Moral Education In Malaysia

It is a required subject for all non muslim students in the public education system in malaysia muslim students are required to take the islamic studies malay.

Moral education in malaysia. Vishalache balakrishnan figure 1. In the year 2000 there were shift in assessing teaching and learning of moral education in which equal weightage were given to the cognitive moral thinking aspect as well as moral feeling. Students are encouraged to practice what they learn within and outside the boundaries of the class room. Moral education first moral syllabus revised moral syllabus standard document.

Top shows a muslim religious teacher ustaz teaching malay students. Pendidikan islam course pendidikan moral along with islamic studies is governed by the. By senior lecturer faculty of education university of malaya kuala lumpur malaysia. This paper explores how the education system concerning moral education me has evolved over the years.

Moral education me has been employed in the malaysian education system for more than two decades. The education system is divided into preschool education. Moral education in malaysia 127 table 5 15 correlation between classroom behavior measures observation score and teachers self report correlation lesson introduction. Education in malaysia is overseen by the ministry of education kementerian pendidikan although education is the responsibility of the federal government each state and federal territory has an education department to co ordinate educational matters in its territory.

The development of moral education in malaysia. Left shows a hindu priest teaching indian students. Observation self report posing the moral problem 84 pupil s involvement discussion 56 question and answer 73 group work 70 reading a given passage 56 pupils giving opinions 73 teacher s role questioning pupils to. Me is a core subject for non muslim students in malaysian schools and complements islamic studies taken by muslim students.

Department of foundations of education and humanities faculty of education university of malaya 50603 kuala lumpur. Recently there was a suggestion that a values and personality development initiative programme be introduced to students next year.