As we enter the _Age of Intelligence_ (Buzon, 2011) the focus of Malaysia and other developing nations has turned to the value of human capital and its ability to produce creative, independent leaders as a primary investment for future growth. Creativity is nothing new to music educators: music has continually been a creative learning and teaching tool; employing methods and approaches that have been transferred from parent to child, sage to novice and teacher to student and which develops aural, visual, physical, kinaesthetic and written communication skills. Music education can provide teaching and learning examples to develop these previously underestimated soft skills which are now in high demand. Notwithstanding, both Australia and Malaysia have identified music education in schools (Classroom and instrumental) as an area in dire need of improvement and programs of curricula improvements have begun. Gwatkin (2008) identified the need for consistency of government policy, teacher t.....

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This study seeks to identify effects of determinants for computers use among teachers in Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is widespread recognition that computer can play a powerful role in supplementing and complimenting the process of teacher_s teaching and learning. Given current recognition of the value of computer integration, as well as the investment costs that technologies represent for schools, this study attempted to develop a model which demonstrates the variables that affect computer use among teachers and which also explain its interactions. The proposed research model is based on previous models of technology acceptance. Three variables (computer teaching efficacy, computer attitude and learning outcomes) were selected to build a model for this study. Methodologically, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used as the main technique for data analysis. The findings support the notion that computer attitudes, computer teaching efficacy and learning outcomes have effects on co.....

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Schools_ leadership are central to the task of building schools_ environment and culture that promote learning for all students. Second only to the influences of classroom instruction, school leadership has been shown to have very strong influence on student learning. In Malaysia, where the education system is undergoing reforms, school principals have been given new deals in terms of tasks and responsibilities. They are expected to be educational visionaries, curriculum and instructional leaders, assessment experts, disciplinarians, community builders, public relations and communication experts, budget analysts, facility managers, special programs administrators, as well as guardians of various legal, contractual, and policy mandates and initiatives. The competencies they require in order to perform these new roles professionally have been spelled out in great detail in the Malaysian School Principals_ Competency Standards 2006 (MSCPS). The MSCPS describes the knowledge, the professio.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan Modul SMART-KQ bagi murid di Tadika Islam Malaysia. SMART-KQ merupakan modul kosa kata bahasa Arab yang berasaskan warna dan gambar. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk dan pembangunan (DDR) yang terdiri daripada tiga fasa. Fasa pertama melibatkan analisis keperluan dengan 214 responden dari Tadika Islam di lima zon Malaysia menggunakan persampelan kluster. Dapatan soal selidik dianalisis menggunakan SPSS versi 21.0 untuk melihat peratusan, min, dan sisihan piawai. Protokol temubual turut digunakan melibatkan lima pakar, dan analisis dibuat menggunakan ATLAS.ti22. Fasa kedua melibatkan reka bentuk dan pembangunan modul menggunakan kaedah Fuzzy Delphi dengan 12 orang pakar untuk mengesahkan konstruk dan item. Reka bentuk modul mengadaptasi Model Gagne, Model TABA, dan Model Sidek, menghasilkan tujuh konstruk utama. Fasa ketiga menguji kebolehgunaan modul melalui kaedah teknik nominal (NGT) dengan 23 pakar terpilih. Dapatan fasa pertama menunjukkan .....

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Nyanyian tradisional Melayu adalah seni warisan budaya yang kaya dengan nilai sejarah dan identiti masyarakat Melayu. Namun, ia semakin kurang diminati terutama dalam kalangan generasi muda yang lebih tertarik kepada muzik moden dan popular. Tanpa inisiatif untuk memperbaharui bentuk persembahan, nyanyian tradisional ini berisiko ketinggalan zaman dan mungkin dilupakan. Kajian ini meneliti konsep Harmontradiloka sebagai pendekatan baharu dalam persembahan nyanyian tradisional Melayu. Objektif kajian adalah untuk memperkenalkan ensembel vokal dengan harmoni moden dalam nyanyian tradisional Melayu, mengumpul koleksi lagu tradisional dari pelbagai genre, serta menyampaikan persembahan dalam bentuk konsert muzikal yang disertai elemen koreografi dan teaterikal. Kajian menggunakan kaedah berasaskan amali untuk penghasilan karya serta kaedah kualitatif, termasuk temu bual tidak berstruktur, kajian perpustakaan melalui bahan bacaan, kajian terdahulu, artikel, jurnal, pengalaman peribadi, peme.....

