Yahya Buntat

University of Technology Malaysia | UTM · Faculty of Education (FP)

This study was conducted to verify the construct model for organizational commitment among technical teachers at the Vocational College under the Ministry of Education. A study involving 25 vocational colleges with a total sample of 493 people consisting of teachers in mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering fields, and engine...

Twenty first century employers need quality graduates to be competitive in global currents. This study was conducted to identify the importance of employability skills constructs required to improve the work performance based on the perception of the immediate supervisor’s in the polytechnic electronic graduates’ job role. This study uses a descrip...

Pasteurization is an act or a process to minimize or eliminate all forms of life, particularly microorganisms in food products. Its aim is to reduce or eliminate the number of viable pathogens, which are likely to cause diseases. Pasteurization can be in the form of thermal and non-thermal methods. Thermal pasteurization typically uses high heat an...

This paper will discuss about an analysis based on interview session in teaching Automotive Practical Work for Vocational Colleges. Six teachers who are expert in Automotive were interviewed and the three major themes discussed to analyze teachers’ feedback. The interview was categorized into three major themes of teaching methods which are: introd...

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is increasingly being recognised as one of the drives for economic and social growth. TVET provides an avenue for less academically inclined students to acquire skills and knowledge needed in order to join the job market who are able to contribute positively to the community. TVET therefore can...

Technology offers educators more effective and efficient ways to deliver knowledge. In this paper, we analyzed the benefits and challenges in implementing one type of technology, namely, Mobile Learning or M-Learning. A total of 10 downloaded journal articles published between 2002 and 2007 were reviewed. The results are discussed in terms of educa...

Entrepreneurship creates new job opportunities, thereby promoting economic growth. Entrepreneurship skills entails a multitude of attributes, some of which are ingrained in the person while others may be learnt. Probably the group of people that would befit most from entrepreneurship education would be those with disabilities as entrepreneurship pr...

ihak pentadbir dan pengurus pelajar asrama sering melaporkan statistik masalah yang dihadapi oleh pelajar berdasarkan rekod kes yang berlaku. Kes yang terpencil ini tidak boleh digeneralisasikan kerana ia tidak melambangkan masalah populasi pelajar yang sebenar. Statistik yang dilaporkan adalah tidak sah dan tidak boleh dipercayai. Malah data yang...

Background: Increase in the occurrence of existing diseases, continual emergence of new or exotic diseases and re-emergence of old diseases have placed increasing demands on biomedical services in Malaysia. Biomedical technicians play an important role in operating biomedical instruments. However, there are no clear specifications about characteri...

Satu kajian bibliometrik bagi menganalisa penulisan oleh ilmuan Malaysia dalam bidang pengajian Islam yang diindeks di pangkalan data Scopus telah dijalankan. Objektif kajian ini adalah bagi mengenalpasti corak dan prestasi penerbitan tersebut untuk jangkamasa 6 tahun iaitu diantara tahun 2010 hingga 2015. Analisa data telah dibuat berdasarkan makl...

This paper focuses on measuring the academic research performance of Research universities in Malaysia by using Scopus database and Scival bibliometric analysis from 2006 to 2015, total of 101,126 publications. Universiti Malaya leads in terms of publication output (24,293 titles), followed by Universiti Putra Malaysia (20,634), Universiti Kebangsa...

The demonstration of graduates' employability skills quality in a certain job role that was mapped to the employers' requirement would significantly influence the graduate job performance in a workplace. The main objective of this study was to explore and to factorize the constructs and dimensions of Employability Skills which can predict the job p...

ABSTRAK Satu kajian bibliometrik bagi menganalisa penulisan oleh ilmuan Malaysia dalam bidang pengajian Islam yang diindeks di pangkalan data Scopus telah dijalankan. Objektif kajian ini adalah bagi mengenalpasti corak dan prestasi penerbitan tersebut untuk jangkamasa 6 tahun iaitu diantara tahun 2010 hingga 2015. Analisa data telah dibuat berdasar...

