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G 013
ENHANCING SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT OF GRADE 2 STUDENTS
THROUGH POWERPOINT INTEGRATION
PATRICIA C. TRIVIÑO
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The use of PowerPoint in improving the assessment scores of students in Science and other courses has
been the subject of many debates in recent years. Despite this tool’s popularity, limited experiments have
been conducted on its viability as a tool in Science instruction, especially in the field of early childhood
education. To address this gap, this research was conducted to explore the use of PowerPoint in improving the Science assessment scores of Grade 2 students. Three class sections in the grade 2 level participated in this comparative study. During Science classes, all sections received the same topics using the following approaches: 1) the traditional method of lecture and chalkboard instruction, and 2) the traditional
method with PowerPoint integration. The same sets of quizzes were administered for seven weeks after
every topic was delivered. Using ANOVA and T-test to compare the quiz results during the preintervention and
intervention phases, analyses showed that the mean scores were statistically
different only for one-third of the participants. Further investigation through key informant interview revealed that students’ appreciate the use of PowerPoint because of the images shown in the presentations
as well as the verbal support of the teacher. All in all, the data gathered did not provide conclusive
evidence that PowerPoint has improved assessment scores; however, it was able to show that this tool
may help in the learning, remembering, understanding, and critical thinking of the students. The results
seemed to suggest that PowerPoint should supplement only the teachers’ instruction, hence, should not
be used alone to influence learning and increase the academic performance of young children. More
importantly, it should not be used to replace more concrete learning experiences in the early elementary
years.
Field of Research: Technology, Multimedia, PowerPoint Presentations, Science Achievement
G 019
THE EFFECT OF TRANSLATION OF THE WORKS FOR CHILDREN ON
THE INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS QUALITY
DR. KAMRAN GHODOOSI
[email protected]
Abstract
Nowadays the translation of literary works for children has noticed by translators around the
world; so we can observe it as an important subject because it plays a basic role in making and developing
of relationships among different people with different cultures. On the other hand, the translator should
not step in this area without having artifices, skills and responsibility for children future and their intellectual life. In this paper we try to do research on various related to the effects received by children from
different cultures; and pay attention to different cultural symbols learned by children from translated
works. We should note here that the duties of impressive factors including family, society and mediums
on children's mind and culture. It is obvious that children are basic foundations and symbols of human
societies and will make the society after adolescence, if they have a deep culture and right education.
Keywords: Translation, children, intercultural
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RETHINKING EDUCATIONAL (SPECIAL) NEED – CASE ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
(ADHD)
Juho Honkasilta
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Catering for students’ educational special needs has become emergent trend in contemporary compulsive
education rhetoric and policy making. In theory this seems to live up to the ideals of inclusive education
which is globally recognized as a guiding paradigm of the provision of compulsory education. However,
contemporary education paradigm embraces learning mainly as an assessable academic progress and the
need for customized learning has become a merchandise of science eligible to be harnessed by commercial vendors. The pious rhetoric and institutional, pedagogical and social school practices are thus paradoxical especially when it comes down to students’ behavior and embracing human diversity. The implicit
values of the curriculum contradict the ones of inclusion: school for all is not accessible for all in terms of
self-/ acceptance and self-actualization. I use Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a case to
demonstrate this fallacy between pious rhetoric and exclusive practice. I argue that school’s institutional
practices convey and reproduce such sociocultural normative values and beliefs that, when internalized
by students, form a potential risk for their socioemotional wellbeing. I problematize the dominant psychomedical approach to catering for student needs and, further, the whole concept and understanding of
educational need which disregard student’s human needs. One of the challenges in education is cultivating social change that promotes the growth of self-accepting and self-actualizing social agents. In relation to this, I propose another way for conceptualizing need in educational practices that emphasizes the
importance of social interaction. I argue for teaching empathic interactional skills as means to live up to
inclusive educational paradigm.
Keywords: Compulsory Education, Educational need, Inclusion, Social practice, Interaction, ADHD
G 040
DESIGN TO ENHANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH INSPIRATION, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
JESSICA GAUCI
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
As a passionate educator, I am interested in using art, design and technology to create innovative and engaging learning environments. I believe school classrooms and environments need to be aesthetically designed, to trigger positive emotional attachments to educational spaces. This will allow for understanding,
recall and recognition, engagement, problem solving, and communication.
The classroom environment has a powerful influence on learning, and student’s perceptions of that environment can influence their behaviour. If an environment is limited in opportunities for exploration and
involvement, the potential for learning is also limited. Classroom's need to be spaces that are interdisciplinary learning resources used to inspire and relate to curriculum through engaging graphics.
It is necessary for all educators to understand the link between learning environment and learning experience. A student's perception of a learning environment can affect their ability to absorb information.
Transforming classrooms into interdisciplinary resources for learning will provide opportunities for interactivity and promote high levels of engagement. Incorporating writable surfaces and digital displays in
classroom design, will create stimulating environments. Students will be encouraged to become actively
involved in the learning process as diverse experiences of all students will be brought into play during
problem solving, increasing the richness of ideas explored.
Field of Research:
creativity, design, engagement, innovation, Inspiration
G 042
COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH IN TOURISM GEOGRAPHY
MAZLINA JAMALUDIN & MAZURA STAPAH
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This study compares achievement scores of semester one students who participated using cooperative
learning in Tourism Geography. Two learning strategies using Group Investigation and Student Teams
ACjhievements were conducted on 42 students using Kemmnis & McTaggart Theory. This research was
aim to improved on teachers teaching techniques and improve teachers ability to engaged cooperative
learning among students. The action research spiral was used to conduct cooperative learnig. Mean
scores of each class were compared to measure curriculum based assessments.
G 045
DR. MOHAMMED NASSER ALSUWAYYID
G 052
PEMBENTUKAN MODEL INSAN SOLEH SEIMBANG (MISS): SOROTAN FALSAFAH PENDIDIKAN ISLAM
Siti Noorbiah Md Rejab, Najahudin Lateh , Hanifah Musa Fathullah Harun
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRAK
Arus globalisasi, kemodenan dan kepesatan maklumat tanpa sempadan merupakan cabaran dan
pengaruh yang besar dalam pembentukan insan kamil. Dalam mengharungi cabaran tersebut kita diperlihatkan dengan gejala-gejala sosial terutamanya yang berlaku di kalangan remaja. Keadaan ini amat
membimbangkan, kerana peratusannya saban hari semakin meningkat. Selain itu, akhlak moral di kalangan remaja Islam kini kian luntur dan longgar. Sikap hormat-menghormati muda kepada tua, bahasa
yang indah dan sedap didengari bukan lagi menjadi faktor utama dalam menentukan keperibadian
seseorang individu. Oleh itu, kertas ini akan cuba merangka model dalam membentuk insan soleh dan
seimbang menurut falsafah pendidikan Islam. Kertas ini juga diharap menjadi panduan kepada para pendidik, pengkaji dan masyarakat amnya dalam mendidik mengikut model dan method yang sebenar agar
tercapai segala matlamat dan tujuan yang selari dengan Islam.
Kata Kunci : Pembentukan Insan, Soleh, Seimbang, Cemerlang, Pendidikan Islam
G 053
DEVELOPMENT OF WEBQUEST ENGLISH LESSON IN TITLE HELLO ASEAN TO ENHANCE READING
COMPREHENSHION ABILITY FOR MATTHAYOMSUKSA II STUDENTS
CHARIYAWADEE CHAISEANG, DR. NATTAPAKUL KITTISUNTHONPHISARN,
DR. SUPANRIGAR WATTHANABOON
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The research objectives were to develop the WebQuest English Lesson in Title Hello ASEAN, to compare
the learning achievement between pretest and posttest of using WebQuest English Lesson and to study
their satisfaction of WebQuest English Lesson. The sample was 35 Matthayomsuksa II Students in the first
semester, academic year 2014 at Ban Taichang Municipality School, Phangnga. The instruments used in
the study were 1) WebQuest English Lesson in Title Hello ASEAN 2) 40 items of reading comprehension
ability test and 3) students’ satisfaction questionnaire. The data were statistically analyzed by percentage,
mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent. The research findings indicated that the WebQuest
English Lesson in Title Hello ASEAN for Matthayomsuksa II Students has the efficient at 86.19/ 84.43 and
the learning achievement after applying the WebQuest English Lesson in Title Hello ASEAN was increased
significantly at .05 level. The level of students’ satisfaction of Matthayomsuksa II Students was at a very
high.
Field of Research:
WebQuest, web-based instruction, inquiry oriented learning, reading
comprehenshion ability
G 054
FACTORS INFLUENCING POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT
DR. IDA FATIMAWATI BT ADI BADIOZAMAN
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Student engagement and disengagement are complex concepts. It is a process that develops over time,
and patterns of student engagement may change and evolve, contingent on factors available within the
learners’ ecology. This paper reports on the findings of an ongoing project conducted in a private
university in Malaysia. In particular, it looks at factors which have a significant impact on student
engagement at postgraduate level. Through a mixed methods approach, the quantitative findings
revealed that the quality of interactions between teachers and learners in classrooms, and institutional
support are significant factors in shaping student engagement. The qualitative findings affirmed this, and
further highlighted how these postgraduate students’ academic engagement is significantly sustained by
their own motivation and personal goals. The findings also demonstrate the need to provide a supportive
educational environment in order to develop a positive foundation for student engagement.
Keywords:
student engagement, postgraduate, motivation, goals, institutional support, Malaysia
G 057
A VISION FOR PROFESSIONALIZING EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISION IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
DR. SAUD JUBAIB A ARAWAILI
[email protected]
ABSTRACT:
The practice of many professions has been coupled with, the so-called "profession practicing license", as
possessing the minimum acceptable efficiency of the profession is a necessary condition for exercising it
The professionalization of any work upon clear and specific controls and standards is a factor of
development, power, and attractiveness for this work, and also a factor of social respect, as the job of the
individual does identify his position and role in the society. This identification depends on the post given
by society to professions according to its needs. No work is to be called a profession unless it has definite
controls and standards.
It could be argued that the field of education needs the expert educational supervisor, who is highly
professional, and this casts a big responsibility on the Ministry of Education, which selects the educational
supervisor, and oversees his training.
This research aims to: discuss the degree of the need for educational supervision, determine the role of
the educational supervisor with the teacher in the future school, and the possibility for the application of
professionalization standards on educational supervisor's work in Saudi Arabia.
To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher investigated the educational literature, and
concluded an urgent need for educational supervision in terms of theoretical analysis of what is
suggested in the educational literature and educational studies. Also, a list of roles which are required of
the educational supervisor at the school of the future was developed. To achieve the third goal of the
research, the researcher inferred set of principles that can be a runway for professionalizing the work of
the educational supervisor.
In conclusion, the researcher recommends, by this research, that it is necessary to prepare educational
supervisor before exercising his duty in accordance with specific criteria upon which he is given a
profession practicing license and develop a list of the authorities of the supervisor and functions assigned
to him.
Key words: Professionalizing, Educational Supervision.
G 058
EIQG: NEW HORIZON OF INDIAN HIGHER EDUCATION
DR. RAM PRAHLAD CHOUDHARY
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Education is the process of installing skills, morale and political value among learners and it ultimately
contributes in overall national growth and development. The paper presents a brief description on Expansion, Inclusiveness, Quality and Governance (EIQG) issues, which is also regarded as four pillars of Indian
Higher Education. The expansion of Indian higher education capacity has become indispensible to include
the excluded section of the society. Expansion and inclusiveness within the premises of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) with Culture of Quality attracts the requirements of proper and sufficient infrastructure. There is a large disparity in the quality of education imparted by the various higher educational institutions. Quality culture and quality gap in Indian Universities and undergraduate Colleges have been presented in this study. Quality and Governance must be the business of everybody in the Higher Educational
Institutions to meet the challenges of expansion and inclusiveness. The paper also tries to suggest some
measures to develop and improve the quality culture and good governance for higher educational institutions where human resources, budgets, infrastructure assets are needed to be managed efficiently. For
innovation and excellence to come, continuous improvement in EIQG is highly important and from the
teaching and learning point of view, its management remains a community effort. Interruptions in teaching learning process from outside are becoming reason for disruption of attendance or the dropping out
of students, teachers and staff, de-motivation, distraction and dramatization of students and teachers.
