Khemarak University

Education is a fundamental human right that should be accessible to everyone, regardless of nationality or historical period. Education gives individuals the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed and contribute to society. It is essential for personal growth, development, and economic and social progress. Education promotes critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, crucial for innovation and progress. Besides, education is a vital component of human development and progress, and all individuals must have access to quality education regardless of their nationality or period in history. The importance of education is not an exception for Cambodia. Thus, this article reviews the aspects of education in the history of Cambodia before the Angkor period using different documents for consolations. As a result, some fascinating findings proved that people during the prehistoric period learned by watching and doing, and people mostly learned from religions during the Nokor Phnom and Chela periods of Cambodia. The article then concludes the mentioned aspects in a few sentences and the important recommendations.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Cambodian schools and universities have been forced to move their educational activities from face-to-face to online modes. Those universities and schools have been using some online applications like Zoom as their teaching and learning delivery platform. Consequently, there have been challenges to the use of the app. The current study employed a quantitative design, and it was conducted at a Cambodian university with a total of 50 students. The study aimed to investigate those students' attitudes and perceptions toward using the Zoom platform for their online learning. The results showed that the students had negative attitudes toward the use of Zoom as well as low perceptions of using Zoom during the pandemic. Future studies should be conducted with a bigger sample size at other universities across the country. A qualitative study or a mixed-methods design is also recommended. Teachers’ attitudes and perceptions of using Zoom for teaching might also be welcome.

Strategy is a structured and planned effort that a person uses to achieve certain goals. Motivation is a positive encouragement that is given by someone to the individual. Tahfidz Al-Quran is a person who is able to memorize verses of the Qur’an from the first juz to the last juz. In memorizing the Qur’an, an appropriate strategy must be used, this strategy will be used by an educator to guide students in memorizing the Qur’an and the strategies used must be in accordance with the abilities of each student. Here the researcher conducts research at the Islamic Boarding School Adlaniyah Modern Ujung Gading, this study aims to find out what strategies are used to increase the motivation of Tahfidz Al-Quran. The technique used by researchers in collecting data or information by means of observation and conducting interviews with one of the tahfidz teachers and several students as well as documentation. The subjects of the study were teachers and students. As for the results of this study, it turns out that educators use different strategies such as repeating verses, memorizing verse sequences, and not moving on to the next verse if the first verse has not been memorized, teachers also use the place method and continue the verse. This makes the students more motivated to memorize the Al-Quran.