ype of courses

Number of courses

Core courses

Major courses

Project paper

TOTAL

14

Year 1
Semester1

Foundations of Education
Psychology of Learning and Instruction
Curriculum and Instruction

Semester2

Technology in Education
Assessment in Education
Qualitative Research Methods in Education

Semester 3

Quantitative Research Methods in Education

Educational Leadership and Management
Management of School Discipline
Year 2

Semester 4

Curricular and Instructional Leadership

School Effectiveness and Improvement
School Financial Management and Control

Semester 5

Education and the Law

Project Paper

Title
Foundations of Education

Synopsis

The course examines the philosophy, aims, goals and objectives of education; history, sociology and politics of education; culture plural
of education, curriculum, instruction and assessment; and equality and inequality of educational opportunities, educational management,
education.

Psychology of Learning and Instruction

The course examines general psychology, psychology of education, psychology of learning and instruction, classical and operant conditi
these theories; social, cognitive and constructivist learning theories and instructional design based on these theories; integrating learning
learning and the instructional design for this integration; and critical and creative thinking and instructional design for teaching them.

Curriculum and Instruction

The course examines the field and domain of curriculum, and curriculum approaches and theory; philosophical, historical, psychologica
curriculum development, design, aims, goals, objectives, implementation & evaluation; curriculum issues and trends; models of instruct
instruction and pure discovery instructions; and basic concepts of curriculum and instruction in special and preschool education.

Technology in Education

The course examines the communication and psychological perspectives in teaching and learning; learner and teacher characteristics, an
educational technology, personal computers, digital technologies, administrative and academic software, the use of web and internet in t
visual technologies, traditional audio media, and digital video technology.

Assessment in Education

The course examines the history and types of assessment; reliability and validity of a test; formative, summative, norm- and criterion-ref
outcomes; objective, subjective and oral tests, and observation; grading and interpretation of test scores, and standard scores; and assessm
portfolio, including the areas of language, mathematics, and career development.

Qualitative Research Methods in Education

The course examines qualitative research methodology with respect to philosophy of research and research in education; style of writing
similarities and differences between qualitative and quantitative research; and the design, data collection and analyses, and reporting of q
biographical, phenomenological, grounded-theory, ethnographic and case-study research.

Quantitative Research Methods in Education

The course examines quantitative research methodology with respect to research problem statement, objectives, questions and hypothese
invalidity; research designs, framework and types of variables, research instruments, population and sample, collection of research data;
regression and equality of means and post-hoc analysis.

Educational Leadership and Management

The course examines the organizational behavior in schools, school as a bureaucratic organization and sociopolitical system, professiona
contingency theories, school leadership, motivation and management, conflict and stress, educational change and restructuring; and team
creative thinking.

Management of School Discipline

The course prepares the skills in managing discipline at the organizational level, especially with subordinates and superiors at the school
of individuals in an organization so that they will become important assets in the development of an organization, where self-discipline o
objectives of the vision and mission of the organization.

Curricular and Instructional Leadership

The course examines the appropriate techniques of curriculum management and supervision of teaching and learning process, including
and environment for more conducive atmosphere for effective teaching and learning, and techniques of doing action research for curricu
process of improving the curriculum delivery.

School Effectiveness and Improvement

The course examines the techniques and the applications of the concepts of school reform and continuous improvement to achieve the ef
the knowledge and skills in questioning techniques as well as the establishment of learning communities in schools as useful tools for ef
programs.

School Financial Management and Control

The course prepares graduates to manage school finance wisely by following the rules and regulations of using the correct procedures th
headmasters/principals, especially in managing school finance, so that misuses of fund do not occur, which finally will create healthy fin
reflects a good overall management.

Education and the Law

The course examines Malaysian Constitution pertaining to Malaysian Education policies, Education Acts and school regulations; the law
profession and those related to juvenile cases and problems faced by students in schools; discusses the difference between civil and scho
and provides legal cases pertaining to problems faced by schools.

Project Paper

The course will guide students to carry out a research in their area of specialization, focusing on research planning, stages in implementi
and problem statement, gathering the literature related to the problem; designing the research, preparing appropriate instruments for data
research data, report writing; and presenting the research findings.