Thus managing EIQG is the key issue before the policymakers of higher education. The success of EIQG
implementation is the ability to monitor the progress and review the objectives of our higher educational
policies.
KEY WORDS: EIQG, Quality culture, Stakeholders, Good governance, Student charter
G 060
DEVELOPMENT OF E-LEARNING COURSEWARE BASED ON KRABI LOCAL CONTENTS TO ENHANCE ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF MATTHAYOMSUKSA III STUDENTS
RACHABAWAN KESISOM
[email protected]
DR.NATTHAPAKAL KITTISUNTHONPHISARN
[email protected]
DR. SUPANRIGAR WATHANABOON
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The purposes of this research were to develop e-learning courseware based on Krabi local contents to
enhance English reading comprehension of Matthayomsuksa III students, to compare the learning
achievement before and after using e-learning courseware based on Krabi local contents, and to study
their satisfaction after learning by using the e-learning courseware. The sample was 30 Matthayomsuksa
III students in the first semester, academic year 2014 at Lamthabprachanukhrao School, Krabi. The instruments used in the study were 1)the e-learning courseware based on Krabi local contents 2) 40 items of a
reading comprehension ability test with the difficult value 0.57-0.79, discriminating power 0.20 – 0.75 and
its reliability at 0.85 and 3)a students’ satisfaction questionnaire with the reliability index of 0.86. The data were statistically analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test for dependent. The research findings indicated that the e-learning courseware based on Krabi local contents of Matthayomsuksa III students had the efficiency at 83.11/81.08, the reading comprehension ability after applying
the e-learning courseware was increased significantly at .05 level and the level of students’ satisfaction
towards learning with the e-learning courseware was in the very high level..
Keywords: E-Learning Courseware, Local Contents, Reading Comprehension Ability
G 064
TUNING INTO GEN-Y LEARNERS: AN ENGAGEMENT CATALYST
Jerry Chong Chean Fuh
[email protected]
Anita Paul
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The Generation that sits in our classrooms have specific traits that make them different from previous
generations of learners. As Educators, how do we respond to these notable traits? How can our delivery
approach to suit Gen-Y learners be enhanced? This is a review paper with literature to support a
recommended approach consisting of two basic methods; practicality and personalisation. These methods can complement each other in teaching if it is synergized with a ‘pursuit’ which can support the learning outcomes as add-ons to delivery approaches that can enhance classroom atmosphere and serve to
engage students with an end goal in sight. Observations from two case studies are related offering two
different perspectives of using the recommended approach and the effectiveness of this applying approach is discussed.
Field of Research:
Practical Teaching, Personal Approach, Gen-Y, Teaching & Learning, Student Engagement, Active Learning and Gamification.
G 065
EFFICACY OF INTEGRATING STS APPROACH IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS ON THE MOLE
CONCEPT
Louie B. Dasas1, 2, Condrad Capule1, Donn Yves Geronimo1, Dominick Ranay1, Dayanara Balanday1,
Angela Bunao1, Paolo Arroyo1, Ivan Keanu Espiritu1
1
College of Education, University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines
2
College of Education, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City Philippines
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Chemistry is one of the hardest and most challenging subjects in high school and college Science (Marais
& Combrinck, 2009; Passmore, Stewart, & Catier 2009; Taber, 2011). Probably one reason why students
find Chemistry hard is because understanding it would mean relying on making sense out of the invisible
and the untouchable Kozma & Russell, 1997). This study investigates on the efficacy of integrating Science
-Technology-Society (STS) approach in improving students’ conceptions on the Mole Concept. This study
is deemed significant to Science Education and its stakeholders as it aims to alleviate misconceptions of
the students on the Mole Concept, which is a fundamental topic in Chemistry. An Understanding by Design (UbD) unit plan on the topic Mole Concept was developed, content validated. An intact class of
Grade 9 students served as participants of the study. Mole Concept Test (MCT), and Mole Concept Checklist (MCC), Initial-Revised-Final Ideas (IRF) charts, student reflection logs, and the implementing teacher’s
daily journal were means to gather pertinent quantitative and qualitative data. The results obtained suggest that there was a significant improvement on students’ conceptions on the Mole Concept as revealed
by the results of the paired samples t-test, weighted mean ratings in the MCC, students’ responses in the
IRF charts and reflection logs as well as the implementing teacher’s journal entries. The improvement of
students’ conceptions on the Mole Concept suggests the efficacy of using the STS approach in teaching.
Field of Research:
science education; Mole Concept; STS
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ENHANCING SINOS AND SBPaLP USING STS APPROACH IN TEACHING ROTATIONAL AND CIRCULAR MOTION
Louie B. Dasas1,2, Clarissa Te1, Luisa Ursua1, Daniel Josef Valderueda1, Marian Uy1, Anne Romo1,
Gemina del Rosario1, Johanna Camille Liwanagan1, Pat Kierwin Misador1
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Researches in Physics education have identified students’ attitudes and beliefs as contributors to higher
gains in learning (Mistades, 2011). Educators must therefore rethink the goals for Science instruction such
that both students and those who teach Science must focus on the NOS itself- rather than its facts and
principles (McComas, 1998). This study investigates the efficacy of using the STS approach in teaching rotational and circular motion in enhancing SINOS and SBPaLP. Senior high school students belonging to an
intact class were the participants of the study. The study utilized the following instruments to gather data
pertinent to the main problem: SINOS and CLASS questionnaires, structured interviews, reflection logs,
and implementing teacher’s daily journal entries. Analyses of the data gathered involved the use of the
SINOS constructs adapted from Chen, et.al (2013) and Attitudes towards Science constructs adapted from
Adams, et.al (2004). The results reveal that students have enhanced ideas about the nature of Science as
manifested in the significant improvements in how they view the Theory-ladenness NOS and scientists.
Students were also able to identify intelligence, passion, hardwork, and patience as other characteristics
of scientists. Furthermore, the use of the STS approach is strongly associated with how students established real-world connections and personal interest in physics and learning physics evidenced by the students’ array of Expert-like views. The significant enhancement and improvement of SINOS and SBPaLP
reveal the efficacy of using the STS approach in teaching rotational and circular motion.
Field of Research: Science education; attitudes towards science; learning physics
G 068
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UITM JOHOR: GRAVITATING INFORMATION LITERATE SOCIETY
Nurhafizah Azizan1,Suhaila Osman2,Noor Faraliza Samsudin3,Siti Hajar Baharin4, Razifah Othman5
& Aflah Isa6
[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected],[email protected],5,[email protected], 6
ABSTRACT
This study is attempted to determine the awareness and identify problem face by the undergraduate’s
students in their behaviour of seeking information during their learning process. Thus, understanding the
basic information seeking behaviour will improve library collection and services and perhaps improving
information literacy skill of undergraduate students in UiTM Johor. This quantitative study use questionnaire as instrumentation in collect data as randomly from 200 undergraduate students across four faculties and 150 filled in questionnaire were returned. Study shows that students visit library for the purpose
of conducive place for reading/study and awareness towards library services highly rated to discussion
room. Library need to strengthen their skill class seems that majority of undergraduate’s students having
problem on information are scatter in too many sources and do not know to perform library searching
skill .They also seem highly rely on lecturer notes and textbook while article journal rank as third place for
source of information. Therefore, through study finding it’s hope that library can improve their planning
and strategies in develop the collection and services to occupy and counter for the undergraduate’s students information need.
Keyword : Information seeking behaviour , Information need, Undergraduate’s student, User studies
G 069
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN INDIA
Dr. Yash Pal Singh*
[email protected]
Dr. Anju Agarwal*
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
United Nation’s Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) in their review of situation regarding realization of
its second goal - GOAL 2: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION (Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling) – finds that:Hope
dims for universal education by 2015, even as many poor countries make tremendous strides SubSaharan Africa and Southern Asia are home to the vast majority of children out of school Inequality
thwarts progress towards universal education
UNICEF’s Report on the Status of Disability in India 2000 states that there are around 30 million children
in India suffering from some form of disability. The Sixth All-India Educational Survey (NCERT, 1998) reports that out of India’s 200 million school-aged children (6–14 years), 20 million require special needs
education. While the national average for gross enrolment in school is over 90 per cent, less than five per
cent of children with disabilities are in schools. According to the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010:
reaching the marginalized, children with disabilities remain one of the main groups being widely excluded
from quality education. Disability is recognized as one of the least visible yet most potent factors in educational marginalization. The United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD), which was entered into force in 2008, was ratified by India in October, 2008.
It can be safely assumed that achieving the Education for All (EFA) targets and Millennium Development
Goals will be impossible without improving access to and quality of education for children with disabilities. It is a binding on Indian government as well, being a signatory to UNCRPD. Inclusive Education for
Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) was approved in India in September, 2008 to replace IEDC Scheme
from 2009-10. The Scheme is 100% centrally funded. According to Barton (1997), “Inclusive education is
not merely about providing access into mainstream school for pupils who have previously been excluded.
It is not about closing down an unacceptable system of segregated provision and dumping those pupils in
an unchanged mainstream system. Existing school systems in terms of physical factors, curriculum aspects, teaching expectations and styles, leadership roles will have to change. This is because inclusive education is about the participation of ALL children and young people and the removal of all forms of exclusionary practice”. Achieving this goal in India requires serious planning and efforts.
Present Paper tries to delve deeper into the issue by exploring possibilities and challenges ahead in realizing 100% inclusive education in India.
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TEACHING LITERARY THEORY IN ENGLISH IN THE JAPANESE UNIVERSITY
DR. BARNABY RALPH
ABSTRACT
Although it is certainly the case that many commentators on contemporary education have expressed
concern over - or even directly argued against - the incursion of critical theory into the broader fields of
the humanities, it seems to have become an accepted part of the context to the understanding of literature and culture internationally. In terms of both the theories themselves and the methodologies behind
their
teaching, schools of thought often vary widely in approach, however, and being able to deal
effectively with the different terminologies and vocabularies can sometimes be troublesome, or intimidating even for
experienced academics, so it is not surprising to realize that the majority of students
frequently find critical theory, in whatever context, hard to understand. This is even more the case when
a lot of the texts are in a language other than their first, and when translations frequently prove inadequate as vehicles for the
conveyance of ideas.
This, therefore, becomes a vital problem for teachers to address. Theory, whatever one may think of it in
a broader sense, can have a lot to offer developing scholars and has been able to lead to insights that
change fundamental understandings, such as orientalism as understood by Edward Said, or hybridity as
explained by Homi Bhabha. In he first instance, a large amount of the long-term comprehension and engagement with theory is likely to depend on the initial approach undertaken by the teacher, as they bear
the primary
responsibility for deciding whether the course of study will be difficult and frightening or
an intellectual pleasure that offers delights to participating students. This discussion considers a number
of criticisms and offers a rationale for teaching literary theory in English at the tertiary level in Japan,
along with exploring depth, breadth, and ways of approaching pedagogy.