The acquisition of employability skills that match and fit the employers’ requirement would enhance employees’ job performance. This study explored and factorized the constructs and dimensions of employability skills which can predict the job performance of Malaysian electric and electronic polytechnic graduates in the electrical and electronics in...

The level of the employability skills of the graduates as determined by job role and mapped to the employability skills, which correspond to the requirement of employers, will have significant impact on the graduates’ job performance. The main objective of this study was to identify the constructs and dimensions of employability skills, which can p...

Technical and vocational education is a very important aspect of the Nigerian educational system that aims to develop occupational competences and skills to enable an individual for self-reliant and responsive citizenship. Undeniably, experiential learning strategies specifically, the Service-Learning was acknowledged as one of the strong strategie...

The level of the employability skills of the graduates as determined by job role and mapped to the employability skills, which correspond to the requirement of employers, will have signifi cant impact on the graduates' job performance. The main objective of this study was to identify the constructs and dimensions of employability skills, which can...

Many perceive that CAD is not facilitating creativity in designing compare to other design tools such as sketching and 3D physical modeling. However, prior study by researchers have indicated the possible link between creativity and the use of CAD through the emergence creative behaviours. Hence, this study was undertaken with an attempt to capture...

Developing students’ Interpersonal Skills is a core element of any well-designed Technical and VocationalEducation (TVE) particularly in this present era. This is couple with the fact that Interpersonal skills are amongthe crucial skills preferred in the world of work setting for the betterment of both employer and employee. Overthe years, employer...

Engineering education in Malaysia is playing an important role in the production of specialist in engineering field. Universities in Malaysia offer choices of engineering courses in order to develop Malaysia becoming an advance country (Zalina et al. 2009). This paper presents one of the teaching methods that can be used in Engineering Education, n...

Self-directed learning is a developed skill that is an essential within technical and vocational courses such as design education. As a strategy for lifelong learning, self-directed learning is important for students to adapt with rapidly changing knowledge and technology. An experimental design was conducted to investigate how web-based learning s...

The purpose of the study is to assess the perception of specific seating arrangements (clusters, pairs, rows, U-shape) in promoting on-task behavior among pupils in selected primary school in Selangor, Malaysia. The target populations are a group of year 5 (80 pupils) and 20 teachers whom are randomly selected. The instruments used in this study ar...

The purpose of this study is to explore the attributes and characters of green soft skills that have been integrated in teaching and learning Civil Engineering Studies Course (CESC) in Malaysian Technical Secondary School (MTSS). This study involved seventy eight (78) CESC teachers from nineteen (19) MTSS. This study found that the integration of g...

This paper reports that ozone sterilizing system as the efficient system for spawn treatment of mushroom cultivation. The long time consuming in steam sterilizing system induced the idea to find another efficient sterilize agent for spawn treatment in term of time consuming. This project involves the ozone sterilizing system design, laboratory expe...

This paper focuses on the gap of proficiency for skilled workers and employer needs towards Non-technical Skills for electronics sector in Klang Valley, Malaysia. This research is a quantitative research that uses a survey as the medium. There are seven elements in Non-technical Skills which are; communication skills, creative thinking and problem...

Globalization and technological changes demand the countries to seek for economic-based knowledge for economic survival purposes.to ensure their economic survival purposes. A mechanism to do that is through the active promotion and provision of lifelong learning. Malaysia is one of those countries that have been vigorously doing that. In a mission...

Active learning has attracted strong advocates among faculty looking for alternatives to traditional teaching methods. Case study has been recently introduced as an add-on teaching method in Malaysia. For Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, the Harvard Business School case studies have been selected to be part of the curriculum to inculcate entrepreneur...

The aim of this paper is to determine the correlation between informal learning cultures in the organisation's work and academic achievements for Engineering Technology subject; the relationship between demography data with informal learning culture and the cultural perceptions of informal learning in the organisation. The data were analysed by usi...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the development of a valid and reliable measurement of sustainable agriculture subjects for secondary academic school. The elements of the instrument were developed using the four rounds of Delphi technique that finally end up with 20 indicators. The five-point scale of 139 items were then derived and validated....

