Lecturers’ job scope is challenging and demanding. It can lead to undesirable behaviours within the academic practice if lecturers start to feel burdened by those job scopes. Hence, rather than solely focusing on performance, lecturers’ engagement towards their tasks should be acknowledged. This article is attempting to discuss the issues and challenges related to the work engagement of lecturers by referring to previous articles. First, the concept of work engagement is described. Then, the reality of lecturers’ engagement is explored. Then, it is followed by the current challenges within their job that might risk their engagement are included. This article concludes with a summary of the article and some recommendations for future researches. The significance of this article is that proper measures can be planned and administered starting from the management level until the individual level which is the lecturers themselves so that work engagement can be attained. Keywords: W.....

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Generic skills are important because the work today requires workers to be flexible, initiative, and able to solve different tasks. Employees not only do certain work as before, but they are generally more service-oriented, informative and social skills are becoming increasingly important. There are several issues and challenges in developing a model curriculum for the training of Food Processing Diploma in Vocational College Malaysia which is a factor in terms of theory and practical learning, communication, and overall weakness of ethical values. Keywords: Generic Skills, Theory and Practical Learning, Communication Skills and Weakness of Ethical Values...

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This study intended to highlight the dual themes of war and love from the perspective of Ernest Hemingway. The objectives of this study stated firstly, the portrayal of love based on selected novels by Ernest Hemingway, secondly the depiction of the war violence and thirdly the impact of the war violence on the image of love and how this influence has been portrayed through his fictional characters. Four novels constituted the database for this study. The methodology relied on the concepts of the social psychology theory as a big umbrella, while Attribution theory as sub-theory was employed in carrying out the analysis as a critical study in modern American literature. The focus, therefore, would be on the characters′ acts, actions, and the setting. The findings showed that the image of love has been affected by war violence. According to the first objective, the researcher found that all the characters of the novels and especially the main have portrayed the image of love.....

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Malaysia has witnessed a sharp increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the past decade and named as the highest rate of overweight and obesity among all Southeast Asian countries by WHO in 2018. Despite the importance of the dietary knowledge intervention related to obesity and overweight, there is a lack of study on intuitive eating behaviour among Malaysian adolescents. Most of the existing overweight and obesity intervention was targeted to adolescents without considering the different psychological, cultures, religions, and ethnicities, making the current approaches less suitable for Malaysian adolescents. Therefore, it is important to understand how the Malaysian obese population benefits from the comprehensive, intuitive eating behaviour intervention. The improvement intervention based on intuitive eating behaviour that caters specifically towards Malaysian obese and overweight adolescents could contribute to develop effective healthcare intervention on obesity an.....

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This study aims to develop a teaching tool called Easy Learning Basic Pattern for Beginners to solve problems that arise when students design patterns. The selected sample involved Form 4 students who took the Household Science subject to determine the effectiveness of this teaching aid innovation. A questionnaire containing 32 items was distributed to the respondents and analysed descriptively using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software version 23. The study found that students’ perceptions towards the proposed teaching aid are high in terms of understanding and interest in sewing. The results can help students to understand the steps to design patterns correctly and serves as one of the teaching aids that can be utilised by teachers in teaching sewing. Keywords: Teaching Tools, Sewing, Rasch Model...

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Children’s Theatre or Theatre For Young Audience can involve children in actual productions, plays and musicals aimed explicitly for children, or a mixture of both. The study aims to look at the combination of children’s theatre and creative movement that results in boosting pre-school children’s self -confidence and its ability to aid in their holistic development. The study was conducted in a nursery to expose theatre as a medium to express feelings, emotions and behaviors amongst children. Theatre as a medium of learning is also expected to be a place for children to showcase existing talent and help the child to boost their self- confidence. This study focused on a qualitative methodology applying Bloom's Taxonomy of the cognitive domain approach that involves knowledge, understanding and application. The study was conducted on seven children in Taska Sayang Sentosa di Bukit Beruntung, Selangor based on the Kurikulum Standard Prasekolah Kebangsaan (Malaysian National Standrad.....

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This study was conducted to highlight the method in drama as one of the alternative approaches in teaching and facilitation for primary students with special needs focusing on level 2 in dyslexia. This study looked into how the Malay Language's teaching and learning facilitation can improve their literacy abilities. This research applied two cycles of Kemmis action research. A drama activity module using the Environment and Green Technology theme has been modified based on the Malaysian National Standard Curriculum for Special Education in Primary Schools (KSSRPK) for learning disabilities by referring to the Standard Curriculum and Assessment Document (DSKP) in Malay Language subject. Data collection and structured interviews were organized by observing eight participants who were the respondents. Analysis of the findings of this study has shown that the involvement of drama activities has shown increased alertness and interest in learning the Malay Language. These activities have sti.....

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The Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0) era has changed the working environments and the expertise of many professions rapidly. This 21st Century is a daunting period for all the workforce because it requires a new technical and soft skills suite. Thus, this study aims to identify the Vocational Wellbeing Taxonomy (VWT) for sustainable growth of Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET). TVET has a significant role in achieving and supporting sustainable growth. Its institutions are the primary supplier of the workforce that will be at the forefront in dealing directly with sustainability issues. As the rates of fresh-grade unemployment increase, students are more mindful of engaging in the vocational stream to ensure the workplace's well-being. Bloom's taxonomy has been used in an educational context to identify educational goals, objectives, and outcomes since 1956. However, it does not fulfil the 'well-being' assessment criterion for highly skilled workers with technical expe.....

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Malaysia was developed under the political concensus among the multi-racial political leader. The struggle of the founding fathers of Malaysia led to the birth of an independence nation by 31 August 1957 as Tanah Melayu and became Malaysia after the joining of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore on 1963. This article was written to analyse the experience of the coalition of multi-racial leaders in the struggle of independence using the historical approach. The understanding on this coalition will contribute to the new approach for the next generation to appreciate the concept of multiracial coalition as a fundamental for the future of Malaysian identity. Based on unity and harmony, inter-racial relations can be nurtured and always be preserved for the sake of an independent Malaysia. Failure to understand the past will cause a nation to fall back into the arena of racial strife and riots that will not benefit but harm the country. The implication is the collapse of an independent nation that .....

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The writing of this social science concept paper is conducted to explore the elements acting method implementation a Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) in education. Therefore, by researching the understanding of Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM) in the implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs), and how teachers make critical transformations Incorporate into the teaching plan, and implement teaching through the curriculum. The research was intended to introduce the modification of the acting method as an alternative method or known as critical pedagogy to strengthening the student aspirations. In addition, the acting method in depth through the transformation approach of Theater Arts such as Constantine Stanislavky (1946), Bertolt Brecht (1956) and Augusto Boal (1978). The culture of education in Malaysia, which is still based on a teacher-centered pedagogical approach, raises the question of the extent to which Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTs) can be implemen.....

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