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The notion of change is central to this book. Across the globe, there exists a pressing need for transformation in the way teachers teach, in the manner by which learners learn, and in our approach towards defining literacy in the 21st century. Historically, the term ‘literacy’ has been used to primarily denote reading and writing abilities, a designation which is today largely considered both quintessential and overly simplistic. The field of literacy, like many others within the realm of education, has a tendency to evolve and shift from one paradigm to another, vacillating between the demands of globalisation and the implications brought forth by the advent of new technologies. Readin...
This edited volume is a systematic collection of research initiatives in the qualitative research paradigm. It showcases how researchers in Malaysia, who are often expected to acquiesce to mainstream ways of designing, conducting and disseminating research, rise above methodological hegemony to carve out a different but meaningful path in order to represent the voice of the voiceless. In this book, accounts of paradigmatic shifts, applications of philosophical rigour and attention to values-laden inquiry demonstrate how qualitative research can be successfully conducted and reported, revealing insights which profoundly re-shape research design and address ethical sensitivities in social rese...
Sebuah festchrift bagi menghormati persaraan Profesor Emeritus Abdullah Hassan setelah berkhidmat di Fakulti Bahasa, UPSI sedasawarsa.
Buku Terampil Berbahasa ini di susun bagi kepentingan pelajar yang akan menjadi guru supaya mereka dapat belajar dan memahami unsur-unsur dalam kemahiran membaca, dan dapat pula mengajarkan kemahiran tersebut kepada para guru pelatih. Kemahiran yang dikemukakan adalah kemahiran mendengar, bertutur, membaca dan menulis. Untuk setiap kemahiran berkenaan, disertakan huraian ringkas, dan latihah bagi membina setiap kemahiran tersebut.
Buku ini menawarkan 11 makalah tentang sastera rakyat yang menampilkan kearifan akal budi masyarakat peribumi Nusantara. Makalah-makalah di dalam buku ini disusun bermula daripada cerita jenaka menjangkau kepada cerita dongeng, syair, gurindam, isun-isun, peribahasa dan juga pantun. Setiap makalah ternyata mempunyai keunikan tersendiri dalam membentangkan kehalusan dan ketangkasan akal budi Melayu pada suatu masa dahulu untuk dinikmati dan diketahui oleh generasi masa kini dan akan datang.
Weaving outwards from a centripetal force of biographical stances, this book presents the collective perspectives of literacy researchers from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan. It represents the first all-Asian initiative to showcase the region’s post-colonial, multilingual and multicultural narratives of literacy education. This book provides a much-needed platform that initiates important conversations about literacy as a sociocultural practice in a region that is both challenged and shaped by sociocultural influence unique to Asia’s historical and geopolitical trajectory. Driven by the authors’ lived experiences of becoming literate as well a...
The human aspect plays an important role in the social sciences. The behavior of people has become a vital area of focus in the social sciences as well. Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences contains papers that were originally presented at the 3rd International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Science 2014 (ICIBSoS 2014),
Blurb: Buku ini khusus mengupas falsafah pendidikan bahasa Melayu. Bahasa ialah komponen terpenting kebudayaan yang mempunyai pertalian erat dengan tasawur atau pandangan hidup masyarakat penutur sesuatu bahasa itu. Kupasan tentang hakikat ini diperlukan kerana bidang pendidikan bahasa kini lebih banyak tertumpu pada aspek pragmatis dan teknisnya dan agak kurang memberikan perhatian kepada aspek falsafah yang mendasari segala aspek pragmatis dan teknis itu. Buku ini sesuai untuk kegunaan pendidik bahasa Melayu dan pelajar pengajian tinggi yang menjadi calon guru.
Issues on language and culture in Malaysia and Indonesia.
On preservation of native languages in Indonesia; collection of articles.