INSTITUT PENGAJIAN GURU MALAYSIA (IPGM) TRAINING REPORT · INSTITUT PENGAJIAN GURU MALAYSIA (IPGM) TRAINING REPORT ASTI REPORT. IPGM 2019 PAGE 2 Executive Summary ASTI completed 2

INSTITUT PENGAJIAN GURU MALAYSIA (IPGM) TRAINING REPORT

ASTI REPORT

IPGM 2019

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Executive Summary

ASTI completed 2 sessions of Creative and Critical Thinking training for IPG lecturers. The first

session was for lecturers from Peninsular Malaysia and the second session was for Sabah/Sarawak.

Each session was for a total 4 days consisting of 2 days for Creative Thinking and 2 days for Critical

Thinking. The main aim of the project was to help lecturers inculcate elements of creative and

critical thinking in their teaching. The feedback we received was very positive and most lecturers

said they would like to attend more training such as these.

Introduction

ASTI had conducted a training program on Creative and Critical Thinking for IPG lecturers. The

main objective of the training was to introduce and start a formal training mechanism for IPGM to

inculcate Creative and Critical thinking for teachers. It is hoped that these lecturers are able to use

these skills to train future teachers to further improve their teachings in school to create students

who can think and act independently.

Creative and critical thinking are 2 main aspects of thinking that is needed in any subject especially

if those subject are to be useful in the student’s everyday life. Hence these thinking skills can be

developed among students using any subject of their interest. What is important is the delivery of

the subject matter in the classroom. This is in line with the future needs for 21st Century Skills and

Industrial Revolution 4.0 which would require future employees to be more independent and nimble

in their ability to execute their work. These thinking skills are vital for a future that is fast changing

with the advent of technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, the Internet of Things and

so on.

Methodology

Detailed modules were created by Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin to conduct 2 days of training for

creative thinking and 2 days of training for critical thinking. The areas of training included areas

such as a brief introduction, tools for teaching and examples of usage in classroom subjects. The

training was for 2 sets of lecturers, the first sessions was from Peninsular Malaysia and the other

sessions for lecturers from Sabah and Sarawak. So the total number of days for both sessions was 8

days (4 days + 4 days). All participants were selected by IPGM.

The format used was the world café method where participants are encouraged to share and discuss

what was introduced by the trainer in their respective groups. This format allows for maximum

learning via peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

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Training For Participants from Peninsular Malaysia.

Date : 19 – 20 June 2019

Venue : IPGM Cyberjaya 1, Jalan Usahawan, Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor

Time : 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

No. Of Participants: 67 participants

Title : Creative Thinking

Training Summary:

There were 67 lecturers from several IPGs who took part in the training. The participants were

chosen according to their background of major subject that they teach in their respective IPGs. The

participants were divided into 8 groups which consists of up to 10 members in each group. The

training started with the introduction of the speaker and followed by the training. The 2 days training

was held from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with breakfast, lunch and tea-time breaks all included. The

training was conducted fully based on creative thinking which consists of introduction of I.R. 4.0,

definition of creative thinking and related activities. The module chosen for this training were

designed to help the upcoming teacher in their teaching method. The training was broadly divided

into two section which were; theory and activities. The first day was focused on theory and the

second day was more to activities. The participants participated in the activities that were related to

creative thinking. All the participants were involved in the activities and contributed during the

activities.

There were also group discussion activities and also group presentation on the activities that they

had done with group members. The participants also shared some issues that they faced at their

workplace and what are the things that need to be done to improve the pedagogy for the coming

generation. At end of the workshop the participants took group picture along with the speaker of

the day. A survey was also conducted by ASTI and IPGM to have their feedback. The training

finished at 4.30 p.m. followed by tea break.