G 072
COMPUTER COMPETENCY WILL ENHANCE STATISTICAL LITERACY
Rohaizah Saad & Adam Saifudin
[email protected]
[email protected]
Aizan Yaacob
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Statistical literacy among society is crucial in facing era of globalization and competitive market. Hence,
statistic subject becoming a core subject thought at most of the university program. However, the name
of the course is varies according to needs of the program curriculum. Statistic is not an easy subject and
not attractive to students. Therefore, through action research approach this study attempt to introduce
computer knowledge that related to statistic through training may enhance students’ learning. Undergraduate students of course Statistic for Decision Making are involved which is stood at 57 students. As
mentioned in previous literature computer competency will enhance students learning in statistic. However it was not conducted in the form of action research. Therefore, the training was conducted which is
tailored to the needs of the course contents. In order to assess the students’ understanding two stages of
survey was conducted before and after the training sessions. The survey questions were developed
based on spreadsheet module which is related to statistic. Rasch Analysis Model under Item Respond
Theory was applied in evaluating the level of understanding before and after the introduction of spreadsheet statistical function in the software to the students. Winsteps version 38.1.0 is used as a tool in analysing the data collected from the survey questions. The spreadsheet software is chosen rather than other
software because of its popularity among the practitioners and also easily available and easy to learn.
The result shows that students’ computer competency are improved after the training sessions. During
the training session students are very curious and enthusiastic to learn about the statistical function that
can help them to understand statistic. Their competency has reflected in their statistic assignment where
the quality of assignment has improved. Sincerity and creativity in teaching may help students’ enhance
their knowledge as well as skills.
Field of Research:
Compute competency, Statistical literacy, Rasch Analysis Model, Excel software,
Item Respond Theory.
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THE FACEBOOK-IN-ACTION: CHALLENGING, HARNESSING AND ENHANCING STUDENTS CLASS
ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS.
ADAM MOHD SAIFUDIN1, AIZAN YACOB2 & ROHAIZAH SAAD3
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Issues of universities students harnessing and capitalizing the usage of Facebook for their own learning
capabilities and effective thinking is always the focus of education scholars, in assessing the quality class
assignments and projects produced by them. Therefore, Facebook is now becoming unbearable influence
since the internet activation in the past few years, almost totally interconnected the information sharing
and needs among those students. In this action research, the researcher explores the influence and the
active usage of Facebook whether that this social media networking are confirmed challenging, enhancing
and harnessing the learning capabilities and effective thinking among the university students. Thus they
could produce quality class assignments and projects under the supervision of their lecturer concerned.
Keywords: Action Research, Facebook, Social Media Networking, Universities, Harnessing, Capitalizing
and Learning.
G 077
MPACT OF USING SOCRATIVE FOR STUDENT
FAWZI HASAN ALTAANY & KHALID AHMMAD ALSOUDANI
[email protected]
KHALID AHMMAD ALSOUDANI
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The study aimed to investigate the uses of Socrative for student of Irbid National University at Jordan
from their perspective and impact of Socrative in performance of students (participating, collaborate,
discuss, extend and grow as a community). A questionnaire was justified and developed by the researcher
to measure the performance of student based on previous studies and questionnaire was applied to (73)
students from Irbid National University in Jordan. The study was using SPSS to analyses data. The results
indicate that uses Socrative for students at Irbid National University in Jordan there were a statistically
significant relationship between the participating, collaborate, discuss, extend and grow as a community
and performance of student. However the sample reported a significant in the all hypotheses and
accepted. The study have recommendations should gives more attention to focus on.
KEY WORD:
Socrative, students, performance, flipped education.
G 078
USABILITY EVALUATION FRAMEWORKS OF MOBILE APPLICATION: A MINI-SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
ASHRAF MOUSA SALEH & ROESNITA BINTI ISMAIL
[email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Background: Usability Evaluation (UE) is defined as the process of measuring usability and recognizing
explicit usability problems. UE in mobile application aims to identify the main issues in the user interface that may lead to human error, terminate the user interaction with the mobile application and
cause user frustration. UE frameworks are considered as major success factor and led to higher acceptance for the mobile application since the usability testing is basic of software application development. Objective: The objective o this study is to conduct a systematic review on the published scientific literature to provide the usability attributes and guidelines reviewing the previous work. Method:
The following selection criteria were used to perform a systematic search of the literature: research
studies published in English language between 2012 and 2014, targeted frameworks are commercial
including Android and IOS guidelines framework. The outcome of the study is Usability Evaluation
Metrics frameworks. The following databases were searched: ACM and Google scholar. The included
search terms were: Usability Evaluation, Usability metrics, Usability Framework, UE and Mobile Application. The criteria to select articles were limited to peer-reviewed scientific publications and review
articles also included. Results: Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, screening was done to the
24 articles. 13 articles were found eligible to be included while 11 studies were excluded. The included
studies consisted of 7 exploration tasks and visualization of interface (criteria-oriented), 6 goaloriented approaches, and 1 non-moderated usability study. Discussion : in general, (7) of proposed
usability evaluation metrics frameworks are focusing on interface visualization and graph representation, this reflected directly on developer and designer to cope within mobile application development process. On the other side, (6) studies focusing on developing conceptual usability framework.
(1) Study investigates completely on automated usability framework. Conclusion: UE Framework of
user interaction acts as a structured and general methodology for designing and evaluating mobile application by collecting usability information among user interaction with mobile applications. UE
framework is consider a theory for describing, explaining, and predicting usability differences; (2) a
method for defining, evaluating, and measuring usability objectively; (3) a process for designing builtin good usability.
Field of Research: Usability Evaluation, Usability metrics, Usability Framework, UE and Mobile
Application.
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PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM TRANSISI BAGI MEMPERSIAPKAN MURID BERKEPERLUAN PENDIDIKAN KHAS
MASALAH PEMBELAJARAN (BPKMP) KE ALAM KERJAYA
Siti Nor Idayu Mohd Nassir & Mohammad Hisyam Mohd Hashim
[email protected]
ABSTRAK
Cabaran paling besar bagi golongan berkeperluan khas di Malaysia pada hari ini adalah mendapat peluang
pekerjaan di mana laluan kerjaya untuk mereka adalah kurang jelas. Walaubagaimanapun, program transisi kerjaya yang telah dijalankan untuk murid Berkeperluan Pendidikan Khas Masalah Pembelajaran
(BPKMP) sudah dapat dibuktikan berjaya melatih mereka yang berkemahiran dan mampu bekerja melalui
Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI) sekolah menengah harian. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneroka,
memahami dan menjelaskan pelaksanaan program transisi kerjaya murid BPKMP di PPKI sekolah menengah. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan menggunakan metodologi penyelidikan kualitatif dan strategi penyelidikan kajian kes melalui pendekatan temu bual, pemerhatian dan analisis dokumen. Kaedah persampelan
bertujuan digunakan iaitu peserta yang bersesuaian seramai sebelas orang dipilih untuk menjawab persoalan kajian melalui kaedah temubual tidak berstruktur. Sebuah PPKI, SMK Mawar dipilih sebagai lokasi
kajian kerana merupakan salah sebuah sekolah rintis bagi program transisi di peringkat Bahagian Pendidikan Khas (BPK). Selain itu, sekolah tersebut juga melibatkan semua murid BPKMP bagi melatih mereka
dengan bidang kemahiran mengikut potensi individu sebagai persediaan ke alam kerjaya dan berjaya
menghasilkan murid yang mendapat pekerjaan serta mengekalkan pekerjaan tersebut. Dapatan kajian
menunjukkan terdapat tujuh amalan terbaik yang diterapkan iaitu sekolah, perancangan berpusatkan
murid, penglibatan keluarga, kolaborasi antara agensi dan pelbagai disiplin, struktur program, perkembangan murid dan kesediaan pengalaman kerja murid.
Kata Kunci:
Murid BPKMP, Program Transisi Kerjaya Murid BPKMP
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PEDAGOGIC WAYS OF SEEING: THE ENLIGHTENMENT, ROMANTICISM, AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ELT
NEIL ADDISON
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This paper will discuss the cultural connection between the modern English language teaching industry
and the historical legacies of the Western Enlightenment and the age of Romanticism. Western culture is
influenced by the intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, which served to enforce an ontological
division between `self` and `other`; Enlightenment culture represented Western progress positively whilst
conferring an inferior status on the rest of the world. Cultural demarcation between `civilized self` and
`savage other` meant that other parts of the world were judged by Europeans to be in need of the West`s
guidance, and explorers such as Stanley used these beliefs to justify the need for colonial expansion. Yet
while the Romantic counter enlightenment, with its emphasis on Burke`s sublime, astonishment and horror, caused partial paralysis of these rational faculties, it also served to further accentuate the colonialist
notion of the non-West as mysterious terra incognita awaiting discovery. Romanticism provided a sensory
threshold, or liminality, whereby it could represent other parts of the world through the creative power
of the human imagination, whilst also being bound by the liminal nature of this intermediate condition. In
specific relation to The Middle East and Asia, Romantic writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge and de
Quincy contributed to a colonialist tradition of depicting the Orient as an exotic and inscrutable place of
adventure that later writers such as Saki, Twain, Hearn, and Orwell continued to perpetuate. This genre
tradition of writing has in turn influenced modern travel guides, which further convey the promise of adventure that draws backpackers and travelers to the poorer parts of the word on ‘gap’ year travels. Such
an adventure seeking attitude towards the `other` may implicitly influence the motivation of many Westerners working abroad as English teachers, while Western created stereotypical representations of `self`
and `other` also pervade contemporary ELT materials. Therefore, of specific interest to this paper is discussing the interconnected relationship and tension between enlightened depiction of `self` and romantic
perception of the `other`, and its remnants in the pedagogic materials and political and economic practices of the English language teaching industry.
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THE IMPACT OF DYNAMIC PROTOTYPE ON USABILITY TESTING AND USER SATISFACTION: FIDELITY AND
IN-SITU PROTOTYPING
Ashraf Mousa Saleh & Dr. Roesnita Binti Ismail
[email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Nowadays mobile device is one of most used recent technology being used by different types of user’s
profiles. Despite of this, there is still lack of knowledge on how users of mobile application actually interact with the these application because few studies conducted on usability of mobile application User Interface(UI), thus it is considered as an interesting research areas. But how much can a mobile application
simplify our daily events, before it itself becomes a usability load? What are the capabilities and limitations of using mobile application with different prototyping techniques (low and high fidelity) and task
complexities of the interaction items? In the context of design, iterative prototyping can be considered as
the process of receiving feedback by end users for facilitating the iterative design of a system. Usually, an
iterative user interface design process initiates with the production of low-fidelity prototypes and continues with higher-fidelity prototypes. In this paper we will study the impact of prototype of mobile application and complexity of task for the usability test and user satisfaction. This study will discuss the effect of
mixed prototype design on usability testing, lead to affect on mobile application development industry by
integrating the fidelity with In-siut model. The expected results will show how that new suggested technique for prototyping (Mixed-In-situ prototype) has significantly effects usability level than paper type
prototype and there is a significant interaction between prototype and complexity. Eventually, with assigned complex task for user of mobile application by using computer prototype expected to gain highest
rate while paper (Low) type prototype with simple task gained lowest usability levels which generally will
affect and have directs impact on user satisfaction.
Field of Research:
prototype
usability testing, high fidelity prototype, low fidelity prototype, mobile usability
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ISLAMIC THEORITICAL MODEL FOR CRITICAL THINKING IN
TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION
NorfadelahNordin
[email protected]
Ahmad Tijani Surajudeen
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
From the time of previous Muslim Scholars to contemporary concerns about the need and ability to think
critically and to reason well has been regarded as an important and necessary outcome of education in
relation to quality work-force. In the 21st century, learning to think should be central purpose of education. The best learners do not memorize random bits and pieces of information. On one hand, the literature posits that learning should be problem or question-based (Paul & Elder, 2006). On the other hand,
interest in developing and teaching thinking skills among students, especially at the tertiary level, have
been explicitly expressed by the government as well as the private sectors since the last few decades.
This has been clearly stated in the National Education Policy, as well as in the mission and vision statements of all the institutions of higher learning in the country. At the level of secondary education, it is
stated that the policy should place more emphasis on critical and creative thinking skills (Ministry of Education Malaysia, 2005). Schools should produce students who are able to think, act, and handle situations
or problems intelligently, and this is possible only if their thinking and problem solving skills are developed (Rosnani & Suhailah, 2009). With a special reference to Islamic Model of Thinking, teachers would
be able to create the best method on their teaching. This study aims at describing a model for improving
students’ thinking in learning Islamic education. It also aims to explore how this model fulfils our responsibility as teachers of Islamic education and its contributions social and intellectual spheres of learners’ personality. It will also discover on the importance of thinking in Islam and the positive impacts of their life in
maintaining peace in society. The outcome of this study will assist Muslim teachers to carry out their responsibility in a better way which is expected to correspond with the Islamic worldview.
