The purpose of this article is to map the curriculum of Bachelor of Education in Geography programme with the Standard Document of Curriculum and Assessment (DSKP) in school. An analysis of document been implemented to examine the linkages between the geography curriculum at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) towards the geography subject in Standard Curriculum for Secondary School (KSSM) of form one, two and three. The relationship matrix of paralleled themes was identified with the ATLAS.ti software. The themes examined comprised of physical geography, human geography and geographic skills. The results showed that 14 out of 16 courses of BED Geography were parallel with the Geography DSKP for form 1 to 3. There were eight topics in the DSKP of KSSM Geography that were not related in any Geography BED Instructional Plan, which involved two form 1 topics, titled Kedudukan and Lakaran Peta Malaysia; three form 2 topics, namely Telekomunikasi di Malaysia, Jenis dan Kemajuan Pengan.....

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The purpose of this article is to draw a comparison between the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Geography curriculum and the Standard Document for Curriculum and Assessment (SDCA) of secondary school geography. The study includes analysis of the geography curriculum document at Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) and the Standards-Based Curriculum for Secondary School (SBCSS) for the subject of geography. A relationship matrix of parallel themes was identified using ATLAS.ti software. The themes examined were physical geography, human geography, and geographic skills. The results of the analysis show that 14 out of 16 courses in the B.Ed. in Geography were comparable to the SDCA of Geography SBCSS for Forms 1 to 3. There were eight subjects in the SDCA of Geography SBCSS that were not related to the instructional plan of the B.Ed. in Geography: two Form 1 topics – Position and Sketch Map of Malaysia; three Form 2 topics – Telecommunications in Malaysia, Types of and Transportati.....

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Fostering and nurturing young children with good social-emotional skills are vitally important. Previous studies indicated a positive correlation between young children’s social-emotional skills and their future success. Hence, preschool teachers as children’s first educator play an important role in fostering and nurturing positive social-emotional development in young children. It is pivotal to ensure preschool teachers have vast knowledge and skills on social-emotional learning, hence capable to promote social-emotional learning. As such, this research aims to examine preschool teachers’ knowledge and practice regarding social-emotional learning. This is a quantitative study with a survey research design..

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Penceritaan (Storytelling) merupakan pengalaman manusia yang sangat berharga dan unik dari aspek emosional dalam menjayakan sesuatu penyampaian atau penceritaan yang dibangunkan. Penggunaan media dalam proses pendidikan mampu melonjakkan tahap penumpuan dan pemahaman serta mewujudkan kepelbagaian semasa proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Kajian ini berlandaskan kepada masalah penggunaan penceritaan digital sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam matapelajaran Sejarah yang sangat rendah berbanding dengan penyediaan bahan pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang lain. Oleh hal demikian, kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangunkan koswer (perisian kursus) penceritaan digital sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dalam mempelajari matapelajaran Sejarah. Koswer penceritaan digital bersandarkan Model ADDIE digunakan sebagai bahan intervensi bagi mengkaji teknik penceritaan digital terhadap tahap penumpuan dan pemahaman pelajar berdasarkan memori jangka masa panjang dan pendek. Model reka bentuk melibatkan lima fasa .....

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Non-polar crude extracts obtained from the calyces of Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn. (Roselle) and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activity has been investigated. Roselle extracts potentially act as an anti-diabetic activity. However, most of the previous studies on Roselle were just focused on the polar crude extracts. Therefore, hexane and dichloromethane crude extracts were selected for these study. 3 kg of samples were air dried at room temperature, ground and serially extracted by solid-liquid extraction technique using hexane and dichloromethane. Compounds were isolated and purified by various chromatographic techniques. Their structures were elucidated with 1D and 2D-NMR, and other spectroscopic methods including MS, IR and UV as well as comparison with data reported in the literature. The phytochemical study has led to the isolation of three compounds namely squalene, triglyceride fatty acids (consist of ethyl oleate, ethyl linoleate and γ-ethyl linolenate) and ethyl stearate. Base.....

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Phyllanthus amarus which is locally known as Dukung Anak was one of the herb used in traditional medicine and research of P. amarus in Malaysia was not widely reported. This present research has isolated three chemical compounds and its anticancer effect of this species has been determined. Three lignans namely hypophyllanthin was afforded from hexane crude while niranthin and lintetralin were afforded from ethanol crude. Anticancer test against HeLa cells and NIH/3T3 cells by MTT assays was tested for its anticancer effect. The result shows that hypophyllanthin was considered to possess an active anticancer effect on HeLa cells than NIH/3T3 cells compared to niranthin and lintetralin.  ..

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A notable feature of empirical research on the inclusion of the economic uncertainty in the money demand function is that very few published papers rely on thespecifcations with formal clarity by studying the response of precautionary demand for money to changes in economic uncertainty. To overcome this shortcoming, this study uses the augmented form to specify the demand for money function and examines the empirical validity based on a sample of eleven countries, including four developed countries and seven developing countries. Using the panel error-correction technique, the fndings provide some policy implications; the augmented form of money demand function can characterize the diference between the three primary motives of money demand—the precautionary motive, the transactions motive and the speculative motive, and support the choice of narrow money as a guide for monetary policy that ensures that economic agents have enough money to meet unexpected expenses triggered by econom.....

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With the advancement of technology, considerable effort has been made to implement the utilization of mobile technology in learning, especially in STEM related subjects. However, this raises another issue in that the question of ethics when using these kinds of technology has not been addressed for the local context. Based on the current research, participants are concerned about the ethics of mobile technology. Thus, this research is conducted to investigate and identify the mobile ethics of students through mobile learning in a local context. The methodology used in this research is largely qualitative with students from a local university and analysed using thematic analysis. The preliminary findings shed light on the issue of ethics in mobile learning for the local context.  ..

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Rote memorisation and dependent teaching approaches are still common among ESL teachers teaching writing. The lack of practicability of creative approachesto violate the ‘spoon-feeding’ trend among students needs attention. This paper aims to provide an overview of theories and how these theories govern the ESL practices to teach writing creatively, using integrated strategies for weak ESL students, in order to enhance their essay writing skills. Teaching of writing creatively refers to three of the 21st Century teaching and learning skills. The three elements which are essential in the 21stCentury are: creativity (C1), collaboration (C2) and communication (C3). Therefore, this paper suggests that the teachers be exposed to the 21st century teaching skills and theories needed to teach writing. It is vital to prepare the nation’s workforce for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and high performance to set a benchmark among other countries by international standard, thus, avoid unemp.....

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Technology has always been an important part of the teaching and learning environment. Today’s era of digital technology has provided teachers and educators with more chances to be innovative with their teaching sessions in the classroom. However, regardless of the waves of technology flooded into the education, teachers still have trouble getting learners interested in learning English language. Learners tend to be unmotivated and not fond of learning English language in the classroom. Thus, it is believed that there is a need for an innovation on the type of materials used in the classroom. One such material is the video blog or ‘vlog’ and is developed to provide learners with more meaningful and authentic materials and help learners to be more interested in learning English language in the classroom. It is hoped this innovation will be able to assist both learners and educators in their future...

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