scholarly journals An interview with Dr. Mohammad Ismath Ramzy Mohammad Ismail

Author(s):  
Ulviyye AYDIN

Our guest is Dr.Mohammad Ismath Ramzy Mohammad Ismail, Senior Lecturer, Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, W.Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He teaches courses in sociology of education and actively involved in Peace Education and religious dialogue, mainly Muslim-Buddhist. His interest includes Intercultural Education, multiculturalism, sociology of education, diversity and social cohesion. He is a recipient of Vienna KAICIID fellowship and currently, and involves in researches like “Social Cohesion through tertiary education”, “Effective Teaching & Learning in Malaysian Primary Schools” and “Towards Progressive Society, Capacity for Peace” and Interfaith Dialogue between Muslims and Buddhists. He has published research articles in International Review Journals including ISI and Scopus. Also has written several book chapters including 07 entries to the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions published by Springer.

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 80-96
Author(s):  
Martin Cabrera ◽  
Leidi Yoana Zamudio Garnica ◽  
Isabel Cristina Martínez Farfán

This article presents the results from an investigation that used a qualitative perspective of a descriptive type to identify the inclusive educational processes from 707 preschool and primary education schools in Colombia, distributed around 26 territorial units out of a total of 32. To obtain all this information around the country, a data collection strategy was applied, which we named the distributed access research strategy (DARS). All the data was collected by tertiary education students from two programs of the Faculty of Education, Corporación Universitaria Iberoamericana in Colombia. The results revealed that most preschools and primary schools have documented institutional educational plans referencing diversity and inclusion for their students, but they have difficulties in establishing strategies to identify and implement curricular adaptations within their contexts, as well as with the use of tracking instruments. These results generated a reflection for reviewing the syllabus and study plans in the tertiary education programs at this university to better prepare future teachers who will face such scenarios in their locations across the country. Moreover, this new DARS data-collection strategy shows an interesting potential, which is generic enough to enable unlimited research topics to be explored within distance learning contexts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Syazwani Hassan ◽  
Nur Nabila Zulkifly ◽  
Annapurny Venkiteswaran ◽  
Rohaida Abdul Halim

To ascertain the level of knowledge among primary school teachers towards the management of traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) in school and to determine the preference among teachers regarding the education tools that can be used to increase awareness and knowledge among them. A total of 150 teachers from primary schools in three different districts were included in the study and they were given self-administered questionnaires to be filled. The validated questionnaire was distributed randomly in the selected schools. The questionnaire included two scenarios comprising of tooth fracture and avulsion. Questions regarding awareness and management of these scenarios were asked. All 150 participants answered the questionnaire; of these 74% were females 26% were males. 64% of the participants had received tertiary education. Although 70% of teachers had obtained first aid training, only 9.3% of them had received training regrading dental injuries. About 53% of participants knew the correct answer for the appropriate response to fractured tooth and only 35.3% managed to correctly answer the question related to appropriate response to an avulsed tooth. Only 38.7% knew about appropriate rinsing solution and a mere 4.7% were familiar with proper storage media. Even though the teachers have poor knowledge regarding management of dental injuries, it is reassuring to know that 93% of them are keen on further training and awareness. More educational programmes need to be introduced to empower the teachers with the relevant knowledge required to deal with dental emergencies.


