Artikel ini bertujuan menganalisis perbandingan antara teori psikologi Barat dan teori Islam yang boleh diterapkan dalam pembangunan psiko-pendidikan karakter anak-anak. Karakter amat berkait dengan aspek perilaku, sikap, cara dan kualiti diri yang ada pada seseorang individu. Kajian lepas telah menunjukkan bahawa pembangunan psiko-pendidikan karakter sangat penting dalam pembentukan watak dan tingkah laku individu. Oleh kerana pendekatan psiko-pendidikan karakter banyak merujuk kepada teori dan konsep Barat, justeru dengan menambahkan pendekatan Islam dalam pembangunan psiko-pendidikan karakter, ini dapat melengkapi serta menambah baik kerangka sedia ada dengan konsep-konsep yang merujuk kepada al-Quran dan as-Sunnah sebagai suatu sumber yang relevan. Kertas konsep ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis konsep pembangunan psikopendidikan karakter teori Psikologi Barat dan Islam. Kaedah pengumpulan data adalah dengan rujukan sumber melalui kajian perpustakaaan. Berdasarkan analisis kajian, t.....

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Malaysia terdiri daripada masyarakat pluralistik, yang berbeza dari aspek agama, bangsa dan budaya, justeru memerlukan kepada suatu wadah dalam kalangan masyarakat. Dalam hal ini, dialog dilihat sebagai wadah yang efektif bagi membina persefahaman dan sikap toleransi dalam kalangan masyarakat negara ini. Al-Quran dan Hadis Nabi SAW jelas membuktikan bahawa pendekatan dialog merupakan antara pendekatan dakwah yang paling efektif yang dilakukan oleh para Rasul kepada bukan Muslim. Dalam berdialog, seorang pendakwah perlu membina hubungan dengan menampilkan akhlak terpuji atau Daᶜwah Bil Hal, ditambah dengan menggunakan metode al-hikmah dalam berdialog sepertimana yang diaplikasikan oleh para rasul. Dengan demikian, artikel ini akan membincangkan konsep Daᶜwah Bil Hal Nabi Muhammad SAW melalui pendekatan dialog yang boleh dijadikan panduan para pendakwah. Metodologi kajian ini menggunakan kajian kualitatif iaitu dengan menganalisis teks-teks Hadis Nabi SAW yang telah terpilih yang ber.....

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This study is aimed to develop a valid and reliable three-tiers diagnostic test in genetics. The study also aimed to assess pre-university students’ level of understanding and misconception in genetics by utilising the developed test and to explore the misconception issue. It has employed a developmental design involving adaptation, validation and pilot study phase. The test named as Three-Tiers Diagnostic Test in Genetics (3-TDTG) consists of 15 questions was administered in the empirical study. Ten biology experts and 30 pre-university students were involved in the developmental phase, whereas 455 students of a matriculation college in northern peninsular Malaysia involved in the empirical study. Seven of them were purposely selected to be interviewed, along with six biology lecturers. The findings suggest the 3-TDTG to be valid with S-CVI values of 0.98 and 0.96 for face and content validity respectively. The false positive and negative value was minimised to 10.90% and.....

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The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of selected macroeconomic variables on public expenditure in the UAE during the 1975-2020 period, based on the Wagner (1883) law of increasing state activities. The study employs several estimation techniques including the Gregory-Hansen cointegration approach, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing technique, the Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR), Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) estimators, the Non-linear ARDL (NARDL) method, and the Toda-Yamamoto causality procedure. The results of the cointegration tests demonstrate the presence of a long-term relationship between public expenditure and the selected variables. Further, the results of the different estimation techniques illustrate that oil price, tax burden, fiscal deficit, outward flow of money and FDI, and interest rate influence the level of public expenditure significantly both in the short-term and the long-term. Moreover, adoptin.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji pemilihan teks puisi klasik dalam buku teks Bahasa Cina menengah rendah bagi Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Menengah (KSSM). Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti kesesuaian kandungan teks puisi klasik dalam buku teks dan persepsi murid terhadap teks puisi klasik yang dipelajari dalam buku teks Bahasa Cina serta penerapan nilai murni dan estetik dalam kalangan murid menengah rendah. Kajian ini merupakan kajian kualitatif dengan menganalisis buku teks dan menjalankan sesi temu bual. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa sebanyak dua puluh tiga buah puisi klasik dalam buku teks telah memenuhi standard pemilihan puisi klasik iaitu ideologi, kesenian, keseronokan, informatif serta sifat kontemporari, tiga belas buah puisi klasik memenuhi empat standard pemilihan puisi klasik, tiga belas buah puisi klasik memenuhi tiga standard pemilihan puisi klasik manakala dua buah puisi klasik memenuhi dua standard pemilihan puisi klasik. Minat pembelajaran mu.....