Keywords: Islamic Theoretical Model, Critical Thinking, Teaching, Islamic Education
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AMALAN KEPIMPINAN TEKNOLOGI PENGETUA DALAM PENGINTEGRASIAN ICT DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH
KEBANGSAAN DI MALAYSIA
Noraini Binti Abdullah, Hamidon Bin Khalid, Prof. Madya Mohd. Izham Bin Mohd. Hamzah
[email protected]
ABSTRAK
Kajian ini bertujuan meninjau amalan pengetua di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan di Malaysia sebagai
pemimpin teknologi dari aspek visi dan kepimpinan; pengajaran dan pembelajaran; amalan professional
dan produktiviti; kelengkapan infrastruktur dan; sokongan pengurusan dan pengendalian ICT. Selain itu
kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti masalah yang dihadapi oleh pengetua dalam mengimplementasikan kepimpinan teknologi dan bagaimana mereka menangani kekangan yang dihadapi di sekolah. Kajian
ini menggunakan gabungan kaedah kuantitatif dan kualitatif dalam meneliti lima aspek kepimpinan
teknologi pengetua. Data kuantitatif diperolehi daripada Soal Selidik Penilaian Kepimpinan Teknologi
Pentadbir yang akan ditadbirkan kepada 375 orang pengetua dari enam zon yang berbeza. Data kualitatif
pula diperolehi melalui temu bual enam orang pengetua dan enam orang guru dari enam zon di Malaysia. Data kuantitatif dianalisis secara deskriptif dan ujian inferensi MANOVA dengan menggunakan
perisian SPSS versi 17. Kajian ini juga telah menggunakan dapatan temu bual untuk menyokong dapatan
kuantitatif dan bagi menjawab persoalan kajian iaitu untuk mengenal pasti masalah yang dihadapi oleh
pengetua dan bagaimana mereka menangani masalah tersebut dalam mengimplementasikan kepimpinan teknologi di sekolah. Selain itu beberapa cadangan penambahbaikan untuk pengetua memainkan
peranan sebagai pemimpin teknologi yang berkesan juga di analisis melalui temu bual enam orang
pengetua dan enam orang guru.
Kata kunci : Amalan kepimpinan teknologi, pengetua, integrasi ICT, sekolah menengah kebangsaan
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CHALLENGES FACING EDUCATING NIGERIAN CHILD IN RURAL AREAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
M. J. HARUNA & B. M. LIMAN
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Education is regarded as an instrument for national development and social change as well as the process
of preparing an individual to become a functional and acceptable member of the society, it is widely
recognized as a veritable tool for addressing issues of poverty, underdevelopment, population, illiteracy,
ignorance, health problems, conflicts as well as sustainability. One of the objectives of education is to
ensure the character and moral development of the young learners and the development of sound
attitudes. Based on this fact that the paper focused on the challenges facing educating Nigerian child in
rural areas: implications for national development, the paper discusses the concept of Rural societies,
National Development, child and the developmental characteristics and problems bedeviling the social
life of the rural dwellers such as poverty, cultural challenges, psychological and socialization challenges,
others include; lack of good road networks, portable drinking water, health care delivery services, high
level of ignorance/ illiteracy, socio-economic status, as well as access to electricity . It also discusses the
effects of these challenges on educating Nigerian child such as lack of qualified teachers, non-availability
of teaching and learning materials poor supervision of schools as well as low turnout of both students and
teachers to mention but a few. The implications of these effects on national development such as poor
production of incompetent school graduates, rampant cases of school dropout and withdrawal from
schools, low morale for further education to mention but a few were also discussed. Finally conclusion
and some suggestions were made to include; community and religious leaders should intensify efforts in
motivating teachers, parents and larger society on the need to educated rural child in Nigeria for national
development. All tiers of government should among others redouble their efforts in making the more
viable for human living.
Key Words: Child, Rural Area, National Development.
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY IN
UITM JOHOR
Siti Hajar Baharin, Razifah Othman & Nurhafizah Azizan
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Aflah Isa
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Students are main assets of universities. For this reason, a quality of excellent achievement of student
becomes one of a crucial aspect in order to be a world-class university. Thus, students have to place the
greatest effort on their academic to obtain a good grade to be a great leader and manpower for the country. However, many students have been stranded due to the failure in the final examination due to some
factors. Thus, this study will be conducted to identify the most influencing factors that lead to the failure
and inferior of achievement. A questionnaire of 21 items distributed to all undergraduates’ students at
UiTM Johor branch as respective respondents. Several factors affecting students’ academic achievement
discussed in this research consist of family characteristics, self-efficacy, and university features. In addition, the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of each respondent will be collected at the end of the
semester. The data will be analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and Pearson correlation of Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). At the end of this research, highest and lowest factors influencing the
students’ achievement in their academic will be identified.
Keywords: Family Characteristics, Self-Efficacy, University Features, Interest, Academic Achievement.
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RESOURCE-BASED LEARNING (RBL) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE INFORMATION LITERACY IN GENERAL SCIENCE OF FRESHMEN SECONDARY STUDENTS
GENEVAIVE OLMILLA MELENDRES
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Resource-based learning (RBL) strategy conceptualizes learning as a process which takes into
consideration the importance of resources available to learners. Information literacy is a set of abilities
requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and use it effectively. RBL is intended at
improving learners’ information literacy skills. This study aimed to test RBL as an effective tool in
enhancing the extent of information literacy in General Science of Freshmen Secondary students of the
University of the Immaculate Conception, Bajada, Davao City. In this experimental study, the pre-test post
-test randomized group design was used. The instruments used were group performance and peer
assessment checklists, group performance rubric, and a 60-item multiple-choice type of test made by the
researcher. Data showed that there was no significant difference in the post-test results of the control
and experimental groups. Meanwhile, a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test result of the
control group was found which was consistent with the evaluation of their developed information literacy
skills done by the teacher. The outcome also indicated that majority of the students in the experimental
group developed various information literacy skills as indicated in their peer assessment and group
evaluation. RBL did not enhance information literacy of first year students but it allowed for development
of skills such as helping, listening, persuading, questioning, sharing, and respecting. It also supported the
constructivist theory of learning. It will serve well as a component of teacher-directed instruction.
Field of Research:
general science, freshmen secondary students, information literacy,
resource- based learning
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A ROBUST PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EXPOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT CAREER OPTIONS
ARTUR K. JAKUBOWSKI, DR. CHRIS PERUMALLA
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The Medical Youth Summer Program (MED YSP) designed and delivered by the Faculty of Medicine at the
University of Toronto has been impacting high school students from around the world for the past seven
years. The express purpose of MED YSP is to provide high school students an exposure to the array of
career options which are available to them in the allied health science programs, medicine and medical
research. MED YSP consists of four stand-alone weekly modules – physiology, pharmacology, molecular
biology and microbiology. The students stay at university residences and attend MED YSP, which consists
of a semi-structured curriculum consisting of lectures by world-class professors, hands-on wet lab
experimentation, and interaction with instructors, who are senior undergraduate students. To-date, 1849
students have participated in the program and 52 undergraduate students have served as instructors in
the program. Questionnaires are conducted every year to study the efficacy of the program. The results of
these questionnaires will be discussed to show the impact the program is having on the students and
their career choices.
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LANAO DEL SUR PILGRIMS’ PERCEPTIONS OF PHILIPPINE HAJJ MANAGEMENT 2010-2012:
BASIS FOR AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Dr. LABIMOMBAO A. DIMA-MACABANDO
[email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
For the Hajj, all roads lead to the Holy Land of Makkah. The Hajj is both iconic and symbolic. It
symbolizes the unity and solidarity of the Muslim world, as well as the ideal of equality; it is a time when
all differences, divisions, and distinctions disappear, and human or man-made barriers collapse. Universal
brotherhood or fraternal solidarity reign as people of different colors and castes, speaking different
languages, and of various political beliefs, come from different parts of the world, to join the annual
assembly in Makkah and perform one of the pillars of Islam. One is filled with awe on seeing millions of
Muslims dressed in two white sheets of cloth gathered at Arafat to complete the Hajj ritual.
The enforcement of the ideal of Muslim brotherhood is one of the quintessential concepts of Hajj;
it is the greatest social ideal of the Islamic faith. This unity which is based on one God – Allah (s.w.t.), one
Book – the Holy Qur’an – one Qiblah, the Kaabah – and one leader, the Prophet Mohammad (s.a.w.)
transcends all other forms of unity based on territory, geographical boundary, linguistic and ethnic
affinity. The mission of the Prophet (s.a.w.) was to unify and cement the Ummah under the banner of La
ilah illa Allah Muhammad Rasulullah (Haque, 1999). And this mission is seen fulfilled during the Hajj.
The researcher hopes and prays that this research work will be put to good use and that the Muslim
Filipinos can benefit from it not only for this year, or next year, but for the generations to come including
her children, grandchildren, and the forthcoming generations as well.
Keywords: Hajj, intervention program, Islamic faith, pillars, unity, solidarity
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IMPLEMENTATION OF VIDEO GAMES AS TEACHING AID FOR MORAL EDUCATION SUBJECT IN MALAYSIAN KINDERGARTEN
Khairul Akhyar Abdullah, Dr.Zamhar Iswandono Ismail
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
With the prevalence of mobile devices today, more children are exposed to playing video games on
these devices. Some parents are concerned on the effects of video games on their children’s behaviour
especially with the rising case of moral problems among youth. The authors believe to resolve this requires laying the foundation at a very young age, thus a research was conducted on how video games can
aid Moral Education subject in kindergarten school level. This study focuses on teachers and students
from four different kindergartens in Labuan, Malaysia. The objective of this study is to research whether
video games can be used as an aid to instil positive moral values towards children during their study in
kindergarten. During the research, a prototype for an educational game was produced by using data from
the Moral Education subject based on KEMAS’ (Community Development Department) kindergarten education syllabus. This research takes on four kindergartens under KEMAS in Labuan. This study utilises the
Action Case research methodology with application of qualitative case method. All the research methods
use already approved and supported by KEMAS organization. The researchers propose a two part methodology. First is pre-fieldwork, where the researchers interview the teachers and observe the class session during Moral Education subject to attain data needed to produce the video game. The second part
was post-fieldwork, when the researchers interview the teachers and observe the children’s behaviour
after playing the video game. The overall result from this research shows that video games are applicable
as an aid to instil moral values towards the children and the teachers support the idea of using video
games as a teaching aid. The researchers hope that this research will be useful for kindergarten teachers
and also the local video games industry.
Keywords—Moral values, children, teachers ,kindergarten curriculum, KEMAS organisation, and video
games.
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND CONDUCT IN CLASS AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS TOWARDS EFFECTIVE
TEACHING
SABARUDIN ZAKARIA, NORHANIM DEWA
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The goal of teaching is to improve student learning by maximizing opportunities of learning and
understanding in every lesson. In many cases lecturers fail to transfer knowledge to students effectively
despite having sound technical knowledge in the subject area. The existence of knowledge stimulates the
context of real life scenarios and real world experiences that assist understanding of theories (Heffernan
et al., 2003). Teaching as a process of communicating and imparting basic knowledge as well as skills in a
formal or informal situation bring about a change in behaviour (Osakwe, 2009). Teaching is an interactive
process between the instructor and the learners via the process of communication that directs learning
activities. This paper attempts to identify students’ view and perception of teachers based on two
teaching characteristics - teacher’s communication skills and conduct in class. A survey is distributed to
students that enrolled in an undergraduate business related program of two private higher learning
institutions. The results affirm that conduct in class as well as communication skills are perceived by
students as the characteristics required in an effective teachers.
