In piano education, the initial stages of teaching young beginners establish the foundation for future endeavours. Due to the necessity of collaborative effort, piano lessons can be a complex process for both the teacher and the student. A balance must be found whereby the teachers can administer information in a way that is compatible with the student’s learning style. Therefore, the teacher must adapt their instruction to the level of the student. This exploratory case study investigates how scaffolding process is adapted into piano education in private setting to enhance the learning process of young beginner students. 10 teacher-student dyads, with students ages between 5-7 years, were recruited. Weekly lessons over a span of four weeks were observed and documented. Interviews with participants were conducted to find out more insights on their perspectives of teaching. Video data analysis was conducted based on the three characteristics–contingency, fading of support and transf.....

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The Semai are a group of indigenous minorities, collectively known as the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia. They are well-known for their dream songs or jenulak that is taught by the gunik (spirit guide) to halak (shaman). The knowledge of how jenulak is transmitted, created, and succeeded becomes important today when researchers collaborate with culture bearers to sustain their musical heritage. This knowledge is integral to the sustainability of Semai musical heritage, indigenous concepts, and values. This article examines (1) how jenulak is transmitted from one generation to the next generation; (2) how Semai musicians create music; and (3) who can succeed as the next generation of Semai musicians. It utilises the revisiting ethnography methodology in which the researcher reexamines case studies through data from past transcribed fieldnotes and interviews with Semai musicians over a span of 10 years. In this article, I argue that the learning of jenulak is not limited to th.....

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Contemporary Classical Music (CCM) emerged from Classical Music (CM) in the early 20th century; however, it has received mixed reception from both audiences and institutions. Due to its low acceptance among the mainstream CM audience, CCM composers need to take their own initiative to boost the visibility and exposure of their creative output. In addition, more musicians in recent decades have gradually specialised in this genre and perceived it as a potential career path, in addition to the competitive CM performing market. However, there is limited research on the CCM audience, both globally and locally. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the audience profile and their perceptions towards specific styles of CCM based on social status, educational level, musical background, and interest. An exploratory case study was employed to investigate the audience profile of the first International Composers' Symposium 2021 (ICS2021), which was a collaboration between Universiti Malaya, t.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai tahap amalan pembelajaran  tahfiz al-Quran berdasarkan  elemen-elemen persediaan pelajar dan proses pembelajaran seperti kaedah hafazan, alat bantu  hafazan, dorongan, permasalahan pelajar dan pencapaian hafazan al-Quran yang terdapat di institusi  pengajian tahfiz al-Quran. Kajian ini melibatkan 366 orang pelajar Maahad Tahfiz AI-Quran Addin di  Perak Darul Ridzuan. lnstrumen yang digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah soal selidik dan ujian  al-Quran secara bertulis bag mendapatkan maklum balas. Data kuantitatif daripada soal selidik  dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan Statiscal package for Social Sciences (SPSS) untuk  mendapatkan kekerapan, peratus, min dan sisihan piawai. Analisis korelasi Pearson digunakan untuk  mengukur tahap hubungan antara variable tersebut. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan  signifikan yang positif pada tahap sederhana (r = 0.645) di antara elemen kaedah hafazan dengan  persediaan pelajar. Se.....

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Isu sains yang masih kontroversi sehingga kini ialah berkaitan dengan teori evolusi manusia. Hal ini terjadi kerana teori sains tersebut dicetus dan didukungi oleh mereka yang berfahaman saintisme dan ateisme. Fahaman tersebut juga telah menular dalam kalangan umat Islam sehingga menyebabkan ketidakharmonian antara hubungan sains dengan agama, bahkan menganggu-gugat proses pengislamisasian sains khususnya dalam bidang pendidikan. Kajian ini akan menganalisis pandangan sarjana Islam kontemporari terhadap teori evolusi Darwin (Darwin’s Theory of Evolution) yang digunapakai untuk membuktikan asal usul kewujudan manusia atau homo sapiens. Analisis secara komparatif digunakan bagi tujuan untuk melihat sejauh manakah perbezaan pendapat di kalangan mereka berkaitan integrasi sains dan agama dalam isu tersebut. Kajian ini juga merupakan kajian kepustakaan dengan menganalisis artikel jurnal, buku, tesis dan video dalam media sosial seperti youtube yang berkaitan dengan tajuk kajian. Dapatan k.....

