial data for future research in examining different issues related to this problem and other issues relevant to this context.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui persepsi taruna terhadap pembelajaran e-learning menggunakan learnin management system yang telah difasilitasi oleh kampus dan pembelajaran online, kelebihan dan kekurangan e-learning, apakah materi ajar yang disampaikan oleh dosen dapat dipahami oleh taruna dan persepsi taruna terhadap pembelajaran online itu sendiri. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah seluruh taruna Politeknik Penerbangan Makassar dalam masa pandemic Covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan data dari hasil angket yang didistribusikan ke seluruh taruna sejumlah 345 taruna dengan menggunakan google form, sehingga memudahkan peneliti dalam mengumpulkan dan mengolah data. Dari hasil analis data didapatkan bahwa taruna taruni Politeknik Penerbangan Makassar mempunyai persepsi yang baik dalam menggunakan e-learning dan online, terlebih pada mata kuliah teori. Taruna merasa lebih bersemangat dan lebih memahami materi yang disampaikan oleh dosen karena pembelajaran online lebih bervariasi dan tidak membosankan, serta lebih interaktif dalam pembelajaran. Akan tetapi pembelajaran online masih sulit diterapkan untuk mata kuliah praktik, yang mengharuskan taruna untuk mempraktikkan langsung apa yang telah disampaikan dosen secara teori. Sehingga taruna kesulitan dalam melakukan praktik langsung.