Keywords: conduct in class, communication skills, effective teaching, academic performance, students’
perception
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AN EVALUATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROBLEMS IN MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT
BECOMES GRADUALLY ACTIVE EDUCATIONAL MODEL WITH THE GLOBALIZATION
İbrahim AYGÜN
Turkish Air War College
Abstract
The borders between the countries are disappeared with the ever-evolving technology and transportation
convenience by airplanes thus the world became a global village metophorically. In this global village
people in different nations stick to each other very deeply in every aspect of life such as transportation,
education, business, entartaintment and industry. This situation has very positive effects on everybody
however it includes some problems in itself. Different acts in every culture might be percieved differently.
As an example; speaking aloud in Kenya is percieved as an offensive action yet in France it can be seen as
a normal way of expressing yourself. Another example; in American culture it is important to be a goodhomoured man/woman in a meeting whereas in Russian culture it could be perceived as frivolity. It is
inevitable that if the students who are grown in his/her own country get education in another country
would face this type of problems. In this point the teachers should have responsibility in order to solve
the problems that their students face with. In this article author tries to evaluate the problems which the
students might confront with in order to get education in a different culture or country and tries to make
suggestions about how to solve this kind of problems.
Key Words : Education, Culture, Globalization, Cultural Diversity,Multicultural
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WESTERN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM-CONFUSION AND THE ISLAMIC SYSTEM OF EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS
ON THE IMPLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL DUALISM IN NIGERIA AND MALAYSIA
TAHIR ABDURRAHMAN ABUBAKAR
[email protected]
ABDUL HAKIM ABDULLAH
hakimabd.unisza.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Prior to the Christian missionaries and euro-colonial adventurers in Nigeria and Malaysia, Islam was subsumed a complete way of life, and Islamic system of education was referred a holistic approach to learning, as was the case in the early ages of Islamic civilization. A dual system, spiritual and material approaches, were incidentally employed, each of which is an enemy to the other. The two systems have different
approach to education and made unrelated provisions towards the development of mankind. The focus
of Islamic education was on integrating individuals who are masters in their specializations and are
equipped with fundamental values of Islam. Thus, the real purpose of man as an ‘abd’ (worshipper) and
his natural role as Allah’s vicegerent (khalifatullah) on earth can be achieved. The newly imported system
falls short as it focuses on physical wellbeing and the temporal life achievement, these systems has negatively impacted the individuals, family and the entire communal life. As such the Islamic education faces
chronic challenges from different dimensions resulting from the amalgamation. This also created it continues collapse unconditionally. The paper will purposely describe the clear concept of Islamic education,
its philosophy and the Western system. The paper will analyse the chronic nature and numerous implication of educational dualism on social and educational well-beings in both countries. The paper will also
suggest recommendations to strategize efforts for the reformation of contents, methods and curriculum
so as to plan for the real integrative system with balance policies.
Keywords: Education, Islamic education, Western education, implication, and educational dualism.
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USE OF WEB-TOOLS TO IMPROVE STUDENT CONCEPTIONS ON LIFE ENERGY AND PROCESSES
Louie B. Dasas1, 2
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Learners of today significantly differ from the past generations in terms of communication, clothes, preferences, styles, etc. (Prensky, 2001). Different brandings such as N-gen or D-gen have been given to the 21st
century generation because of their attitudes towards using technology not just as a means but as a necessity. Educators are challenged to look for means to utilize technology in the classroom. It is found that
student engagement in the learning process can be achieved through technology tools and resources
(Kezema, 2011; Laru, 2012). This study explores on the effectiveness of using web-based tools in improving student conceptions in Biology specifically in the topic Life Energy and Processes. An intact class of First
Year college students taking up a General Biology course served as the participants of this study. The participants were engaged to utilize readily available, free web-based tools as means of understanding the
topics presented in class. Online web-based tools are used as means to reinforce understanding from class
discussions. Results of the pre-test and post-test as well as the Life Energy and Processes Concepts Checklist are compared to find out how students conceptions on the topic compare before and after exposure to
web-based tools. In addition, reflection papers and structured interviews are used to provide qualitative
descriptions pertaining to change in student conceptions pertinent to the topic on Life Energy and Processes. Results of this study are deemed significant in understanding better the role of technology in the academe.
Field of Research:
science education; web tools; technology in education
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STUDENT PERCEPTION ON CURRENT SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICE IN SRI LANKA
(With reference to Anuradhapura Zone)
P.R.D.Chathurika
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The main focus of this paper is to identify the perception of students on school based counseling service
in Sri Lanka. Schools and Students in present classrooms are facing tremendous range of challenges due
to significant changes of social-economic and cultural background & according their developmental stages. To overcome these problems through schools and to enhance the personality development of students, school counseling has been introduced in Sri Lankan school system since 1960s. To enhance the
current school counseling service in a productive way, perception of students, teachers and principals are
more important as key stakeholders. Main objectives of this research were to identify students perception on school counseling service, find out problems faced by students when receiving this service and
what kind of service student prefer to have from school counseling service. Methodologically the researcher worked with four schools in the district of Anuradhapura to gather raw data. 100 students were
taken as the sample. A survey design was employed as the major research approach. Semi structured
questionnaire and interview schedule was engaged to collect data as instruments. Majority of the students (73%) have recognized counseling service as a method of giving advices by senior teacher/teachers
appointed as counselors. As a main problem 65% do not have much confidence about School Counselor
especially with individual counseling. For that reason 52% do not satisfy about the current counseling services in their schools and about the place that use as counseling room. Most of the students prefer to
have professional guidance, Educational Counselling and individual counseling for their personal problems with confidential counselor. Therefore this research recommended enhancing the awareness on
school counseling among stakeholders to overcome these misconceptions. Moreover it can be suggested
to provide a better training for school counselors and to establish a good monitoring system and also
sufficient facilities should be provided to the counseling service in school level.
Key words: perception, school counseling
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INEXPERIENCE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION, DIFFICULTIES AND CHALLENGES TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION
OF LAB-BASED INQUIRY APPROACH: A CASE STUDY IN BHUTAN
Tshering Nidup & Supan Yodyingyong*
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
An Inquiry approach has been widely recognized as effective instructional method in science education
and, lab-based inquiry is well acknowledged in chemistry education. Many researchers in this field raised
some issues like identifying aspects of inquiries that results in more fruitful outcome; need of more research on students’ performance towards teacher-designed inquiry – based instruction; opinions of students on lab based inquiry, and relationship between students’ lab experience and learning. Implementation of lab-based inquiry has resulted in wide range of students’ experience in laboratory activity in secondary schools. However the experience of students in laboratory work is restricted to ones’ learning environment like curriculum, syllabus, school culture, resources, skills, and time beside other issues. Therefore, the current study looks into the perception, challenges and difficulties faced by students who have
no experience or little experience of inquiry based laboratory activities. A case study included 43 students
from one of the secondary schools in Bhutan. The teacher designed lab-based inquiry of two lessons on
the concept of colloids to understand the effect of size of particles in solution was implemented. The data
collected from questionnaires, semi-structured interview and student reflections indicated positive perception towards the approach; satisfaction and confidence, enjoy working in groups, active participation,
and positive look towards probing questions and in building teacher-student relationship. However factors like management of time, slow process, handling of laboratory apparatus and its uses (test tubes,
measuring cylinder, burette, conical flask, etc..,) observation skills, fear of chemical and fragility of glass
apparatus were some of many difficulties and challenges faced by the students. The study suggest the
need of students’ knowledge and experience in use and handling of laboratory apparatus and, observation skills are important for implementation of such approach to remedy the shortcoming of time and
efficiency. Issues to overcome problems are discussed.
Keywords: Inquiry, Inquiry Lab, Lab-Based Inquiry, Laboratory Apparatus, Colloids, Particle Size
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A HANDS-ON PHYSICAL MODEL FOR TEACHING QUANTUM NUMBERS AND RULES FOR WRITING ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
Jampel Choda & Pirom Chenprakhon
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Quantum numbers describe the distribution of electron(s) around the nucleus of the atom. The information of quantum numbers can help to understand the rules and principles of writing electron configuration (arrangement of electrons). Learning in this topic has been found difficult for student to learn as
the content in this topic is abstract. Literatures report that students face learning difficulties and confusion when relating quantum numbers to energy level and electron configuration. Literatures also report
that students learn these concepts and processes mainly through use of analogies and mnemonic technique to memorize and remember rather than fostering students’ conceptual understanding and internalizing the process. As a remedy for these problems, a hands-on physical model has been developed to facilitate students’ conceptual understanding of quantum numbers and understand the meaning and application of principles and rules for writing electron configuration. The model is made from foam board,
bamboo stick and plastic beads which are cheap and readily available. Model has a promising scope for
students and teachers in the field of chemistry to use in the class for teaching and learning of various concepts such as relationship between four quantum numbers, variation of energy levels in the atomic orbitals, valence electron, atomic radius, Hund’s rule, Pauli Exclusion Principle and Aufbau principle. Besides,
addressing wide range of concepts, model also provides teachers a flexible approach as teachers may resort to use this for demonstration purpose or as a hands-on activity for students to construct their own
knowledge in an entertaining way. Therefore, this paper presents the detail description of the construction of the model and how to use it in the real classroom setting.
Key words:
hands-on physical model, quantum numbers, electron configuration.
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TEACHER’S DIARY AS AN AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT MEDIA FOR STUDENT AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
(STUDY CASE AT SCHOOL OF NATURAL BENGAWAN SOLO)
Anafi Nur ’Aini 1, Mega Permata Hadisaputri 2, and Meita Arsita 3
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
The changing of national curriculum from KTSP to K13 caused changes the way in assessment, from
cognitive that focused in the result became authentic assessment (affective, psychomotor, and cognitive)
that focused on process until got the result. But, there are still many obstacles in the implementation of
K13. Many teachers have difficulty in understanding this authentic assessment. SABS Elementary School
(School of Natural Solo) located at Bengawan Solo riverbank, Gondangsari village, Juwiring, Klaten,
Central Java . It has been implementing the authentic assessment and has been using diary book as
assessment media. Teachers observe and then record each student activities in a diary to determine
student progress in terms of affective, psychomotor and cognitive. But the implementation of diary has
not well structured. There is not clear guidelines for writing and there are differences form inter the
teacher. Based on these problems, the authors are interested to having research about how the
implementation of diary as assessment media of learning in the School of Natural Solo through qualitative
research using case studies method. The purpose of this paper is develop writing guidance and the
structure of diary book so it can be implemented in elementary schools in Indonesia to demands of
authentic assessment in the curriculum 2013.
Field of Research: Authentic Assesment, Natural school of Bengawan Solo, Teacher’s diary book
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HOW EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS CAN INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVITY THROUGH PLAY
IN YOUNG CHILDREN
D.M.W.MUNASINGHE
[email protected] , [email protected]
Abstract
This study focuses on how teachers view and use play to influence creativity in preschool children. Play
is strongly featured in most of the discussions about creativity in young children. Hence, it was noted
through direct observation that most preschool teachers are not concerned with promoting play to develop the child’s creativity. Therefore, this study attempts to investigate how the teachers use play, for the
development of creativity in the preschool environment. The survey method was used as the research
design and interviews, observations and document perusal were used as data collection methods. The
sample consisted of 20 preschools from selected administrative divisions in the Colombo district. It was
revealed that a majority of preschool teachers used folk games as a means of involving children in play.