This study seeks to explore the method of herbs planting using technological innovation by a forest research institute in Malaysia from two dimensions namely knowledge and process of learning. This study also intends to explore the advantages and disadvantages of tissue culture. In order to achieve this goal, empirical evidence for the study was de...

The purpose of this study is to identify various elements of employability skills that are integrated into the agricultural vocational education programs in Malaysia and their importance to employers in industry. The sample consisted of one hundred and thirty (130) teaching staff from vocational agricultural institutions and one hundred and fifty t...

This study investigates how competency-based education and competency-based assessment prepare vocational education students towards becoming competent individuals upon entering the workplace. For this purpose, a case study was conducted in Akademi Binaan Malaysia (ABM), which provides training and courses for development and upgrading of skills am...

Virtual environment for education have been discussed in various ways. A virtual learning environment plays an important role in one of the main aims of education and it is designed to educate the user either in school level or at higher learning institutions. On the other hand, visualization skills are very important in engineering field and it is...

Developing sound and relevant Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) policies in education and higher learning institutions in particular is still not exhausted in some developing countries around the world. Despite ICTs adoption in education, mostly higher institutions of learning deploy the use of such facilities without relevant poli-...

Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) graduates preparedness to gain flexible employability skills that will enable them compete favourable into a dynamic labour market cannot be under estimated in the present Technological era. The challenges in the world of work as a result of the way ICT rapidly changes and considering its deployment in all a...

The aims of this study is to determine correlation between informal learning culture in the organization work and academic achievement for Engineering Technology subject, relationship between demography data with informal learning culture and the cultural perceptions of informal learning in the organization. The data were analyzed using Rasch Measu...

This paper describes a case study in exploring the potential on capturing designers’ creative behaviours whilst engaged in Computer-aided Design (CAD) activity. The protocol analysis approach was undertaken to collect data in one of the CAD designing session of the participants. The Creative Behaviours Framework was used as a tool to capture the em...

Despite the belief that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) integration makes impact on the entire educational set up, studies directed to ICTs in schools have placed too much emphasis on the variables at class level neglecting other areas which ICTs are applied (for example, administration). In order to have distributed literature th...

Engineering graphic language requires individuals who are skilled to be able to translate the knowledge and skills of visualization to interpret accurately. In the form of quasiexperimental, the study aims to identify the visualization skills between the sexes based on the use of Compact Disc Interactive have developed. Respondents that invlolved w...

As a development country, Malaysia facing the challenge to develop their economic liked others. Economic changing from agriculture to manufacturing drastic change need people also adapt to that situation. Now days, changing become issues, such as changing of work life from agriculture to manufacturing, changing of technologies, changing of people t...

The purpose of this research is to investigate teachesr’ readiness in informal learning. A learning model was develop to help the teachers to understand the state of their readiness in teaching the Engineering Technology subject based on knowledge and management skills. The study was designed to answer questions on method used in of informal learni...

Problem Statement: The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the perceived competency, importance, and educational needs in online learning technology competencies of technical and vocational teachers in Malaysia. A survey was conducted involving a population of teachers at Technical and Vocational Schools in Malaysia. Data were gathered...

Technological advances which is related to the computer knowledge, skills, and abilities have been of paramount importance in our society today. Computer Technology becomes an important and effective tool in delivering information to the society. This advanced technology also plays an important role in helping teachers to deliver their instructions...

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk meninjau faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi belia melayu terhadap pemilihan sektor pertanian sebagai satu kerjaya. Bagi menjalankan kajian ini, seramai 60 orang belia melayu berusia antara 15 hingga 40 tahun di FELDA Bukit Aping Barat, Kota Tinggi, Johor Darul Takzim telah menjadi subjek kajian. Objektif kajian ialah untuk m...

