Nur Surayyah Madhubala Abdullah

• PhD in Philosophy of Education
• Lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia

The main goal of the current study is to explore the demographic variables that are related to student misbehaviour in Jordanian high schools in the Governorate of Jarash using a survey research design. The level of student misbehaviour is measured by a questionnaire consisting of 30 items distributed over the three categories disobedience, classro...

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the level of student misbehaviour and to explore the types of student misbehaviour among Jordanian high school students in the Governorate of Jarash. This paper presents the findings of a survey conducted to identify the level and type of misbehaviour. It emphasizes the important role school plays in...

Malaysia is a country that strives to instill noble or good morals and values among the young generation who will lead the country’s development. The importance of values has been clearly stated under the principle of ‘decency and morality, the fifth principle in Malaysian National Principles. Adhering to this principle requires constant effort and...

In mainland China, college English (CE) teachers have been actively involved in integrating moral education into college English courses to promote a more rounded development of students. In the transition from traditional college English teaching to moral education integrated college English (MECE) teaching, college English teachers’ pedagogical c...

Relevance. Hybrid pedagogy has become the new norm of higher education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is still a problem of detecting plagiarism in hybrid pedagogy and the lack of methods to combat it, which makes it necessary to investigate this issue in more detail.Purpose. The purpose of the study is to reveal the views of students...

The issue of unethical behavior in academic work is more severe in hybrid learning in the context of responsive and responsible learning. This study conducted a qualitative research method and a case study design. It used the semi-structured interview to determine the college students' understanding and motivations for unethical behavior in academi...

Many in-service ESL teachers have low interest in using technology in classrooms on account of complex internal and external factors. Thus, guided by Davis's (1989) technology acceptance model and Borg's (2003) language teacher cognition theory, this study, which uses a quantitative descriptive survey, aims to further understand in-service middle s...

Moral Education (ME) in Malaysian context is closely related to “akhlak” and moral concept. The use of the terms “akhlak” and moral in achieving the goal of forming people with noble character through the subject of ME has been influenced by Islam as the official religion of Malaysia and the diversity of religious beliefs in the Malaysian community...

It is vital for language learners to know and express the appropriate language in different social contexts because the inability to do so could cause misunderstandings and miscommunication. The ability to perform such a task stems from an important concept in communicative competence, called sociolinguistic competence. However, being able to use t...

COVID-19 pandemic has affected all countries including Malaysia. From the perspective of health, WHO has recognised Malaysia’s success in tackling the first wave. However, in areas such as education particularly for children from communities that are marginalised, data is still not available. WHO has predicted the situation will not end anytime soo...

Malaysia is moving to an endemic stage with the easing of many of the restrictions and schools operating as normal. Whilst this signals some return to normalcy, the issue of inequality and the question about fairness in the context of education for children from marginalised communities is more apparent. It suggests that community agency is one pos...

The purpose of this study was to explore child educational content digital folklore on YouTube, and It is used to teach young children about science, language, and values. The unit analysis on this research was the video of Pak Lebai Malang from West Sumatera, Indonesia. The qualitative content analysis method was used in this study. The content an...

Literacy among Orang Asli children is found to be well below the national average. This paper explores the connection between language learning and meaning-making and its relation to the problem of language education among Orang Asli children. In so doing, the paper shows that language learning should be situated within their environment. This pape...

In the process of conducting a philosophical examination on the conceptualization of pluralism within moral and citizenship education in Malaysia, I was faced with an ethical issue about impartiality. This article considers this issue in the context of my research through my reflections and what I learnt from them about conducting philosophical res...

This book offers instructors in Higher Education (HE) specifically those teaching humanities and social sciences courses a useful introduction and overview of using problem-based learning approach (PBL). It also provides an outline of how it can be adapted for the needs of courses in your respective programmes. The book provides a teaching framewor...

Habituation is the most common used form of moral education in early childhood education in Indonesia. However, this method has been found to be insufficient in contributing fully to young children’s moral development. An alternative method currently being promoted is the narrative method which involves the use of stories and storytelling. These tw...

This research looks at the insights and observations of kindergarten teachers in using stories and storytelling for Moral Education. The main research question is how teachers tell stories in order for children to learn moral values from the stories. This research applied qualitative research as a method of inquiry. Fourteen teachers were interview...

Combining contributions from international academics and practitioners, this new text develops students’ ability to philosophise as well as learn about philosophy and education. It considers issues concerned with the interface between education and wider society but goes beyond this to explore education and philosophy at a micro level: the teacher–...