Teachers assume that this type of guided play will motivate the child learn new words, memorization and
provide enjoyment. Eighty per cent of the preschool teachers used the play equipment installed in the
preschool premises to encourage children to get involved in activities calculated at promoting the physical development of the child. In 40% of the preschools visited it was noticed that when children were
given their break they created their own forms of free play and enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the
little time available to them. Also, about 20% of preschool teachers promoted imaginative play with their
preschoolers. There was also the situation where the role of play was interpreted negatively by the teachers who assigned the children to copy letters and numerals during the time assigned for play. This has a
negative impact on the child’s creativity. In conclusion, it was felt that the teachers do not make the best
use of the opportunity available to use the child’s enthusiasm to stimulate creative actions in him/her and
that there is no suitable environment to develop creativity through play.
Keywords— Creativity, Preschool children, Preschool environment, Play method.
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THINKING STYLE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SELECTED FIRST YEAR TEACHER EDUCATION
STUDENTS AT THE LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY LOS BAÑOS CAMPUS
KAREN A. MANAIG, ALBERTO D. YAZON, JOHN FREDERICK B. TESORO
[email protected] , [email protected], [email protected]
ABSTRACT
This research aimed to determine the thinking styles and academic achievement of Selected First
Year Teacher Education Students at the Laguna State Polytechnic University, Los Baños Campus, Los
Baños, Laguna.
Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions, what is the profile of the respondents in
terms of age and gender, What is the academic achievement of First Year Teacher Education Students at
LSPU-LB Campus?, What are the thinking styles of First Year Teacher Education Students at LSPU-LB
Campus? And is there a significant relationship between students’ thinking styles and academic
performance?
The research employed descriptive-correlational research design. The respondents of the study
were forty-nine (49) First Year Teacher Education Students at the Laguna State Polytechnic University, Los
Baños Campus, Los Baños, Laguna. They were randomly selected for this study. The research instrument
of this study used was the standardized “Thinking Style Test” by Professor Anthony Gregorc. In terms of
their academic achievement the researcher used their General Weighted Average of First and Second
Semesters Academic Year 2013-2014 from the Office of the Registrar. Frequency counts, arithmetic mean,
weighted mean, standard deviation test and Chi square were used as statistical tools in this study.
This study concludes that there exist no significant relationship between students’ thinking styles
and academic achievement.
It is recommended that teachers should properly acknowledge different thinking styles of their
students to ensure quality learning. Future researchers may try other thinking models and its relation to
academic performance. Likewise, significant differences in the thinking styles between male and female
should also be considered.
Keywords: Thinking Styles, Academic Achievement, Students
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SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-EFFICACY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE COLLEGE OF TEACHER
EDUCATION STUDENTS AT THE LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, LOS BAÑOS CAMPUS, AY
2013-2014
A Research Presented to the College of Teacher Education
ALBERTO D. YAZON
October, 2013
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to determine the level of self-esteem, self-efficacy and academic performance of
the College of Teacher Education students and to find out the relationship between these variables. To
satisfy these objectives, the study used the descriptive research design and the method employed was
descriptive-correlational. The researcher used the General Self-Efficacy Scale by Schwarzer and
Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale. The gathered data was treated using frequency counts, percentage,
weighted mean, and Pearson r.
The findings of the study have revealed that:
1. BSEd Math students ranked first with general weighted average of 90.70 followed by BSEd
English, Bio. Sci., Filipino, BEEd, Soc. Sci. and TLE with GWA of 89.75, 89.19, 88.38, 88.00, 86.88 and 86.41,
respectively.
2. Out of 194 respondents, 116 or 59.79% of the total number of the respondents have high level
of self-esteem and 76 or 39.18% have an average level while 2 or 1.03% have low level of self-esteem.
Meanwhile, majority of the respondents (119 or 61.34%) have high level of self-efficacy and 75 or 38.66%
have an average level and none of the respondents has a low level of self-efficacy.
3. According to the results, only General Weighted Average and Self-esteem and Self-esteem and
Self-efficacy showed low correlations with r-values of 0.2676 and 0.3395, respectively.
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FAKTOR TARIKAN PELAJAR KE PROGRAM SARJANA MUDA DI AKADEMI ISLAM, KOLEJ UNIVERSITI ISLAM
ANTARABANGSA SELANGOR
ZANARIAH DIMON, NAZNEEN ISMAIL,
[email protected]
ABSTRAK
Perkembangan pendidikan yang pesat di negara ini telah membuka banyak peluang kepada pelajar
lepasan SPM dan STPM untuk menyambung pengajian ke peringkat yang lebih tinggi sama ada di Institut
PengajianTinggi Awam (IPTA) atau Institut Pengajian Tinggi Swasta (IPTS). Proses membuat pemilihan
tempat dan kursus juga menjadi semakin sukar kerana semua IPT ini menawarkan pelbagai pilihan
program berkualiti dan berdaya saing yang bertujuan menarik perhatian pelajar. Kajian ini dilaksanakan
dengan tujuan melihat faktor-faktor yang menjadi tarikan pelajar dalam memilih institusi pengajian bagi
melanjutkan pengajian mereka khususnya Akademi Islam Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor
(KUIS). Kajian terdahulu dilihat banyak mengkaji faktor pemilihan pelajar ke IPTA dalam bidang sains dan
teknikal. Tidak banyak kajian dibuat mengenai faktor pemilihan pelajar ke IPTS amnya dan KUIS
khususnya terutamanya dalam bidang pengajian Islam. Kajian ini merupakan kajian lapangan dengan
kaedah pengumpulan data menggunakan instrumen soal selidik dan analisis data menggunakan SPSS.
Dalam kajian rintis ini, seramai 24 orang pelajar semester dua program Sarjana Muda Syariah dengan
Undang-Undang memberikan maklum balas menerusi borang soal selidik yang diedarkan. Hasil kajian
mendapati faktor utama yang menyumbang kepada pemilihan pelajar ke Akademi Islam adalah kerana
kursus pengajian yang berteraskan integrasi ilmu yang ditawarkan di Akademi Islam KUIS.
Kata kunci: faktor pemilihan, program sarjana muda, Akademi Islam
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ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN INTERNALISING QUALITY CULTURE IN INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
MALAYSIA
Muhammad Ibrahim Bello & Hairuddin Muhammed Ali, Mohammed Waziri Bularafa
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The study examines the influence of leadership roles related to organisational capability consisting of directing setting, strategic and organisational process, alignment, intervention and strategic capability on
depending variable internalising quality culture in IIUM. The study used 100 samples consisting of lecturers, non-academic staff and students drew through purposive sampling in Gombak campus. The study
employed descriptive and multiple regression analysis (MRA) in analysing the data. The results revealed
that predictors directing setting, strategic and organisational processes and strategic capabilities significantly influenced internalising quality culture in IIUM.
Key words Leadership, leadership roles, quality, quality culture, IIUM
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN KATSINA STATE NIGERIA
Dr. Salisu Abba Yangaiya
Department of Educational Foundations
Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsinma
Katsina state, Nigeria
Email: [email protected]
H/P: 08032877965
Abdussalam Abubakar
Department of Economics
Umaru Musa Yaradua University Katsina
Katsina state, Nigeria
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Empowerment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) of secondary school teachers in Katsina state Nigeria. The study also examines
which sub-scale of empowerment best predicts OCB. The study uses empowerment scale (ES) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior Questionnaire (OCBQ) to get the needed data. Questionnaires were adopted and adapted. In all 370 secondary school teachers’ were used as sample of this study. Standard multiple regression was used to analyze the data collected using Statistical Package for Social Science research
(SPSS) version 20.0. Findings indicate that the three sub-scales of empowerment namely; perceive control
(Pcont), perceive competence (Pcomp) and goal internalization (Gintern) predict Organizational Citizenship Behavior (R2 = .30). Additionally, among the sub-scales of empowerment Pcomp and Gintern were
the best predictors of OCB with β .32 and β .22 respectively. However, Pcontrol is the least predictor of
OCB with β .13. The findings contribute to the existing literature as before now few studies were conducted in the area in Katsina state in particular and Nigeria in general.
Keywords: Empowerment, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Multiple Regressions, Secondary School
Teachers, Nigeria.
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LANGUAGE AND GENDER: FEAR OF EVALUATION IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING
Mahfuzah Rafek, Nur Hani Laily Ramli, Nurul Ain Hasni
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
In Malaysian classroom context, language learning is usually perceived as ordinary and less troublesome
when it comes to first language (Bahasa Malaysia). Nevertheless, one has to agree that complaints are
frequently voiced regarding second language learning (English). The most prominent detectable problem
is viewed during evaluation in class where students are struggling to perform due to fear. Banks (2008)
has portrayed that fear-if left unattended- will eventually hamper the learning process. Apart from that, it
has been proven that female and male perceive fear differently (Wicks-Nelson & Israel, 2006). Hence, it is
necessary to further investigate the severity of the problem. This study is conducted to identify students'
perceptions of Fear of Evaluation as well as to determine the level of fear (also known as anxiety) for
different gender. The instrument used is a set of questionnaire adapted from the measurement scale
called FLCAS (Foreign Language Class Anxiety Scale) which was introduced by Horwitz (1983). A total number of 56 university students are involved in this study.
Field of Research: Evaluation, Fear, Language Learning, Gender, Students
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AN INTEGRAL ASIE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODEL: AN INTEGRATED APPROACHED IN INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNING & TEACHING ENVIRONMENT
Ismail Md. Zain, Ph.D
[email protected]
Associate Professor Balakrishnan Muniandy, Ph.D
[email protected]
Wahid Hashim
[email protected]
Abstract
Instructional design is the main key to the formulation on instructional planning. Its play an important
role in education as it has an impact on the learning and teaching process. In the era of 21 st century learning, students must have varieties of skills in order to be globally competitive for success in today’s world
as well as to face the issue of employability. Thus, teachers need to equip themselves with an extensive
pedagogical, technological and content knowledge (TPACK) effectively in their instructional planning
(Mishra, P., & Koehler, M.J., 2006). An Integral ASIE Instructional Design Model (Ismail Zain, Balakrishnan,
M., 2014) is developed as alternative solution to the above challenges and requirements for schools and
institutions of higher learning. It is an acronym for Analyze, Strategize, Implement and Evaluate. It is interactive to the user, integrative in planning the content, prescriptive in the planning procedures and constructive in the organization of the components. An Integral ASIE ID Model has a planning mechanism
known as Multiple Integration Worksheet (MIW). This unique features guide instructors/ teachers in the
process of formulating & integrating the best possible practices in the instructional planning strategies.
Workshops have been conducted for teachers to develop in-depth understanding of ASIE model. The indication of the effectiveness is represented by the percentage of respondents’ frequencies to the five-level
Likert scale.
Keywords: Instructional design, ASIE Model, instructional planning, Multiple Integration Worksheet (MIW)
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THE CHALLENGES THAT VISUALLY-IMPAIRED STUDENTS AT SULTAQN QABOOS UNIVERSITY FACE IN
LEARNING ENGLISH
Maryam Said AL Ghafri
Sultan Qaboos University
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
English language learning is essential for the visually-impaired population to be better integrated into society. This paper investigates the challenges that visually-impaired students at SQU encounter when
learning English. Specifically, it investigates the four English language skills (e.g., listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The paper reviews the literature in this area in order to: define literacy for the visuallyimpaired; explore English language acquisition for the visually-impaired and shed light on the different
challenges students encounter in acquiring these skills. The findings of the data were acquired using a
questionnaire circulated among eighteen visually-impaired students who have studied English courses at
SQU, as well as an interview with an instructor who has experience in teaching visually-impaired students.
The findings indicate that the students face difficulties in all four skill areas, with writing being the most
challenging. The paper concludes with recommendations to reduce these challenges for visually impaired
students in learning English at SQU.
Field of research: visually-impaired, blind, low vision, English learning acquisition, English language skills,
challenges.