Abstrak: Individu yang tidak mempunyai kemahiran menjadi ketua atau pemimpin tidak dapat meningkat tinggi dalam tangga kerjayanya kelak. Oleh itu kemahiran dan pengalaman menjadi ketua dan pemimpin dapat membantu seseorang itu memajukan dirinya. Kertas kerja ini ini ditulis untuk menarik perhatian terhadap peranan kolej melalui LEADECK membantu pem...

The purpose of this study was to identify various elements of employability skills that are integrated into the agricultural vocational education programmes in Malaysia and their importance to employers in industry. Six research questions were formulated. The samples consisted of hundred and thirty (130) teaching staff from vocational agricultural...

Abstrak. Kajian yang dijalankan ini adalah bertujuan untuk meninjau tahap penghayatan nilai-nilai murni para pelajar Sarjana Muda Teknologi Serta Pendidikan (Kemahiran Hidup) di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia semasa menjalani kerja amali di bengkel. Kajian ini melibatkan sejumlah 92 sampel kajian yang terdiri daripada pelajar-pelajar tahun satu dan...

Kajian berbentuk tinjauan ini dilakukan untuk melihat amalan etika profesion perguruan di kalangan 48 orang responden guru–guru Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Melayu, Kulai, Johor. Aspek–aspek etika profesion perguruan yang dilihat dalam kajian ini adalah perkara–perkara yang berkaitan dengan tanggungjawab guru terhadap pelajar, tanggungjawab guru terh...

ABSTRAK Proses pembelajaran dan pengajaran telah mengalami banyak perubahan seiring dengan perkembangan teknologi. Penggunaan kaedah pengajaran berbantukan computer haruslah diperluaskan lagi di sekolah-sekolah agar ia dapat menyaingi perubah-perubahan pendidikan masa kini. Kertas kerja ini adalah merupakan satu kertas kerja tinjauan tentang aplika...

ABSTRAK Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi oleh Politeknik Sultan Ahmad Shah (POLISAS) dalam menyediakan modal insan sejajar dengan keperluan industri. Rekabentuk penyelidikan yang digunakan ialah penyelidikan deskriptif jenis tinjauan dengan sampel sejumlah 244 orang. Sampel terdiri dari pelajar-pelajar semester...

People with disability (PWD's) were determined to have relationship barriers with the job market. Employers perception in a workforce always be a vital problems to develop a career for PWDs. Deaf people is one of PWDs categories who were facing the same problems after leaving secondary education level to seek a job. Become a job seeker wasn't an ea...

ABSTRAK: Industri pembinaan di Malaysia telah mengalami kekurangan tenaga kerja yang kritikal. Sumber tenaga kerja tempatan tidak dapat menampung permintaan tenaga kerja binaan yang semakin meningkat. Ini menyebabkan kontraktor lebih cenderung untuk mengambil tenaga kerja asing. Pengambilan tenaga kerja asing yang terlalu ramai telah menyebabkan be...

Kertas kerja ini merupakan satu kertas kerja konsep yang mengupas dan membicarakan tentang aspek kemahiran "employability" (soft skills) yang meliputi konsep dan pengertian, jenis-jenis kemahiran “employability” penting, kepentingan untuk pelajar,dan juga kaedah penerapan yang boleh digunapakai.penulis merasakan kertas kerja ini penting bagi member...

Rata-rata ramai yang menganggap bahawa menyertai aktiviti kolej seperti menjadi pemimpin jawatankuasa kolej mahasiswa (jkm), ahli dalam kelab-kelab pelajar, ketua dan ahli jawatankuasa tertinggi dalam sesebuah organisasi, persatuan-persatuan, serta sukan adalah penyumbang utama kepada kemerosotan prestasi akademik pelajar tersebut menyebabkan pelaj...

