Heartiest congratulations to Dr. Hadijah for bagging the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Psychology 2022. The title of the paper is “The Perception Of Psychological Impact Of Smartphone On Students During Covid-19” which is based on Dr. Manvin’s thesis. On behalf of the research team members of the UTM ER project, thank you for the effort.
A job well done by my third year PhD student, Fatini for successfully presented her paper entitled “Examining Teachers’ Brain Functional Connectivity during Reflection: A Preliminary Study” at the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering 2022 (TALE 2022) organised by IEEE and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Many congratulations to my third year PhD student, Shanthini for successfully presented her paper entitled “Using Brain Functional Connectivity Pattern to Examine the Effectiveness of a Reading Intervention for Children with Dyslexia” at the IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering 2022 (TALE 2022) organised by IEEE and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
I would like to extend my heartiest congratulations to my PhD student Atiqah NawawiI for successfully negotiated her viva-voce this morning. Alhamdulillah, her thesis entitled “Penerokaan terhadap Dorongan Motivasi Keusahawanan dalam Inovasi Penyelidikan Akademik di Universiti Awam Malaysia” received B1 with minor corrections.
Thank you to my co-supervisor Dr. Sharifah, for her willingness to share her expertise in qualitative case study. Thank you also to the external examiner Prof. Dr. Nik Ahmad Hisham (IIUM) and the internal examiner AP Dr. Zainudin for the insightful comments and suggestions. Many thanks also to Prof. Sukri who chaired the session, assisted by Dr. Hadijah.
Many congratulations to Lim Wai Wai and her supervisor Prof. Yeo for successfully negotiated her viva-voce today. Her thesis entitled “Improving Literacy Skills and Intrinsic Motivation on Reading of Students with Dyslexia by using the Pirate of World King Mobile Learning Application”.
Thank you to the external examiner Prof. Dr. Nik Ahmad Hisham (IIUM) (who couldn’t attend the online session due to unforeseen circumstances) and the chairperson, Prof. Hamdan, as well as to Dr. Tan, the assistant chairperson.
Alhamdulillah, a paper I co-authored with Prof. Dr. Khairiyah was published today. Entitled “From micro to macro levels of practice: A showcase of a SoTL journey within and beyond classroom experiences”, this paper describes Prof. Khairiyah’s personal and professional experiences in conducting SoTL within her context as an engineering educator.
For further reading, please follow the link: https://sotl-south-journal.net/index.php/sotls/article/view/279/111
Many congratulations to Liu Jia and her supervisor Dr. Ivy Tan for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Effect of Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy Group Counselling on Cross Cultural Adaptation among International Students in China ”. I teamed up with AP Dr. Mastura as the examiners during the session, chaired by AP Dr. Azlina and assisted by Dr. Zakiah.
The first module of UTM Torch Programme was held today at CTLD. The module consisted of four workshops:
Workshop SoTL 1: Prof. Dr. Khairiyah binti Mohd Yusof (Overview of SoTL)
Workshop SoTL 2: AP Dr. Narina binti A. Samah (Fundamentals of SoTL)
Workshop SoTL 3 : Prof. Dr. Fatin Aliah Phang (Overview of Learning Theories)
Workshop SoTL 4 : AP Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi bin Syed Hassan (Planning for SoTL Through paper writing)
Many congratulations to Manvin Kaur, the PhD student I co-supervised with Dr. Hadijah for successfully negotiated her viva-voce this morning. Her thesis entitled “Motivation Stress and Emotional Regulation Strategies of Problematic Smartphone Users among Undergraduates Students” received praises from both examiners.
Thank you to the main supervisor Dr Hadijah, the external examiner Prof. Dr. Nik Ahmad Hisham (IIUM) and the internal examiner AP Dr. Zainudin for the insightful comments and suggestions. Thank you also to Prof. Zaleha who chaired the session, assisted by Dr. Ibna.
My purchase of the translated version of “Thought and Language” originally in Russian by Lev Vygotsky arrived today. Considered as one of the essential readings in psychology, I simply wanted a copy of my own after years of having to read it on a soft-copy (free accessed PDF).
Students of educational psychology at the post-graduate levels are highly recommended to read this book. This is especially to the research students who are keen to use the concept of constructivism for their theoretical and conceptual frameworks.
