One of my blogger fellows posted about western and eastern education system.In my post grad courses, one of the most discussed topic (debate/argument) that we always have is the pros and cons of each system. And these are my kurang dua sen's worth (that I posted in her blog)... (Warning = written in Rojak Iban-English-Malay)
Our system want to pack everything in the 11 years of compulsory education. But sadly, bisi sekeda parts enda dipeduli.. soft skills, thinking skills and creativity was not given ample room to grow and nurtured. and yet they complain of the quality of the graduates, even though graduates are the products of schools also... The current system membiasakan anembiak kitai to merely be exam robots. enti ka bulih result manah, mesti skor exam... and too many extra curricular activities actually add unneccessary burden to students. enda ulih concentrate dalam kelas, kelalu lelak Ko-K. Pelajar tinduk dalam kelas, cikgu dipesalah enda nemu narit attention anembiak...
Anembiak mayuh pengawa, cikgu berkali-kali ganda pengawa bertambah.tambah agi enggau benda2 yang nadai berkaitan enggau 'core business' of teachers, which is teaching. No wonder in one of the states in M'sia, more than 60% patients ba psychiatric ward are teachers. Frightening isn't it?
But in western edu system pun bisi drawback mimit. because of no uniform syllabus between schools, nya meh bisi cases of Guru mengajar utai ke liberal; sex ed. at young age, etc... One of the studies found that compared to Asian students, their performance is much lower in subjects like maths and science. One good thing is that, the educational environment din, is conducive for creativity in learning...
Hopefully we can have a formula for our own educational setting. One that fits, Malaysian style.
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Oh ya, I plan to do kelas bimbingan for 10 of my students in the kelas hujung2an. I could see their interest and drive to improve themselves, so I'll be giving my extra time to assist them. The rest, they couldn't care less.Tak mau tolong diri sendiri, sudah. Tak kuasa aku ka ngansak sida... Ngasuh ati aku pedis ensiban meda sida masau peluang belajar... Maybe in due course I will be adding more students but I want to keep the group small. Easier to give attention to them..
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going to Kch again this weekend. another blogger from Bintangor will also be there. Konvoi sama2 pulai on Sunday...
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The High School Diploma is getting to be quite meaningless .. students who leave high school do not have the necessary proficiency in English and Math ... when they enter college/university they have to take remedial classes in either/both subject(s).
The state of California has just introduced the High School Exit Exams .. if you don't pass this exam you cannot receive your high school diploma. I suppose this it to stop the slide in the level of competence achieved by students after leaving high school .. which is great.
The US has rated very low when compared to students from other countries, esp Asian countries, in math and science. I think if not for some students who are naturally bright/talented (some who are home-schooled) the US would not be the country of scientific discovery and innovation it is today.
Due to the liberal curriculum introduced in public schools, parents are choosing to home-school their kids. I like this idea, but personally I would not be able to do it .. no patience with my own kids! :-) When the time comes, I will send my kids to a good christian school .. where good values are still taught, and learning is still a priority.
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