August 10th, 2009 by mohamadminhat
Dah dekat nak balik ni, teringat pulak saya kepada bekas dan para pelajar saya, yang dulu dulu sedari sejak semenjak dua menjak (apa ni!) tahun 2001.
Dulu saya ‘join’ universiti sebagai Jurutera (J3). Apa ada kelas J3? Itulah satu kritikan orang di belakang badan saya yang disampaikan oleh Pengarah Pusat Komputer dari sedara rakan rakan kawan kenalan karib saya. J3 pun J3 lah…dia pun apa ada kelas sangat? Semua orang kentut nya busuk jugak. (Kecuali Rasul Allah lah kot,,kekasihNYA).
Berbalik kepada bekas pelajar pelajar ’senior’ tersebut (dari 2001), ada yang dah jadi Pegawai (Pagar Dawai) serta orang orang kenamaan pun. Tahniah lah. Ada segelintir pelajar saya yang dah ada PhD pun. Bravo!!
Ini saya bawakan kembali senarai ceramah yang saya berikan dulu dalam bentuk ‘print-out’ kepada mereka. Dalam sessi kursus/kem tersebut saya cuma jual kelentong aje selama 2 jam di selang seli kan dengan kisah kisah lucu pengalaman semasa saya bekerja sebagai Jurutera di industri.
Bachelor Degree ni macam tiket wayang aje. ‘Once’ kau dah dapat tiket tuh, pandai pandai lah kau nak duduk kat mana, kalau kau dapat tiket ‘first class’,,kau duduk lah depan,,kalau dapat tiket ‘cheap matinee’…haaaa kau duduk lah kat mana kau suka.
Bila dah ‘join’ masyarakat, semua nya kena belajar dari kosong balik. Ilmu di universiti tuh sebagai pedoman sahaja dan untuk kita imbau kan kembali kerumitan yang telah berjaya kita tempuh dan lalui semasa di universiti dulu.
Bak kata orang Rombau, “Kek Universiti den tak sosek, inikan kek Kolumpor”.
Okay cuba tengok sedikit nasihat saya kepada bekas pelajar tersebut, siri ulangan ini untuk adik aku di UTM serta anak anak buah aku yang berada di serata pusat pendidikan ternama dan tersohor.. korang kena baca Inggeris tau banyak banyak.
HOW TO GET GOOD GRADES
Adopt a strategic approach
Work out exactly why you are
trying to do and why (your goals)
Decide which of your goals the
highest priority
Review resources availability.
Facilities and tutor. There are there to help you
Word processing equipment /
laptops
What resources you can “ to
provide ”
One major resources is time
Start thinking
Start collecting materials
Student syndrome – last minute
work
Work out a plan that makes use
of your resources to achieve goals
Develop an interest in your
subject
Learn effectively, enjoy it.
Study is like playing a puzzle
Answer questions
Read carefully
Identify requirements (Bloom’s
Taxonomy)
Listen tutor advice, ask
questions
Discuss with students
Clarify uncertain areas to
your tutor
Discuss with students
Clarify uncertain areas to
yourtutor
Answers must relevant
Put some effort
Level of success depends on
the level of efforts
Read around the subject
Cover sufficient breadth and
depth
Adopt a rigorous, analytical
and critical approach
Demonstrate your insight and
originality
Relevant examples, quotes and
references
DO NOTinclude whole block of
extracted from others
Present your work well
Plan and logically structure
your work
Reference all quotations
Identify all data, figure,
graphs and material extracted
Spelling
Read through, grammar + syntax
Member pages and provide
content list
Plagiarism
Your work is both good and
original
Unfortunately, where it is
good
It is not original and where
it is original it is not GOOD
Critical Thinking
Presentation
Effort
Level of understanding
Explain your reasoning. Open
ended answer
Why do you think that? Justify
Can you defend your position?
What are the parts that make
up the problem (situation etc)
What criteria or test should
we use in this case?
What caused that?
How might we prove / disprove
that
Explain what the other sides
position is (DO NOT ONE – sided view)
Analysis
Seeing patterns
Organization of parts
How that system behave
Input – output relationship
Recognition of hidden meanings
Identification of components
Synthesis
Use old ideas to create new
ideas
Generalize from given facts
Relate knowledge from several
areas
Predict, draw conclusions
Main purpose of the report
Evaluation
Compare
and discriminate between ideas
Assess
value of theories, models etc
Assess
value of theories, models etc
Verify
value of evidence
Recognize
subjectivity + bias
Be
the best
No
one push harder than yourself
Tough
times do not last, tough people do
Study
skills books
General
study guides371.30281
Time
Mgt658.4093
Revision
+ exam skills378.166
Oral
communication302.2
Writing
+ essay skills378.166
Effective
reading428.43
Problem
solving + writing808.066
Critical
thinking616
Mindmapping153
Assignment
Objectives
Subject
What it is
about?
Scope
What is or is
not included?
Purpose – to
help you learn something
Why it is
required ?
Reader/Reading
For whom it
is intended?
What do they
want from the report/assignment?
Assessment
objectives
To examine
your level of attainment relative to the learning outcomes for the subject
Preparation
Investigate
Collect
information
Text books
Journals
Newspaper
Internet
Read widely
Approach with
an open mind
Look for
primary sources
Critically
examine sources fro validity, subjectivity and bias
Try to find
alternative view
Challenge
assumptions
Form your own
opinions
Structural
your materials
Is it
relevant?
What point it
is trying to make?
Where does is
fit into the structure
Does it need
to be in an appendix/appendices?
Structure
your report/assignment
No one best
structure
Clear Concise
Correct Complete
Mengajar
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