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Date : 23 – 24 July 2019

Venue : IPGM Cyberjaya 1, Jalan Usahawan, Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor

Time : 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

No. Of Participants: 67 participants

Title : Critical Thinking

Training Summary:

The training started at 8.30 a.m. with the briefing on the flow of the training. The participants were

the same as the pervious training since it’s a continuation from the previous training. So again, all

the participants were divided into the same group so that the discussion to be a continuation of

previous discussions. This training focused on critical thinking which made the participants to think

more systematically and also concentrated more on problem solving techniques and skills. The

participants were excited when they participated in the activities and various answers were given

by the participants. The participants were also given 15 minutes to discuss on critical issues that

occur in many IPGs in relation to teaching critical thinking among group members. After discussion

among team members, the participants had to do a presentation.

The topics that were covered for critical thinking were power of thinking differently, thinking skills,

reasoning, information processing, logical thinking, the Feynman technique, calculus, conversation,

algorithm, and the scientific method. All the topics were attached with related activity which will

make the participants better able to implement the topic in their classrooms. At the end of the

training a survey was conducted among the participants to identify pros and cons about the training.

The survey analysis showed that all the participants were very happy and had given good comment

about the training.

Overall, they liked the training and would like to attend a similar training. Around 4.30 p.m. the

training session ended and all the participants received certificate of participation from IPGM. All

the participants thanked the organizer and the speaker of the training Dr. Mohamed Yunus Yasin

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Training For Participants from Sabah and Sarawak.

Date : 06 – 07 August 2019

Venue : Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Gaya, Sabah

Time : 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

No. Of Participants: 48 Participants

Title : Creative Thinking

Training Summary:

There were 48 lecturers from Sabah and Sarawak IPGs who took part in the training. The

participants were chosen according to their background of major subject that they teach in their

respective IPGs. All the participants were divided into 6 groups which consists of up to 8 members

in each group. The training started at 8.00 a.m. with registration. After the registration the organizer

gave welcoming speech to all the participants and also explained the flow of the training and

mentioned that the second phase of the training will be continued in Sarawak. After the briefing,

the training started with introduction of the speaker.

This training focused on creative thinking which made the participants to think out of the box. The

topics that were covered for this training were Industrial Revolution 4.0, Definition of Creative

Thinking, Imagination, Gamification & Learning and also related activities. All the topics focused

on creative thinking which gave the participants a picture of how to conduct lessons in their

classroom in different ways. The first day was more focused on theory and the second day was more

to activities. All the participants were involved in the activities conducted during the training.

The involvement of participants was excellent compared to the training held in peninsular as the

trainer further improved the materials based on the feedback from the first sessions. The participants

were very active during the activity and group discussion. The training ended at 4.00 p.m. with

closing speech by Head of Department of IPG Gaya. After the closing speech the participants were

reminded to participate in the next training which was conducted in IPG Sarawak

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Date : 03 – 04 September 2019

Venue : Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Batu Lintang, Sarawak

Time : 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

No. Of Participants: 40 Participant

Title : Critical Thinking

Training Summary:

The training started at 8.30 a.m. with briefing of the training flow. The participants were the same

as in the previous training since it was a continuation from the training held in Sabah. So, all the

participants were divided into the same group so that the discussion about the previous topic will

not be affected. The topics that were covered for critical thinking were power of thinking differently,

thinking skills, reasoning, information processing, logical thinking, the Feynman technique,

calculus, conversation, algorithm, and the scientific method. All the topics that were covered gave

them a clear picture on how to conduct classroom in a different method.

The participants were also given 15 minutes to discuss on critical issues that occur in many IPG

among group members. All the 6 groups presented issues that occur in IPG and other participants

gave some suggestions to overcome the issue was that mentioned in their presentation. The

presenter had proposed solutions to the issues brought up by the participants from a different point

of view. The participants especially enjoyed the activities held. The trainer reminded them that this

would be the same with students at school – that the students also would enjoy activities more than

theories and thus the need to change the subject delivery method to make the classrooms more fun.

