Monday, April 19, 2010

The right way to study maths

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Here is a fantastic presentation by a maths teacher, Dan Meyer, explaining what is wrong with virtually every maths textbook out there: What...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Personal Milestone (I)

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It's been a while since my last post on this blog. I've been buried in my dissertation for the past six months. Thus the neglect of ...
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Thursday, February 04, 2010

Budget Cuts Eats In

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In my "political life", one of my key themes is the fact that the Government is out of cash, and is desperately trying to raise fu...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The tragic tale of Malaysian education

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by Lee Wei Lian (This article is first published in The Malaysian Insider) What do Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Malaysia’s foundi...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Elections in schools?

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Apparently the Election Commission has been running elections in schools . There are two problems with this piece of news: the first is the ...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

A Student's Perspective on Semesters for Form 6

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One of my friends, Rajan Rishyakaran, has written a response to the lower six student's letter which Tony recently posted . Rajan, himse...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

New "Semester" Scheme For Form 6?

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I've received the following complaint from a Form 6 student. I don't agree with the bits which said some of the activities are a ...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Bogus PhDs No More?

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I took the opportunity to ask the Minister of Higher Education as to the steps being taken to prevent academics with dubious qualifications ...
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Minister's Reply on Action Against Students at UM

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The issue of students being called up by the Disciplinary Board of various universities for offences such as inviting prominent politicians ...
Saturday, November 07, 2009

Doing due diligence: finding educational opportunities

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The case of Anucia, which Tony blogged about last month , seems to have struck a chord with you all: there are over 60 comments and counting...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Action taken against PMIUM and UM students

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This is really sad. Another reason why the UUCA should be revised. These students were not taking part in political activities. They merely...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Wants to Teach, but Degree not Recognised

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The following is a letter I've received from Anucia with regards to the recognition of diplomas and degrees from some of overseas univer...
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Thursday, October 08, 2009

UM rises in the Times rankings

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As my co-bloggers often take pains to point out, rankings are far from everything. But still, rankings are something , so here are the top 2...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

PTPTN Loan Defaulters beware!

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Warning from the Deputy Higher Education Minister.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

UiTM student on the BBC

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I'm not asking this question rhetorically. Is it possible for a university that restricts its student to intake to members of one commun...
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