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THE PREVALENCE AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON MOBILE LEARNING: THE CASE FOR UPM’S FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Umayra Mohammed Said
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Mobile learning is gaining remarkable attention as a key learning platform due to its uniqueness in facilitating learning at all levels of education at anytime and anywhere. It’s successful adoption however highly
depends on accessibility of the underlying mobile technologies to students, and students’ perception towards the use of the technologies as an alternative learning platform. The main aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of and students’ perceptions towards mobile learning in an institution of higher
learning with a case of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The study also seeks to determine how mobile
technologies contribute to improving student’s academic performance through accessing various learning
services and applications. We report on the results of a survey of eighty- six (86) postgraduate students
at Faculty of Education of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) about their utilization of mobile devices and
technologies and their perception on the use of the technologies for learning. Results reveal that a majority of the respondents use their mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones and tablets for writing down
assignments, searching the web for study, accessing the university’s LMS, reading books and academic
papers, and communicating with colleagues on social networks. The results further indicate a strong belief amongst respondents on the role of mobile learning technologies and devices to their academic performance improvement in various ways
Field of Research: Instructional technology, Technology interaction in education, Mobile learning
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THE MSU-SASE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE MSU EXTERNAL
UNITS THROUGH AN ACADEMIC INTERVENTION PROGRAM: SOME PROPOSALS
Dr. ANNA LIZA A. LOMOLJO
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This study attempted to investigate the teacher factors and student factors that have contributed to
the increased performance of the graduating high school students from the MSU External Units in the
MSU-SASE. The respondents of the study were the forty-two (42) teachers who served as lecturers in the
Academic Intervention Program. One hundred eighty (180) graduating high school students from the
twelve (12) external high schools who participated in the training program were also utilized as
respondents of the study. Since all of the participants were included in the study, population sampling
was not applied.
The descriptive-correlation design was employed in the study. The gathering of pertinent data and
other relevant information was done through the use of a number of instruments such as questionnaires
and standardized tests.
The following are the major findings of the study: 1) Majority (59.51%) of the teachers had MA
and/or Ph.D. Degrees; 2) The teachers had varied number of years of teaching experience; 3) Majority
(61.90%) of the teachers were old with their ages ranging from 40 to 60 years old and above; 4) Majority
of the teachers had master teacher ranks; 5) Majority (69.04%) of the teachers were PBET/LET passers;
23.87% were CSC passers; 6) A great majority (88.9%) of the students had poor IQ level or mental
ability; 7) More than one half (67%) of the students were studying their lessons frequently. The
computed mean was 3.12 denoting that they were frequently studying; 8) The parents of the students
mostly belonged to the low-income group. The fathers of the students earned only an approximate
monthly income of P5,000.00 while more than one half of the mothers were also earning less than
P5,000.00 a month; 9) A big percentage (more than 50%) of the students' parents' educational
attainment were from college down to the primary level; 10) Some (21.8%) of the fathers had only
finished high school while some (22.8%) of the mothers finished elementary only.
The scores of the students and the civil status of the teachers, the gender of the students and the
income of the fathers had significant correlation with the achievement of the students. The regression
analysis showed three significnt predictors such as civil status of teachers, gender of students and income
of fathers
Keywords: teacher factors, student factors, low-income group, external high schools
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CULTURE AND BEHAVIOUR AS A MECHANISM IN SHARING KNOWLEDGE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UiTM JOHOR
Suhaila Osman, Nurhafizah Azizan, Azura A.Jamil @Kamaruddzzaman, Razifah Othman,
Siti Noorsiah Jamaludin
[email protected]
Muna Kameela Sauid
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Due to the technology cultured in today’s world, the learning process has started to change. Student
nowadays are persistently required to do some transformation in gaining knowledge. Concerning to this,
a considerable Knowledge Management (KM) are important so that students are expected to gain the capability of managing their knowledge and to achieve their superior performance. As the consequence,
Knowledge Sharing (KS) process will be subsist, as KS is a part of KM. By implementing KS, students will
share their knowledge better with their friends in a diligence ways and platform. Two research objectives
were addressed in this research that is to examine how culture affect knowledge sharing among Information Management Undergraduate Students’ in UiTM Johor and to investigate the behaviours of Information Management Undergraduate Students’ in UiTM Johor when sharing their knowledge among colleagues. This study use quantitative method to collect and gather the data and convenient sampling were
chosen as the Sampling Techniques. The researchers are able to collect 70 percent of the distributed
questionnaires. Findings show that knowledge sharing activities does exist in UiTM Johor. This study proposed some changes in attitudes and behaviors, trust and innovation, top management support, strong
relationship between academicians and students and lastly, rewards to reinforce knowledge sharing
behaviorsas the recommendation to the organization.
Field of Research: Knowledge sharing, culture, behaviors, trust, Undergraduate students.
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PERANAN PENDIDIKAN PERAKAUNAN DALAM PEMBANGUNAN INSAN
Mohamad Sofuan Bin Mohamad Saleh
Jabatan Perakaunan, Fakulti Pengurusan & Muamalah,
Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor, Malaysia
[email protected]
ABSTRAK
Pembangunan insan merupakan satu proses mendidik manusia untuk melahirkan insan kamil dalam menyempurnakan hakikat manusia dan kemanusiaan. Pendidikan subjek perakaunan yang diimplementasikan di peringkat pendidikan menengah mahupun pengajian tinggi merupakan satu proses mendidik ke
arah pembangunan insan. Ini kerana konsep perakaunan (account) yang menjadi teras kepada istilah accountable (bertanggung-jawab dan dipertanggung-jawabkan), merupakan satu kerangka prima (prime
framework) yang mendasari proses pembangunan insan. Di dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran
perakaunan; pendidikan perakaunan, para pelajar didedahkan dan dititiberatkan dengan konsep-konsep
ketepatan (accuracy), kewujudan (existence or occurance), lengkap, sempurna dan menyeluruh
(completeness), hak dan obligasi (right and obligation), menepati tempuh masa (cutoff or timeliness) dan
klasifikasi (classification). Konsep-konsep perakaunan tersebut merupakan elemen asas penting yang
mampu mendorong seseorang menjadi individu yang accountable. Justeru, kosep-konsep perakaunan tersebut adalah sangat relevan dan signifikan dalam proses pembangunan insan, terutamanya individuindividu yang berlatarbelakangkan perakaunan untuk menjadi insan yang accountable. Oleh yang
demikian, dengan merujuk kepada konsep-konsep perakaunan tersebut, secara teorinya penyelidik
mengkaji sejauh manakah hubungkaitnya pendidikan konsep-konsep perakaunan tersebut dalam pembangunan insan.
Kata kunci: Pendidikan perakaunan, akhlak, pembangunan insan.
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD) KEY CONCEPTS INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL TEXT
BOOKS AND TEACHER MANUALS FOR SECONDARY CORE SUBJECTS IN SRI LANKA
K.G.C.Kandangama,
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) develops perspectives for changing pupils’ life styles towards sustainability. Sustainable Development is a good vision and the ultimate target of the development topics in many countries. Aim of this study was to identify Education for Sustainable Development
(ESD) key concepts included in text books grade 9,10 and 11 (core Subjects) and teacher manuals in same
grades. As core subjects Science, Mathematics, History, Sinhala Language, Buddhism, and English are included in this study. According to the needs of study except core subject the researcher decided to look
into the Geography text books and teacher manuals of grade 9, 10, and 11 too. In Sri Lanka text books are
resources to students. They are the supplementary reading books for students written focusing on the
topics of school syllabi. Ministry of Education in Sri Lanka is responsible authority to prepare text books.
Teacher manuals are designed by the National Institute of Education in Sri Lanka. The teacher manuals
are a rich source that gives guide line to the teacher to prepare day today lessons to learners. And also
give guideline in assessing students. The seven ESD key concepts that were examined interdependence,
citizenship and stewardship, diversity, sustainable change, needs and rights of future generations, uncertainty and precaution, quality of life, equity and justice. In this study sample of textbooks of grade 9.10
and 11 were used. In addition to that teacher manuals were also observed. Content analysis was used as
the methodology in this study. This content analysis shows that the core subjects do not have reasonable number of ESD concepts for the learners and reasonable amount of ESD concepts which are important for the future generation to gain a future sustainable society cannot be seen too. As a subject
Geography though it is not a core subject had much of these ESD related ideas without specifying ESD key
concepts.
Key words: Sustainable Development, Education for Sustainable Development, Text Books, Teacher Manuals, Secondary Education.
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TOPIC: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (SYSTEM ANALYST) AN ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
REQUIRED FOR SYSTEMS ANALYST: CASE STUDY IN ASTRO MALAYSIA HOLDINGS BHD
SITI NOORSIAH BINTI JAMALUDIN1, RAZIFAH OTHMAN2, NURHIDAYAH BINTI HASHIM3, MOHD FAIZAL
BIN MOHD RAMSI4 & SUHAILA BINTI OSMAN5.
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Abstract
In the rapidly changing field of Information Systems, skills and knowledge required for Information
Systems professionals is important for an organization to transform its IT investment into a competitive
advantage and new strategic opportunities. An interview was conducted with two (2) system analysts in
Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd to asking respondent pertaining to the knowledge and skills of the system
analyst. From the analysis, it shows that Information Systems knowledge relating to the entire
organization and overall business knowledge will be an important aspect to perform their job function
successfully. This mini case study ends up with a conclusion of system analyst in Malaysian environment.
Keywords: System analyst, information systems skills, information systems knowledge
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THE ROLE OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF AT UNIVERSITY
AIDA MEHRAD
[email protected]
HANINA HALIMATUSSADIAH BINTI HAMSAN
[email protected]
MA’ROF BIN REDZUAN
[email protected]
HASLINDA ABDULLAH
[email protected]
Abstract
Job satisfaction assumed as a one of the main factor among academic staff and placed as a basic inner
feeling for them. Moreover, the purpose of present study was to brilliant the role of job satisfaction at
university and illustrated it as a principle positive motivator among academic staff. Lack of consideration
to the presence of job satisfaction leads to several difficulties at university and also low level of this inner
feeling emerges some insufficient behaviors and reactions among academic staff. Actually, the existence
of job satisfaction as basic human needs can develop and support academic staff’s performances and
conduct their organizational behavior in the accurate way. Furthermore, in current literature review
focused on the role and importance of job satisfaction at university and also mentioned its effectiveness
on performances, behaviors and reactions of academic staff at educational organization.
Key Words: Job Satisfaction, Academic Staff, University
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A PRELIMINARY REFLECTION OF SEAMLESS LEARNING: WHAT SEAM IS BETWEEN THE EDUCATORS AND
STUDENTS?
HIEW FUI CHIN & ESYIN CHEW
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Students in higher education today have grown up in a Web 2.0 and mobile technology pervasive environment. Social networking and affordable mobile devices proliferate with variety and powerful apps have
become necessity of today students’ life. The prevalence and growth in using of digital tools especially
mobile technologies among students in higher educational institutions has precipitated these technologies to become the emerging educational tools; and wearable technologies may be the next wave of educational and technological innovation. Many innovative teaching and learning framework such as mobile
learning, seamless learning and deep learning are introduced; expecting the ubiquitous of these technologies with well pedagogy design will enable anytime, anywhere learning, collaborative learning and lifelong
learning. However, educators in higher education remain working in ivory towers and may have limited
use of these technologies in enhancing teaching and learning. Many educators still ban the students from
using mobile phones and laptops in class. They normally perceive the use of mobile devices as a disruption of learning and teaching in class. However, some researches show that a good pedagogical blend integration of mobile devices and face-to-face in learning and teaching can possibly enhance educational
experiences. The increasing digital gap between educators and students may disrupt the educational innovation and transformation in higher education. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the digital
gaps between educators and students in higher education and what possible practices and ethos can
close the gap.
Field of Research:
Digital gaps, Mobile learning, Seamless learning, Deep learning, Challenges and
transformation in Learning and Teaching
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PLANNING INTERNATIONAL CLASSES INCEPTION STAGE OF INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Hendi Pratama
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
In 2010, the Government of Indonesia signed soft loan agreement with Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
related with IDB project which will be conducted by and for Semarang State University (Unnes). In 2011,
the agreement was declared effective and one of the project components of the project is the development of International curriculum as the complement of other project components. The biggest portion of
the project is spent for infrastructure building and laboratory equipment procurement and only a small
portion is designated for curriculum development. The international curriculum development is divided
into four stages: inception, syllabus, handout & application and dissemination stages. This research revolves around the conformity between the planning and program outputs and investigates the perception
of the stakeholders in the inception stage. The results of this research is expected to serve as recommendation material for the upcoming three stages.