A survey was conducted among the participants and the analysis showed that all the participants

were very satisfied with the training. Many of them wanted to participate in similar trainings in the

future. The participants were very satisfied with the topics that were covered by Dr. Mohamed

Yunus Yasin in the training. All the topics were very useful to all the lecturers. Around 4.00 p.m.

the training session ended with closing speech by Head of Department of IPG Batu Lintang and all

the participants received certificate of participation from IPGM.

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19 & 20 June 2019 Workshop Survey Analysis: Creative Thinking - Cyberjaya

Figure 1: Objective

The bar chart above (Figure 1) shows that most participants rated the activities being relevant and

useful and 29 out of 43 participants mentioned that the programme achieved its aims and objectives

and some rated “Good” for this survey question. Furthermore, 26 participants mentioned that the

programme met their expectations followed by 11 participants with “Good” ratings.

Figure 2: Programme and Presentation

Figure 2 shows that, most participants rated the activities being relevant and useful and 30

participants mentioned “Excellent” for the programme presentation being well designed and easy

to follow. Some rated “Good” for the both questions.

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Figure 3: Trainers

Based on bar chart above (Figure 3), 37 participants agreed that the trainers were helpful and

friendly and 33 participants said the trainers answered their questions and cleared their doubts.

Figure 4: Rating of Trainers

Figure 4 above is on rating of trainers at the Creative Thinking workshop. There were three trainers

during this workshop. Most participants rated “Excellent” for the three trainers. For Dr. Mohamed

Yunus Mohamed Yasin, 32 participants rated “Excellent”, while 24 participants rated Mr. Logan

Tamilarasu and 18 participants rated for Ms. Noorul Huda “Excellent’ also.

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Figure 5: Participation, Interaction and Teamwork

Based on the graph above, most participants had strongly agreed that all the activities encouraged

teamwork, participation and interaction.

Figure 6: Knowledge Gain

Based on the graph, majority of the participants are found to be able to apply the knowledge learned

at work, and gained both practical and theoretical knowledge. The participants have rated “Good”

and “Excellent” for both survey questions.

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Figure 7: Overall Level of Satisfaction

Figure 7 above shows overall level of satisfaction. Majority of respondents were satisfied with the

facilities such as venue, hall, facilities and food provided by the organizer. Majority of respondents

rated "Excellent” for facilities provided by the organizer. The rest of them rated the facilities as

“Good”.

Figure 8: Would you like to attend a continuation to this training in the future?

The bar chart (Figure 8) is on whether the participants would like to attend second part of this

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23 & 24 July 2019 Workshop Survey Analysis: Critical Thinking – Cyberjaya

Figure 9: Objective

The bar chart (Figure 9) shows that 21 out of 45 participants mentioned that the programme

achieved its aims and objectives and 14 participants rated “Good” for this survey question.

Furthermore, 16 participants mentioned that the programme met their expectations followed by 17

participants with “Good” ratings. This overall rating were less than the rating for creative thinking

sessions. This is predictable since critical thinking is a more ‘dry’ subject to teach which highlights

the importance to make these subjects more exciting.


Figure 10 shows that the programme presentation carried out at the workshop were well designed

and easy to follow. This is because there were 19 participants who rated “Excellent” and 14

participants rated “Good” for this survey question. Besides that, 16 participants agreed that the

activities were relevant and useful and they rated “Excellent”. This is followed by 20 participants

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Figure 11: Trainers

The bar chart (Figure 11) shows that 32 out of 45 participants rated “Excellent” when asked if the

trainers were helpful and friendly. Besides that, 26 participants also a mentioned “Excellent” and

agreed the trainers answered their questions and cleared their doubts followed by “Good” rating by

5 participants.

Figure 12: Rating of Trainers

The rating of the three trainers during the second workshop is shown in Figure 12. Most participants

have rated the trainers who were Dr. Mohamed Yunus Mohamed Yasin, Mr. Logan Tamilarasu and

Ms. Noorul Huda as “Excellent” and “Good”.

