Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system

After achieving independence 60 years ago, various changes, progress and modernization has been achieved by Malaysia. But one thing is obvious, Malaysian still relies heavily on ideas, thoughts and technology borrowed from other countries. This dependence if persistent in the long run will certai...

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Main Authors:	Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Maznah Ibrahim, Abdul Salam Yusof, Jamsari Alias
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13694/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13694/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13694/1/29202-90445-4-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-136942019-11-22T21:52:10Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13694/ Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Maznah Ibrahim, Abdul Salam Yusof, Jamsari Alias, After achieving independence 60 years ago, various changes, progress and modernization has been achieved by Malaysia. But one thing is obvious, Malaysian still relies heavily on ideas, thoughts and technology borrowed from other countries. This dependence if persistent in the long run will certainly bring many disadvantages. Malaysian people and Muslims from other countries as well, should be smarter and more creative to create new sciences and technologies without depending directly on external parties. However, the effort to produce many creative individuals is facing various obstacles. One such obstacle is a barrier contained in the education system itself. This article attempts to peel off the obstacles in Malaysian education system. The exam-oriented education system has been around for a while and indeed it's not an easy thing to change it. In Malaysia, the Ministry of Education steps in abolishing the PMR public examination and replacing it with the Assessment Test School-based Form Three (PT3) has been an excellent effort in promoting Higher Orders Thinking Skills (HOTS) among the young people. Consequently, more aggressive measures should be taken in changing the education system to emphasize intrinsic motivation to reproduce new Islamic creative figures which can revitalize the Islamic civilization to the fullest. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13694/1/29202-90445-4-PB.pdf Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said, and Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, and Maznah Ibrahim, and Abdul Salam Yusof, and Jamsari Alias, (2018) Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system. MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara, 19 . pp. 85-97. ISSN 1511-8393 http://ejournals.ukm.my/malim/issue/view/1145
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description	After achieving independence 60 years ago, various changes, progress and modernization has been achieved by Malaysia. But one thing is obvious, Malaysian still relies heavily on ideas, thoughts and technology borrowed from other countries. This dependence if persistent in the long run will certainly bring many disadvantages. Malaysian people and Muslims from other countries as well, should be smarter and more creative to create new sciences and technologies without depending directly on external parties. However, the effort to produce many creative individuals is facing various obstacles. One such obstacle is a barrier contained in the education system itself. This article attempts to peel off the obstacles in Malaysian education system. The exam-oriented education system has been around for a while and indeed it's not an easy thing to change it. In Malaysia, the Ministry of Education steps in abolishing the PMR public examination and replacing it with the Assessment Test School-based Form Three (PT3) has been an excellent effort in promoting Higher Orders Thinking Skills (HOTS) among the young people. Consequently, more aggressive measures should be taken in changing the education system to emphasize intrinsic motivation to reproduce new Islamic creative figures which can revitalize the Islamic civilization to the fullest.
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author	Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Maznah Ibrahim, Abdul Salam Yusof, Jamsari Alias,
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author_facet	Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin, Maznah Ibrahim, Abdul Salam Yusof, Jamsari Alias,
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title	Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system
title_short	Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system
title_full	Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system
title_fullStr	Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system
title_full_unstemmed	Creative thinking skills for a 21st century Muslim educational system
title_sort	creative thinking skills for a 21st century muslim educational system
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
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