Bila Ku Renung - As I Ponder

 The role of teachers in a child's education has changed from the old ways of "show and tell". Lecturing to students sitting  in rows at desk listening to the teacher is no longer appropriate. Education environment is not only in the classrooms but extends in homes, society and environment. Information is no longer available in books but it is available in large amount in the internet. Students can no longer be treated as consumers of facts and figures. They are creative learners. Teaching is one of the most challenging job and vital in social , culture and economic health of a nation. Dramatic transformation in education are being planted. Prompted by massive revolutions in knowledge, information technology, and public demand for better learning.  Teachers have to do some rethinking of their role in their relationship with students, colleagues, and the community; the tools and techniques they use in teaching; their rights and responsibilities; the form and content o...

 Do we teachers know our weakness in our teaching? I am sure most of us do not think that we have weaknesses in our teaching. Have we ever done any self check lately? What about self evaluations. Here I would like to share a few tips that I manage to get from an article published in the net "How to Find Your Weakness as a Teacher" by Suzanne Capek Tingley, Veteran Educator, M.A. Degree. Here are 4 tips given. Utilise another set of eyes : - All the time we are only focusing at the students we are teaching. There was never an instant when there are other eyes looking at us besides our students. When you have someone knowledgeable sitting at the back of our classroom while we are teaching, would be a very good way of having another eyes looking and evaluating us. In one instant a teacher invited a veteran and respected teacher to sit behind the class and observe him teaching. At the end of the lesson this was what the veteran commented "You presented a very good lesson to...

Positive emotions are important for a good relationship. Positive emotions forge strong connections with others by breaking down the wall, barriers and boundaries separating us from others.  By broadening attentions in ways that help us see ourselves as less important or distinct from others we will be able to create all kinds of relationships. The more you kindle positive emotions or feelings in a relationship the more connected and happy you feel. Sharing and spreading positive emotions to others via 'Emotional Contagion' is a perfect move in getting a good relationship amongst people. Positive emotions is complex and it happens below the level of our consciousness  Lets talk about it further in detail. Positive emotions happens when we have the tendency to copy or synchronise our facial expression, vocalisation, postures and behavior with those around us. This action may result in us taking on other's emotional landscape. Being sensitive to the emotional environment may ...

Would like to voice my opinion on success and failure. Throughout my service as a teacher I have gone through lots of failures and of course some success. My main discussion here is focused on the success and failures in education. The Ministry of Education have been and is still introducing new ideas and programs into the education system of Malaysia. Let's look at their success and failures. First and foremost I would like to bring readers attention to the core of the Malaysian Education system the "Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan". It has been neglected and ignored by most of us in carrying out our duties as teachers. Most of us do not fully understand the objective of the FPK thus we carry out our teaching duties as we seem fit. Programs introduced by the ministry are plentiful. One of them was KBSR / KBSM. It was introduced in the 1983. Teachers were doing extra work especially in preparing teaching aids before teaching a topic. The beauty of the program was that th...

Transformasi pendidikan yang dirancang melalui PPPM akan mengambil masa selama 13 tahun. Proses ini dibahagikan kepada 3 Gelombang. Gelombang Pertama bermula dari 2013 dan berakhir pada 2015. Sementara Gelombang Kedua pula bermula dari tahun 2016 dan berakhir pada tahun 2020 dan Gelombang Ketiga pula akan bermula pada tahun 2021 dan berakhir pada tahun 2025. Setiap gelombang akan dilengkapi dengan kerja-kerja yang berfokus kepada kemenjadian dan kebarhasilan pelajar-pelajar. Mewujudkan kecekapan mengurus serta meningkatkan kualiti dalam segala aspek yang berkaitan dengan aspirasi yang telah ditetapkan iaitu Akses, Kualiti, Ekuiti, Perpaduan dan Kecekapan. Perkara-perkara yang sepatutnya telah dilakukan dalam Gelombang I (2013 - 2015) adalah: Meningkatkan standard pengajaran terutama sekali dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Inggeris, Matematik dan Sains. Merekabentuk semula soalan-soalan peperiksaan agar lebih menjurus kepada Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT). Meng...

Semua cadangan yang telah dikemukakan oleh pelbagai pihak telah diteliti dan digabungkan berdasarkan empat kriteria utama.  Setiap tindakan yang diambil perlu menyumbang kepada aspirasi sistem dan murid. Bukti antarabangsa  digunakan bagi mengenalpasti dan memberi keutamaan kepada faktor pembawa perbezaan ketara penambaikan sistem dan murid. Cadangan perlu releven dengan tahap permulaan sisten dan kemampuan Kementerian. Faedah perlaksanaan cadangan perlu memberi pulangan yang lebih besar berbanding dengan kekangan perbelanjaan dan operasi. 11 anjakan telah dikenal pasti bagi menghasilkan perubahan.setiap tindakan perlu memberi impak kepada sekurang-kurangnya satu daripada berikut, akses, kualiti, ekuiti, perpaduan dan kecekapan di mana kualiti diberi keutamaan. Anjakan yang akan dilaksanakan adalah: Menyediakan kesamarataan akses kepada pendidikan berkualiti bertaraf antarabangsa. Memastikan setiap murid menguasai kemahiran dalam bahasa Malaysia dan bahasa In...

Saya ingin berkongsi pengetahuan mengenai Plan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013 - 2025 yang saya percaya tidak ramai daripada kita orang awam tahu apakah itu PPPM 2013 - 2025. Mari kita lihat secara ringkas apakah yang telah dirancangkan oleh pihak yang berkenaan. Perkara utama yang diutarakan dalam plan ini adalah 3 objektif khusus iaitu :- 1. Memahami prestasi dan cabaran semasa sistem pendidikan Malaysia dengan memberi tumpuan terhadap a) akses kepada pendidikan, b) meningkatkan standard (kualiti), c) merapatkan jurang pencapaian (ekuiti), d) mengukuhkan perpaduan dalam kalangan murid, serta e) mengoptimumkan kecekapan sistem; 2. Mewujudkan visi dan aspirasi yang jelas untuk setiap murid dan sistem pendidikan secara keseluruhan bagi tempoh 13 tahun akan datang; dan 3. Menggariskan transformasi sistem pendidikan yang komprehensif merangkumi perubahan penting dalam Kementerian bagi memenuhi permintaan baharu dan harapan tinggi masyarakat, serta mencetus dan menyokong ...