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Effective Models of Teaching and Learning for New Type of Students Mustapha, Ramlee
ATIKAN Vol 1, No 1 (2011)
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ABSTRACT: Educators are faced with the challenge of adapting their teaching styles to accommodate a new generation of digital learners. These digital learners, who are now entering colleges and universities, have learning expectations, styles, and needs different from past students. The question is how to adapt teaching strategies to accommodate the digital learners, in light of their preferences for digital literacy, experiential learning, interactivity, and immediacy? Meanwhile, the higher education today has also the opportunity to reshape itself and play an important role in the future of our society. Whether that role is ultimately fulfilled will depend on fresh, creative thinking, and a firm commitment to move teaching, learning, and the university into the digital age. The manner in which students are taught will not truly change until the manner in which we teach and evaluate students change. This working paper tries to elaborate the multiple studies that suggest moving students from consumers of information to producers of information. This is the key to engaging digital learning. However, until teachers are trained to expect and accept content gathered through social networks with emphasis on teaching students how to check validity and reliability of the web, the full power of the digital natives can not be released or expanded. Finally, this working paper recommends that teachers must allow students to publish broadly then promote peer and expert outside evaluation. These new learners are instructed by teachers who, for the majority, spent childhoods engulfed in television programs that fed information for consumption, rather than interaction, omitting the choices and short snippets that lead to further discovery. KEY WORD: Teaching and learning styles, digital era, higher education roles, and digital capabilities of teacher and student.About the Author: Prof. Dr. Ramlee Mustapha is Dean of Institute for Post-Graduate Studies UPSI (Sultan Idris University of Education), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia. He can be reached at: drramlee@yahoo.comHow to cite this article? Mustapha, Ramlee. (2011). “Effective Models of Teaching and Learning for New Type of Students” in ATIKAN: Jurnal Kajian Pendidikan, Vol.1(1) Juni, pp.1-26. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung, ISSN 2088-1290.Chronicle of the article: Accepted (April 28, 2011); Revised (May 20, 2011); and Published (June 5, 2011).
A Survey on English Language Teaching in Nagoya Elementary Schools, Japan Mustakim, Siti Salina; Mustapha, Ramlee; Lebar, Othman
ATIKAN Vol 4, No 2 (2014)
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ABSTRACT: In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology has announced the teaching of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) as a compulsory subject for lower age in 2008. To investigate the flexibility for schools and teachers to design their own curriculum in the teaching of EFL in Japan, this study aimed at identifying: (1) the provision of support, resources, training, and time allocation; and (2) the instructional practices employed to the Elementary Schools students in Nagoya, Japan. Instruments in this study are semi-structured interview, classroom observations, and document analysis. Findings were based on cross-sectional survey targeted at exploring the effectiveness of EFL towards teachers, second and fifth graders of students in the Elementary Schools. Results indicated that the resources provided needs improvement on the book utilised to teach. The provision of training is inadequate and requires enhancement. The time allocated needs to be revised from one contact hour in a week to a maximum of two or three contact hours. The instructional practices employed in the classroom were discussed under several categories of systematic instructional practices, diplomatic teaching, the audio-lingual method, and the communicative method of social and information type in the teaching of EFL.KEY WORD: English as a foreign language, Nagoya Elementary Schools, support, resources, training, time allocation, and instructional practices.IKHTISAR: “Satu Tinjauan Mengenai Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris di Sekolah-sekolah Rendah di Nagoya, Jepun”. Di Jepun, Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Sukan, Sains, dan Teknologi telah mengumumkan pengajaran BIBA (Bahasa Inggeris sebagai Bahasa Asing) sebagai mata pelajaran wajib untuk umur yang lebih rendah pada tahun 2008. Bagi menyiasat fleksibiliti sekolah dan guru-guru supaya merekabentuk kurikulum sendiri dalam pengajaran BIBA di Jepun, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti: (1) peruntukan sokongan, sumber, latihan, dan