Malaysian’s Traditional vs. Modern Education.

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Anyway..We Love Our Country Malaysia..We Are One Malaysia :)

In the nutshell, with many changes in the education fields, Malaysia still categorized under on of the best education system in the world.We as Malaysian citizen should be proud of what we having in our country after 55 years of independence.We Already "Merdeka" and we are unite as "One".In this last entry for this blog, I upload along "Lagu 1 Malaysia" that fulfill the Malaysian theme of this blog. Enjoy the song people. Assalamualaikum.



Challenges Before And Now !!!!!







Compared to the life and challenges of past and present students, there are many differences.

Where once only a short walk or bike ride can bring a student to the school, now there are much more transportations out there to school or a car waiting at the front of the house for the students. 

Even there were once the students only used to eat basic food in intention to cover up their hunger until the school’s bell rings however students nowadays now being dumped with variety of cuisines for them to fulfil their wants and hunger.

Those who are more fortunate will have extra pocket money supply from their parents and the needs and wants of having variety electronic gadgets such as advanced mobile phones and laptops surely be fulfilled on time.


However, amid all the facilities, there are arose effect of negativity when we viewing the self-esteem and enthusiasm to study of the students as they are not as solid as ever before in this new era.

Student achievement is also not as great today although they are surrounded by luxury compared to the old generation students that are more low profiles and have a simple living.

Scenario creates significant gaps to allow the expectations that the students today are over pampered that lead to the cause of low self-esteem and their life principles changed to be weak and fragile.

Students in past need to work hard to meet the desire to make them more successful in spite of the poverty that strikes their life. They work hard and study smart even though with not enough financial in hand.

Parents before give full credence to educational institutions in hope to make their children successful in life compared to the parents today who mostly they assume that teachers don’t have any right to touch or punish their children even their children commit any mistakes in study or failing in importance subjects.

The pampered way of living among the students nowadays surely will give more bad impacts towards the students’s achievements in study and the chance of Malaysian students to grab the best achievement in life will be lower in time.

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Saturday, 6 October 2012

Current Education Spoils The Students ?????

Education of the old day’s era and now is not much different except for the changes of the subject. This is my observation after seeing the student’s education and school experience in the past. I can honestly say that the education in Malaysia country needs a revolution not only from the teachers but the parents as well. 

Although generally the education system in Malaysia's from past is not very good, however there are less negative results of students in past compared to the students in present time. Maybe in the old days, there are less exposure of negative symptoms and negative cultures towards the students.

After I read about the education of students that study abroad at international school in this modern day, I found the education system of Malaysia is as follows:

1) The Malaysian education system that does not punish the students that cannot perform well in the annual tests but being punish by which they are grouped into the same class (the lower class especially) for the following year. There is a saying that stated “for they are condemned to stupidity forever”. This is because in that class there will be some students that have no interest in learning and they may interferes the desire of other students that interested to study to succeed but needs more attention from the teacher as they are located in the lower class.





2) One way learning being practices which there is no space for discussion among students and teachers.

3) The teachers just give more attention to top class while the one who really requiring more attention is the lower class students.

4) Most of the teachers only emphasis on memorization or nonstop training rather than ensuring that students to understand the basic concept of a topic,

5) Parents are not obliged to sign their children’s homework nowadays to make sure the homework is done on time.

6) The school does not call for parents with troubled children in their studies for every each term to simplify the problems of the child and let the problems to continue.












References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Malaysia
http://www.etawau.com/edu/Department/EducationSystem.htm
http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/an-education-system-worthy-of-malaysia-46
http://www.slideshare.net/NorhidayuRosman/development-of-education-system-in-malaysia-preindependence

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Old School vs. New School Kids


Education in Malaysia had been improved by time. For today’s article, I would like to share on how young kids at the first level of study find it interesting for them to keep on studying  and to avoid them from being bored in gaining knowledge. We will discuss the ways based on Malaysian’s education styles from now and then.


Interesting Interactive Learning In Modern Education

NOW

Interactive Games & Activities:

-Through online study that included games and fun activities related to important subjects. This will makes the student’s mind more active and creative.

