With the increased number of women participating in the labour force and the encouragement from the Malaysian government to the private sector in setting up preschool and early childcare centres, there is a high demand for the number of institution-based private childcare centres. However, the literature has shown that the number of childcare centres closing is on the rise and in a worrying state. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore the possible factors affecting the closing of the institution-based private childcare centres in Klang Valley and to learn the best practices from the sustaining childcare centres. This study utilized multiple case studies methods in researching the success factors of those sustainable childcare centres as well as identifying the factors that lead to the closing of some childcare centres. Two institution-based private childcare centres that have operated for more than ten years and two centres that have recently closed after operating .....

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Alat muzik rekoder telah dikekalkan kepada pelajar sekolah rendah dalam pelaksanaan kurikulum standard sekolah rendah (KSSR) yang termasuk pengalaman muzikal, penciptaan muzik, penghargaan muzik, membaca serta menulis notasi muzik. Tinjauan awal penyelidikan mendapati bahawa guru muzik sekolah rendah di daerah Kanowit terdiri daripada guru tanpa latihan formal muzik atau pengalaman muzik. Mereka tidak mempunyai kemahiran bermain rekoder menyebabkan pengajaran dan pembelajaran rekoder tidak dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik. Oleh itu, penyelidik telah melaksanakan satu kajian kes menggunakan kaedah mentor menti untuk membantu mengatasi masalah yang dihadapi. Tiga orang guru sekolah rendah di daerah Kanowit telah dipilih secara khusus dan telah dibimbing sehingga mereka berupaya melaksanakan pengajaran rekoder ke tahap yang diharapkan. Kajian kes ini telah melalui prosedur pemerhatian, temu bual dan dokumentasi yang kebanyakannya dilakukan di lapangan. Data yang dianalisis telah.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh imejan dalam politik semasa Malaysia melalui penggunaan aplikasi media sosial. Kajian ini menjalankan analisis terhadap “Konteks Fotografi” seperti dicadangkan seorang pengkritik seni Amerika, Terry Barret yang melibatkan internal context, original context dan external context. Pengumpulan sumber literatur diketengahkan untuk menunjukkan kepentingan gambar dalam memberi impak kepada aspek sejarah, politik, dan masyarakat. Satu kajian rintis telah dijalankan dengan melibatkan 3 informan terdiri daripada seorang jurufoto, seorang pakar propaganda, dan seorang blogger. Setelah model daripada kajian rintis diterbitkan, seramai 8 informan telah dipilih untuk menjalani temu bual iaitu melibatkan 3 jurufoto industri, dua orang aktivis politik, dua orang blogger dan seorang pempropaganda politik. Setelah temu bual yang dijalankan, didapati Konteks Fotografi mempunyai kaitan yang jelas dengan Gambar Politik Malaysia. Terdapat petikan ya.....

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Continuous enhancement of organizational performances is indispensable, especially in a challenging economic period and location like Dubai. Substantial studies have been conducted to unravel and explain the drivers of enhanced performance. The research contributes insights and empirical evidence considering the 2030 Dubai industrial strategy. Nowadays, organizations face issues in designing and applying customer success due to lack of knowledge, and this could adversely affect business profitability. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship of customer success management including integration of customer success management technologies, personnel capabilities, organizational readiness and customer orientation on organizational performances among selected international computer technology companies in Dubai. Using cross-sectional research approach, the data were collected from a sample of 147 employees from selected Dubai international computer technology compani.....

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Penyelidikan ini adalah untuk mengenalpasti identiti visual karya-karya yang terbina melalui karya Ahmad Shukri Mohamed. Sebanyak 5 buah karya yang menggunakan media campuran iaitu Hope Dishonest I (1988), Cabinet V (1991), Insert Diskette Series (1996), Sidang Rakyat Series #1 (People’s Forum) (2002) dan Papan Hitam: Hari Pertama Sekolah Negaraku (2015). Kesemua karya-karya yang dipilih adalah merujuk kepada tempoh keatifan atau konsistensi pengkarya di dalam menzahirkan karya-karya visual dalam pelbagai isu semasa di Malaysia. Fokus penyelidikan ini adalah untuk mendokumentasi, menganalisis dan menginterpretasi bentuk karya visual dalam kerangka seni moden Malaysia. Penyelidikan ini menggunakan kerangka konsep yang diadaptasi daripada Erwin Panofsky (1995) dan Muliyadi Mahamood (2007). Objektif penyelidikan pula adalah mengenal pasti rupa bentuk fizikal karya, aspek formalistik dan konteksnya dengan perkembangan seni moden Malaysia. Penyelidikan ini cuba melihat ekspres.....

