{"id":5716,"date":"2020-09-13T09:17:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T01:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:11:16","slug":"fssh-adjunct-professor-lecture-series-ybhg-datuk-dr-habibah-abdul-rahim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/fssh-adjunct-professor-lecture-series-ybhg-datuk-dr-habibah-abdul-rahim\/","title":{"rendered":"FSSH Adjunct Professor Lecture Series: YBhg. Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5717\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/habibah-abd-rahim.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025:&#8230;.. Examining the journey thus far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Key points:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenges due to unforeseen event i.e. COVID-19 pandemic prompt teachers, parents and students to adjust to the new norms.\u00a0 It is not easy to ensure the practice of physical distance yet learning has to happen no matter what.\u00a0 It prompts all respective parties to use digital learning to the max.<\/li>\n<li>The priorities of education would always have to be translated into action regardless of whatever event that could derail the progress of learning at institutions level (schools and higher education institutions).<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia Education Blueprint set the stage of where our education is heading forward but we have to <strong>understand<\/strong> the current performance and challenges of education system, <strong>establish<\/strong> a vision and aspirations for the system and students and <strong>outline<\/strong> the transformation program for the system.<\/li>\n<li>Outlining the current blueprint is not about just preparing the document but how we would deliver the vision and aspirations (policies) at various levels through dedicated teams.<\/li>\n<li>There are<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong> 11 key shifts<\/strong><\/span> to achieve aspiration (refer to the first 4 chapters in the blueprint): <strong>access, quality, equity, unity, efficiency, empower, ICT, transform (accountability), partnership, budget, transparency<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rigorous monitoring process: with KPIs, charters and budgeting to ensure continuous supports are delivered and accountability to be assured.<\/li>\n<li>2-12% of students are not in schools for various reasons and yet, there are various attempts, efforts and programmes have been and are being delivered.<\/li>\n<li>Access to technical and vocational education is one of the main agenda = to enhance technical skills among students<\/li>\n<li>Address the issue of transitioning and dropping out especially among the most disadvantaged i.e. students from Orang Asli community (the rate of completion is still low)<\/li>\n<li>New assessment i.e. UPSR and such somehow poses another challenge to improve and bridge the gap of dropping out and school completion among students especially the disadvantaged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Participation in STEM<\/strong> subjects especially in pure sciences subjects has been steadily declined over the years especially as students pursue their education at higher level i.e. post secondary education.\u00a0 1\/5 of students who originally from pure science stream would going to further their study in pure sciences field at post secondary education.<\/li>\n<li>The quality of education system would not exceed the quality of teachers.\u00a0 The quality of education depends on the quality of teachers.\u00a0 Thus, it is important to ensure we provide the best training teacher education to pre-service teachers.\u00a0 450k teachers (young teachers) are currently work as teachers in Malaysia and to enhance proficiency in English based on the alignment of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/what-are-some-of-the-criticism-about-cefr-cum-new-kssm-syllabus-for-english\/\">CEFR<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 For the time being, it is only meant for English teachers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital competency<\/strong> among students (primary and secondary) is skewed in which those who go to schools equip with good ICT facilities would have better digital competency.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>ecosystem<\/strong> within the school is related to students&#8217; competency on digital skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/gerak-kerja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5720 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/gerak-kerja-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/gerak-kerja-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2020\/09\/gerak-kerja.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Zero Reject Policy<\/strong> is in motion with various programmes such as programmes for special needs students, programmes for children of migrants or asylum seekers, ziarah cakna and such.<\/li>\n<li>The emphasis on the results is still prevalent in Malaysia.\u00a0 We often ask &#8220;How many As do you get?&#8221; rather on the question &#8220;What have you learned over the 11 years of schooling?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The societal value (in Malaysia) makes it a challenge to change the current practice in which teachers still practice &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/teaching-to-the-test-nope\/\"><strong>teaching to the test<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; i.e. teachers teach what would be &#8220;appeared&#8221; in the examination.<\/li>\n<li><strong>School completion<\/strong> requires students to have minimum expected skills and knowledge as set by the Ministry of Education (education system) to ensure our future generations would be future proof to face 4IR challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Selection of those undergoing teaching training programmes has been improved and also, there are continuous programmes given to current teachers to enhance their teaching practice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>School leadership<\/strong> is the 2nd biggest factor influencing students&#8217; learning after teachers&#8217; instructional delivery.\u00a0 Thus, it is important to emphasise on the preparation of instructional planning and delivery than administrative aspects.<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 has given impacts on society at various levels especially the most affected are the vulnerable (the disadvantaged).<\/li>\n<li><strong>DELIMa<\/strong> (<span class=\"st\">Digital Educational Learning Initiative Malaysia<em>)<\/em> is a culmination of efforts from the ministry along with Google, Microsoft and Apple.\u00a0 Yet, it is all go back to the issues of teachers and students&#8217; preparedness in online learning, digital divide and connectivity as well as providing support to the most vulnerable including students with disability.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The accuracy of information and speed of information delivers from various parties to different levels of parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025:&#8230;.. Examining the journey thus far Key points: Challenges due to unforeseen event i.e. COVID-19 pandemic prompt teachers, parents and students to adjust to the new norms.\u00a0 It is not easy to ensure the practice of physical distance yet learning has to happen no matter what.\u00a0 It prompts all respective parties to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/fssh-adjunct-professor-lecture-series-ybhg-datuk-dr-habibah-abdul-rahim\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FSSH Adjunct Professor Lecture Series: YBhg. Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,50],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-5716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19_teaching-and-learning","category-fssh-adjunct-professor-lecture-series","tag-fsshadjunctprofessorlectureseries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5724,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5716\/revisions\/5724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}