Comparison of Uk and Malaysia Education
1.0 Introduction
Education is the responsibility of the federal government. The national education system encompasses education beginning from pre-school to university. According to the dictionary, “to educate” means “to bring up and train the mind and way of thinking” and “education” means “the act or process of educating”. So education is quite an important thing which can brighten people’s mind, enlarge their knowledge and lift their ability of some certain areas.
The idea of curriculum is hardly new but the way we understand and theorize it has altered over the years and there remains considerable dispute as to meaning. In Latin curriculum was a racing chariot; currere was to run. The definition of curriculum offered by John Kerr and taken up by Vic Kelly in his standard work on the subject is 'All the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school. Meanwhile according to the book of “ Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning” written by Susan M.Butler and Nancy D.McMunn, curriculum can be defined as a plan that outline a method for instruction and learning or a conceptual framework that outline a definite learning goals and expectations. Curriculum tells what students should know and be able to do after they have practiced instruction and before they are assessed. It also facilitates teachers to prepare their coursework to produce a greater student learning.
Nevertheless, changes in the world are resulting in changes in curriculum design. The new curriculum that had been revealed is different from the traditional curriculum. The new curriculum emphasized of depth understanding and solve the problems more that coverage the topics and overemphasis on knowledge which is been emphasized in traditional curriculum. Meanwhile the focus of the new curriculum is more on the results compare to the traditional curriculum that focus on the activities. As the
Education is the responsibility of the federal government. The national education system encompasses education beginning from pre-school to university. According to the dictionary, “to educate” means “to bring up and train the mind and way of thinking” and “education” means “the act or process of educating”. So education is quite an important thing which can brighten people’s mind, enlarge their knowledge and lift their ability of some certain areas.
The idea of curriculum is hardly new but the way we understand and theorize it has altered over the years and there remains considerable dispute as to meaning. In Latin curriculum was a racing chariot; currere was to run. The definition of curriculum offered by John Kerr and taken up by Vic Kelly in his standard work on the subject is 'All the learning which is planned and guided by the school, whether it is carried on in groups or individually, inside or outside the school. Meanwhile according to the book of “ Understanding and Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning” written by Susan M.Butler and Nancy D.McMunn, curriculum can be defined as a plan that outline a method for instruction and learning or a conceptual framework that outline a definite learning goals and expectations. Curriculum tells what students should know and be able to do after they have practiced instruction and before they are assessed. It also facilitates teachers to prepare their coursework to produce a greater student learning.
Nevertheless, changes in the world are resulting in changes in curriculum design. The new curriculum that had been revealed is different from the traditional curriculum. The new curriculum emphasized of depth understanding and solve the problems more that coverage the topics and overemphasis on knowledge which is been emphasized in traditional curriculum. Meanwhile the focus of the new curriculum is more on the results compare to the traditional curriculum that focus on the activities. As the
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