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Religion and culture are closely interconnected facets of human society that exert a profound influence on individuals' belief systems, moral principles, and actions. The discipline of religious and cultural education plays a pivotal role in advancing intercultural comprehension, cultivating societal unity, and creating a sense of global citizenship. This academic paper examines the dynamic relationship between religion and culture within educational environments, underscoring the significance of integrating religious and cultural literacy within formal educational institutions. This research is to present a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary status of education in religion and culture. To achieve this objective, a wide range of scholarly sources, including as academic journals, books, and educational reports, have been consulted. The primary focus of this study is to identify the existing obstacles in religion and culture education and propose recommendations for its successful implementation.

The empowerment carried out by Dasawisma’s Family Welfare Empowerment, Sempaja Selatan Subdistrict is an activity that functions as an effort to cultivating plants on limited land. This research discusses (1) describing the process of empowering the use of medicinal plants and (2) identifying the factors that influence the empowerment of the use of medicinal plants in Dasawisma’s Family Welfare Empowerment. This study used qualitative research methods. Data collection techniques are through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques are carried out by data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. Validity of data using triangulation techniques and techniques. The results of this research consist of: (1) Empowerment of the Use of Medicinal Plants which includes: a) awareness stage based on the results of identification and discussions carried out by Dasawisma’s Family Welfare Empowerment members with the Village Head b) capacity building stage carried out by socialization, introduction, training, and determining learning models for medicinal plants and c) the empowerment stage involves distributing tasks and empowering PKK members to become independent. 2) Factors that support empowerment are the unity of members who want to develop, trainers who are appropriate to their field, and funds fully supported by the village head.

In the 20th century, Indonesia underwent significant social and political transformations. Trimurti, consisting of KH Imam Zarkasyi, KH Ahmad Sahal, and KH Zainuddin Fanani, emerged as central figures in shaping religious values and fostering self-reliance in Indonesia. They played pivotal roles in Islamic education at Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor, emphasizing the importance of integrity and commitment in leadership and community building. This literature review-based research investigates Trimurti's thoughts and contributions within the contexts of education and leadership. The findings reveal that their approach reinforced Islamic educational traditions, teaching values of simplicity, self-reliance, and community service. Trimurti not only produced skilled religious scholars but also leaders prepared to confront global challenges. This study provides insights into how Islamic education and religious values can shape resilient character and leadership in society. The implications of Trimurti's approach underscore the importance of holistic education in cultivating integrity-driven leaders capable of advancing the nation.  

The transformational leadership style with the relational relationship model used will foster trust in followers which is capital for the growth and development of sharing knowledge. The results of research from Lowe et.al in 1996 on 39 transformational leadership studies conducted in various countries showed that transformational leadership was effective. This research aims to find the concept of cultivating transformational leadership in Islamic Education Institutions. Research result; 1) The cultivation of transformational leadership in Islamic educational institutions can be carried out based on centralized policies with a structured coercive approach either through official policies, guidebooks for heads of educational institutions or simply appeals supported by the practice of transformational leadership behavior by leaders above as a model; 2) The cultivation of transformational leadership in Islamic educational institutions can also be done using an awareness approach where every leader of an educational institution at every level is enlightened regarding the concept and practice of transformational leadership along with its advantages and disadvantages so that they are made aware of implementing transformational leadership; 3) In the context of educational institutions that adhere to a semi-centralized system such as in Indonesia with a pragmatic character possessed by the majority of madrasah and department heads, the first approach is more effective in cultivating transformational leadership throughout existing Islamic educational institutions.

This research aims to examine the phenomenon of cultivating anti-verbal bullying social attitudes through 7th-grade Social Studies (IPS) education focusing on socialization, values, and norms. Verbal bullying is a serious issue in schools that negatively impacts victims. The study employs a qualitative approach using a case study method. Primary data was gathered through observations and interviews at SMPN 3 Srengat, while secondary data came from literature reviews. The research findings indicate two main patterns in cultivating anti-verbal bullying social attitudes: habituation patterns and modeling patterns. Habituation involves providing advice, motivation, and exemplary behavior to students. Modeling is done by presenting real, symbolic, and dual examples to students. Both patterns have challenges and room for improvement. Teachers need to be consistent in applying habituation and modeling patterns, while also considering factors that may cause verbal bullying. This research contributes to understanding the phenomenon of verbal bullying in schools and offers strategies for instilling anti-verbal bullying social attitudes through IPS education.    

Corruption remains a major challenge that hinders economic, social, and political progress. To overcome this problem in Indonesia, the STIE Indonesia Banking School community service team implemented an Anti-Corruption outreach program initiative targeted at Al-Falah Vocational School in Jakarta. This program utilizes a combination of interactive lectures, participatory discussions, and interesting quizzes to convey anti-corruption principles. The results of this program show a significant increase in students' understanding of corruption, its negative impacts, and the important role of integrity. These results underscore the efficacy of early anti-corruption education in cultivating a generation committed to ethical behavior and integrity and laying the foundation for a corruption-free future.