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti kesesuaian kursus yang ditawarkan di IKM dalam menyediakan kemahiran asas bagi membantu para pelatih di Negeri Kedah dalam mendapatkan pekerjaan di industri selepas mengikuti kursus kemahiran. Dalam kajian ini, pengkaji menggunakan instrumen yang berbentuk data-data dan maklumat yang diperolehi dari IKM Nege...

Kajian ini dilakukan bertujuan untuk meninjau minat pelajar wanita dalam mata pelajaran teknik dan vokasional di sekolah. Sampel kajian adalah terdiri daripada 132 orang pelajar wanita tingkatan 4 yang mengambil matapelajaran ini di tiga buah sekolah menengah harian di daerah Pontian, Johor. Sekolah yang dipilih adalah Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan S...

Kajian berbentuk deskriptif ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pelajar dalam membuat keputusan untuk menceburi bidang kerjaya sebagai profesion perguruan Antara faktor-faktor yang dikaji ialah Faktor minat, faktor keluarga, faktor rakan sebaya dan juga faktor ganjaran. Sampel kajian melibatkan pelajar Tahun Dua Sarjana Mud...

Kajian yang dijalankan ini adalah kajian deskriptif yang berbentuk soal selidik. Kajian ini dijalankan adalah bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-fakor yang mempengaruhi pemilihan kursus oleh pelajar Kolej Komuniti Yayasan Pelajaran Johor (KKYPJ) terhadap kursus pertanian (landskap dan nurseri) yang ditawarkan. Kajian ini dijalankan di Kolej Komuniti...

Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mendapatkan maklumat dari responden yang terdiri daripada pelajar tentang keberkesanan penggunaan ABMBK di dalam pengajaran guru. Satu set soal selidik digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data kajian. Sampel kajian ini melibatkan seramai 80 orang pelajar yang terdiri daripada pelajar lelaki seramai 32 orang dan pe...

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang mendorong kreativiti pelajar, mengenal pasti faktor utama yang mendorong kreativiti, melihat hubungan antara keadaan persekitaran dengan kreativiti dan melihat tahap kreativiti pelajar. Seramai 71 orang pelajar tahun empat SPH dari Fakulti Pendidikan, UTM telah menjadi responden untuk kaj...

Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan ialah untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi terjadinya masalah ponteng kelas di kalangan pelajar terutamannya di Kolej Kemahiran Belia Nasional (KKBN), Pontian. Faktor yang dikaji adalah dari aspek sikap pelajar, tenaga pengajar, rakan sebaya dan prasarana. Kajian dijalankan dengan mengedarkan set soalan...

Kajian deskriptif yang dijalankan adalah untuk mengenalpasti cabaran guruguru pelatih tahun tiga Sarjana Muda Teknologi serta Pendidikan (Kemahiran Hidup) sesi 2007/2008 terhadap latihan mengajar yang telah mereka lalui. Seramai 125 orang sampel iaitu keseluruhan populasi pelajar tahun tiga kursus Sarjana Muda Teknologi serta Pendidikan (Kemahiran...

Masalah disiplin di kalangan pelajar merupakan isu yang hangat diperkatakan oleh pelbagai pihak dan didapati semakin meruncing. Penyelidikan ini dilakukan bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti faktor – faktor yang mempengaruhi berlakunya masalah disiplin di kalangan pelajar sekolah menengah di Daerah Klang, Selangor. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 302 oran...

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji persepsi pelajar Kolej Tuanku Canselor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia terhadap pengaruh amalan pemakanan, amalan riadah, amalan pengurusan masa dan amalan persekitaran kepada berat badan. Seramai 172 orang responden digunakan dalam kajian ini. Empat aspek yang diberikan penekanan adalah berkaitan dengan amalan pe...

Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti inovasi pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam kalangan guru-guru teknikal dari perspektif guru. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada empat aspek iaitu pengamalan inovasi pengajaran dan pembelajaran di sekolah, jenis latihan yang telah diikuti oleh guru-guru teknikal, faktor-faktor yang menjadi halangan dan juga pelua...