TOPIC 2 Prominent Educationists

Who is known as The Father of Modern Education in Malaysia?

• Hasan Langgulung

• Sharifah AlwiahAlsagoff

• Dato’ Seri Aminuddin bin Baki

• Syed Muhammad Naquibal-Attas

Which Malaysian educationist was a vigorous proponent of the use of the national language in education?

• DR BURHANUDDIN AL-HELMI

• UNGKU OMAR UNGKU AHMAD

• TAN SRI DATO’DR AWANG HAD SALLEH

• YM PROF DIRAJA TUN DR UNGKU ABD AZIZ BIN UNGKU ABDUL HAMID

According to Aristotle, what is the purpose of education?

• To cultivate the perfection of human behaviour

• To form individuals who are virtuous

• To provide good moral training of citizenship

• To give every citizen every opportunity to achieve happiness in life

What is the educational process according to Confucius?

• To form individuals who are virtuous

• To provide good moral training of citizenship

• To cultivate the perfection of human behaviour

• To pursue knowledge and skills about concrete things

What does Lao Tze advocate practicing?

• Pursuing knowledge and skills about concrete things

• Learning and comprehending the objective world through sensory organs

• Practicing the Tao

• Comprehending the Tao, which generates myriad things

Who was the 3rd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya?

• YM PROF DIRAJA TUN DR UNGKU ABD AZIZ BIN UNGKU ABDUL HAMID

• TAN SRI ABDUL RAHMAN ARSHAD

• TUN HAMDAN BIN SHEIKH TAHIR

• TAN SRI DATO`DR AWANG HAD SALLEH

What did Sharifah AlwiahAlsagoff define education as?

• A process of transforming and transferring cultural values to every individual in society

• A process of internalization and cultivation of manners in human beings

• A process of physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of an individual

• A process of indoctrination with the aim that students will believe what is conveyed

What was Hasan Langgulung's definition of education?

• A process of transforming and transferring cultural values to every individual in society

• A process of indoctrination with the aim that students will believe what is conveyed

• A process of transforming and transferring cultural values to every individual in society

• A process of internalization and cultivation of manners in human beings

What did Syed Muhammad Naquibal-Attas believe education in Islam is?

• A process of physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of an individual

• A process of indoctrination with the aim that students will believe what is conveyed

• A process of transforming and transferring cultural values to every individual in society

• A process of internalization and cultivation of manners in human beings

What did DR BURHANUDDIN AL-HELMI contribute to education in Malaysia?

• Was the architect behind the Razak Report on Education 1955

• Was the 3rd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya

• Introduced Islamic History to trainee teachers

• Established Malaysian Examination Board