Author(s):  
Liduina Lima Pires Barbosa ◽  
Andréa Pereira Silveira

Resumo: A Ecologia é uma ciência que possui diferentes definições, sendo as mais utilizadas as de Haeckel e Krebs, contrastantes do ponto de vista temporal e conceitual. Por isso propomos: i) registrar as definições de Ecologia presentes nos livros didáticos utilizados na Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Faculdade de Educação de Itapipoca UECE/FACEDI e nas escolas do ensino básico de Itapipoca-Ceará e ii) acessar as representações do termo Ecologia partilhada pelos discentes de Biologia da FACEDI que já cursaram as disciplinas de Ecologia e aqueles que ainda não as cursaram. Com uma abordagem quanti-qualitativa descritiva documental, analisamos 35 livros, 15 universitários e 20 livros do ensino básico. Para verificar quais conceitos são compreendidos pelos licenciandos utilizamos um questionário, respondido por 97 estudantes universitários e analisado pelo método de análise conteúdo. Registramos que a maioria dos livros (27) trazia apenas a definição de Haeckel e utilizavam o termo Ecologia como sinônimo de Ciências Ambientais; apenas sete livros traziam as duas definições e um trazia apenas o conceito de Krebs. Esses dados demonstram que a definição de Krebs é menos difundida do que a de Haeckel, e isso se soma a uma limitação conceitual ao considerar Ecologia como sinônimo de Ciências Ambientais, embora ambas tenham escopo distintos. Registramos também que as percepções de Ecologia partilhada pelos alunos estão mais próximas da definição de Haeckel. Concluímos que a inconsistência conceitual amplamente difundida nos livros didáticos é também partilhada pelos alunos, especialmente aqueles que ainda não cursaram as disciplinas de Ecologia.Palavras-Chave: Ensino de Ecologia. Transposição Didática. Haeckel. Krebs.  REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF ECOLOGY: ANALYSIS OF DIDACTIC BOOKS AND CONCEPTION OF STUDENTS OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Abstract: Ecology is a science that has different definitions the most used are those of Haeckel and Krebs, contrasting from a temporal and conceptual point of view. Therefore, we propose to: i) record the definitions of ecology present in the textbooks used at the State University of Ceara, the Faculty of Education of Itapipoca UECE/FACEDI and at the primary schools of Itapipoca-Ceara and ii) access the representations of the term Shared Ecology by the FACEDI Biology students who have already studied Ecology and those who have not yet studied them. With a descriptive quantitative-qualitative approach, we analyzed 35 books, 15 university students and 20 books of basic education. To verify which concepts are understood by the licensees we use a questionnaire, answered by 97 university students and analyzed by the content analysis method. We note that most of the books (27) contained only Haeckel's definition and used the term Ecology as synonymous with Environmental Sciences; Only seven books had the two definitions and only one contains only Krebs. These data demonstrate that the definition of Krebs is less widespread than that of Haeckel, and this adds to a conceptual limitation when considering Ecology as synonymous with Environmental Sciences, although both have a different scope. We also note that the perceptions of Ecology shared by students are closer to Haeckel's definition. We conclude that the conceptual inconsistency widely diffused in textbooks is also shared by the students, especially those who have not yet studied the subjects of Ecology.Keywords: Teaching Ecology. Didactic Transposition. Haeckel. Krebs.


1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Koutselini ◽  
Constantinos Papanastasiou

This paper presents a curriculum research study aiming at investigating how citizenship in primary schools of Cyprus is constructed. First, the central issues, concepts and attitudes imported by civic education textbooks are identified and their relationship with the unresolved political problem of Cyprus is examined. Furthermore, the way in which civic education textbooks may affect the roles of the citizens is investigated. Content analysis of the civic education textbooks is performed on the basis of 12 factors which were the issues, concepts and institutions identified from the general aim of education in Cyprus as well as from the aims of civic education in primary schools. Findings are discussed in the light of the citizenship, social cohesion, conflict resolution and multiculturalism debate.


2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-112
Author(s):  
XIE Qin ◽  
Stephen Andrews

The Language and Literature Division (LLD) is the largest of the six divisions of the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (HKU). It is currently home to 34 academic staff, who specialize either in the fields of Chinese Language, English Language and/or Literature Education, and to 60 full-time and 28 part-time doctoral students, who are researching a wide range of topics including subjects as diverse as corpus-aided language learning, task-based language teaching in primary schools, the English writing of Chinese undergraduates, and the impact of school-based assessment. Staff are very active in conducting their own research, much of which is rooted in classrooms and focuses on issues that directly concern the teaching and learning of languages, such as reading literacy, school-based assessment and assessment for learning in English Language, the teaching of Chinese characters, and good practices in English Language Teaching in Hong Kong secondary schools (see http://good-practices.edb.hkedcity.net/). Colleagues in the English Language area have played important roles in the HKU Strategic Research Theme ‘Language in education and assessment’. This initiative brought together staff from a range of disciplines in various forms of language-related research collaboration, culminating in two large and highly successful international conferences in June 2008: one focusing on language awareness and the other on language issues in English-medium universities (see http://www.hku.hk/clear/).


Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л.А. ГАППОЕВА

Встатье обозначена актуальная проблема воспитания межкультурной компетентности у граждан, способной привести к межнациональной гармонии. Автором предложен вариант достижения хороших результатов межэтнического взаимопонимания народов с помощью введения национальной литературы в образовательный процесс начальных классов. В качестве учебного материала предложены произведения национальных авторов и эпоса о нартах, который представляет собой бесценный материал, содержащий представления о традиционной культуре, национальных героях, народных играх, праздниках, национальной одежде, о предметах культуры, об истории народа. Статья содержит описание уникального многолетнего опыта изучения Нартиады со студентами – будущими учителями начальных классов на педагогическом факультете СОГУ им. К.Л. Хетагурова на основе теории формирования типа правильной читательской деятельности. Курс «Проблемы профессиональной организации круга детского чтения» рассчитан на студентов, не владеющих осетинским языком. Автор перечисляет проблемы, с которыми приходилось сталкиваться во время реализации данной программы. Среди основных автор указывает на сложность текста национального эпоса, обусловленную междисциплинарностью информации, которую он несет, а также слабую разработанность методики освоения Нартиады для начальной школы. Перспективы изучения данного фольклорного материала автор связывает с полилингвальной системой образования РСО-Алания и работой в этом направлении группы ученых СОИГСИ им. В.И. Абаева. В целом, значение реализации разработанного курса на педагогическом факультете СОГУ огромно. Изучение национального эпоса будущими педагогами в вузе, как отмечено автором статьи, способствует стремлению к познанию и осмыслению себя частью этноса и частью общей культуры человечества. The article outlines the urgent problem of developing intercultural competence among citizens, which can lead to interethnic harmony. The author has proposed the option of achieving good results of interethnic understanding of peoples by introducing national literature into the educational process of primary schools. Works of national authors and an epic about Narts are offered as educational material, as an invaluable material containing ideas about traditional culture, national heroes, folk games, holidays, national clothes, cultural objects, and the history of the people. The article contains a description of the unique experience in studying Nartiada with students - future primary school teachers at the NOSU Faculty of Education on the basis of the theory of formation of the type of correct reader activity. The course "Problems of professional organization of the circle of children's reading" is designed for students who do not speak the Ossetian language. The author lists the problems that had to be encountered during the implementation of this program. Among the main ones, the author points out the complexity of the text of the national epic, due to the interdisciplinarity of the information that he carries, as well as the insufficient development of the methodology for mastering Nartiada in elementary school. The author connects the prospects for studying this folklore material with the multilingual education system of North Ossetia-Alania and the work of a group of scientists from the North Ossetian Institute for Humanitarian and Social Studies. In general, the importance of implementing the developed course at the Faculty of Education is enormous. The study of the national epos by future teachers at the university, as noted by the author of the article, contributes to the desire to cognize and comprehend oneself as part of the ethnic group and part of the general culture of mankind.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Hui Lau ◽  
Jessica K Kurien ◽  
Keng Ming Lau ◽  
Sufian Adenan

Abstract Background:Migraine is one of the most common disabling neurological disorder among adult population in Malaysia. Purpose:To evaluate demographic characteristics among the migraine patients.Methods:A total of 73 patients with the complain of headache, who aged 18 to 65 were recruited prospectively at neurology clinic from December 2017 to April 2019 in Kuala Lumpur Hospital. All new patients were mainly referred by primary care clinics. Demographic characteristics such as age and gender, age of onset, clinical phenotypes, trigger factors, rescue therapy, prophylaxis usage, frequency of headache, psychiatric symptoms, marital status and education level were all evaluated. Migraine headaches were coded according to ICHD-III criteria. Statistical analysis was analysed using SPSS software. Descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation were used to evaluate for clinical data.Results:44 out of 73 patients had migraine (60.3%). The mean age of migraine patients was 30 and mean age of onset was 24.8. Majority of the sample were female (36, 81.8%), single (23.52.3%) and with tertiary education level (31, 70.5%). The most frequent symptoms included unilateral headache (36, 81.8%) with throbbing in quality (39, 88.6%). The main trigger factor was stress (23, 52.3%). The most frequently used rescue therapies are sleeping and paracetamol ingestion (18, 40.9%). Most of the patients experienced acute attack 4-14 days in a month (15, 34.1%). 42(95.5%) patients were prophylaxis naïve.Conclusion:Characteristics of the migraine patients in Kuala Lumpur Hospital are comparable with previous studies. A registry of headache patients is crucial to determine the prevalence and local impact of the disease in Malaysia.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Normah Awang ◽  
Farhana Jamaluddin

This study was carried out to determine the concentration of lead (Pb), anions, and cations at six primary schools located around Kuala Lumpur. Low volume sampler (MiniVolPM10) was used to collect the suspended particulates in indoor and outdoor air. Results showed that the concentration of Pb in indoor air was in the range of 5.18 ± 1.08 μg/g–7.01 ± 0.08 μg/g. All the concentrations of Pb in indoor air were higher than in outdoor air at all sampling stations. The concentrations of cations and anions were higher in outdoor air than in indoor air. The concentration ofCa2+(39.51 ± 5.01 mg/g–65.13 ± 9.42 mg/g) was the highest because the cation existed naturally in soil dusts, while the concentrations ofNO3-andSO42-were higher in outdoor air because there were more sources of exposure for anions in outdoor air, such as highly congested traffic and motor vehicles emissions. In comparison, the concentration ofNO3-(29.72 ± 0.31 μg/g–32.00 ± 0.75 μg/g) was slightly higher thanSO42-. The concentrations of most of the parameters in this study, such asMg2+,Ca2+,NO3-,SO42-, andPb2+, were higher in outdoor air than in indoor air at all sampling stations.


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