This morning, AP Dr. Azlina and Dr. Rustam’s PhD student successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes to Mdm. Aslinda Abas with her proposed project entitled “Kerangka Pelaksanaan Penerapan Perkembangan Spiritual Prasekolah Islam”.
The session was chaired by AP Dr. Halijah and was assisted by Dr. Chuzairy, with AP Dr. Zainudin as the second examiner.
This afternoon, we had the opportunity to listen to Br. Steven Anthony Khan’s presentation of his PhD proposal. The session was also joined by Prof. Yeo (examiner) and AP Dr. Azlina (supervisor), chaired by AP Dr. Zainudin and assisted by Dr. Doria. To assist Br. Steven in refining the focus of his research, the panel made a consensual decision in allowing him to attempt his second defense.
Many congratulations to my Master student (mixed-mode) Lau Yun Hee for successfully negotiated her proposal defense this afternoon. Thank you to the examiners, AP Dr. Azlina and Dr. Hadijah for all the constructive comments and suggestions. Thank you also to AP Dr. Zainudin for chairing the session, and Dr. Najua Syuhada for assisting the chairperson.
This morning, Prof. Yeo’s PhD student successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes to Chan Sii Jiing with her proposed project entitled “Influence of Negative Affectivity, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), Process and Social Smartphone Usage on Problematic Smartphone Use among Secondary School Students in Johor”.
The session was chaired by AP Dr. Aqeel and was assisted by Dr. Rustam, with AP Dr. Azlina as the second examiner.
I would like to congratulate my Master student (mixed-mode) Samia Arjumandi for successfully negotiated her viva this morning. The title of her thesis is “Special Needs Education Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Afghanistan”.
Thank you to the examiners, Prof. Yeo and AP Dr. Zainudin for all the constructive comments and suggestions. Thank you also to AP Dr. Zolkifli for chairing the session, and Dr. Zakiah for assisting the chairman.
This afternoon I delivered an online talk entitled “5 Self-Critical Enquiries in Doing Literature Review” to undergraduate students who are preparing for their Final Year Project (PSM). During the session, I was assisted by Dr. Noorzana who acted as the session moderator.
During the talk, as budding researchers, I encouraged students keep engaging themselves with the following self-enquiries:
Enquiry #1: What is a literature review (LR) actually?
Enquiry #2: Why are literature reviews necessary in my research?
Enquiry #3: How would LR help me in my research?
Enquiry #4: What are the steps necessary to prepare my LR?
Enquiry #5: How would I present my Chapter 2?
I’d also prepared a Padlet activity to make the session more interactive. All in all, it was a fun session with the undergraduate students, whom I rarely have the chance to interact with (and knowing that one of them was listening to the talk while baking kuih raya…)
Many congratulations to Woo Pei Syan and her supervisors Dr. Rustam and AP Dr. Azlina for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Application of Teaching Module Using Concept Maps with Peer Instruction Strategies in Improving Students’ Problem Solving Skills and Interest”. I teamed up with Prof. Yeo as the examiners during the session, chaired by AP Dr. Lokman, assisted by Dr. Ibnatul Jalilah.
This afternoon, we had the opportunity to listen to Kong Yee Hern’s presentation of his PhD proposal entitled “The Relationship Between Academic Research Writing Competencies, Its Problems & Writing Performance of Local Postgraduate Students”.
The session was also joined by AP Dr. Ahmad Johari and AP Dr. Faizah (LA) as the examiners, as well as AP Dr. Sanitah the supervisor. I was assisted by Dr. Ibnatul Jalilah during the session. To facilitate Yee Hern in refining the focus of his research, the panel made a consensual decision in allowing him to attempt his second defense.
Many congratulations to Cikgu Nor Mazidah (MPPB) and her supervisor AP Dr. Faizah (counselling panel) for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Perlakuan homoseksual dalam kalangan mahasiswa dan kecenderungan untuk berubah”. I teamed up with Dr. Sulaiman Shakib of ATI as the examiners during the session, chaired by AP Dr. Sanitah, assisted by Dr. Rustam.
This afternoon, Prof. Yeo’s PhD student successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes to Mdm. Norzarina with her proposed project entitled “Enhancing Preschool Student’s Ergonomic Knowledge and Digital Device Usage Behaviour Through Implementation of Teaching Module on Ergonomic”.
Prof. Yeo also shared some tips in organising the write up for chapter 1. For instance, Prof. mentioned that, if the issues goes something like this: Young children should be exposed to the knowledge on ergonomic and cultivate the appropriate digital device use behaviour. Then explain the effect of digital device use which includes points based on: (i) many studies on the effect of cognitive and social skills but limited on physical well being, in this case the musculoskeletal comfort/health; (ii) many studies emphasising on ergonomic fit between adults and their workstations/how they position their digital device in the office but limited research on how a child should position their digital device to ensure musculoskeletal comfort /health; (iii) prolong use of digital device may lead to poor posture and eventually to musculoskeletal disorder and affect their learning; (iv) needs preventive measure from young. Thus, (i) to (iv) and etc are the research gap; next will be the practice gap and the rest follows.
Thank you Prof. Yeo for the tips!
