A Review of Religious Education in Malaysia and Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Nor Tasik Misba ◽  
Abd Halim Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Religious Instruction ◽  
Islamic Country ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Ministry Of Higher Education

Every country has a unique educational system to offer its citizens. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education are responsible for overseeing education in Malaysia. Since Malaysia is an Islamic country, the majority of religious education in the country is centered on Islam. In Malaysia, on the other hand, Tahfiz education is the most widely practiced. In contrast to Thailand, Thai Buddhist temples have surpassed all other institutions of learning as the primary source of religious instruction for the vast majority of the populace. Both religious education in these countries has developed in recent years, becoming more systematic and gaining in popularity. Hence, this article will review the religious education practices in Malaysia as well as Thailand.

Can India’s Higher Education Improve Through Better Management of Human Resources: A Comparative Study of India and the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 006996672110638
Author(s):  
Jai Mohan Pandit ◽  
Bino Paul
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
The Us ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Recruitment And Selection

This study investigates human resource management (HRM) practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) based on a comparative analysis of India and the US. Although higher education in India has grown over the decades, its quality, in general, has not kept up with global standards. On the other hand, many US universities have performed consistently well in international university rankings. Based on qualitative research collected from principal stakeholders of HEIs in India and the US, HRM practices and policies followed by them are presented and discussed. Data collection for the research study was through web interviews during the period August–October 2020. The study reveals that Indian public HEIs do not have professional HRM teams. Also, they are in a formative stage in autonomous and private institutions. On the other hand, many HEIs in the US have developed mature HRM systems. This difference resonates in attributes such as structure of HRM, recruitment and selection processes, training and development programmes, performance management, career progression and talent retention.

scholarly journals EFL TEACHERS� UNDERSTANDING IN DEVELOPING LESSON PLAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Annisa Putri
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Assessment ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Plan Analysis ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
State Learning

This research attempts to find out EFL teachers� understanding of lesson plan and the development along with problems the teachers faced in developing lesson plan. The researcher used two data collection techniques; interview and analyzing the lesson plan developed by four EFL teachers. The interview results revealed that all participants understand about the lesson plan as well as its development and understand about the elements that should be included as parts of lesson plan, but, unfortunately, the teachers could not understand the system of learning assessment. They thought that it is too complicated because they should provide one system of learning assessment along with the rubric of assessment. On the other hand, the result of lesson plan analysis showed that all participants understand how to develop lesson plan by stating all elements of lesson plan in accordance with the requirements stated in the Regulation of Ministry of Education and Culture No. 103 in 2014. The problems found are when the teachers did not state learning purposes, even two of the teachers stated that learning indicator is similar with learning purposes. Another problem is found when they did not include the assessment rubric. Then, the other problem is found when they were asked about the implementation of scientific approach. Scientific approach is a new thing for them to be applied as the approach consists of observing, questioning, associating, collecting, and communicating.Keywords: lesson plan, lesson plan development, 2013 curriculum

scholarly journals Does Technology Impact on Teaching Styles or Do Teaching Styles Impact on Technology in the Delivery of Higher Education?

10.28945/2792 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Jewels ◽  
Carmen de Pablos Heredero ◽  
Marilyn Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Teaching Styles ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
The Other ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Institutional Adoption

Although there are many teaching styles in higher education, they can usually be reduced to two: the traditional, on campus attendance, lecturing, student-passive style and the newer, distance education, self-paced, student-active style. It is the contention of this paper, illustrated by two case studies of one Spanish and one Australian university, that the differences in technology seem to have evolved due to these different teaching styles. On the other hand, both institutions seem to be in the same stage of technological implementation, although the technological product appears different. A discussion is provided to consider the interaction effects in practice, teaching styles and institutional adoption stage on web based technologies in these two universities.

Globalization and its Challenges for Teacher Education in Nigeria

2014 ◽  
pp. 229-236
Author(s):  
A. O. K. Noah ◽  
Adesoji A. Oni ◽  
Simeon A. Dosunmu
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Market ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Developed Countries

The phenomenon of globalization is defined variously, but in general, it is defined as the establishment of a global market for goods and capital, leading to what could be described as a multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between places, events, ideas, issues, and things, irrespective of whether they are directly related or not. Globalization on the other hand cannot be a reality in any nation if its educational system is not implicitly or explicitly geared towards achieving meaningful and desirable change for that society. However, since education and indeed the (educator) teacher constitute the most viable instruments by which an emerging nation can catch up with the developed countries, globalization will therefore be a mirage if teacher education is not geared towards producing teachers who are globalization friendly, teachers who are not allergic to globalization. In view of the above, this chapter examines the concept of globalization side by side with the current goals of teacher education in Nigeria.

Proposing Co-Design of Personas as a Method to Heighten Validity and Engage Users

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Albrechtsen ◽  
Majbrit Pedersen ◽  
Nicholai Friis Pedersen ◽  
Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contextual Knowledge ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Master's Thesis

This paper proposes co-designing personas with users as a strategy to overcome a challenge inherent in the design of personas or fictitious users: On one hand, personas should appear realistic and believable as individuals, and on the other hand, personas should represent a broader range of users. By involving empirical users in all parts of the process of persona design, the risk of creating personas that are too stereotypical is minimized, as the participating users enrich the data on which the personas are based with up-to-date and firsthand contextual knowledge. Advantages of co-designing personas with users is illustrated by a case from higher education in which personas were co-designed with students as part of a project aiming at designing a smartphone application for Master's thesis students.