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Video youtube ayat-ayat saintifik dalam al-Quran yang dimuatnaik oleh youtuber muslim telah dijadikan bahan video reaksi oleh youtuber bukan muslim. Kelebihan video reaksi yang dibuat oleh youtuber bukan muslim mendapat komen daripada pelbagai penganut agama dan setengahnya mendapat lebih banyak ‘viewer’ berbanding video asal. Daripada sembilan video reaksi berkaitan ayat saintifik dalam al-Quran, hanya seorang youtuber yang bertindak memeluk Islam. Benarlah bahawa hidayah itu adalah milik Allah. Kata kunci: Ayat saintifik, Youtuber, video reaksi, ‘viewer’..

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk melihat penggunaan video dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran pendidikan moral tingkatan 2. Objektif kajian pertama mengenalpasti cara perlaksanaan aktiviti penggunaan video dijalankan di dalam bilik darjah. Objektif kajian kedua menganalisis keberkesanan aktiviti penggunaan video dapat menarik minat pelajar dan objektif kajian ke tiga menilai penggunaan tayangan video dalam meningkatkan kefahaman pelajar. Metodologi kajian berbentuk penyelidikan inkuri dengan menggunakan kaedah temu bual tehadap enam (6) orang responden yang telah menjalani aktiviti pengajaran dan pembelajaran menggunakan kaedah tayangan video. Analisis data dibuat secara kualitatif berdasarkan jawapan yang diberikan oleh responden. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pengajaran dan pembelajaran menggunakan video dapat meningkatkan minat, sikap dan kefahaman yang tinggi dalam diri pelajar Pendidikan Moral di sekolah. Kebanyakkan guru dapat membimbing pelajar berfikir dan menguasai ilmu pengetahu.....

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The  study  was  conducted  to  investigate  the  teachers'  knowledge, implementation and  reservation regarding the concept of cooperative learning in the teaching of reading comprehension.  The study aimed to find out if the level of awareness  was  influenced  by  gender,  academic   group,  teaching  experience, qualification, race and age group. It was conducted on 155 English  Language teachers from 21 schools in the District of Batang Padang. Questionnaires were distributed  to all teachers within two weeks. The Likert-type scale was extensive employed in the  questionnaires. The result of this study showed that there was no significant difference in the  awareness of secondary schools English Language teachers with respect to knowledge, implementation  and reservation regarding the use of cooperative learning in the teaching  of comprehension.  Secondly,  findings  from  the study  showed  no significant  mean  differences  between  .....

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Inovasi “SaBBAr” ialah singkatan kepada ayat Sambung dan Baca Bahasa Arab yang mengaplikasikan padanan huruf rumi-arab. Inovasi ini dijalankan untuk meningkatkan kemahiran murid membaca perkataan bahasa arab dengan menggunakan Kaedah “SaBBAr”. Berdasarkan pemerhatian dan refleksi dalam pembelajaran dan pemudahcaraan, terdapat murid yang masih lagi tidak menguasai kemahiran membaca perkataan bahasa arab terutama berlaku kepada murid bukan islam dan murid pemulihan. Oleh itu, teknik pengajaran baharu dengan menggunakan pendekatan pembelajaran gamifikaksi dalam Realiti Maya (VR) dan Realiti Terimbun (AR) iaitu kaedah “SaBBAr” telah direka untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini. Dalam kajian ini, model Kemmis & Mc Taggart (1988) telah digunakan dalam melaksanakan langkah merancang, melaksana, memerhati dan merefleksi. Instrumen pemerhatian, temubual, ujian lisan dan analisis dokumen telah digunakan oleh pengkaji untuk mengumpul maklumat dan data kajian. Dua kitaran kajian telah diguna.....

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Schema Theory describes the process by which readers combine their own background knowledge with  new information from the text the readers are reading. Readers carry different  schemata  which are  often content/culture specitic. To enable readers to form connections between pre existing background  knowledge and new knowledge from the text, pre reading tasks are often designed to build or  activate the reader" s schemata. This research paper looked into the effects of background knowledge upon Ungku Omar P0lytechnic  (PUO) students reading comprehension, looking into the English for Specitic Purposes (ESP)  students· achievement in reading familiar and unfamiliar text. In addition, this research paper  looked at the influence of the training sessions to activate /induced background knowledge. Lastly  this research paper looked at the role of vocabulary in enhancing PUO ESP students· reading comprehension. This research adopted an experimental study of fifty eig.....

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