This paper provides an overview of the motives underpinning Malay Muslim secondary school students’ moral behavior in Malaysia in their daily lives. The paper is based on a qualitative case study employing purposive sampling into the reasons behind Muslim students’ moral behavior. The study of eight Form Four Malay Muslim students in a school the s...

learning and facilitating (PdPc) session using the 21st century learning (PAK21) during practicum in schools around Putrajaya and Selangor. The objective of this study is to explore the experiences of trainee teachers in implementing PAK21 PdPc in Moral Education subject. A total of three trainees who taught Form 1, 2 and 3 students were involved i...

This paper provides an overview of the motives underpinning Malay Muslim secondary school students’ moral behavior in Malaysia in their daily life. The paper is based on a qualitative case study employing purposive sampling into the motives behind Malay Muslim students’ moral behavior. The study of eight Form Four Malay Muslim students in a school...

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between rugby match officials physical fitness to their performance. respondent of the study. ANOVA indicated no significant differences = 0.809] in physical fitness across age level but there is a significant differences [F = 60.903, p < 0.05] across experience level. Highly experience...

This paper describes the findings of a qualitative study utilising the phenomenographic approach. This research was aimed to identify qualitatively some different ways of Muslim student teachers’ (N=15) experience on moral education as a school subject, using essays. The findings indicated that the target phenomenon was discussed through the unders...

This chapter discusses post-disaster mental health recovery and its relevance for disaster risk reduction. Specifically, it describes how to design post-disaster mental health programs that take into account the perspectives of the victims in both the design and implementation. Some theories state that religious beliefs and practices guide people’s...

This paper reports a study on kindergarten teachers’ use of narratives in the teaching and learning of moral education. The study posed the question: why do kindergarten teachers use narratives in teaching and learning moral education for young children? The study took place in two kindergartens in Indonesia, one an Islamic kindergarten located on...

Background. The word silat means a type of sport or game, which consists of quick movements in attacking and defending [Anuar 1987]. Silat olahraga is a sport that existed at the center of the development of thousands of silat schools in the Malaysian Archipelago [Anuar 1993]. Aims. The main purpose of this study was to identify the correlation bet...

The paper presents an argument that the current account of social justice in Moral Education in Malaysia is too limited. That account concerns itself only with the outcomes of moral education framed in the well-being of others. It is located in the ethical percept of utility. We argue that it should also concern itself with the outcomes for the stu...

This paper presents the findings of a study into the relationship between parents' jobs and the work values of apprentices. The findings were examined in the context of the positive relationship between work commitment and productivity of skilled workers and the need to understand influences on the work values of apprentices. The findings showed th...

The aims of this research were to investigate whether there is any difference in the physical activity levels between Malay Muslim men (Muslim) and Malay Muslim women (Muslimah) at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) before, during, and after the month of Ramadan, and also to determine the factors restricting their involvement in physical activities. F...

Karate is one of the most popular martial art styles in the world as well as a popular sport in Iran. Successful performance in karate requires a high level of agility that enables the karateka (karate player) to avoid the opponent’s attacks, and to assume optimal position for efficient performance of karate techniques. In order to measure agility...

This paper is a reflection on how conceptualising the teaching of English as a performing art within the English Language school curriculum in Malaysia can play a meaningful and practical role in developing an adequate moral stance of students towards other members of its plural society. It is argued that, in addition to being an interesting and cr...

Karate is one of the most popular martial art styles in the world (Urban, 1993) as well as popular sport in Iran. Agility is of high importance for successful performance in karate and it enables the karateka to avoid the opponent’s attacks and to assume optimal position for efficient performance of karate techniques (Blaevi, Kati & Popovi, 2006; K...

Within a concept of moral and citizenship education as educating students how to live together meaningfully, this chapter suggests a possible normative role that the English Language teacher can play in the language classroom specifically in educating students to live together in a meaningful manner. The normative role of the teacher lies in their...

This paper offers a critical perspective on human capital or human capital theory as the normative account that can underlie education for morality and citizenship. I first outline what is education for morality and citizenship. Then I critically examine the idea of human capital as embedded in the theory of human capital and how the theory approac...

ABSTRACT The idea of moral and citizenship education currently operating in Malaysia’s plural society is inadequate. This may be inadequate because the conceptualisation of pluralism, specifically the idea of a person that underpins it, fails to recognise the embeddedness of a person and the fact of individual positioning. The current conceptuali...