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Soovendran Varadarajan; Joyce Hwee Ling Koh; Ben Kei Daniel – Distance Education, 2025
Micro-credentials (MCs) are gaining traction in higher education, aligning with Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning (OFDL) ideals. Despite the growing interest, their full impact on academia is still being debated. This highlights the need for research into the institutional factors essential for integrating MCs successfully, particularly as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Microcredentials, College Faculty, Researchers
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Arumugham, Kalai Selvan – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2019
Alternative assessment plays an important role in gathering information about students' learning. Introduction of new curriculum in Malaysian primary school education namely Standard Curriculum of Primary School has highlighted portfolio as an assessment tool. Therefore, research has been conducted to examine teachers' understanding towards this…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Alternative Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Tee, Meng Yew; Samuel, Moses; Nor, Norjoharuddeen Bin Mohd; Sathasivam, Renuka A/p V.; Hutkemri – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2018
This article reports the findings on classroom practice in Malaysia, as the nation attempts to transform the education system to better prepare children for the 21st Century. The goal of the study is to describe an overview of classroom practice in Malaysia, to provide essential empirical data to inform discussions in one of the most important…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Secondary School Teachers
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Lim, Jia Wei; Othman, Juliana; Lo, Yueh Yea – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
The importance of critical thinking is championed in education, but it is also acknowledged that developing critical thinking is challenging particularly in a context like Malaysia where being critical often comes with negative connotations. This article details an attempt to develop reflective critical thinking in the discipline-specific study of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Row, Bavani Nageswana; Subramaniam, Selvaranee; Sathasivam, Renuka V. – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2016
This paper discusses challenges encountered by selected Year Four science teachers regarding their knowledge and implementation of skilful thinking (ST) in their classrooms. ST is a complex concept comprising three elements; specific thinking strategies, habits of mind and metacognitive thinking. Due of the complexity of ST, the implementation of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
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Aquino, Leticia N.; Mamat, Nordin; Mustafa, Mazlina Che – International Journal of Early Childhood Education and Care, 2017
The Philippines and Malaysia are members of ASEAN who respond to the challenge of EFA goals and Work Plan on Education 2016-2020, particularly on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 4.2: "By 2030 ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Kindergarten, Elementary School Curriculum
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Nor Puteh, Sharifah; Ali, Aliza – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2013
Purpose: In the new mandatory National Preschool Curriculum Standards introduced by the Ministry of Education Malaysia, the play-based approach has been emphasized in the teaching and learning process. This study aimed to find out teachers' perception towards the use of the play-based approach in the language and literacy development of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Statistical Analysis, Play, Language Acquisition
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Seng, Ernest Lim Kok – International Education Studies, 2014
Conventional learning is based on low levels of students' participation where students are rarely expected to ask questions or to challenge the theories of the academic. A paradigm shift in curriculum has resulted in implementing student-centred learning (SCL) approach, putting students as the centre of the learning process. This mode of…
Descriptors: Investigations, Student Centered Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Learning Strategies
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Zainal, Dzulaiha Aryanee Putri; Razali, Rozilawati; Shukur, Zarina – International Education Studies, 2014
Software Engineering (SE) education has been reported to fall short in producing high quality software engineers. In seeking alternative solutions, Case Method (CM) is regarded as having potential to solve the issue. CM is a teaching and learning (T&L) method that has been found to be effective in Social Science education. In principle,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Engineering Education, Computer Software