The influence of school cultural values in improving students' learning achievement in senior high school in Palu city

Sa’ad Sa’ad, Sagaf S. Pettalongi, Mohamad Idhan, Nurdin Nurdin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This research aims to analyze the role of school cultural values in improving student achievements at senior high schools in Palu City. Schools serve as educational institutions that develop academic abilities and are responsible for shaping students' character through the internalization of positive cultural values. Honesty, discipline, commitment, cooperation, and respect are believed to create a conducive learning environment that supports the learning process. This study employed a qualitative method with a case study approach. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, field observation, and document analysis. The research subjects are two reputable schools which are Senior High School of Al-Azhar and State Islamic Senior of Insan Cendikia Palu. The participants of this study are students, teachers, and school principals. The results of this study show that structured and continuous implementation of cultural values has significantly impacted the academic and non-academic achievement of the schools. In the academic aspect, both schools graduated many students who were accepted by reputable universities in Indonesia, such as the University of Indonesia, the University of Gadjah Mada, the Institute of Technology Bandung, the University of Padjajaran, and the University of Tadulako. Similarly, the schools also experienced high achievement in non-academic aspects such as national and international science Olympics. This study suggests that integrating school cultural values with students' psychological and spiritual needs can be an effective strategy for improving academic and non-academic performance. It is recommended that schools focus on strengthening their cultural values in their education process.

Experience of dental caries among libyan children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Areej El-Sallak, Suliman O. Ergieg, Rasmia Huew — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Background: Diabetes is often associated with a number of medical and oral complications as a result of the metabolic changes taking place systemically.

Aim: To assess the impact of type1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on oral health among a group of Libyan children and compare these findings to matched medically fit children.

Subjects and methods: A comparable cross-sectional study between diabetic and non-diabetic groups of children. A total of 80 children aged between 8 and 15 years with Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus presenting to the pediatric endocrinology clinic of the BMC and Pediatric hospital, Benghazi were age, gender and socioeconomic matched to a control group of 80 children attending for a dental checkup at the dental clinics. Caries experience of all children was recorded using WHO examination criteria and personal data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. The SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL for Windows version 24.0 was used for statistical analysis.

Results: The two groups were matched in term of gender and each of them was composed of 37 (46.3%) males and 43 (53.7%) females. The prevalence of dental caries was higher among non-diabetic subjects (58.8%, 52.5% respectively) compared to diabetic group (38.7%, 41.3% respectively). Whereas children with diabetes mellitus had a higher DMFT score with mean 1.48+2.2 which indicate more carious intensity (p=0.33). More than one third of diabetic children (41.3%) had at least one decayed, missing or filled tooth. Decayed teeth comprised the biggest component of the DMFT and dft scores in the two groups.

Conclusion: The difference in caries experience between the diabetic and non-diabetic children were not statistically significant. A more detailed study may provide more information on the influence of T1DM on the oral health status in this group.

Journal of Advanced Education and Sciences

The influence of school cultural values in improving students' learning achievement in senior high school in Palu city

Experience of dental caries among libyan children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study