The Elite, Elitism, and Ensuing Conversations in Ghana’s Higher Education: Myth or Reality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 787-808
Author(s):  
Delali Amuzu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
University System ◽  
Elite Group ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

Contemporary higher education in Ghana and many parts of Africa has European colonial antecedents. In spite of the many goals that it aspired to achieve, a preoccupation was to nurture an elite group. Though widely used, the concept of elite and elitism is vague and hardly conceptualized. It hoovers from status—occupants of the apex or top echelons of an organization/society, to consumption—people with immense wealth. Influence, on the other hand, seems to be a common denominator in both cases. But, does this capture the scope of the phenomenon? This article engages people who have worked in different capacities in Ghana’s higher education space to examine the deeper meanings that could be embedded in elitism, elicits conceptualizations of elitism, and further finds out how elitist higher education is in Ghana. Ultimately, the article intends to initiate a conversation on whether indeed there are elites being produced from the university system. This study was done with reference to an empirical study on decolonizing higher education in Ghana.

scholarly journals Bachelor Thesis Analytics: Using Machine Learning to Predict Dropout and Identify Performance Factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalal Nouri ◽  
Ken Larsson ◽  
Mohammed Saqr
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Systems ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Desirable Outcome ◽  
The One

<p class="0abstractCxSpLast">The bachelor thesis is commonly a necessary last step towards the first graduation in higher education and constitutes a central key to both further studies in higher education and employment that requires higher education degrees. Thus, completion of the thesis is a desirable outcome for individual students, academic institutions and society, and non-completion is a significant cost. Unfortunately, many academic institutions around the world experience that many thesis projects are not completed and that students struggle with the thesis process. This paper addresses this issue with the aim to, on the one hand, identify and explain why thesis projects are completed or not, and on the other hand, to predict non-completion and completion of thesis projects using machine learning algorithms. The sample for this study consisted of bachelor students’ thesis projects (n=2436) that have been started between 2010 and 2017. Data were extracted from two different data systems used to record data about thesis projects. From these systems, thesis project data were collected including variables related to both students and supervisors. Traditional statistical analysis (correlation tests, t-tests and factor analysis) was conducted in order to identify factors that influence non-completion and completion of thesis projects and several machine learning algorithms were applied in order to create a model that predicts completion and non-completion. When taking all the analysis mentioned above into account, it can be concluded with confidence that supervisors’ ability and experience play a significant role in determining the success of thesis projects, which, on the one hand, corroborates previous research. On the other hand, this study extends previous research by pointing out additional specific factors, such as the time supervisors take to complete thesis projects and the ratio of previously unfinished thesis projects. It can also be concluded that the academic title of the supervisor, which was one of the variables studied, did not constitute a factor for completing thesis projects. One of the more novel contributions of this study stems from the application of machine learning algorithms that were used in order to – reasonably accurately – predict thesis completion/non-completion. Such predictive models offer the opportunity to support a more optimal matching of students and supervisors.</p>

scholarly journals ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND JOB SATISFACTION FOR GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN SULTANATE OF OMAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Rashid Bin Saied Al Hinai
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Young Children ◽  
General Education ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Educational System ◽  
General Education Teachers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Good Working

Teacher is considered as one of the most important bases upon which the educational system is based because he assumes the responsibility of preparing young children to be good citizens in the future, bringing them up on good manners and teaching them moral and noble values. So, the authorities concerned in the ministry of Education, in general and managers or head masters at schools in particular, must give due cares to create a more healthy atmosphere favorable to teachers while working at schools. This objective can be achieved through the principle of treating all teachers equally without discrimination and such treatment must be based upon justice. Moreover, they also must spare no effort to develop good working relation between them and the teachers from one hand and teachers with each other from the other hand.

scholarly journals Evaluation of quality assurance instruments in higher education institutions: A case of Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Al-Amri ◽  
Y. Z. Zubairi ◽  
R. Jani ◽  
S. Naqvi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Summary Statistics ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Analyse Data

The use of a variety of instruments for quality assurance, management, and enhancement in higher education is well recognized. This article investigated the instruClose Panelments used by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Oman to measure, control, and manage the quality of their services in alignment with the standards set by Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA). Quality Assurance Managers (QAMs) from five HEIs were interviewed to identify the instruments used by them to fulfil the requirements of each standard and the way they make use of the data gathered by using these instruments. Findings from the study reveal that questionnaires and meetings are the most common instruments used by these institutions to measure, control and assure the efficacy of their current quality activities. In addition, HEIs use summary statistics to analyse data and then present them in meetings or through reports. On the other hand, it was found that substantial efforts are made to collect data but the efficient usage of data is missing. The QAMs reported a lack of awareness among the staff on the importance of collecting data since the staff members believe that these data are collected for documentation purposes only. This study emphasizes the importance of using the data gathered from different instruments in decision making and enhancing the quality of HEIs.

scholarly journals Keterkaitan Pendidikan Kristiani di Sekolah dan Gereja

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Justitia Vox Dei Hattu
Keyword(s):  
Christian Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Final Section ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cognitive Gaps ◽  
The Church ◽  
Psychomotor Domain

This article aims to map the polarization in Indonesia between Christian Education (or: Christian Religious Education) as it takes place within the domains of church and of school. Within the ecclesial arena, Christian education (Pendidikan Kristiani/PK) is often associated with the activity of teaching children. On the other hand, within the setting of a school, PK is often associated with a course of study assigned to students—one that mostly emphasizes the filling of cognitive gaps for the students yet (intentionally) ignores the affective and psychomotor domain that is integral for instruction. By examining this polarization, I argue that the polarizing divide between PK as implemented in a school and PK as implemented in the church can be overcome by virtue of the fact that both school and church are learning spaces for PK. This article is divided into three parts. The first will demonstrate certain misunderstandings about PK in the context of school and of church that lead to polarization. The second part shows how PK is presently practiced in the context of Indonesia’s churches and schools. Based on descriptions in this second part, the final section will offer a number of basic principles, in an effort to bridge the gap between PK as it takes place in school and in church.

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