Publications (Selected List):
--- “The Transformation of Malaysian Society
Through Technological Advantage: ICT and
Education in Malaysia” Journal Of Southeast
Asian
Education, 2001, Volume 2, Issue 1, pp.104-146
--- “Educational Management and Leadership
in
Malaysia: The Training and Professional
Development of School Principals” Asia
Pacific
Journal of Teacher Education and Development.
2001
--- “The Management of Education and Teaching
and 29-30 October
Learning in e-Education Environments: Case study
2001
of UNITAR - Malaysia’s Virtual University”
International Conference on e-Education (ICEE
2001):
Implementation and Management, Kuala Lumpur
[Forthcoming, Presentation and Publication]
“Thought Leadership in Education: Between
27-28 August
Educational Criticism and Educational
2001
Connoisseurship.” International Education
Conference (IEC 2001), Petaling Jaya.
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “The Socio-Spiritual Dimensions of Self-Esteem”
21 June
International Self-Esteem and Peak Performance
2001
Conference, Petaling Jaya
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Pembudayaan Penyelidikan dan Penulisan dalam
30 May
melahirkan Guru Unggul” Program Khemah
Ibadah 2, 2001
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
(UIAM),
Kuala Lumpur [Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Pendidikan dan Globalisasi: Realiti dan Risiko
27 May
Digital Divide” Seminar Pendidikan Persatuan
Bekas 2001
Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia Cawangan
Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Pembangunan dan Pendidikan di Malaysia dari
19 May
perspektif Islam” Seminar Pembangunan Ummah,
2001
Kerajaan Negeri Johor, Johor Bahru
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “The Utilization of Indigenous Traditional
13-16 May
Technologies and High Tech Capabilities in
2001
Enhancing Human Resources Development,
Building Intellectual capital and Creating a
Knowledge Society: The Malaysian Experience”
Second International Conference on Education
Development, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, UAE
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Past Reflections and Challenges for
the Future: 27 April
Policies and Principles in Academic Leadership”
2001
Ucap Utama Tetirah Hala Tuju Jabatan Bahasa Inggeris,
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Langkawi
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “The Development of Private Education
and Its 22 April
Impact on the Malaysian Education System” Key
note 2001
Address, 2nd Graduation Ceremony, Institut Teknologi
Informasi, Melaka [Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Kecemerlangan kepemimpinan pendidikan
asas 20 April
kejayaan Wawasan” Konvensyen Perdana Pendidikan
2001
Kebangsaan, Sri Layang, Genting Highlands
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Understanding the Terra Incognita of
Language 17-19 April
Policy and Language Use in the New World of the
2001
K-Society and K-Economy” Malaysia International
Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures
(MICOLLAC 2001), Kuala Lumpur,
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Life Changing Decisions for Language
Acquisition” 7 April
Seminar by Department of Language and
Literacy 2001
Education, University of Malaya, Kuala
Lumpur
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Usaha-usaha ke Arah meningkat Martabat
Bangsa”, 21 March
Seminar Pendidikan dan Kecemerlangan Belia
Negara, 2001
Bahagian Keselamatan Negara, JPM, Pulau
Langkawi
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Thought Leadership” Executive Talk
Series 2001, 17 March
Faculty of Business Administration UNITAR,
2001
Kuala Lumpur [Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Pengurusan Personel Berkesan
di Sekolah: Satu 24 February
Aplikasi” Seminar Kecemerlangan Pengurusan
2001
Personel dalam Pendidikan ke Arah merealisasikan
Profesionalisme Pendidikan di Alaf Baru, Serdang
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Knowledge Creation for Wealth Creation for
17 January
Goodness Creation” Luncheon Talk, 2001
Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank, Kuala Lumpur
[Presented, Forthcoming Publication]
--- “Counsel, Not Preach” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
August 21, 2001.
--- “Excellent Grounds” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
August 14, 2001.
--- “First-Choice, First-Rate” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
August 7, 2001.
--- “Exceptional Causes” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
July 31, 2001.
--- “Power of Family Learning” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
July 24, 2001.
--- “The Right Priorities” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
July 17, 2001.
--- “Art of Living and Inspiring” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
July 10, 2001.
--- “Zones of Overlap” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
June 26, 2001.
--- “The UAE Model” As I Wonder, The New
Straits Times,
June 19, 2001.
--- “Change, the only Constant” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
June 5, 2001.
--- “The Lore of Language Acquisition” As
I Wonder, The New Straits Times,
May 29, 2001.
--- “Educators in Global Fields” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
May 22, 2001.
--- “Making a Difference” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
May 15, 2001.
--- “ Schools Without Failures” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
May 9, 2001.
--- “The Romance of Great Ideas” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
April 25, 2001.
--- “ Mapping the domains of socio-political
ideas” As I Wonder, The New
Straits Times, April 18, 2001.
--- “Nation builders spur development” As
I Wonder, The New Straits
Times, April 11, 2001.
--- “ The odyssey of science literacy” As
I Wonder, The New Straits Times,
April 4, 2001.
--- “Exciting traditions of inquiry” As
I Wonder, The New Straits Times,
March 28, 2001.
--- As I Wonder, The New Straits Times, March 21, 2001.
--- “Tracking Malaysia’s intellectual history”
As I Wonder, The New Straits
Times, March 14, 2001.
--- “Unschooled minds and Received wisdom”
As I Wonder, The New
Straits Times, March 7, 2001.
