Many congratulations to Sakeshraj a/l Narajah for successfully presented his research proposal during the first asssessment. The session was joined by AP Dr. Aede Hatib and Dr. Nurul Aini as the examiners, as well as Dr. Farahwahidah as the supervisor.
Category Archives: Research
Attending Virtual Workshop: “Introductory Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis” by Prof. Jonathan Smith
Yesterday I attended an online workshop delivered by the expert himself, Prof. Smith, organised by The Qualitative Report (TQR), Nova Southeastern University. It was 11:00AM-6:00PM US Eastern Time, so practically I had to stay up the whole evening until the wee hours of the next morning (started at 11:00PM locally and ended 6:00AM).
In a nutshell, it was a comprehensive workshop during which Prof. Smith covered the fundamentals of phenomenology and the essentials of IPA. Good news for us the qualitative researchers is that Prof. Smith’s second edition of IPA book will be published soon. Something that I really look forward to.
Unboxing “Reporting Qualitative Research in Psychology”
Alhamdulillah this arrived yesterday via Book Depository. I purchased this as the reference for my article reviewing assignments that have been piling up recently.
PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-3 (Examiner)
Many congratulations to Dalbina Kaur A/P Jagjeet Singh and her supervisors Dr. Zakiah and AP Dr. Azlina for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Primary School Students Experieces In Social Constructivist Classroom And Its Impact Towards Students’ Self-Determination Development”. I teamed up with Prof. Yeo as the examiners during the session, chaired by AP Dr. Lokman, assisted by Dr. Rustam.
PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-3 (Chairperson)
Many congratulations to Evania Yafie and her supervisors Dr. Zakiah and Dr. Norazrena for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Parenting Knowledge, Skills, and Parental Locus of Control: Mobile Assisted Training for Parent (Mat-P) Based Seamless Learning to Assess Children Development”. Thank you to the examiners AP Dr. Azlina and AP Dr. Zainuddin, as well as to Dr. Diyana Zulaika who assisted me during the session.
Unboxing “Qualitative Psychology”
Alhamdulillah this copy safely arrived this morning. As usual I purchased it online via Book Depository. It’s the 2015 version edited by Jonathan Smith. Need to go through the chapter on phenomenology as preparation for Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) training workshop on 30 Sept.
Silver for BFC Research Project
Our brain functional connectivity research project won silver during FSSH UTM Research and Innovation Competition 2021. I’m not really a big fan of competitions of this sort, to be honest (this was my first ever attempt; after receiving an “official encouragement” from the faculty), but looks like the last minute effort paid off after all. Alhamdulillah.
The PPT slides are available on ResearchGate: Examining Brain Functional Connectivity During Game-Based Problem Solving Task Among Malaysian Undergraduates: Does Gender Matter?
PhD Viva-Voce Session 2020/2021-2 (Examiner)
I found it strange at first, given the fact that I have not, so far, graduated any PhD student, yet, had been actually appointed (and on short notice) as the “replacement internal examiner” or “penilai gantian” for AP Dr. Zainudin’s PhD student.
I received an official notification via email from the office on 13 July 2021 and the viva was scheduled this morning (2 August 2021), so I was given less than 2 weeks to evaluate the thesis. Plus, in between the “aftermath” of my first vaccine shot I had to accept this “bidan terjun” job.
I hope I had fulfilled my responsibility and I would like to congratulate Bapak Muhammadi for successfully negotiated his PhD thesis.
During the session we were joined by Prof. Rosnah Ismail (CUCMS) as the external examiner, while Prof. Hamdan chaired the session, assisted by Dr. Rustam. It was a fruitful session, all in all.
Congratulations Fatini!
I would like to congratulate my PhD student, Fatini Md Said for successfully negotiated her proposal defense entitled “The Study of Brain Functional Connectivity during Reflective Thinking among Teachers using Electroencephalogram (EEG)” this morning.
Thank you to the examiners AP Dr. Zainudin and AP Dr. Norlaili for the insightful comments and suggestions. Thank you also to AP Dr. Baharin who chaired the session and Dr. Ivy as the assistant to the Chairperson.
Congratulations Shanthini!
Many congratulations to my PhD student, Shanthini A/P Chandra Sekaran Naidu for successfully negotiated her proposal defense entitled “Effectiveness of Clay Integrated Sound Box Approach (CISBA) in Enhancing Early Reading Skills among Children with Dyslexia” this afternoon. Thank you to the examiners Prof. Yeo and AP Dr. Zainudin for the insightful comments and suggestions. Thank you also to AP Dr. Baharin who chaired the session and Dr. Rustam as the assistant to the Chairperson.