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Based on Figure 13, 27 participants agreed that the programme encouraged participation and

interaction and 26 participants strongly agreed that the programme encouraged them to work as a

team player.


Based on Figure 14, majority of the participants said that they will be able to apply the knowledge

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The graph above (Figure 15) is on overall satisfaction of participants on venue, hall, facilities and

food provided. All of the respondents were satisfied with the facilities provided by the organiser.

Majority of respondents rated "Excellent” for facilities provided by the organizer. The other

respondents rated the facilities as “Good”.


The participants were asked if they would like to attend a continuation to this training in the future.

Majority of participants had said “Yes” and would like to attend this training in future. This is

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6 & 7 August 2019 Workshop Survey Analysis: Creative Thinking - Sabah

Figure 17: Objectives

Figure 17 shows that 23 participants agreed that the programme achieved its aims and objectives.

Twenty four participants also said the camp met their expectations.


Figure 18 is about participants’ opinion on programme presentation and relevancy of activities and

usefulness of activities. Overall, participants rated good for programme and presentation. There

were 23 participants who mentioned “Excellent” for the activities relevancy and usefulness. They

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Figure 19: Trainers

Based on bar chart above (Figure 19), 27 participants agreed that the trainers were helpful and

friendly and they also mentioned that the trainers answered their questions and cleared their doubts.

Figure 20: Rating Trainers

The graph above (Figure 20) is about rating of trainers during the Creative Thinking workshop.

There were two trainers during this workshop. Most participants rated “Excellent” for both the

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The bar chart (Figure 21) shows that 28 participants mentioned that the programme encouraged

participation and interaction and 26 participants agreed that the programme made them work as a

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Majority of the participants at the workshop are able to apply the knowledge learned. They also

definitely gained both practical and theoretical knowledge from the programme.

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Figure 23 above shows overall satisfaction level of participants on venue, hall facilities and food.

The respondents were satisfied with the facilities provided by the organiser. Majority of respondents

rated "Excellent” for facilities provided by the organizer.

Figure 24: Would you like to attend a continuation this training in the future?

Based on Figure 24, overall respondents were satisfied with the training and they would like to

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3 & 4 September 2019 Workshop Survey Analysis: Critical Thinking - Sarawak

Figure 25: Objective

Based on Figure 25, overall participants strongly agreed that the training achieve its aims and

objectives. There were 12 participants who agreed that the camp met their expectations.


Based on Figure 26, 14 participants said the programme presentation was well designed and easy

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Figure 27: Trainers

According to the bar chart above (Figure 27), the trainers were helpful and friendly. Besides that,

the participants also agreed that the trainers answered the participants’ questions and cleared their

doubts.

Figure 28: Rating trainers

Based on Figure 28, the overall participants rated “Excellent” for both trainers.

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Majority of participants mentioned that the programme encouraged participation and interaction in

Figure 29. Fifteen participants rated “Excellent” when asked if the programme encouraged them to

work as team player.


Figure 30 shows knowledge gained from the programme. Most of the participants have said

“Excellent” and agreed that they are able to apply the knowledge learned at work. There were 15

participants who agreed they gained practical and theoretical knowledge from this programme.

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Figure 31: Overall Satisfaction

Figure 31 shows that majority of the participants rated “Excellent” for overall satisfaction. The

participants were satisfied with the facilities provided for the workshop to the participants. Many

participants gave positive comments towards overall satisfaction.


Figure 32 shows that most participants would like to attend this training next time.

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Conclusion

The feedback received from the participants in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah/Sarawak on

the training was good and welcoming. The participants would like to attend the second part

of the trainings. It is hoped that these lecturers are able to use these skills to train future

teachers to further improve their teachings in school to create students who can think and

act independently.

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Association of Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI)

No.16A, Jalan 21/12, Sea Park, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor,Malaysia.

Tel: 03-78778571/ 03-78655557

Fax: 03-78729551

Email: [email protected]

www.asti.org.my

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