This study aimed to analyze the progress of cognition process through physical and aesthetic development elements in teaching and learning for pre-school teacher. The data was obtained through a practical experience in a private kindergarten located at Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. The daily lesson plans and student work sheets for two months duration were studied to obtain and transcribe data into texts. With the help of Hermeneutics method, the data were analyzed and showed that pre-school teachers were capable of planning the daily lesson and effective teaching methods according to the level of a child’s development. This research also showed how the pre-school teachers applied the cognition process in teaching and learning activities. Studies showed that the pre-school teachers lacked in creativity in planning the daily lesson, particularly involving the physical and aesthetic development. The teaching approach and methods that were less effective would cause the slow development in cogn.....

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Penulisan ini adalah usaha mencari perbezaan konsep antara patung dan arca. Seni 3-dimensi wujud dalam semua budaya, memenuhi keperluan artistik manusia. Berhala, monumen, tugu, anak patung, boneka, wayang kulit, ‘orang-orangan’ di sawah, ukiran kayu orang asli dan lain-lain yang tiada dalam perbendaharaan kata tempatan, seperti torso, effigy, simulacrum, statuette dan mannequin disamaertikan dengan patung dan arca, termasuk struktur seni bina, batu bersurat, batu nisan, kepala perahu dan hulu senjata tradisi. Rangkuman dan pengadunan pelbagai entiti ke dalam satu maksud mewujudkan kesamaran dan kekeliruan...

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Murraya koenigii (Rutaceae), locally known as curry leaf tree, is a medicinally important herb of Indian origin and now is widely distributed throughout southern Asia. The bark of Malayan Murraya koenigii was investigated for phytochemical content. The isolation of chemical constituents from its hexane extract was carried out by using various chromatographic techniques. Spectroscopic methods, including NMR, IR, UV, MS spectra data, were used for the structural characterization. Four C23-carbazole alkaloids were isolated..

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Dalam melihat kepada perkembangan masyarakat di Sungai Batu terutamanya yang melibatkan kearifan tempatan beberapa petunjuk telah diperoleh hasil daripada penyelidikan yang dijalankan terutamanya penyelidikan arkeologi dan juga analisis secara saintifik. Penyelidikan arkeologi telah berjaya menemukan beberapa jumpaan penting antaranya ialah sebuah struktur yang diperbuat daripada batu bata yang diduga sebagai sebuah stupa, sebuah inskripsi, relau untuk melebur besi, alat batu dan beberapa artifak lain seperti tembikar tanah, seramik asing, alat perhiasan, manik dan kaca. Penyelidikan arkeologi berjaya mendedahkan dua lapisan budaya yang utama iaitu lapisan budaya masyarakat pra-Buddha atau pra-candi yang diwakili oleh jumpaan alat-alat batu dan relau melebur besi manakala lapisan kedua ialah lapisan budaya masyarakat yang sudah menerima pakai agama Buddha yang diwakili oleh jumpaan sebuah stupa dan inskripsi. Analisis saintifik yang melibatkan teknik pendarfluor Sinar-X dan pembelauan .....

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Mohamed Najib Ahmad Dawa atau lebih dikenali sebagai Najib Dawa, merupakan satu nama yang terkenal dengan motif-motif tradisi dan menghasilkan sesuatu yang melambangkan identiti bangsa Melayu melalui catan-catan beliau. Penggunaan motifmotif tradisional bagi menjelaskan maksud di sebalik karya beliau membolehkan karya beliau tampil dengan keunikan yang tersendiri. Bagi Najib untuk mencari ketulenan dalam konteks budaya Malaysia, kita perlu melihat kembali ke belakang untuk dibawa ke arus semasa. Najib Dawa berjaya menghasilkan karya catan batik dengan gabungan motif-motif tradisi dan membina identiti beliau dalam perkembangan seni lukis moden Malaysia...

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Learning style is expressed as the way a learner approaches a process of learning and how he accrues the content of learning. This normally involves interactions between teachers, students and teaching materials. Knowing appropriate students’ learning style can improve students’ performance and increase student involvement in teaching and learning. A case study was conducted involving 30 first year students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering in an AutoCAD course at Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Polytechnic (POLIMAS), Kedah. An analysis was conducted on a set of questionnaire to obtain the mean value, standard deviation and percentages. Based on Honey and Mumford’s model, the findings revealed that the students’ learning style was inclined towards activist and pragmatist typology. This study provides information necessary to help in the process of deciding the suitable learning strategy to be applied to students at the polytechnic. In general, these findings help.....

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Climate change has been held responsible for a number of environmental changes currently taking place in the world. Water resource is one of the aspects of the environment that are showing signs of the detrimental effects of climate change. In Malaysia, water resource is always viewed as something which can be obtained easily. The aim of the study was to examine the water crisis in the state of Selangor in February and March 2014. The methodology employed was participant-c bservation technique and secondary data analysis. The finding was that In February and March 2014, many parts of Peninsular Malaysia experienced hot and dry weather. The state of Selangor bore the hardest brunt of this dry spell. The extended period of this dry spell caused lowering of water levels in most rivers resulting in the dipping of dam levels. Since the water supply system of the state depends wholly on surface water, the decrease in dam levels resulted in decreased volume of raw water that could be treated .....

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Individual learning preferences and learning styles have been defined in several different ways according to theoretical models. In the context of vocational education, students have different characteristics compared to their counterparts in other fields of education, since learning orientation is more on job focused. However, the cognitive dimension is still need to be measured especially for learners at school level. This article addresses the relationship between learning styles and cognitive dimension in vocational education at secondary school level. Based on the Felder-Silverman Learning Styles and Cognitive Dimension Model, the authors highlighted students’ dimension of learning styles, students’ preferences on learning preference, and the conceptual of knowledge, skills and problem solving construct according to taxonomy. It is concluded that the vocational students are more incline to be visual learner. This learning preference and learning styles will contribute to their.....

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Globalization is constantly impacting on education and is radically transforming it in terms of the mode and culture of learning. The shift from product-economy to knowledge-economy has profound implications for the kind of education a nation has to offer its future generation. The need for knowledge workers places emphasis on new attributes for learners, particularly those which pertain to twenty-first century skills. The last decade and a half has also seen the emergence of international student ranking lists such as TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS, Olympiads, which have put tremendous pressure on education ministries. A response to this pressure of „rank and shame‟ has been a flurry of education reform initiatives, including in Malaysia. The ability to develop learners who can think critically and creatively and to reason logically and to innovate is the challenge in education. The Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 has identified teacher education among the eleven shifts to transform th.....

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Kajian ini menganalisis pengamalan dalam kalangan ibu bapa suku Banjar dalam mendidik anak-anak agar patuh kepada ajaran Islam. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif yang melibatkan 160 responden dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah dalam kalangan suku kaum Banjar Daerah Kerian, Perak. Hasil kajian mendapati ibu bapa suku Banjar bersikap tegas dan istiqamah dalam mengajar, mendidik dan menasihatkan anak-anak dari aspek akidah, syariat dan akhlak. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan 97% responden suku Banjar mengajar solat sejak kecil hingga baligh, 98% menanamkan akidah dengan betul, 99% dilatih menghormati dan menyayangi orang tua, 72% mengajar mengaji al-Quran sehingga tamat, 93% dilatih berpuasa sejak kecil dan 89% dilatih berpakaian menutup aurat. Implikasi kajian kepada ibu bapa, anak-anak dan masyarakat turut dibincangkan...

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