--- “Evolution of knowledge organizations”
As I Wonder, The New Straits
Times, February 28, 2001.
--- “Quest for knowledge” As I Wonder, The
New Straits Times,
February 21, 2001.
--- “A new learning curve” As I Wonder,
The New Straits Times,
February 14, 2001.
--- “Character education the ultimate goal”
As I Wonder, The New
Straits Times, February 7, 2001.
--- “Challenges facing thought leaders”
Open Mind, The New
Straits Times, January 18, 2001.
--- “Perlunya pasukan pemimpin fikir” Pemimpin
Fikir, Utusan Malaysia,
Januari 15, 2001.
--- “Liberating trapped minds” Open Mind,
The New Straits Times,
January 11, 2001.
--- “Siapakah sebenarnya seorang pemimpin?”
Pemimpin Fikir, Utusan
Malaysia, Januari 8, 2001.
--- “Tekankan literasi sains” Wawancara,
Mingguan Malaysia, Januari 8, 2001.
--- “Educational management and leadership in Malaysia: The training and
professional development of school principals” Asia-Pacific Journal
of
Teacher Education and Development, Vol.
3, No. 2, December 2000,
pp. 49-75.
--- “Broadening teaching horizons” The New Straits Times, October 10, 2000.
--- “Creating a teaching renaissance” The New Straits Times, October 5, 2000.
--- “Challenges for Quality Educational
Reforms: Eliciting Universal
Principles from Indigenous Experiences”
in Educational Reform
in the United Arab Emirates: A Global
Perspective edited
by Graham F. Welch and Ezzat Abd-El Mawgood,
Ministry of
Education and Youth, UAE, Dubai, 2000,
pp. 84-113.
--- "Rethinking the Work of Teachers and
School Leaders in an Age of
Change" in The Life and Work of Teachers:
International Perspectives
in Changing Times. Edited by Christopher
Day, et al. London: Falmer
Press, 2000. Pp. 175-194.
--- “Perceptions of Values Education in
Malaysia” co-author Thomas N.
Barone, Thresholds in Education: Perspectives
on Values Education
in the Pacific Rim, Vol. XXV & XXVI,
Nov. 1999/Feb 2000, pp. 10-18.
--- "Millennium Essay: Develop Passion for
Learning" The New Straits Times,
December 13, 1999.
--- Kamus Peribahasa Melayu-Arab-Inggeris, Ahmad
bin Utsman Bajunid
(Co-compiler). Kuala Lumpur: Darulfilir, 1999.
--- “Education Policies for Nation Building: The Malaysian Experience”, Perpaduan, Bil. 1/99, pp. 31-38.
--- “Megashifts in the Training of Educational Administrators/ Managers: Strategic Plans for the Realization of Malaysia’s Vision 2020,” in Looking at the Practices of Educational management and Administration, Institut Aminuddin Baki, Ministry of Education, Genting Highlands, 1999.
--- “Educational Criticism and Educational Development:
Challenges and Directions”. Jurnal Pengurusan Pendidikan. Jil.
5, Bil. 2, June 1996,
pp. 1-11.
--- “Reform Imperatives in Islamic Education in the Developing World” in International Handbook of Education and Development: Preparing Schools, Students and Nations for the Twenty-First Century ed. By William K. Cummings and Noel F. McGinn, New York: Pergamon, 1997, pp. 417-439.
--- “A Response to Andrew Gonzalez’s Using Two/Three
Languages in
Philippine Classrooms: Implications for Policies,
Strategies and Practices”, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
Special Issue
Vol. 17: 2-4, 1996. pp. 220-224.
--- “Vision 2020: Malaysia’s Education Values” Management in Education. Vol. 9, No. 5, December 1995, pp. 9-10.
--- “Amalan dan Cabaran Pengurusan Pendidikan
Di Malaysia: Satu Tinjauan Kritikal”. Jurnal Pengurusan Pendidikan,
Jil. 5, Bil. 1, December 1995,
pp. 1-13
--- “Assessment of Accountability Systems in Malaysian
Education” International Journal of Educational
Research. Vol. 23, No. 6, 1995.
pp. 531-544.
--- “Towards the Creation of the One Best Educational
System: Developing
the Competencies of Education Managers and Enhancing
the Competitive Edge of the Education Entreprise” in Prosiding Persidangan
Perkhidmatan Awam (PPA) 1995. 22 - 23 June 1995, Kuala Lumpur, INTAN
& PPTD,
pp. 266-310.
--- “Peningkatan Pelbagai Jenis Literasi khususnya Literasi Saintifik dan Teknikal: Kearah Pemantapan Martabat Kepimpinan yang Unggul”. Jurnal Pengurusan Pendidikan, Jill. 4, Bil. 2, June 1995 pp. 1-19
--- “Turn Around Imperatives of A National Management Training Organization: Strategic Alliances Towards Excellence”. Jurnal Pengurusan Pendidikan. Vol. 4, No. 1, December 1994, pp. 9-33.
--- “Towards More Effective Learning and Teaching of English” with Hyacinth Gaudart in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference MELTA, Kuala Lumpur, May 24-27, 1993 pp. 1-13
--- "Challenges and Changes in Malaysian Education",
Southeast Asian Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 25, 1988
*As I Wonder articles and other newpaper articles are not refereed or academic research articles. These articles are written with the intention of sharing ideas and insights with the general public.