Nasir Nayan

• Professor (Associate) at Sultan Idris Education University

p>Malaysia’s education development plan 2013-2025 promotes 21st-century learning. Instruction, learning, and school assistance are the key focus. This study selected Rompin State instructors to assess their 21st-century education ability, perspective, and application. The questionnaire was the main data-gathering tool in this quantitative investiga...

This study aimed to determine the professional duty of Malaysian geography teachers to integrate authentic assessment into the teaching and learning process. Questionnaires were distributed online to 379 geography teachers at the secondary school level by a simple online snowball distribution method. Descriptive and ANOVA analyses were used to addr...

An educational comic is a graphic work that creates various characters focused on scientific elements as an approach to classroom learning. This study aimed to develop comics as a geography learning module for form four students on river formation and sustainability. This study employs two approaches: questionnaires for the quantitative method and...

The purpose of this study is to look at the residents of Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia's knowledge, attitude, and preparedness in the event of a flood disaster. This study used a questionnaire instrument and a quantitative survey design method. Simple random selection was used to choose the study sample, which included 384 persons from the Kota Belud...

Sungai Semantan is important for fish aquaculture industry in Malaysia. Therefore, the aimed of this article is to assess the index of freshwater quality (WQI) of the Sungai Semantan, Pahang during the rainy season (February to April 2018). The Sungai Semantan WQI was monitored at three stations by assessing six freshwater quality parameters, i.e.,...

Temperature changes are linked to climate change through the annual increase in the earth’s temperature by a few degrees Celsius over the past few million years. This study aims to identify the earth’s surface temperature in the Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Campus, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Temperature data comes from fieldwork in the m...

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of the use of social media as a medium to deliver awareness on environmental issues among the community in Malaysia. A survey with a questionnaire was used in the quantitative approach used in this research. The study sample, which employed a simple random sampling technique, consisted of 400 members of...

The aims of this study are 1) to analyze earthquake disaster education in State Senior High School 1 Karangreja, using a role-playing learning model.; 2) to analyze the knowledge and students’ attitude in dealing with earthquakes. The population of this study was all students of State Senior High School 1 Karangreja. State Senior High School 1 Kara...

Creating sustainable cities and communities is one of the key goals in the Sustainable Development Agenda by 2030. To implement this goal, a measurement instrument needs to be developed to assess the extent of sustainability of each city, including heritage cities. Therefore, this study aims to validate the heritage city sustainability index instru...

Teaching materials are a set of learning materials that is arranged systematically to provide a complete mapping (picture) related to the competencies that have been obtained by students in learning activities. The material presented allows students to acquire competencies consistently and systematically and to accumulate the acquired competencies...

This study aims to analyze the level, relationship, and contribution among the variables of readiness, motivation, interest, and attitude towards animated elements application in the subject of geography among Form 1, secondary school students in Jempol district, Negeri Sembilan. This study used a quantitative approach with a survey design and ques...

This study investigates the level of learning media among form-six students. A quantitative approach using a questionnaire instrument was employed. The sample size includes 201 form-six students using a simple random sampling technique where the analysis involved is a mean score scale. The findings showed that utilization levels were moderate. Pre-...

span lang="EN-US">This study was conducted to confirm the instrument of sustainability engagement and commitment in Eco-Campus activities of pre-service teacher. Respondents consisted of 500 pre-service teachers who were selected using stratified sampling techniques. The variables studied or the factors generated from exploratory factor analysis (E...

In this study, we aimed to determine the extent to which secondary school students practise environmental ethics. To this end, we used a questionnaire-based survey to accomplish the purpose of the study. The study's variables included knowledge, value, care, and responsibility in environmental ethics. We selected a sample of 180 students using syst...

One of the elements to creating a first-class mindset among youth is environmental value. The present study was conducted to validate the component to build the model of environmental values amongst Malaysian youths with first-class minds. One thousand Malaysian youths were selected from five geographical zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, a...

This article reviews the previously published studies on sustainable heritage cities, and to derive lessons for further research. The research method used is document analysis. A total of 30 journal articles from leading databases published in the five (5) years (2016-2020) were selected using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews an...

Social media as a means of communication plays a role in building a new paradigm of disaster. One of the social media users for hydrometeorological disaster communication is a shallot farmer in Parangtritis Village, Kretek Subdistrict, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Special Region. This study aims to determine the role of social media as a means of co...

