The contribution of Amil Zakat, Infaq and Shadaqah Muhammadiyah (LAZISMU) institutions in handling the impact of Covid-19

Apart from the government, other institutions are needed to make active contributions to the people's economy since the Covid-19 pandemic has made it more difficult. In Indonesia, there are large community organizations with considerable assets, such as LAZISMU. During the pandemic, Indonesians felt the active participation of Muhammadiyah and all of its charitable efforts. Therefore, this study aims to describe the contribution of LAZISMU in dealing with the impact of the pandemic. The data analyzed showed that the contribution of LAZISMU was in order to deal with the impact of the pandemic in various forms, by providing scholarships, distributing basic necessities, helping orphanages and distributing masks. This was carried out in accordance with the procedures of Lazismu and health protocol rules during the pandemic. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

E-leadership of the school principals in implementing online learning during COVID-19 pandemic at public senior high schools

This research aimed to discover the implementation of e-leadership for school principals during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on school performance through changes in teacher behavior. Quantitative research was used where it involved 8 public high schools with 150 respondents. The results showed that: (1) the implementation of e-leadership for school principals during the COVID-19 pandemic was at a very high level for the dimensions of the vision of continuous learning and professional development of teachers, and at a high level for the dimensions of classroom supervision and teacher performance assessment;(2) none of the independent variables have a correlation with the dependent variable greater than >0.50. The correlation between the independent variable and the dependent variable is at a simple stage for teacher behavior and a low stage for teacher performance;(3) the result of measurement model test with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) shows that the loading factor of each indicator is greater than 0.60, which means that the indicators are valid for measuring the variable;(4) the results of the structural model test show that the principal's e-leadership variable, scientific competence (pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge), personality competence and e-skills have a positive and significant effect on teacher behavior with a value of ***p = < 0.05. Teacher performance also has a positive and significant effect with a value of ***p = < 0.05 which makes H-1-H-9 accepted. Proportionally, e-leadership remains the main variable compared to other variables which gives the largest contribution to improving teacher performance through changes in teacher behavior by (0.280), scientific competence variables (pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge) and teacher personality, respectively, contribute to improved performance through changes in teacher behavior of (0.083) and (0.152). The e-skill competency variable of teachers contributes to increased performance through changes in teacher behavior of (0.177). The practical implication of this research is that principals need to change their roles and leadership styles from conventional to electronic-based learning leadership styles to realize effective online learning.

Strategies to Increase Student Interest in Studying Islamic Religious Education during the Covid-19 Period

This study aims to determine the strategies used by Islamic religious education teachers in increasing the interest of students in SMA Negeri 1 Sungai Aur during the covid 19 pandemic, and the factors that affect student learning interests, and how the strategies used by Islamic religious teachers (PAI) at SMA Negeri 1 Sungai Aur. The method that the researcher uses is the descriptive qualitative research method. While the data sources of this study were taken from Islamic Religious Education teachers, school principals, and students who were determined by the researchers. The results of the study showed that teachers carried out various strategies in increasing interest in learning Islamic Religious Education for students of SMA Negeri 1 Sungai Aur during the covid 19 pandemic, namely: using the WhatsApp application both in online assignments and in collecting assignments. In addition, the teacher gives praise, prizes for students who are fast and precise in spelling out the tasks given. Then provide punishment for students who do not collect assignments by memorizing short letters. The factors that influence the interest in learning Islamic Religious Education students of SMA Negeri 1 Sungai Aur during the Covid-19 pandemic are internal and external.

Participation and Active Contribution of Private Universities in the Prevention of the Covid-19 Pandemic Transmission

The study aims to reveal how active participation forms and real contributions of higher education institutions in preventing the transmission of the Covid-19 pandemic. To find data related to the research focus, this study used qualitative methods, the data sources were university leaders, students, and several community members who were selected by random sampling, data collection was carried out by interview, observation, and documentation study. The results of the study can be concluded that Muhammadiyah universities in Indonesia contribute significantly in handling the transmission of Covid-19 through the production and distribution of Hand Sanitizer, production and distribution of medical face shields, distribution of groceries, online transfer of lectures, the provision of distance learning scholarships, work from home instruction, and socialization through operational cars. This research is limited in the scope of participatory in helping campus communities and communities living around the campus. The practical implication of this research is that every institution and community can take action to reduce the impact of Covid-19 in accordance with their respective abilities and positions. University leaders everywhere can mobilize all potentials in their institutions to handle and reduce the impact of Covid-19, because such policies have a real contribution to the existing community. People get the attention of every institution around them. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Self Control Counseling for Students during Covid-19 through Al-Islam and Kemuhammadiyahan Curriculum

The Covid-19 outbreak has not only changed the economic, social, and educational systems but has also affected the psychology of students. This study aimed to explore the form of self-control counseling for students through Al-Islam and Kemuhammadiyahan during Covid-19. This study is important considering AIK as a compulsory curriculum in Muhammadiyah schools and colleges to form students cognitively and form an emotionally and spiritually mature generation. This study was designed with a qualitative approach with data sources namely AIK teachers and students through purposive sampling. Based on the results, first, AIK material has the power to provide counseling to students in situations faced with life problems. Second, self-control counseling through AIK provides strength and emotional maturity for students to accept God's provisions. Third, the forms of self-control counseling provided to students during the Covid-19 period are in the form of personal counseling, worship counseling, study counseling, and organizational counseling. © 2022 International Journal of Health Sciences. All rights reserved.

