Many congratulations to Hanizah Barbar and her supervisors Dr. Rustam and Prof. Hamdan for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Model Kesejahteraan Subjektif Pelajar B40 di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam Berasaskan Regulasi Emosi dan Ketahanan Diri Sebagai Mediator”. Dr. Zakiah and AP Dr. Zainudin were the examiners for the session, while Dr. Ibna assited me throughout the session.
I had the opportunity to present my SoTL mini research at the 10th International Qualitative Research Conference 2021 or IQRC 2021 (21-23 October 2021) organised by the Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM). This year’s theme was “Humanness & Technology for Qualitative Research: New Approaches”.
My presentation entitled ““It is Not Easy to be a Housewife, Student and Teacher at the Same Time”: Stories of Struggles Among Malaysian Female Teachers as Postgraduate Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic” was basically a collection of narratives of female teachers who struggled to achieve balance while juggling their multiple roles as teachers, students, mothers and wives, among others, during the pandemic. The narratives were derived from my qualitative data that was based on reflection practice assignment from my MPPE 1113 Cognitive Psychology course.
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.
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.
Together with Prof. Khariyah and Prof. Fatin, I had the opportunity to conduct an online workshop on how to plan and conduct SoTL activity. During the workshop, I shared my experience of conducting SoTL research at the doctoral level through my session entitled “Fundamentals of SoTL”. While Prof. Khariyah shared her experience conducting SoTL within the context of engineering education. Prof. Fatin on the other hand talked about planning and conducting SoTL activity, with the emphasis on learning theories. We also had break-up sessions through which we interacted with the participants. They were also given the chance to present their proposed SoTL activity meant for the coming semester.
Over the weekend I finished reading “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. The four intertwined stories represents the idea of those who were brave enough to take the chance to visit their past (and future) in order to find closure in their lives.
I don’t think I have the heart to meet my beloved, even if I were given the chance to return to the past to meet them. The pain of losing them are unbearable until now.
Alhamdulillah this arrived yesterday via Book Depository. I purchased this as the reference for my article reviewing assignments that have been piling up recently.
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.
My newest collections, all published by Policy Press, University of Bristol arrived today. Many thanks to Dr. Doria for ordering the books for me, then was super nice to home delivery them personally to my door this morning.
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.