The purpose of this research is to find out the importance of instilling Nationalism Values through learning civic education in students, building awareness of national identity and love for the country, and encouraging students as the nation's young generation to maintain nationalism values to overcome various problems faced by a nation. In addition, there are several challenges faced by Civic Education Lecturers in dealing with curriculum changes and learning strategies. The research approach or method used is a literature review of journals researched by the author.

Considering that today's children mostly live with a consumerist attitude, it is necessary to provide education and introduction to the benefits of the value of money and manage finances by cultivating a frugal lifestyle and a love of saving from an early age. Educating them to avoid consumerist lifestyle behavior also aims to manage their own finances and can increase their comfort in the future. The main target of this activity is the community, especially children in Latta Village, Baguala District, Ambon City. This activity was attended by 25 children and 10 mothers in Latta Village. This activity program is implemented using the material presentation method. The main mission of socialization activities is to foster a frugal lifestyle, a hobby of saving from childhood for a more prosperous future, and children being able to differentiate between needs and wants.    

This article discusses Education in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation. The purpose of this paper is to describe the influence of the Japanese occupation on education in Indonesia. This paper is the result of a historical study using heuristics, criticism, interpretation and historiography steps. During the Indonesian occupation, Japan carried out several educational policies, namely cultivating Japanese culture, reforming the education system, policies on curriculum and policies to Islamic education. So that during the colonial period, Japan had implemented policies in the field of education which had implications for various types and levels of education in Indonesia.

This community service was carried out in Sumbersari Hamlet, Mojojajar Village, Kemlagi District, Mojokerto Regency, with the aim of increasing the community's knowledge and skills in cultivating grass jelly plants to boost their economy. Community service activities last for 3 months and use counseling and mentoring methods. Counseling is carried out by providing material about the cultivation of grass jelly plants, including planting, maintenance and harvesting techniques to converting them into economically valuable products such as grass jelly ice and organic fertilizer from grass jelly waste. Mentoring is carried out by helping the community apply the material that has been presented in the counseling. The results of community service show a significant increase in community knowledge and skills in cultivating grass jelly plants after participating in counseling and mentoring. This is proven by the increasing number of participants who succeeded in harvesting grass jelly and their harvests. This increase also has a positive impact on the economy of the people of Sumbersari Hamlet, as can be seen from the increase in their average monthly income. The success of this community service shows that grass jelly cultivation can be a promising business alternative to improve the economy of rural communities. This community service program can be replicated in other areas with similar conditions.

Teachers are a big influence in cultivating the success of students' insight and attitudes. The guidance given by teachers also needs to be given to the values of caring for the environment. The character of caring for the environment does not only come from intuition and talent, but also comes from habits and an educational process that cares about the environment. A concrete manifestation provided by the government in cultivating the character of caring for the environment through the Adiwiyata Program in schools. The predicate of Adiwiyata is Mandiri and is an example of a school to be coached by other schools, so to find out more the researcher wants to conduct research on the role of teachers in cultivating environmentally caring character through the Adiwiyata program. The aim of this research is to (1) find out the role of social studies teachers in forming character caring for the environment at SMPN 1 Wlingi (2) knowing the form of character that cares for the environment in students at SMPN 1 Wlingi. This research uses a qualitative approach and an intrinsic case study type of research. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. Checking data validity through technical triangulation and confirmability. The data analysis technique for this research is the Miles and Huberman technique through data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions. The results of this research are 1) The Role of Social Studies Teachers in Forming Environmentally Caring Characters a) Curriculum that is integrated with the environment, in the form of lesson plans/teaching modules that are integrated with material about the environment b) Participatory activities, in the form of the habit of cleaning the environment every morning, with guidance teachers, and insight through activities from learning materials. 2) Forming environmentally caring character through the Adiwiyata Program at SMPN 1 Wlingi in the form of an independent attitude and sense of responsibility possessed by students which is proven by the many activities that support the Adiwiyata Program, such as picket activities every morning and after school, clean Fridays, competitions cleanliness of the class, several activities integrated with learning materials in the form of making vlogs. and in general, SMPN 1 Wlingi implements minimizing plastic waste through the attitude of students by bringing provisions or drink bottles from home.

Instilling Nationalist Values ​​in carrying out the flag-raising ceremony is an important step in cultivating and strengthening the feeling of love for the homeland and national spirit among the younger generation, especially at the Early Childhood stage. Early Childhood is a child whose age range is 0-6 years, where this period is very important in providing stimulation for optimal growth and development of children. This research aims to instill the values ​​of Nationalism in Early Childhood through Flag Ceremony activities at Ra Darussalam. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods. Data collection techniques use observation, interviews and documentation. Based on the research results, it can be seen that the role of ceremonial activities can instill Nationalist Values ​​in children.