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The aim of this study is to examine the effects of using vocabulary learning materials in developing vocabulary skills and enhancing speaking skills. The study used the mixed-methods research approach. The quantitative data were obtained using English vocabulary tests using pre-test and post-test, speaking skills rubric, and the questionnaire. The qualitative data were obtained using semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. For the descriptive analysis, means, percentages, and standard deviations were used to analyse the data, while for the inferential analysis t-tests and ANOVA were used. The qualitative data were analysed thematically. Findings for quantitative analysis showed that the significant difference between pre-test and post-test was at 0.01 level. In addition, the relationship between vocabulary development and communication skills was at 0.02 level of significance. As for the qualitative analysi.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan membangunkan modul pembelajaran berasaskan projek (M-BMC) dan mengkaji kesannya terhadap pencapaian topik Kanvas Model Perniagaan. Kajian ini terdiri daripada dua fasa iaitu fasa pembangunan modul dan fasa menilai kesan modul. Reka bentuk kajian pembangunan digunakan dalam fasa pertama manakala reka bentuk kuasi eksperimen digunakan dalam fasa kedua. Modul Pembelajaran Berasaskan Projek (M-BMC) dibangunkan dengan model Dick dan Reiser (1996) mengintegrasikan Model Pembangunan Modul Sidek serta Teori Konstruktivisme dan Teori Pembelajaran Bermakna. Kesahan modul dinilai oleh sembilan pakar menggunakan dua instrumen iaitu soal selidik kesahan modul dan soal selidik kesahan aktiviti modul dan Nilai kebolehpercayaan modul (Cronbach_s Alpha = 0.710 _ 0.898) diperoleh melalui kajian rintis. Pada fasa kedua melibatkan 91 orang pelajar Kolej Vokasional Pertanian yang diagih kepada kumpulan kawalan (n = 35) dan rawatan (n = 56). Instrumen yang digunakan ujian pencapaian top.....

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The focus of this article is the Critical Reflection Profile (CRP) and Guidelines which have recently been developed at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia (UPSI). The revised Malaysian national curriculum has a new focus on critical and creative thinking. There is an opportunity to introduce critical reflection - and teacher action research - into the day-to-day practice of teachers and school leaders in Malaysia. This coincides with changes in legislation that have somewhat destabilized the school system, for example ending the teaching of mathematics and science through the medium of English. At this time of rapid change, UPSI, as one of the major providers of teacher education in Malaysia, has an important role to play in improving the quality of teacher education with consequent improvements in the quality of teaching and learning in schools. Over the last decade, UPSI has built up a vibrant tradition of action research in partnership with local schools in the State of Pe.....

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Research on teacher quality is derived from a Western model of education that is obsessed with student achievement. Often comparisons with student achievement in East Asian societies leave Western policymakers asking: _why aren_t our students as good as theirs?_ The answer is often that improvements in teacher quality are the key variable in enhancing student achievement and much policy effort is spent on identifying the links between the two variables. Qualifications, licensing arrangements, teacher education, salary incentives, instructional style and teacher efficacy have all been nominated as likely ingredients in this elusive construct of _teacher quality_. Keywords: policy; teachers; quality; culture..

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Teacher learning and continuous teacher professional development have become important topics in educational research in view of the ongoing pressure for change in education. It is all the more important because educational reforms require both changes in teachers_ ways of thinking about student learning and changes in their teaching practices. (Meirink, J.A., Imants, J., Meijer P.C. & Verloop, N., 2010)...

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