Online Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period: Studies on the Social Presence and Affective and Cognitive Engagement of Students

The fact that an educational institution is closed temporarily as one of the government's efforts and participation of education to withstand the pace of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In line with that learning is diverted from the face-to-face system to online learning, in reality online learning the social presence of learners not as expected, on the other hand, learners who are usually active on offline learning both from affective and cognitive aspects are invisible to online learning. The research findings are learners who have an active social presence showing high affective and cognitive involvement in the study online, while students whose sociability passive involvement indicates that they do not engage both affective and cognitive studies during their studies. Researchers have concluded that students who are social and active in affective and cognitive involvement in offline learning do not guarantee the same conditions found online learning.

Arabic as foreign language learning in pandemic COVID-19 as perceived by students and teachers

Teaching and learning process using mobile applications becomes one of the alternative tools to substitute face-to-face learning during Pandemic COVID-19. The lecture process during the period has been experienced since March 2020 until the end of the even semester of the academic year 2019/2020. There were various obstacles felt by lecturers and students in the courses. Under normal conditions, learning Arabic as a foreign language is still faced with various problems. Since there are no specific studies in this issue that have been conducted by experts for the Indonesian context, we are interested to identify the perception of students and lecturers on the quality of the Arabic teaching and learning process. This research uses qualitative method where the sources of data are students and lecturers of Arabic language education study program Faculty of Islamic Studies, Muhammadiyah University of West Sumatra. The data collection was taken from an interview by phone. The finding showed that the student's and lecturers' perceptions of the quality of the online learning process are negative. Then, students’ and lecturers' perceptions of the quality of online Arabic learning outcomes are negative. © 2021.

Online Learning in the Low Internet Area, Planning, Strategies and Problems Faced by Students During the Covid-19 Period

• Reveal planning that done in low internet areas in following online learning. • Get information about strategy done by students and college student following the online learning. • Finding problems and offering possible solutions can be a reference for students, college students or teachers in experiencing learning in areas of the low internet. Objectives: Areas with low internet need special attention from various parties especially in the condition of covid-19 which require that activities be held online as well as education. Through this research is expected to inform about the planning, strategy as well as the problems faced and solutions offered for the continuity of education in low internet areas. Method: This research was conducted in two sub-districts in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia, data collection techniques are surveys, and observations, data sources are students and college students and teachers who are at the research location. Data analysis this researcher performed qualitative data analysis procedures, namely reducing data, displaying data, clarifying, and drawing conclusions. Findings: the local government which has low internet area has not done enough planning to support the continuity of online learning for the community, the implementation of online learning activities in low internet areas requires different preparation, less maximum implementation, and various difficulties or obstacles that can not be avoided such as the cost of online learning a lot, WiFi signal is not strong, electricity is often extinguished. As a result of this condition, students and college students living in low-internet areas have to struggle to find specific locations that are reached by signal, affordable locations must be reached for 15 min by motorcycle. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Curriculum development strategy management for student mental health in COVID-19 pandemic

This study aimed to explore how is the management of the curriculum in traditional Islamic boarding schools, this research is important to do considering the curriculum as the basis of realizing quality in educational institutions. While the method used in the study is qualitative with a phenomenological approach, the research informant is determined by snowball method, from the informants, data collected through observation, interview, documentation study and focus group discussion, data analysis is done interactively by the classification of the data found. From the results of data analysis, it is known that the management of curriculum development in traditional Islamic boarding schools both in terms of planning, implementation, and evaluation of the curriculum that has authority is the leader of Islamic boarding schools, while stakeholder involvement, especially in the aspect of curriculum planning and evaluation, never existed, this management pattern shows the curriculum management system in traditional Islamic boarding schools goes one way.

The implementation of community partnership program to improve the quality of online learning during the covid-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on the teaching and learning process in schools, which was initially carried out face-to-face under normal conditions. This research aims to determine the effect of community partnership programs on mathematics teacher's ability to develop the right online learning tools for students during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a non-experimental pretest/post-test research with the sample population consisting of a total of 47 teachers of Muhammadiyah junior high school in Sleman Regency, Indonesia. The purposive sampling technique was used to obtain data from 21 mathematics teachers of the sample population through a questionnaire and analyzed using the paired sample t-test. The results showed that there are differences in the teacher's ability to develop Subject Specific Pedagogy (SSP) based on the Learning Management System (LMS) before and after receiving training. Furthermore, the results of the paired sample t-test show that teacher's ability to develop LMS-based SSP improved after training. This study concludes that the Community Partnership program can effectively improve teachers' ability to manage the mathematics learning process online. The novelty of this study is to integrate SSP into online learning using a LMS. This online learning can be a solution when face-to-face learning cannot be done, for example during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2020 by authors.