Nutrient input from internal and external sources could regulate the variability and abundance of algal and macrophytes in freshwater lakes. This study explores the response of algal and macrophyte growth in relation to internal and external nutrient loading. This study was conducted over a 12-month period in a eutrophic shallow urban lake known as...

This article aims to measure the level of sustainability of heritage cities in Malaysia. A thousand residents of ten selected heritage cities throughout Malaysia were selected as the respondents based on the cluster sampling and simple random methods to complete the questionnaire. A Likert scale on questionnaires 1 to 5 was used to elicit feedback....

This paper aims to study carbon monoxide (CO) concentration in schools along Federal Road in Muallim, Perak. The quantitative approach with field survey and sampling methods used for theCO data. A sampling of CO data in Per million (ppm) value using Carbon Monoxide MeterAS8700A for three stations, SMK Khir Johari, SMK Agama Slim River, and SMK Dato...

The continuity of the cultural heritage left by the previous generation is highly dependent on the new generation, especially the youth. Youth is a link to the legacy left behind. Therefore, this study aims to examine the extent of youths' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on the elements of the intangible cultural heritage of the Dusun ethnic gr...

Re-delimitation of rainfall regions plays an important role in determining the rainfall pattern of an area. This study aims to reconstruct the delimitation of rainfall regions for the western region of Peninsular Malaysia. This study involved only the collection of rainfall data at 133 stations from 1960 to 2010. These data were obtained from the D...

This article aims to examine the knowledge and attitude of the people of Simunjan, Sarawak towards the Rainwater Harvesting System (SPAH) as an alternative air preparation in the area. For the purposes achieved, quantitative quantities with the designs that have been used in this study. Study data were obtained using questionnaire instruments and s...

This article aims to examine the knowledge and attitude of the people of Simunjan, Sarawak towards the Rainwater Harvesting System (SPAH) as an alternative air preparation in the area. For the purposes achieved, quantitative quantities with the designs that have been used in this study. Study data were obtained using questionnaire instruments and s...

This article aims to identify the school traffic noise level along federal roads in Muallim District, Perak, namely SMK Khir Johari (SMKKJ), SMK Agama Slim River (SMKASR) and SMK Dato’ Zulkifli Muhammad (SMKDZ). Data were collected during school hours and on weekends, from 7 September to 13 September 2019 and three times a day, 7.00 -8.00 am, 9.00...

The continuity of the cultural heritage left by the previous generation is highly dependent on the new generation, especially the youth. Youth is a link to the legacy left behind. Therefore, this study aims to examine the extent of youths’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on the elements of the intangible cultural heritage of the Dusun ethnic gr...

Human activities that cause land use changes are factors affecting the river’s water quality. This study was centred on assessing the quality of the water in the Jerteh River basin that was affected by the land use changes. The water samples were collected at five monitoring stations along the Jerteh River. The fieldwork was conducted between Novem...

This article aims to verify the critical elements in identifying factors for the change of small urban centers due to the expansion of the Klang-Langat Metropolitan Region Valley using the Exploration Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) approach. This study involved 355 respondents from Hulu Selangor, Selangor selected by r...

This article highlights previous studies on the development of sustainable heritage cities using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method. Data obtained through various search methods, such as (1) a rigorous search of leading major journal databases (Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), Science Direct) and additional journal databases (Google Scholar...

Covid-19 has had an effect on various aspects of life. This study was to compare spatial distribution of covid-19 in Indonesia and Malaysia and its prevention efforts. The design of this study is a comparative study using descriptive analysis. Research was carry out in June through September 2020, taking location in Yogyakarta Special Region, Indon...

This study aims to examine the Relative Importance Index (RII) that influences online learning in the subject of Geography. The study adopted survey research design involving five secondary schools in the state of Perak, Malaysia consisted of 135 pre-university students selected via simple random sampling method. Data were collected through a quest...

Malaysia adopts a system of parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy which has a first past the post electoral system which is the determination of victory in elections based on a simple majority. Election results are caused by certain factors and will shape certain voting patterns. Therefore, it is the purpose of writing this article...

Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah merupakan salah satu transformasi dalam sistem pendidikan. Perubahan dalam bidang pendidikan turut melibatkan kepelbagaian kaedah pentaksiran termasuklah penggunaan teknologi. Artikel ini akan membincangkan pelaksanaan pentaksiran berasaskan teknologi di sekolah. Penggunaan teknologi dalam pendidikan disarankan oleh K...