Education is a conscious and planned effort to create a learning atmosphere and learning process so that students actively develop their potential to have religious spiritual strength, self-control, personality, intelligence, noble morals and skills needed by themselves and society. The aim of this research is to find out how education plays a role in cultivating and building an attitude of belief in the Almighty God. In this research, the Library Research method (library research) is used, studying literature and other scientific works related to the problem being researched in order to obtain a theoretical basis. as well as laws related to the discussion or problem being studied. The results of the discussion from this research are that education has a very important role in building an attitude of belief in Almighty God. Through teaching religious values, students gain a deep understanding of divine teachings and principles, which become the basis for their character development.

This article emphasizes the importance of family catechesis in cultivating faith among children. The utilization of family catechesis can be an effective means of guiding and educating children in religious matters in a complex society that is increasingly influenced by adherence to secular values. Parental involvement is very important in this process. This article discusses the role of family catechesis and the importance of parents in educating children about faith. Use strategies to apply family catechesis to daily life, such as family prayer, reading and discussing scripture, celebrating religious holidays together, leading by example, providing space to ask questions and explore, and using technology and online resources. This article also discusses the challenges that may arise in the implementation of family catechesis, as well as solutions to overcome these challenges. Finally, the conclusion of this article highlights the importance of building a religious foundation for children in an increasingly complex world. Parents have an important role in guiding their children in religious affairs, in spiritual relationships, instilling religious teachings and introducing them to the world.

Psychological changes in postpartum mothers often show uncertain emotions after giving birth, especially sadness and irritability. These psychological problems can be faced by postpartum mothers by cultivating psychological well-being. One way to improve the psychological well-being of postpartum mothers is by cultivating a self-compassionate attitude to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety and worry in order to achieve the psychological well-being of postpartum mothers. This research aims to determine the relationship between self-compassion and the level of psychological well-being of postpartum mothers in Pekalongan Regency. This research uses descriptive correlation with a cross sectional approach. The samples taken using a purposive sampling technique were 79 postpartum mothers in Pekalongan Regency. Data were collected using the Self-Compassion Scale (SWD) questionnaire & Psychological Well-Being questionnaire. Data analysis used the Spearman rank test. This research showed that there were 53 people experiencing high self-compassion (67.1%), and 46 people with low psychological well-being (58.2%). The results of the analysis show that there is a relationship between self-compassion and the level of psychological well-being of postpartum mothers, P value = 0.000 (p <0.05). The conclusion of this research is that there is a relationship between self-compassion and the level of psychological well-being of postpartum mothers in Pekalongan Regency. From these results it is hoped that nurses can help improve self-compassion and psychological well-being of postpartum mothers by means of health education.

Palm sugar produced from sugar palm plants is an alternative sugar to granulated (refinery) sugar produced from sugar cane plants.  Recently, more and more consumers are switching from granulated sugar to palm sugar. However, because entrepreneurs are still traditional, efforts to meet changing consumer tastes still have many obstacles. This research aims to (1) determine the potential of sugar palm plants as; (2) analyze the prospects for the Indonesian small palm sugar industry in the future. The method for determining the research location was carried out purposively, namely the Republic of Indonesia, which is one of the largest palm sugar producers in the world. This research was carried out from March 2024 to May 2024. This research was carried out using a survey approach and used secondary data, especially BPS publication data. To find out the prospects for palm sugar in Indonesia, it is explained using simple linear regression. Meanwhile, the analysis of plant potential is explained descriptively qualitatively and quantitatively. The research results show that sugar palm cultivation in Indonesia has great potential, especially because sugar palm plants do not require complicated growing requirements. Almost all areas in Indonesia can be planted with palm trees. The availability of land in Indonesia is quite extensive, has hydrological and conservative functions.  There is a traditional farming culture in cultivating palm sugar. The results of regression analysis using time series data from 1992 to 2020 show that the development of land area, which is a manifestation of farmers' response to demand for palm sugar, shows an increasing trend. With ß of 1,046.5, it shows that on average every year there is an increase in the area of ​​sugar palm plantations of 1,046.5. Meanwhile, from the production aspect, the results of the regression analysis also show a significant increasing trend with ß of 2,575.4, which shows that from the production aspect there has been a significant increase in production, namely 2,575.4 tonnes each year.  Furthermore, it can be concluded that the potential for palm tree development is quite good and the prospects for the palm sugar industry in Indonesia are quite bright.

