Behavioural scientists play significant roles in the efforts to change, improve, and develop work process, system, and services within an organisation or society. A new research by Department of Psychology's members, in collaboration with a group of academics from other universities, investigated the extent to which the teaching and learning (T&L) process in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions has undergone change, improvement, and development. The study has assessed the ways T&L process is conducted in Malaysian HLIs. It also studied the extent to which the agenda has brought about the world-class mentality among HLI community and identified the ways the T&L agenda has changed and developed the higher education (HE) capacity, especially among the teaching members. Besides, the study assessed how the T&L agenda has impacted the quality of life among students.
Data were gathered from students from several Malaysian HLIs. The findings have highlighted five main themes (New Culture of T&L in HLIs, World Class Mentality, Capacity Building, T&L for Quality of Life, and Moving up the Value chain in the T&L). Each of them addresses the key issues, challenges, impacts, and recommendations for the way forward. The information of both strengths and weaknesses in the T&L process is expected to assist curriculum developers, HLI leaders, policymakers, and academics in strategising the way forward for effective T&L approaches at higher education level.
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About the Author:
Shukran Abdul Rahman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He is currently the Dean of Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences. His full profile can be found at
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