The chapter aims to evaluate the groundwater quality levels in Kapas Island, Terengganu, Malaysia during the monsoon changes of the Southwest Monsoon (SWM), Monsoon Transition (MT) and Northeast Monsoon (NEM) in 2018. Four locations were used for groundwater sampling namely, the Kapas Coral Beach Resort, Kapas Beach Chalet, Pak Ya Seaview Chalet, a...

This study aims to look at the effectiveness of Geography fieldwork study among form six students in Machang, Kelantan. A quantitative approach was applied in this study by using a questionnaire as an instrument. A simple random sampling method was used for the selection of respondents and the total number of respondents was 80 form six students wh...

This article aims to identify the impact of tourism development among the community in Langkawi Island, Malaysia. This study uses a quantitative approach. The data used impact data collected primarily using a questionnaire given to 400 respondents among household heads. The analysis used is descriptive. The results showed that there must be a devel...

This study aimed to identify the learning methods based on the flipped classroom model among UPSI's Geography students, focusing on the students who have completed university education courses including the courses that implement flipped classroom in line with the 21st Century Approach. A quantitative approach was applied in this study using a ques...

Ecotourism development in Mt. Meratus, South Kalimantan, is crucial to support the future development and forest use in the South Kalimantan area. Ecotourism provides a mechanism to use forest resources sustainably while at the same time provides opportunities for local economic growth. This paper aims to describe the potential resources of Mt. Mer...

This article aims to identify the level of spatial noise within the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Campus. This research is based on an exploratory study using quantitative methods and assisted by a geographic information system (GIS) software. The data used are primary data collected in the field based on sampling at 11 selected locations base...

This study aims to examine the moderating factors of gender, age and location in the knowledge of environmental sustainable literacy among Malaysian youth. This quantitative study involved 1000 Malaysian youths categorized into five zones (North, Central, South, East Coast, East Malaysia). The stratified random sampling technique was used in the se...

Quality assessment of water resources is important to ensure the well-being of residents, especially the victims who are affected by floods and having difficulties in obtaining clean water supply when the floods hit. This paper seeks to discuss the quality assessment of water resources in the district of Kuala Krai, Kelantan. Field methods were use...

This paper aims to develop a socioeconomic indicators to measure the wellbeing of the people in Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). A total of 400 respondents comprised heads of household in 15 settlement centres in Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR) were selected as study sample. Quantitative approaches usin...

The study aimed to examine environmental sustainability practices among youths in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 400 youths aged 19 to 40. A simple random sampling method was used to divide the respondents into groups of two. Most variables (including knowledge, values and...

Clean water supply has an important role among flood victims at evacuation centers during the flood. However, the water supply from various unknown and unverified sources such as hygiene status can affect the flood victims health. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the flood water quality in the Kuala Krai flooding areas. The metho...

An index is one of the approaches to measuring behaviour and is commonly used in economics and social sciences. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the key factors for indexing environmental sustainability literacy knowledge among Malaysian youth using exploratory and confirmatory analyses. Respondents consisted of 100 Malaysian youth who we...

This study was aims to evaluate the impact of ecotourism on the water quality in the Sedim River Recreation Centre, Kulim Kedah, Malaysia. Ecotourism activity development, such as chalet construction, homestay, recreation for picnics, kayaking and proper disposal of solid wastes in the area, will affect the quality of Sedim River. The period of thi...

This article seeks to identify the levels of well-being of residents of Selangor Northern Corridor, Lembah Klang-Langat Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR). The study involved 400 respondents consisting of the heads of household in periurban areas of Selangor Northern Corridor of Lembah Klang-Langat EMR. Respondents were selected via a simple random...

This article aims to explore the component of environmental physical sustainability knowledge index among Malaysian youths using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The respondents consisted of 100 Malaysian youths who were selected using purposive sampling techniques. A questionnaire on a scale of 1 to 5 Likert has been used to get feedback. The re...

The information on changes in total phosphorus and total nitrogen concentrations of lake in response to variations of diff erent nutrients loading is critical for the selection of an appropriate lake management strategy. This study aimed to evaluate the infl uence of internal and external nutrients loading in controlling in-lake nutrient concentrat...

This study aims to examine the use of the gamification approach in teacher training and learning sessions. The three main variables that are the focus of the study are gamification knowledge, gamification skills, and the use of gamification among Geography trainee teachers at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Survey methods involving question...

