Showing papers by "Ahmad Jusoh published in 2022"
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors discuss two important variables in teachers role as educators in elementary school institutions, namely mentoring and professional development, and conclude that a mentoring strategy plays significant role to improve teachers' professional development during their educational services.
Abstract: This study aims to discuss two important variables in teachers’ role as educators in elementary school institutions, namely mentoring and professional development. Mentoring is believed to help teachers to enhance their teaching quality and students’ involvement. Professional development refers to teachers’ skills in implementing activities in their teaching-learning process. The method used in this study is literature review by identifying, selecting, analyzing and synthesizing relevant previous articles or data related to the topic. The result of the study confirms that there are five factors contribute to the implementations of a mentoring strategy for teachers’ professional development in elementary school, such as: (1) Teamwork approach; (2) Teachers’ attitude; (3) Exchange of information; (4) Continuous learning; and (5) Teaching skills improvement. The study concludes that a mentoring strategy plays significant role to improve teachers’ professional development during their educational services. The implementation of mentoring is not limited to novice teachers, but it should be applied for all teachers as a manifestation of lifelong learning.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors evaluated the influence of adding microalgae, Chlorella sp. UMT LF2, on the functionality for bioremediation and growth performance of Whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in the nursery phase reared in a control culture system.
Abstract: Microalgae are well known as autotrophic microorganisms in aquaculture wastewater treatment, however their role in the aquaculture system is rarely explored. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of adding microalgae, Chlorella sp. UMT LF2, on the functionality for bioremediation and growth performance of Whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei in the nursery phase reared in a control culture system. Secondly, the response surface methodology (RSM) was used to investigate further on the optimal condition for the harvesting process of excess microalgae biomass using bio-flocculant from the filamentous fungus, Aspergillus niger. The experimental set-up with Chlorella sp. additions were compared to the control group without the microalgae addition based on the water quality, microalgae biomass and shrimp growth performance. Water samples were collected and underwent in-situ and ex-situ involving nine physicochemical parameters. The results showed that introducing microalgae with zero water exchange as treatment tanks reduced the NH3, NO2− and PO43− during the intermediate until the two days before the 30-day culture period's end. Microalgae also enhanced shrimp survival and growth performance significantly 89% as compared to the control, 68%. Furthermore, the culture with the addition of microalgae maintained pH stability and enhanced dissolved oxygen during daytime in the culture water. Therefore, this finding confirmed that Chlorella sp. UMT LF2 addition is promising in improving rearing environment and nursery performance for L. vannamei in culture system. However, further research is required to demonstrate the harvesting by-product from the culture system and the potential applications.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examined burnout levels among 776 secondary school teachers who were measured across three dimensions (i.e., depersonalisation, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment), as well as their sources of stress, manifestations of stress and psychological symptoms.
Abstract: The teaching profession has been consistently ranked as the most stressful job in the world today. Teachers who experience prolonged exposure to high levels of work-related stress can find there to be a detrimental effect on their physical health, mental health, social life, and work performance. This study aims to characterise the mental health and wellbeing of secondary school teachers in Malaysia according to gender and age group. We examined burnout levels among 776 secondary school teachers who were measured across three dimensions (i.e., depersonalisation, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment), as well as their sources of stress, manifestations of stress, and psychological symptoms. The quantitative data analysis revealed that most of the teachers had experienced burnout in terms of their personal accomplishments, work-related stressors, and time management, and that it mostly manifested as fatigue. Overall, the sample of secondary school teachers in Malaysia indicates a risk of poor mental health. Further psychological interventions and self-care programs are suggested to help secondary school teachers cope with the early signs of burnout.
TL;DR: In this paper , the performance of rapid sand filter as an improvement to the existing commercial filter media was investigated using groundwater collected from Kg Budi Kelantan using seven velocities ranging from 0.89 to 5.04 m/hr.
Abstract: Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) are two of many substances that are causing harm to human health and various environmental contamination. This study investigates the performance of rapid sand filter as an improvement to the existing commercial filter media. Rapid sand filters were tested using groundwater collected from Kg Budi Kelantan. Groundwater collected were tested using seven velocities ranging from 0.89 to 5.04 m/hr. The concentration of Mn, Fe and turbidity of the treated groundwater were compared. It is found that the highest Mn, Fe and turbidity removal were recorded by using velocity of 4.38 m/hr followed by 2.95 m/hr and 2.4 m/hr. These three velocities represent more than 95% removal of final treated groundwater, where final Fe, Mn and turbidity ranging from 0.06 mg/L to 0.09 mg/L, 0 to 0.4 mg/L and 0.9 to 3.0 NTU, respectively. A positive trend also recorded where the initial head loss of the sand filter is directly proportional to the flow velocity. This means the filter media was still under a clean condition and no accumulation of sediment deposit occurs. The significance of this study to treat groundwater by removing the iron and manganese especially in rural areas were achieved successfully.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors developed, validated and tested a creative therapy module of child counseling using video, which consists of play, coloring, storytelling, sand, clay, puppet and collage therapy.
Abstract: This study aimed to develop, validate and test a creative therapy module of child counseling using video. Module has been developed based on cognitive theory by Piaget (1962). As a whole, the module contains seven components of creative therapy that will be presented using video to counselors. The seven components of creative therapy are play, coloring, storytelling, sand, clay, puppet and collage therapy. This study is divided into three phases; 1) Module development, 2) Testing the validity of module content, and 3) Testing module reliability. This study uses a descriptive approach as a study design involving expert evaluation. In addition, to collect research data, survey methods are also used. To examine the need for module development, a literature review was conducted. To assess the validity of the module content, a total of 13 study samples consisting of experts in counseling and psychology. The next sample is 27 counselors to evaluate the reliability of the module. The instrument used to evaluate the content validity of the module was a set of content validity questionnaires which was a modification from Russell (1974) that had been suggested by Jamaludin (2002). To test the reliability of the module, researchers have developed a set of questionnaires built on the objectives of each module activity (Sidek & Jamaludin, 2005). The values computed for the content validity were high (80.0%). For the results of the survey, it shows that this module achieves high reliability with an Cronbach's Alpha of 0.97. These findings indicate that the modules developed are appropriate and ready to be implemented.