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Jit Sin Public School was founded in 1918 by the Philomatic Union and Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple of Bukit Mertajam. Both of the orga nisations became t he school board committee which gathered an intertwined network of commerce, temples, politics, and education to gain a foothold in the port. After the dissolution of the Philomatic Union and Kuomintang in 1925, Jit Sin Public School beca me an important reform organization in the city, and the school board committee became an area where various groups competed for power, as illustrated by two disputes over the election of a school board committee. The first election dis pute occurred in 193 8 when the Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple was responsible for funding the construction of Jit Sin Public School, leading to a controversy over whether the Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple should increase its number of seats on the school board committee. The second election dispute occurred in 1947, when Huang again manipulated the election, prompting protest.....

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Wang Yangming's application of metaphors is a representative of the art of traditional Chinese heuristic education. His concept of moral education mainly include s three principles: the principle of “determination of the mind”, the principle of “unity of knowledge and action” and the principle of “mindfulness enlightenment”. He use s lot s of metaphors to illustrate them, making the transmission of moral beliefs vivid and inspiring. Analyzing the metaphors in Wang Yangming's moral teaching not only helps to understand his moral philosophy, but also helps to provide a reference f or the methodology of contemporary moral education...

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Wang Fo Wen (1903 1972) w as a prominent educator in Malaysia’s education history, distinguishedin particular by an incredible career of some four decades in Malay(si)an Chinese education. Studying in the Southeast University in Nanking of China where he was trained as a bilingual educationist, Wang Fo Wen was imbued with the teaching principles of renowned American educator John Dewey and his Chinese student Tao Hsing chih; and upon graduation, Wang signed up for “overseas Chinese education” and was sent to British Malaya (then to Dutch Indonesia) to teach in Chinese high schools in the 1922s. This paper traces Wang Fo Wen’s life trajectory in Malay(si)a, by examining the three vastly different, if not contrasting, roles that he assumed in Malayan Chinese education at different st ages of her life, respectively as Chinese language high school teacher in the 1920s 30s, Chinese Schools Inspector in the 1930s 50s, and as principal of Foon Yew High School, the first independent Ch.....

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Mahua Malaysian Chinese) Literature has been an academ ic field in diaspora studies since the 1990s. Lee Yucheng and Tee Kim Tong, both Malaysian born, are among the scholars who have developed the theory thoroughly in Taiwan. The diaspora studies of Mahua Literature was bene fited from Chinese diaspora studies and the Western diaspora studies, hence its outcome encompasses a few dimensions. Firstly, it focuses more on transnational network instead of national literature per se, in which such perspective i s in line with the rise of globalization in modern capita lism. Secondly, the concept of Chinese di aspora (or diasporic Chinese) i s used to distinguish the identity of the mainland Chinese. Thirdly, diaspora studies has shifted from empirical studies to critical studies, equipping scholars to reflect on more issu es in Mahua Literature. Nevertheless, two decades after the establishment of the field, there are still questions needed to be asked and discussions worth revisit ing . Th.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengajaran dan pembelajaran kemahiran proses sains (KPS) dan pengaplikasian kemahiran berfikir (KB) dalam subjek Sains di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) melalui kaedah Hermeneutik. Pendekatan kualitatif telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Penyelidikan ini tertumpu kepada 10 buah Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) di Daerah Kinta Utara, Perak. Seorang guru dari setiap sekolah dilantik menjadi responden untuk kajian ini. Data diperoleh melalui hasil triangulasi daripada soal selidik, temu bual dan pemerhatian. Masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh guru Sains dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran KPS dan pengaplikasian KB dalam subjek Sains serta cara mengatasinya telah dianalisis dalam kajian ini. Seterusnya, cara menggabungjalinkan KPS dan KB dalam mata pelajaran Sains turut dianalisis dalam penyelidikan ini. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa responden masih menghadapi pelbagai masalah ketika mengajar KPS dan pengaplikasian KB dalam pengajaran .....

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