KeKAS 2009 Ulu Bernam part 1

Kursus Peningkatan Profesionalisme Pegawai/Staf Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum - Penghayatan Taman Laut Malaysia 2009

On 30 June till 3 July 2009, I brought a group of officers and support staffs from Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia on a trip to Pulau Redang Marine Park.

The trip was actually a development course conducted to enhance greater profesionalism amongst the participants, especially those whom have responsibilities to infuse environmental issues in their curriculum they have to develop.

We stayed at Pulau Redang Co-curricular Centre, run by the Department of Education Terengganu State. Several activities had been done such as water confident skill, coral species identification, coral fish identification, marine flora and fauna species identifications, jungle trekking, terrestrial flora and fauna species identifications, island hoping, and sea turtle conservation work.

I''ll upload the file of this trip report via www.scribd.com.

Nature Awareness Camp for Facilitators (Coastal Zone Ecosystem)

I had conducted a nature awareness camp for teachers in Terengganu last weekend. Together with my friend En. Ahmad Salihin, we conducted the training of trainers programme as asked by the Terengganu Department of Environment and Terengganu Department of Education . The 3 days two night event took place on 19 June to 21 June 2009 at Dara Inn, Teluk Ketapang, Kuala Terengganu. The participants for the camp were teacher advisors of School Nature Clubs and Environmental Clubs  of Terengganu (Kelab Pencinta Alam and Kelab Alam Sekitar)

We ran several environmental games and talks regarding the coastal ecosystem. We also managed to do the paper recycling activities.

For all participants and organizer staff and volunteers, thanks for the relationship and cooperation.

One year ..............

Today is 16 June 2009. This is a valuable date for me as a year ago, I started my duty as Assistant Director at Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education Malaysia. Its already one year  since I left Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Jengal in Terengganu. 

A lot of new knowledge I gained.... a lot of task I got..... a lot of new experiences I received..... but, SK Kuala Jengal still in my memory. A school that gave me a lot of experiences, knowledges and friendship. A school between two rivers........SK Kuala Jengal, you are always in my mind.

Environmental educator's 'Training of trainers programme'

Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) in collaboration with Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), with support by State Department  of Education of Terengganu, Pahang and Penang, organized a three days two nights 'training of trainers' programme. The event took place at FRIM-MNS-Shell Nature Education Centre located at FRIM.

My article on Carbon Dioxide

Below is the link to a magazine published by the Department of Environment, Putrajaya published last year. There is an article on carbon dioxide and its implication to human and environment written by me inside the magazine.

http://www.doe.gov.my/files/multimedia141/EraHijau-Vol-2-08-Final.pdf

SEAMEO Education Agenda | Issue 04 | March 2009

SEAMEO Education Agenda magazine is a publication of the SEAMEO Secretariat located at Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110, Thailand. I sent an article to the secretariat on August 2008 regarding Malaysia's experience on environmental education in term of school co-curricular club.

The article is now being published in the magazine, in its issue no 4 on March 2009. The article can be downloaded from  http://www.seameo.org/images/stories/Publications/00-SEAMEO_Education_Agenda/2009_SEA_Issue_04_March_20.pdf  .

The fourth issue gives tribute to the SEAMEO High Officials of the 11 SEAMEO Member Countries. The new Education Ministers and new Centre Directors were also featured in the profile pages. This copy includes stories of new avenues that SEAMEO treads to contribute to the attainment of the Education for All goals in Southeast Asia, such as the "Reaching the Unreached" initiative, use of mother tongue as bridge language of instruction, and providing lifelong learning skills through school and community involvement.

This article can be refered as:

Hashimi, I. (2009). Environmental Education and School Nature Club : Malaysia's Experience. pg. 28. SEAMEO Education Agenda. Issue 4, March 2009. SEAMEO Secretariat, Thailand. 46 pp