12 Feb
25 ways to motivate teachers
By Idris Ahmad
Sometimes little things can make an even bigger difference! Administrators need to serve the worker and work hard at making things less difficult and complicated. They should try to cut down the amount of paperwork, limit the number of staff meetings and streamline procedures.
Administrators must try to show teachers [...]
13 Jul
I have read a lot about plans to revert the teaching of Science and Mathematics to Bahasa Malaysia.
Teachers in secondary schools get an incentive, which is an additional 5% of their basic salary to teach these core subjects — Science, Maths and English.
I must point out that even now, with the subjects being taught in [...]
22 May
I refer to the letter “Get the teachers prepared first” (NST, May 6), on the language proficiency of English-language teachers.
Malachi E. Vethamani of Universiti Putra Malaysia expresses concern that there are teachers who have neither the competence nor the confidence to teach the English language and adds that candidates who are not equipped to [...]
23 Apr
I come to a frightening
conclusion that I am the decisive
element in the classroom.
It is my personal approach that
creates the climate. It is my daily
mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess tremendous
powers to make a child’s life
miserable or joyous. I can be a
tool of torture or an [...]
23 Apr
Enthuse students.
Treat students as individuals.
Know the subject
Be loving and warm
Teach for learning
Empathize with students
Relate to parents and the wider community.
Be firm, fair and flexible
Be organized
Prepare students for life
Manage the classroom
Have high self-esteem
Have a sense of humor
Be a total person with a full life outside school
Take [...]
12 Aug
I have been teaching at SMK Majakir for almost 3 years. But in this short period, I have come across many types of students in the course of my teaching. Some of them are obedient, respectful, kind and diligent. However, I need to mention that there are also quite a number of them I do [...]
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