Field of Research: Curriculum, Higher Education, Internationalization
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THE REALITY OF TEACHING SKILLS PRACTICES IN THE SCHOOLS OF AL-MADINAH ALMUNAWWARAH REGION
Dr. Abdullah AbdulMuhsen Alharbi
Email:[email protected]
This descriptive study aimed at:
Recognizing the real practical situation of teaching skills in the region of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah
schools.
Recognizing the needed equipment's that make skills of the teaching more effective.
Recognizing the needs of the teachers for training in the teaching methodology field.
The tool of the study was a questionnaire consisted of 32 statements about four domains of teaching skill:
controlling and enhancing students, the arrangement of the classroom, the evaluation, and the need to
training. 416 teachers responded to the questionnaire.
The data of the study was inserted to the "SPSS" program, and analyzed by using frequencies, percentages , and diagrams.
The findings of the study was as the following:
1. There is statistically evidence that the big amount of the students in the classroom is a big barrier for
applying the practices of teaching skills
2. There is statistically evidence that the teachers have a lack of evaluation skill.
3. There is statistically evidence that the teachers have no satisfaction in the role of classroom and home
works as a helping tool in improving the academic and behavioral sides of the students.
4. There is statistically evidence that the tables and chairs of the students were not suitable and not
comfortable.
5. There is statistically evidence that the arrangement of the current tables and chairs of students do not
help to get achievement.
6. There is statistically evidence that the teachers' training programs are less than the needs of the
teachers.
There is no statistically evidence that the internet sites have a role in improving teaching skills.
The study recommended the ministry of education to provide all equipment's that the classrooms
need to help teachers to be effective in managing their classes. Also it recommended the colleges of education and teachers' training centers to pay more attention to teaching skills and practical procedures
through the courses that they present in teachers' training program.
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SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-EFFICACY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE COLLEGE OF TEACHER
EDUCATION STUDENTS AT THE LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, LOS BAÑOS CAMPUS, AY
2013-2014
A Research Presented to the College of Teacher Education
ALBERTO D. YAZON
October, 2013
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to determine the level of self-esteem, self-efficacy and academic performance of
the College of Teacher Education students and to find out the relationship between these variables. To
satisfy these objectives, the study used the descriptive research design and the method employed was
descriptive-correlational. The researcher used the General Self-Efficacy Scale by Schwarzer and
Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale. The gathered data was treated using frequency counts, percentage,
weighted mean, and Pearson r.
The findings of the study have revealed that:
1. BSEd Math students ranked first with general weighted average of 90.70 followed by BSEd
English, Bio. Sci., Filipino, BEEd, Soc. Sci. and TLE with GWA of 89.75, 89.19, 88.38, 88.00, 86.88 and 86.41,
respectively.
2. Out of 194 respondents, 116 or 59.79% of the total number of the respondents have high level
of self-esteem and 76 or 39.18% have an average level while 2 or 1.03% have low level of self-esteem.
Meanwhile, majority of the respondents (119 or 61.34%) have high level of self-efficacy and 75 or 38.66%
have an average level and none of the respondents has a low level of self-efficacy.
3. According to the results, only General Weighted Average and Self-esteem and Self-esteem and
Self-efficacy showed low correlations with r-values of 0.2676 and 0.3395, respectively.
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ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMAL LOGICAL FALLACIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARGUMENTUM
AD HOMINEM
Dr. MOHAMMAD MANZOOR MALIK
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ABSTRACT
The fallacy of argumentum ad hominem is valid in Islamic tradition only when historical reports and narrations are investigated. Therefore, its validity is restricted to transmitted knowledge (uloom naqliah). As
far as rational or intellectual knowledge (uloom aqliyah) and empirical knowledge (uloom tajribiyah) are
concerned argumentum ad hominem is invalid. In short, the fallacy of Argumentum ad Hominem is regarded in Islamic tradition only when historical reports and narrations are rejected because of the unreliability and known vices of a person as being a liar, untrustworthy, having a sectarian bias, and dishonest.
As far as the understanding of religion is concerned, this fallacy also does not affect in accepting or respecting the opinion as far as the opinion is backed by good evidences and arguments. In the same manner if a reliable person gives account on any subject his evidences also are in need of verification. Being
pious does not guarantee soundness of an argument. However, the followers of religion should follow
pious scholars regarding the opinions on religious matters as a caution they are not mislead. But after
scrutiny, this condition only applies to those who do not have enough capacity to understand and think or
weight the worth of any argument or opinion. For those, who are able and have intellectual capacity and
can understand the issues of religion, this condition does not apply. Regarding rational and empirical
knowledge, Muslims are encouraged to learn from everyone regardless of their faith and character.
Therefore, this fallacy does not apply to any discourse from Islamic perspective that is actually based on
accepted evidences, data, and methods.
Key words: logic, fallacies, critical thinking, Islam, argumentum ad hominem.
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HIGH SCHOOL GPA AS PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS OF 2014 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
GRADUATES OF ST. DOMINIC COLLEGE OF ASIA
PROF. AGRIPINO P. LICAUCO, JR.
ABSTRACT
Once students graduate from High School, they are faced with the dilemma of choosing what
course they would really want to take up upon entering College. This is the time when they are faced
with many uncertainties, one, whether they will pursue a college education, second, whether they can
afford a college education, and third and most important of all, whether their General Percentage
Average will qualify them for entry into college.
A High School education is meant to prepare students not just for college but for their chosen
careers in the future. They must have persistence, determination and study well and work hard if they
are to succeed.
This study will attempt to recognize if there would be a significant relationship between the
students’ grades in High School and in college. Realistically, the results of this study may show that
students were able to respond or adjust well to the educational demands or requirements of a college
life, specifically in St. Dominic College of Asia and it also aims to determine the relationship of the High
School GPA as a predictor of success for 2014 Business Administration Graduates of St. Dominic College of
Asia.
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PROGRAM AGAMA DI INSTITUSI PEMULIHAN AKHLAK JABATAN KEBAJIKAN MASYARAKAT (JKM) : ANALISIS PERMASALAHAN
Noor Hafizah bt. Mohd Haridi
Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor, MALAYSIA
Dr. Fakhrul Adabi b. Abd. Kadir
Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA
ABSTRAK
Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Malaysia, merupakan salah sebuah jabatan yang bernaung sepenuhnya di
bawah kerajaan Malaysia telah menubuhkan Institusi Pemulihan Akhlak yang menempatkan remaja bermasalah khususnya golongan remaja yang terlibat dengan kes-kes juvana. Berdasarkan statistik kemasukan sehingga 2010 seramai 1412 remaja bermasalah telah ditempatkan di institusi tersebut dan 1151
merupakan remaja berbangsa Melayu dan beragama Islam. Sebagai salah sebuah agensi bertangungjawab memberikan pemulihan khususnya pemulihan berbentuk spiritual. JKM dengan kerjasama pihak
JAKIM telah merangka program serta membangunkan modul Pendidikan Islam yang telah diselaraskan di
setiap Institusi Pemulihan. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji aspek pelaksanaan program agama yang telah
dijalankan di setiap Institusi tersebut dengan menganalisis dari aspek permasalahan dalam melaksanakan
program agama di Institusi tersebut. Hasil kajian merupakan dapatan terhadap permasalahan yang
dihadapi oleh pegawai agama JKM sebagai usaha memberikan pemulihan khususnya pemulihan spiritual
terhadap pelatih di Institusi Pemulihan Akhlak.
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ICT APPLICATION COMPETENCY OF TEACHERS IN ASIA: A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF ICT APPLICATION SKILLS AND SELF CONFIDENCE AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS
MAHDHY SHAHID
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
In the present arena, it is not only the devices that contribute to ICT but the whole infrastructure that enhances the ICT outputs. Use of modern ICT devices and further need to increase the facility and expertise
in schools of Asia is urgent, as implementation of the modern devices, can only keep Asian schools in the
same track as schools of other developed regions. The intention of the study is to understand the level to
which Asian school teachers are equipped with ICT application skills and their self confidence in the use of
ICT. The study highlights the concern for the level of ICT application by school teachers in Asia. The study
reveals that the respondents have got minimum 1-5 years of teaching experience and some have got experience in teaching up to 20 years (figure 4). Yet the application level of ICT is very low. Hence, this indicates adequate ICT training is not being provided by the schools. The study reveals that the application
skills of ICT among Asian school teachers is less compared to the level of training they have received and
compared to the positive attitude they have towards ICT (figure 6).
Keywords: Information Communication Technologies (ICT), Asian Schools, Teachers
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COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION
AGRIPINO P. LICAUCO, JR.
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Does using highly illustrative pedagogical practice, with the use of computer and related technologies
help to motivate students’ learning? This is what we would like to find out thru this study that we hope to
be able to present in your forum. Computer and related technologies, or what is termed as Computer
Based Instruction (CBI) to our mind is one way in which we could help motivate students to learn and actually practice what they have been taught inside the four walls of the classroom. Students should be able
to fully grow as human beings, and one way is for them to be able to develop their minds through effective learning, but this can only be possible if they are truly motivated to learn. This is what Computer
Based Instruction can do for them. According to Keller’s ARCS motivational model in pedagogical practice,
CBI can “intrinsically” motivate students by drawing their attention while encouraging them to apply relevantly what they have learned in class. Students also develop a sense of confidence and satisfaction as
they learn through CBI. A survey of Saint Dominic College of Asia, Philippines students was conducted,
and results of the survey did show that majority of the students preferred CBI as an approach to teaching
and learning, which has been confirmed in the hypothesis of this study.
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HIGHLY MOTIVATED LEARNING:
EMPLOYING CBI IN THE CASE OF SDCA COLLEGE STUDENTS
Dr. Jesucito M. Garcia, Dr. Noel A. Sergio, Prof. Agripino P. Licauco, Jr.
Prof. Angelito T. Buan, Prof. Marvin B. Camila
ABSTRACT
This study intends to investigate whether or not using highly illustrative pedagogical practice, through the
use of computer and related technologies can indeed motivate students to learn and put into practice
what they are taught inside the classroom. For students to grow fully as human persons, they should develop their minds through effective learning. Effective learning however is possible only if students are
truly motivated to learn. Computer based instruction (CBI) can help in motivating students to learn and
even put into practice what they are taught in class. Following Keller’s ARCS motivational model in pedagogical practice, CBI is said to ‘intrinsically’ motivate students by drawing their attention while encouraging them to relevantly apply what they learn in class. Students also develop sense of confidence and
satisfaction in their learning process through CBI. A survey of Saint Dominic College of Asia (SDCA) students was conducted. Results of the survey showed that majority of the students preferred CBI as an approach to teaching, confirming the hypothesis in this study.
Key Words: Computer Based Instruction (CBI), intrinsic motivation, experiential learning, human
development, effective learning.
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH (ICSSR 2015)
June 8 & 9, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
http://worldconferences.net/icssr/
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CASH WAQF (ICCW 2015)
Conference Dates: May 28 – 30, 2015 - Venue: Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, Malaysia.
http://www2.kuis.edu.my/iccw/
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY IN LANGUAGE LEARNING 2015 (GLIT2015)
June 8 & 9, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
http://worldconferences.net/glit/
IC-ITS 2015 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
8 & 9 June 2015, Grand Seasons Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
http://fstm.kuis.edu.my/icits/
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & COMPUTER SCIENCE 2015
September 7 & 8, 2015, Pulau Pinang, MALAYSIA
http://aics2015.com/
GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2015
September 7 & 8, 2015, Pulau Pinang, MALAYSIA
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