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Congratulations Atiqah!

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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.

PhD Viva-Voce Session 2022/2023-1 (Examiner)

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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.

Congratulations Shanthini!

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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.

Congratulations Samia!

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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”.

Dr. Zol was truly AWESOME as the chairman of the viva!

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.

PhD Proposal Defense Session 2020/2021-2 (Examiner)

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Session in progress

We had a proposal defense session for Dr. Zakiah’s PhD student this morning. The session was chaired by AP Dr. Aqeel with Dr. Rustam as his assistance. While Prof. Yeo and myself as the examiners.

Among the main points I learned today is that contextualising special education in a PhD research project requires a candidate to:

(1) accurately conceptualise the research focus (i.e. in this project the focus is children with autism);

(2) differentiate the terms employed (for example what is the differences between “special education” and “inclusive education”);

(3) highlight the issue within the Malaysian context (e.g. the issue of diagnosis of autism in Malaysia).

Thank you Prof. Yeo for the detail explanations related to the three points mentioned above. And congratulations to Natasha Amira (PPPE) for successfully negotiated her proposal defence. All best wishes.

Congratulations Samia!

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I would like to congratulate my Master student (mixed-mode) Samia Arjumandi for successfully negotiated her proposal defense this morning. Thank you to the examiners, Prof. Yeo and AP Dr. Zainudin for all the constructive comments and suggestions. Thank you also to AP Dr. Baharin for chairing the session.

Samia presenting her master thesis proposal
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