Trend terbaru menunjukkan bilangan murid yang lulus mata pelajaran Sejarah di peringkat sekolah menengah semakin menurun. Antara punca yang dikenal pasti ialah Sejarah merupakan mata pelajaran yang amat membosankan dan susah untuk dipelajari kerana terdapat pelbagai fakta yang perlu dihafal. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk menilai kesan pengintegrasian permainan media Word wall terhadap minat, motivasi dan pencapaian murid sekolah menengah dalam mata pelajaran Sejarah. Kaedah kajian kualitatif telah digunakan untuk mengumpul data kajian. 20 orang murid yang sering gagal dalam mata pelajaran Sejarah Tingkatan 4 telah dipilih dengan menggunakan kaedah persampelan tujuan. Empat sesi pemerhatian telah dilakukan semasa aktiviti pembelajaran dan pemudahcaaan (PdPc) berlangsung dalam kelas dan temu bual separa berstruktur telah dijalankan selepas empat minggu menjalankan aktiviti PdPc. Analisa data temu bual menunjukkan murid sekolah menengah mempunyai persepsi yang amat positif terhadap penggunaan permainan Word wall dalam pendidikan Sejarah. Di samping itu, kajian ini juga menunjukkan bahawa penggunaan permainan ini dalam PdPC Sejarah turut mengubah minat dan sikap murid untuk belajar mata pelajaran Sejarah yang amat sinonim sebagai mata pelajaran membosankan dalam kalangan murid sekolah. Aplikasi permainan ini juga berjaya meningkat motivasi intrinsik murid untuk belajar Sejarah. Implikasi kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa permainan Word wall merupakan salah satu permainan teknologi alternatif yang dapat digunakan oleh guru untuk diintegrasikan dalam aktiviti PdPC agar dapat meningkatkan motivasi dan pencapaian Sejarah di sekolah.
2015) reports that in the next 20 years a large-scale earthquake will hit Sabah. This inevitability means that the local community needs to be sufficiently informed so as to be prepared for disaster. Formal education can be used as a medium for conveying knowledge about earthquakes. However, scholars believe that to impart such knowledge, teachers' understanding of earthquake concepts needs to be evaluated as they are the main sources of information on the topic. This study applied a concurrent triangulation mixed-method model to explore the understanding of earthquake concepts among Geography teachers in Ranau. The quantitative data were collected through a survey, while the qualitative data were collected through teachers' interviews. Random sampling methods were used to select 80 Geography teachers from nine secondary schools in Ranau, Sabah. Of these, 18 were selected through the purposive sampling method for interviews. Triangulation of quantitative and qualitative data revealed that the level of understanding of the earthquake concept and the level of readiness for an earthquake disaster is moderate. The findings also indicated that female teachers are more aware of the concept of earthquakes and male teachers are more prepared for them due to physical and emotional factors. Furthermore, senior teachers are more aware of the concepts and are more prepared for the earthquake than their junior colleagues. Finally, the findings of this study contribute to the science of earthquake education in Malaysia and aid Geography teachers, as well as assisting schools to help teachers improve their understanding of earthquake concepts.
The Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world in early 2020 has had a major impact on social and economic life in every country, including Malaysia. Many socio-economic activities have been disrupted globally, leading to the closure of companies and the suspension of work activities, which have drastically increased the unemployment rate and narrowed employment opportunities. This study uses a qualitative method to explore the initiatives taken by Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education and university in improving the sustainability graduates’ employability at the post pandemic Covid-19 phase. The total sample of the study involved is ten officers who are experienced and responsible in organizing initiatives for university graduates’ employability programs and ten participant students who attended the programme were purposively selected. The study showed that Short -term training & placement programmes (MyStep), Career Advancement Programmes (Penjana CAP), Professional certification programmes (Penjana PACE), Career Advancement Programmes at State (Penjana KPT CAP@ State) were the major initiatives taken by Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education in improving graduate employability at the post Covid-19 phase. The findings also revealed upskilling and reskilling, gig economy, entrepreneur, finishing school programmes and online career fair were the important initiatives taken by university in improving graduate employability rate at the post Covid-19 phase. Interviews with student respondents showed that the initiative taken by the government and university to increase the marketability of graduates in the post-covid-19 era has given them the opportunity to learn and improve new skills that are very necessary to get new job opportunities in the post-covid 19 eras. The main contribution of this study is that upskilling and reskilling programs are essential to improve the sustainability of graduates’ employability in the post-covid 19 era.
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