This article offers an analysis of the role of Christian religious education in overcoming radicalism in the Indonesian context. Radicalism in Indonesia is multifaceted, and religious, political, social, and ethnic factors contribute to its prevalence. Religious differences often give rise to misunderstandings and violence which then occurs. Political radicalism stems from power dynamics, including state-sponsored oppression or interstate conflict. Social radicalism manifests through extreme tactics aimed at societal transformation, sometimes ignoring legal norms. Ethnic radicalism promotes a supremacist ideology, justifying violence or discrimination against other ethnic groups. Using qualitative research and literature analysis, this research explores the intersection between Christian education, radicalism, and diversity. The results of research on Christian religious education in Indonesia emphasize values such as diversity, tolerance and peace, which provide a counterweight to radical ideology. By prioritizing these values, Christian education fosters stability across religious, political, social and ethnic dimensions, thereby reducing the risks posed by radicalism. This research underlines the importance of Christian religious education in cultivating a society that is cohesive and tolerant of radical influences.    

Animal husbandry is the activity of breeding and cultivating farm animals in order to obtain benefits and results from these activities. The most widely cultivated livestock is chicken. One of the companies that utilize chicken is PT Reza Perkasa. The management of data records of laying hens in the company still does not have a system and still uses excel reports every week. Farmers in determining the chicken afkir is still in the form of traditional records. The problem can be solved by making a monitoring application and a system for determining abandoned laying hens using the naïve bayes method. It is expected that with the monitoring application, the general manager can quickly monitor in real-time, so that for the needs of chickens that are useful for improving production quality quickly without the need to wait for manual reports from the head of the cage.

Instilling environmental care character education in students through the adiwiyata program is very important considering the development of science and technology which makes human behavior increasingly exploit natural resources and lose concern for the environment. Through the Adiwiyata program, environmental care character education is expected to generate and realize environmental awareness by introducing children to the importance of environmental conservation. Environmental preservation can be pursued, especially in schools, through the Adiwiyata program. One of the schools in Tulungagung Regency which has the adiwiyata title is SMPN 2 Kauman Tulungagung. This research is qualitative research with a qualitative descriptive research type. The data collection techniques used in this research are observation, interviews, documentation. The formulation of the problem in this research is related to activities in cultivating character education that cares about the environment, strategies for cultivating character education that cares about the environment, supporting and inhibiting factors for cultivating character education that cares about the environment. This research aims to: 1) find out the activities of instilling environmentally caring character education through the adiwiyata program in class IX social studies students at SMPN 2 Kauman Tulungnagung, 2) find out strategies for instilling environmentally caring character education through the adiwiyata program in class IX social studies students at SMPN 2 Kauman Tulungnagung, 3) determine the supporting and inhibiting factors for instilling environmentally caring character education through the adiwiyata program in class IX social studies students at SMPN 2 Kauman Tulungnagung. The results obtained from the research show that 1) in class VII, through socialization on waste recognition, socialization on waste selection, and socialization on waste banks, in class VIII there has begun to be a strengthening of the character of caring for the environment with discipline through class pickets, clean Fridays, not throwing away litter, keeping the classroom and yard clean, responsibility by being willing to accept punishment if you make a mistake, in class IX they have become role models for their younger classmates by giving examples of planting trees and caring for trees, 2) the strategy is that the school takes part in regular competitions, and schools make rules relating to adiwiyata, if anyone violates them they will be punished, 3) supporting factors such as example, teacher strictness, school regulations. Meanwhile, inhibiting factors include school internals, student habits, students' lack of awareness of obeying the rules..

The synergy between teachers and parents is now absolutely considered in teaching and learning activities and outside of it. In reality, in every teaching process or outside of teaching, teachers need support and cooperation from the family (parents). This research aims to determine the synergy between parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers in cultivating communication and discipline morals in class X students at SMK Negeri 1 Kalibawang Wonosobo. To find out the importance of synergy between parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers in instilling communication and discipline in class X students at SMK Negeri 1 Kalibawang Wonosobo. To understand the supporting and inhibiting factors for the synergy of parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers in instilling communication and discipline in class X students at SMK Negeri 1 Kalibawang Wonosobo. This research uses a qualitative type of research using a descriptive approach. Qualitative research is research that uses observation, interviews, content analysis and data collection methods. The location of this research is SMK Negeri 1 Kalibawang Wonosobo. After the data is collected, it is then analyzed using data analysis, namely, data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The results of this research show the process of synergy between parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers in instilling communication morals and discipline in class X students at SMK Negeri 1 Kalibawang Wonosobo. First, the synergy between parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers in cultivating students' communication and discipline morals is not optimal. Second, the synergy between parents and Islamic Religious Education teachers is very important so that good communication can be established to direct students, instill communication morals and student discipline so that teachers can know students' activities at home and parents can also know students' activities at school. Third, the supporting factor is the presence of parents and teachers who are ready to educate and direct students. Inhibiting factors are parents' lack of attention to their children's social environment, lack of synchronization of policies at school and at home so that children do not make good use of their time.