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This study aims to explore the implementation of assessment reform initiatives known as the National Education Assessment System (NEAS) from the perspectives of school adminstrators and teachers and in two primary schools. The objectives of the study were: (a) to explore the approaches developed by schools in response to NEAS, (b) to explore the factors which affect the implementation of NEAS, and (c) to identify the factors in schools which impact upon the implementation of NEAS. The main model used in this study was Concern-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). This model explained about the teachers’ concern within a context of assessment reform. This study used a qualitative case study which involved 8 informants from two primary schools. Semi-structure interview protocol and document analysis were the insruments used to collect qualitative data. Qualitative data analysis using thematic analysis was also utilised in this study. The supportive result shows that the relationship.....

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This study aimed to investigate the implementation of project-based learning to enhance students' skills in the 21st -century. The constructivist perspective was adopted, in which the study participants immersed themselves in the activity and built new skills in the MOOC Module. The scope of the study encompassed 196 students was selected from the Semester One students in Kolej Poly- tech MARA Kuantan. The research methodologies used to conduct the study were qualitative (questionnaire) and quantitative (interview and observation). The data were collected, codified, and analyzed based on the instrument adapted from the work of multiple researchers. According to the interview and observation findings, PjBL had a beneficial effect on students. Results from a paired sample t-test analysis indicate that a growing number of skills in communication skills (t = 60.86), creativity skills (t = 43.00), problem-solving skills (t = 30.87), and critical thinking skills (t = 67.76), and c.....

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The purpose of this study is to determine how STEM education can bridge the gap between the productivity of early childhood educators and government policies in elevating the quality of education based on 21st century learning in Malaysia. There are 4 objectives of this study which are (i) explore the best practice in Early Science towards the implementation of STEM activity in kindergarten; (ii) explore the best practice in Early Mathematics towards the implementation of STEM activity in kindergarten; (iii) explore technology-assisted teaching tools towards the implementation of STEM activity in kindergarten; and (iv) explore engineering activity towards the implementation of STEM activity in kindergarten. The method of exploratory case study was used to design this study, which was based on a qualitative study. It was successfully carried out at three different private kindergartens in Malaysia, with four kindergarten teachers and 39 kindergarten students participating. T.....

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This research aimed to prepare, characterise and apply four iron oxide-chitosan nanocomposites, namely ferrihydrite-chitosan (FC), goethite-chitosan (GC), hematitechitosan (HM) and magnetite-chitosan (MC) as flocculants for the pre-treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME). The nanocomposites were prepared through a co-precipitation method at three (w/w) ratios of iron oxide to chitosan. The physicochemical properties of nanocomposites were characterised by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer, vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) before and after flocculation experiments to prove the effectiveness of the nanocomposites. The effects of flocculant dosage, solution pH and settling time on flocculation for the removal of total suspended solids (TSS), turbidity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), oil and grease (O&G) and nutrients (K, Fe, Mn and Cu) were in.....

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Orang Asli ialah sebahagian daripada penduduk Malaysia yang telah mendiami negara sejak beribu tahun dahulu. Umumnya masyarakat Orang Asli memiliki dan mengamalkan pelbagai jenis kepercayaan dan nilai hidup mereka yang unik dan tersendiri. Mereka mempunyai satu nilai hidup yang harmoni antara sesama insan dan alam persekitaran semula jadi mereka. Hal ini kerana, hubungan mereka sesama manusia dan alam persekitaran telah banyak mempengaruhi cara hidup dan sumber ekonomi mereka. Terdapat tiga suku orang Asli iaitu Senoi, Proto dan Negrito. Orang Asli Kensiu tergolong dalam suku orang Asli Negrito dan merupakan kelompok orang Asli yang terkecil dan tertua sekali di Semenanjung Malaysia berbanding kelompok Senoi dan Proto. Orang Asli Kensiu hanya terdapat di Kampung Lubuk Legong, Baling, Kedah. Jumlah mereka ialah seramai 224 orang yang terdiri daripada 44 buah keluarga pada tahun 2009. Justeru tidak banyak tulisan tentang kepercayaan suku ini, sama ada berbentuk umum apatah lagi dalam ben.....

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