This study is aimed at reconfirming the characteristics of territorial rain particularly in the Western Region of Peninsular Malaysia, as established by Dale (1959). The focus was to identify the trends and the intensity of the long-term rainfall in the Western Regionfrom 1960 to 2010, which was classified as a wet area. Rainfall datafrom the rainf...

Stench related to odouris one of the main issues in human physical surroundings nowadays.Thisarticle aims to study the odour pollution level in Lumut town, Perak. Lumut town has been selected as a study area with six stations involved. Data collection was done by using the OMX-SRM Handheld Odour Meter to measure the odour rate levels in October 201...

This article aimed to identify the water quality of the Liwagu River, Sabah, due to the impact of land use activities in the sub-basin area. The Liwagu river provides the main water source for the local population for domestic purposes. Observations on the water quality of the Liwagu river and identification of the types of land use activities alon...

This study purpose is to examine the surface temperature of the earth in Kuala Lumpur city. The aim is to identify patterns of temperature distribution and to study the temperature distribution at night and daytime in the city of Kuala Lumpur. This study embraces primary data through fieldwork. This study uses quantitative methods. Crossfield tempe...

The results of the 2018 General Election in Malaysia show interesting and varied political dynamics based on issues, leadership, campaign strategies, winning and defeat factors, polling patterns, and also location. Hence the purpose of writing this article is to analyze the trend of polling in GE 2018 based on urban and rural areas according to 222...

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk meneliti perbezaan kualiti hidup penduduk dalam daerah Muallim dari berdasarkan tiga petunjuk sosial yang berbeza iaitu segi jantina, etnik dan tahap pendidikan. Dengan menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian, sejumlah 500 orang ketua isi rumah dari lima buah pusat petempatan kecil dalam daerah Muallim telah di...

Many of the studies related to air pollution in urban areas also consider the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) in determining the level of urban air pollution, especially in urban areas with high rates of motor vehicle use. Therefore, this study aimed to study the level of carbon dioxide concentration in the city of Kuala Lumpur by looking at the patte...

Climate literacy is one way to assess youth awareness about current climate change phenomena such as El Nino or La Nin a. This article aims to build a model of climate change mitigation practices and adaptation among youth in Malaysia, especially in the historical state of Malacca. A total of 400 youth respondents residing in the state of Malacca w...

Eutrophication modifies lakes' ecological balances and threatens its viability. To date, eutrophication management strategies have been related to nutrient reduction in the lakes' water column. However, nutrient reduction strategies are complicated by the variations of the lake's water level, nutrient concentration, and eutrophication symptom, whic...

Climate change and global warming are the primary issues often debated when environmental issues are discussed nowadays. Among the efforts made to raise awareness concerning mitigation and adaptation to climate change is climate literacy acquired from the educational medium. Therefore, this article seeks to identify the level of awareness on climat...

The purpose of this study is to compare the quality of groundwater during wet and dry seasons in Malaysia especially in Kuala Krai District which frequently involved in annual monsoon floods and the question whether the wells can be used during floods as well as an alternative source when there are no floods. Six sampling stations were selected usi...

The purpose of this article is to map the curriculum of Bachelor of Education in Geography programme with the Standard Document of Curriculum and Assessment (DSKP) in school. An analysis of document been implemented to examine the linkages between the geography curriculum at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) towards the geography subject in...

model fit the data obtained which the value of the fit indices of CMIN/DF, TLI, CFI, IFI, NFI and RMSEA were used to produce the appropriate model. As a result, a total of 17 items were retained, consisting of recycling management practices (four items), electricity-saving practices (three items), eco-friendly product consumption (three items), pap...

The study aimed to examine the knowledge, attitude and practices of environmental sustainability of pre-school students in Malaysia. This study applied a quantitative method comprising questionnaires with 500 pre-school students. Research variables were knowledge of recyclable and non-recyclable materials, sustainability knowledge, sustainability a...

This study was conducted to examine well water quality in areas of different land use in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia. A total of four water sampling locations were selected to represent specific land use types, including Pasir Puteh town (urban land use), Padang Pak Amat (industrial land use), Bukit Gedombak (landfill site) and Kampung Jelor (a...

We conducted this study to evaluate the competencies of Form Six geography teachers in achieving the Malaysian Education Quality Standards. We applied a qualitative approach using the observation technique. The respondent observation consisted of three teachers who had more than 10 years of experience teaching Form Six geography and who were workin...