agihan masa; serta (2) amalan pengajaran yang digunakan oleh murid-murid Sekolah Rendah di Nagoya, Jepun. Instrumen dalam kajian ini ialah temubual separa berstruktur, pemerhatian bilik darjah, dan analisis dokumen. Dapatan kajian yang berasaskan tinjauan keratan rentas disasarkan untuk meneroka keberkesanan BIBA terhadap guru, murid darjah dua dan darjah lima di Sekolah Rendah. Keputusan kajian menunjukkan bahawa sumber-sumber sedia ada perlu dipertingkatkan pada buku yang digunakan untuk mengajar. Penyediaan latihan tidaklah mencukupi dan memerlukan penambahbaikan. Peruntukkan waktu perlu disemak semula daripada satu jam pertemuan dalam seminggu kepada maksimum dua atau tiga jam pertemuan. Amalan-amalan pengajaran yang digunakan didalam bilik darjah telah dibincangkan di bawah beberapa kategori amalan pengajaran yang sistematik, pengajaran diplomatik, kaedah audio-lingual, serta kaedah komunikatif jenis sosial dan maklumat dalam pengajaran BIBA.KATA KUNCI: Bahasa Inggeris sebagai bahasa asing, Sekolah Rendah Nagoya, sokongan, sumber, latihan, peruntukan masa, dan amalan pengajaran.    About the Authors: Siti Salina Mustakim is a Ph.D. Scholar and Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Human Development UPSI (Sultan Idris University of Education), 35900 Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia; Prof. Dr. Ramlee Mustapha is President of Postgraduate Students Association at UPSI in Tanjong Malim, Malaysia; and Prof. Dr. Othman Lebar is Lecturer at the Faculty of Education and Human Development UPSI in Tanjong Malim, Malaysia. Corresponding author is: salinamustakim@gmail.comHow to cite this article? Salina Mustakim, Siti, Ramlee Mustapha & Othman Lebar. (2014). “A Survey on English Language Teaching in Nagoya Elementary Schools, Japan” in ATIKAN: Jurnal Kajian Pendidikan, Vol.4(2) December, pp.239-254. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press, FKIP UNSUR Cianjur, and FPOK UPI Bandung, ISSN 2088-1290. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (September 29, 2014); Revised (October 29, 2014); and Published (December 27, 2014).
The Influence of the Leadership in Technical and Vocational Education Nashir, Irdayanti Mat; Mustapha, Ramlee; Yusoff, Abdullah
ATIKAN Vol 5, No 1 (2015)
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ABSTRACT: Leadership in general is a process to influences the human activities, which has connection with what they need to do to achieve the organisation’s objectives. Meanwhile, leadership research has taken different perspectives: leader traits, behaviours, and the influences of situational characteristics on leader effectiveness, for example, have all been studied. This study was performed to obtain the relationship between the elements of leadership among administrators at the polytechnic in Malaysia. A total of 102 administrators who have been involved in this study. Data were collected using a set of instruments to measure the elements of leadership. Data were analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) 21. The findings of the analysis of structural equation indicates that Strategic Thinking, Vision and Mission, Rewards, Personality, and Innovative Thinking have had significantly high correlation between each other. The findings show also that the elements of Strategic Thinking and Rewards influenced in developing the Vision and Mission of the TVE (Technical and Vocational Education). In addition, the Personality has also a significant relationship with the elements of Rewards and Innovative Thinking. As a leader in TVE institutions, it is necessary for the leaders to practice the effective leadership style as well as the realization of education and training systems in line with industry requirements and the current market.KEY WORD: Technical and vocational education, structural equation modelling, strategic thinking, vision and mission, rewards, personality, and innovative thinking.RINGKASAN: “Pengaruh Kepimpinan dalam Pendidikan Teknik dan Vokasional”. Kepimpinan secara amnya adalah satu proses untuk mempengaruhi kegiatan manusia, yang mempunyai kaitan dengan apa yang mereka perlu lakukan untuk mencapai matlamat organisasi. Sementara itu, penyelidikan kepimpinan telah mengambil perspektif yang berbeza: ciri-ciri pemimpin, tingkah-laku, dan pengaruh ciri-ciri situasi pada keberkesanan mengenai pemimpin, sebagai contoh, semuanya telah dikaji. Kajian ini dilaksanakan untuk mendapatkan hubungan di antara elemen-elemen kepimpinan dalam kalangan pentadbir di politeknik Malaysia. Sejumlah 102 orang pentadbir telah terlibat dalam kajian ini. Data telah dikumpulkan menggunakan satu set instrumen untuk mengukur elemen kepimpinan tersebut. Data telah dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS 21. Hasil analisis persamaan struktur menunjukkan bahwa Pemikiran Strategik, Visi dan Misi, Ganjaran, Personaliti, dan Pemikiran Inovatif mempunyai korelasi signifikan yang tinggi antara satu sama lain. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukan bahawa unsur Pemikiran Strategik dan Ganjaran mempengaruhi dalam membangunkan Visi dan Misi PTV (Pendidikan Teknik dan Vokasional). Di samping itu, Personaliti juga mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan unsur Ganjaran dan Pemikiran Inovatif. Sebagai pemimpin dalam institusi PTV, adalah perlu bagi para pemimpin untuk mengamalkan gaya kepimpinan yang berkesan dan juga merealisasikan sistem pendidikan dan latihan selaras dengan keperluan industri dan pasaran semasa.KATA KUNCI: Pendidikan teknikal dan vokasional, persamaan permodelan struktural, pemikiran strategik, visi dan misi, ganjaran, personaliti, dan pemikiran inovatif.    About the Authors: Irdayanti Mat Nashir and Prof. Dr. Ramlee Mustapha are the Lecturers at the Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education UPSI (Sultan Idris University of Education) in Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia. Abdullah Yusoff is a Lecturer at the Polytechnics of Sultan Azlan Shah in Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia. Corresponding author is: irdayantis@yahoo.comHow to cite this article? Mat Nashir, Irdayanti, Ramlee Mustapha & Abdullah Yusoff. (2015). “The Influence of the Leadership in Technical and Vocational Education” in ATIKAN: Jurnal Kajian Pendidikan, Vol.5(1) June, pp.77-84. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and FPOK UPI Bandung, ISSN 2088-1290. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (March 24, 2015); Revised (May 24, 2015); and Published (June 30, 2015).
Language Use among Malaysian Bloggers Mustapha, Ramlee; Mei, Lydia Wong Su
ATIKAN Vol 2, No 1 (2012)
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ABSTRACT: Blogs are now marking a new mode of communication, making impact on domains such as virtual formation of speech communities, knowledge-sharing, pedagogical implication as well as formation of virtual identity. It is estimated that more than three billion websites in the world today and more than 70 million are blogs. In Malaysia, it is estimated that half a million blogs existed. Language used by bloggers could reflect the unique pattern of discourse within the blogosphere where the combination of both monologue and dialogue in a space-bound, digital environment is observed. Some studies show that a strong sense of identity is seen within the literacy practices in blogosphere where bloggers tend to use code-switching and code mixing in their blogs. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the dynamics of English language use among top-ranked Malaysian bloggers from the perception of final-year TESL (Teaching English as Second Language) undergraduate students. The study reveals that there are various linguistic features found in blogs and also in the interaction with one another in meaning-making process.  Several implications are discussed.KEY WORD: Blogs, communication, virtual identity, language use, code mixing, and TESL students in Malaysia.IKHTISAR: Blog merupakan mod komunikasi baru yang memberi impak kepada domain seperti komuniti maya, perkongsian maklumat, implikasi pedagogi, dan pembentukan jatidiri maya. Dianggarkan lebih dari tiga bilion laman web sekarang dan lebih dari 70 juta adalah blog. Dianggarkan setengah juta blog wujud di Malaysia. Bahasa yang digunakan oleh pemblog melambangkan keunikan pola dalam sfera blog dengan gabungan monolog dan dialog dalam persekitaran digital. Beberapa kajian mendapati identiti yang tersendiri dalam amalan literasi blog di mana pemblog mempunyai kecenderungan untuk menggunakan pertukaran kod dan pencampuran kod dalam blog mereka. Tujuan kajian ini untuk mengenalpasti dinamika penggunakan Bahasa Inggeris dalam blog oleh pemblog Malaysia dari perspektif pelajar tahun akhir dalam bidang TESL. Kajian ini mendapati beberapa ciri-ciri linguistik dalam blog dalam pembinaan makna hasil dari interaksi di antara pemblog dan pembaca blog.  Beberapa implikasi dibincangkan.KATA KUNCI: Blog, komunikasi, jatidiri maya, pengunaan bahasa, percampuran kod, dan pelajar TESL di Malaysia.About the Authors: Prof. Dr. Ramlee Mustapha is a Dean and Professor at the Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education UPSI (Sultan Idris University of Education), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia; and Lydia Wong Su Mei is an English Teacher at the SMK (State Secondary School) Datuk Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub in Malaysia. E-mail: drramlee@yahoo.comHow to cite this article? Mustapha, Ramlee & Lydia Wong Su Mei. (2012). “Language Use among Malaysian Bloggers” in ATIKAN: Jurnal Kajian Pendidikan, Vol.2(1) Juni, pp.109-132. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung and FKIP UNSUR in Cianjur, West Java, ISSN 2088-1290. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (April 27, 2012); Revised (May 17, 2012); and Published (June 15, 2012).