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Volume 80, Issue 1, Jan. 2024

TEACHER VIEWS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HISTORY EDUCATION PROGRAM (VAN EXAMPLE)

Volume 80, Jan 2024
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2024.1.2

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Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the opinions of history teachers working in the Van province regarding the implementation of the 2018 history course curriculum. The research was conducted with basic qualitative research design of qualitative approach. Convenience sampling was used in determining the study group. Twelve history teachers working in the central districts of Van participated in the study carried out in 2018. The data were collected with semi-structured interviews and analysed with content analysis. It was concluded in the study that the teachers did not receive a sufficient level of training regarding the renewed history curriculum. In addition, it was found that most teachers considered themselves competent in implementing the history curriculum. They expressed satisfaction with the relevant program and had diverse opinions regarding the alignment of curriculum outcomes, objectives, and activities with the coursebooks. Furthermore, it was determined that history teachers presented the similarities and differences between the curriculum renewed in 2007 and subsequent years and the 2018 history curriculum (objectives, outcomes, activities, content, assessment, etc.). They also expressed their views on potential challenges that may arise during the implementation of the program and suggested solutions to address these issues.

Author(s): Rüstem ÇURKU, Aydın GÜVEN

AL-īTHāR: A COMPONENT OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE AND SECURITY IN ISLAM

Volume 80, Jan 2024
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2024.1.3

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Abstract: Al-īthār is the practise of putting other people's needs ahead of your own. It is the direct antithesis of al-atharah (egoism). Humans practise this virtue so that others can share in what is right and beneficial without receiving the same reward from other individuals. As a result, they value the wellbeing of the populace as a whole over their own. One of the pillars of the philosophical foundation of peace and security is al-īthār. The French theorist Auguste Comte was the first to coin the term altruism in the Western perspective, which has a similar meaning to al-īthār. His principal arguments were that teaching people to live for others instead of themselves will put an end to societal conflict and that the main issue facing humanity is "subordonner l'egoʼnsm à l'altruisme," or giving egoism less weight than altruism. In contrast to al-īthār from an Islamic standpoint, altruism has been heavily criticised as a Western ethical philosophy. They might be worried about finding common ground across various religions when it comes to altruism, but they all concur that doing good deeds is a virtue. The aim of this article is to examine al-īthār from an Islamic viewpoint and compare it to altruism in Western theories, highlighting the distinctions between the two and their role as a source of peace and security. Additionally, it aims to establish al-īthār's status as a fundamental element of the philosophical framework supporting peace and security education in Islam.

Author(s): Suleiman Mohammed Hussein Boayo, Ahmad Faosiy Ogunbadu, Anis Malik Thoha, Muhaamad Hilmy Baihaqy bin Hj Awg Yussof

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEISURE ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION, PERCEIVED HEALTH OUTCOMES OF RECREATION AND HAPPINESS

Volume 80, Jan 2024
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2024.1.4

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Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between participation in leisure activities, perceived health outcomes of recreation and happiness. A total of 259 individuals, 147 males and 112 females, who were members of a private fitness center in Istanbul, were selected using purposeful sampling method, and voluntarily participated in the study. A relational survey model was used to achieve this goal. The data collection instruments comprised a personal information form devised by the researcher, the "Leisure Activity Participation Scale" developed by Şimşek and Çevik (2020), the "Perceived Health Outcomes of Recreation Scale" developed by Gomez et al. (2016) and adapted into Turkish by Yerlisu Lapa et al. (2020), and the "Oxford Happiness Questionnaire-Short Scale" developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Doğan and Çötok (2011). Percentage and frequency methods were employed to determine the personal data distribution of the participants. The normality of the data was checked through the analysis of skewness and kurtosis values, which indicated normal distribution. Additionally, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation analyses were employed to analyze the data. A significant difference was observed between the sub-dimensions of the Leisure Activity Participation Scale based on gender and educational status. Similarly, significant differences were found in the sub-dimensions of the Perceived Health Outcomes of Recreation Scale based on marital and educational statuses. However, no significant distinction was observed between the sub-dimensions of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire based on gender and marital status. As a result, participation in leisure activities, perceived health outcomes of recreation, and happiness levels varied according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Author(s): Cemal Guler, Veli Ozan Cakır

REFLECTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE HEALTH CRISES: DISCORDANCE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND AFRICAN DEATH SOCIO-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION?

Volume 80, Jan 2024
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2024.1.1

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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented opportunity for health policy makers to garner information about public health crisis behaviour in order to inform future policies. In several African contexts, COVID-19 containment was negated by citizens’ resistance to and flouting of imposed pandemic government health policy through engaging in adverse death rituals. Likewise, many African governments’ policies did not take into consideration prevailing and existent death cultural rituals as well as forms of expression. Through multiple roles that form part of African death processes, such rituals and forms of socio-cultural communication have the potential to concomitantly affect past, present and future public health behaviour at interpersonal and societal levels. The article attempted to examine death socio-cultural communication that had the potential to threaten COVID-19 containment, in relation to health policy. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory guided the study. A content analysis of 10 online South African and international newspaper stories was conducted examining six African countries. Findings show inevitable disruption of African death culture and poor communication by governments. Citizens communicated dissatisfaction through flouting government containment interventions by covert mass participation in burial rituals to ambushing designated medical vehicles transporting persons suspected to have died of COVID-19. For effective pandemic containment, African governments need to co-create solutions with citizens that can simultaneously accommodate centuries-old death socio-cultural communication while upholding pertinent COVID-19 health measures.

Author(s): Elizabeth Lubinga