-Games that be conducted in class and every kids have the need to participate and enjoy the learning process



THEN

Sports & Quizzes:

-To avoid the kids from falling asleep, sport used to be a crucial part in everyday’s learning for the kids in old days and with the intention to increase their stamina also making their mind fresh to study later.



-Quizzes in class used to be something interesting as we did not have any internet facilities before to conduct an interactive learning online. The kids will be competing with each other just to get the compliments from the teachers.








This is the example video of interactive learning for kids in this new era through the usage of internet.Get a try of this cute game that surely will make you happy and more educated.

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Monday, 24 September 2012

Big differences! Traditional & Modern!


In our country Malaysia, the education styles have been changing in time and the developments never ever stop. Between the traditional education and modern education style, there are many differences that can be spotted. Let us see them one by one.


This Is How Old Days School Looks Like
Classroom


Traditional:
To be selected in a classroom. Students in old days matched by age, and possibly also by ability. All students in a classroom are taught only with the same material.

Modern:
For the students in this modern era, to be selected in a class students dynamically grouped by interest or ability for each project or subject, with the possibility of different groups each hour of the day. It can be either multi-age classrooms or open classrooms.


Teaching Methods/Materials.

Traditional:
Traditional education’s students learn through listening and observation. They concentrated only on theory learning and abandoned practical way of learning. The materials uses in this type of education are instructions that based on textbooks, lectures, and individual written assignments.


Modern:
Progressive education which emphasizes on hands-on activity, group activities and presentation in the class hours. The materials use to do any of the project given is based on instruction and will be using any available resource including Internet, library and outside experts.


Social Aspects.

Traditional:
In old days, education has little or no attention to social development. They only focus on independent learning. Socializing largely is totally discouraged except for extracurricular activities and teamwork-based projects only it is allowed.

Modern School Nowadays
Modern:
In the new way of education style, they are more focussing on the significant attention to social development, including teamwork, interpersonal relationships, and self-awareness.










All in all, its proven that the tradition way of education practices are way too different from the current education practiced.To end this second article,I leave all of you readers with a video will display a school that had been set up since year of 1968 and its still exist until now.Just imagine how many styles of learning had been practiced here.Assalamualaikum.



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Friday, 21 September 2012

Getting To Know Our Differences Since Now And Then




Report Card Used To BeVital For Students' Future
First of all, Happy Independence Day to all Malaysians. Our country has officially independent for 55 years. Now and then, there are just too many changes that happen in our beloved country Malaysia and the changes happened just in the blink of an eye, they are so fast especially in education field. The things that will be exposed in my blog are about educational standards today versus those of years ago. The world continues to change so education must change as society evolves.

Way back then, report cards were totally different from what they are today. First of all, you had to earn your grade. There was no such thing as called as co-curriculum which is declared as so important in the education today. To get a better opportunity and best position or occupation in future, most students strive academically rather than practically as the best academic achiever in old days will always success in their life and lead a better living in the future. However, education that we have now concentrated on both academic and practical and the most important is extra co-curriculum activity to rise on our percentage as a student in this era.

New Era Parents Choose Kindergarten Than Home

For practical purposes, the students were partially home schooled before home schooling existed as an industry in old days. However in our modern society, education can be gained through kindergarten and child care services for the fresh starter in getting knowledge. This is why most of the elder generation owned several general skills and technical skills without joining any paid academies as they learned those things through experiences. Obviously, new generations having difficulties in facing on the spot problems and too depending on others without even trying to solve the problems as they never learned to do skilful based activities before and just concentrated in school studies which be claimed as the most important thing in this era.


Worst of all is attitude. Yesterday’s student was willing to work but today’s student is not. Past students thought of education as a privilege, however our current students in Malaysia view it as an entitlement. Furthermore, earlier students will always take responsibility for their mistakes compared to contemporary students who will depend on their parents or friends. Previously, it was honourable enough to obtain a B and at least acceptable to receive a C, especially with the harder classes. Nowadays, students want at least a B for signing up for class and they can get an A without much hard work as the syllabus getting easier in time.


55 Year Changed Everything

In the nutshell, our education style from the traditional type until this modern style are both having their own positives sides  and not to forget the consequences. Even the styles are different from the old era and new era, knowledge is still a crucial matter in everyone’s life forever.





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