Peranan guru dalam usaha menyokong pembentukan tiga teras utama yang ditekankan dalam usaha pembinaan negara bangsa, iaitu memperkukuhkan perpaduan, membina identiti nasional dan semangat kebangsaan serta membangun sumber manusia bersesuaian dengan keperluan menghadapi globalisasi adalah sangat penting. Oleh demikian penting bagi setiap guru memahami peranan dan tanggunjawab masing-masing. Ini adalah kerana peranan dan tanggungjawab guru sememangnya memberi impak yang besar dan mendalam dalam diri setiap individu itu.
Dalam konteks pendidikan, seseorang guru tidak boleh lari daripada memahami konsep dan teras utama yang terkandung dalam Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan (FPK), Rukun Negara, Wawasan 2020, Pelan Induk Pembangunan Pendidikan (PIPP) dan Misi Nasionalnya. Semua ini menekankan faktor kepercayaan kepada Tuhan atau dengan kata lain pendekatan dari segi agama haruslah menjadi perkara yang ‘first and foremost’ dalam diri seorang individu yang bergelar guru. Ibu bapa mengharapkan sekolah dan guru dapat meningkatkan kepercayaan kepada Tuhan dalam diri pelajar. Perkara ini menjadi lebih dan kritikal dalam kehidupan pada era globalisasi. Maksudnya, kehidupan yang terlalu bersifat materialistik, teknologi,kemewahan dan hiburan boleh menjejaskan keinginan manusia kepada Tuhan.
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Posted on 5 March '10 by kulanz, under Sosial. No Comments.
Teori Struktural
Teori linguistik struktural muncul dalam abad kedua puluh dan antara ahli psikolinguistik yang mempelopori teori ini termasuklah Bloomfield, Edward Sapir, De Saussure dan Otto Jespherson. Bagaimanapun De Sausure merupakan di antara pelopor teori ini yang paling terkenal kerana beliau banyak membuat pembaharuan terhadap teori berkenaan.
Beberapa perbezaan yang penting tentang teori struktural yang dikemukakan oleh Saus¬sure adalah berkenaan pandangan sinkronik dan diakronik dalam kajian terhadap bahasa (John Lyons, 1992). Ahli bahasa Neogrammarian berpendapat bahawa linguistik adalah bersifat saintifik dan berupaya menerangkan tentang sifat-sifat sejarah sesuatu bahasa. Saussure menentang pandangan-pandangan ter¬sebut dengan membahaskan bahawa deskripsi-deskripsi sinkronik setengah-setengah bahasa mungkin sama saintifik dan ianya juga mungkin bercorak penerangan, tetapi struktural¬isme tidak mempunyai kedudukan dalam linguistik sejarah.
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Posted on 4 February '10 by kulanz, under Psikolinguistik. No Comments.
I still remember during my school day a very meaningful event had happen to me and my sister. Early one morning, my parents received an urgent phone call asking them to go somewhere. Unable to take us with them, they left us at home. Being the eldest, I and my sister Rima was told to take care of my seven-year-old brother, Boy, and my three-year-old sister Rina.
“No problem,” we told our parents confidently. “Go and don’t worry about a thing. You can be sure that everything went smoothly.”
The two children played peacefully. After that, it was as if World War III had broken out.
Three-year-old Rina and seven-year-old Roy went for each other’s throats over some building blocks. It was an awesome sight to see the tiny girl fighting with her much bigger brother. It was not unlike a midget fighting with a giant. I put my arms around my younger brother to stop him pummeling his younger sister. If any of his blows landed on the tiny tot, the consequences would have been disastrous while the tiny fist of the tiny little girl hitting him will have the same effect as feathers falling on his body.
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Posted on 5 January '10 by kulanz, under Writing. No Comments.
…Let no one think we have reached the end of the road: independence is indeed a milestone, but it is only the threshold to high Endeavour – the creation of a new and sovereign State. At this solemn moment therefore I call upon you all to dedicate yourselves to the service of the new Malaya : to work and strive with hand and brain to create a new nation, inspired by the ideals of justice and liberty…
(Y.T.M. Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra 31 Ogos 1957)
After reading this statement made by our first Prime Minister, I found that he really wants to see that the Malaysian people will creating a new nation based on communal harmony and prosperity so that they may hand over to prosperity a nation very different from what they received from their predecessors. It is true because Malaysia now has walking through his plans to be a developed country in the year of 2020. We are now tried to reach the economies high level and it had been proved as follow.
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Posted on 15 November '09 by kulanz, under Writing. No Comments.
As we know, food is something that we eat to provide us with the sustenance we need to live. This is because food provides our body with energy to continue functioning. If we do not get enough food then we will starve. We can get food by hunting or planting but today, however, not everybody need to do these things to get food, so we have people specializing in providing food for other people, such as farmers, fishermen and many more.
Different people eat different things. This is because, the colder the climate the more energy you need and the hotter the climate, the more fluid you need. People in cold climate need more energy to keep warm, so they tend to consume food with higher energy concentration like butter and meat. Consequently, people who live in different places often eat different kinds of food.Talking about Malaysians food, some says that our food is delicious but generally unhealthy. So it’s bad for our health. Is this so?
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Posted on 12 November '09 by kulanz, under Writing. No Comments.
