Reflection It is important for a future teacher to learn Philosophy and Education in Malaysia.

It is because, this subjects has helped a lot in preparing oneself to get used with Malaysia education system itself. It provides knowledge on the development of the education system in Malaysia. From this topic, I has learned about the education system in Malaysia before and after independence and I can see how it was influenced by British. In addition, I also learned about the current education system in Malaysia. I can see that education system in Malaysia keeps changing through time and shows improvement on the system. Other than that, I also learned about foundations of philosophy and philosophy of education. The focuses of this topic are branches and concept of philosophy of education. Each branch emphasizes on different aspect. It is important for me to learn on this because it will help me to be a better teacher in the future. Next is Islamic, Eastern and Western Philosophy of education. As I learned this topic, I get to know the view of philosophy from different perspectives. I learned the concept, goals of education and roles of teacher as an agent of change. I did comparison on the different views of philosophy and think which one is the most suitable to be applied in the future. Moreover, this subject has helped me to go deep on the national philosophy of education and philosophy of teacher education. As a future teacher, I has learned that it is important to stay align with the national philosophy of education to produce a better nation. Besides that, as a future teacher, I learned about the concept of human capital and the roles of teacher in developing human capital. I must know my roles in order to help my students developing their potential. Furthermore, I realized that teaching profession has become more challenging and I need to equip myself with enough knowledge and experiences in order to develop human capital and to fulfill the needs of nation in 2020. There is a topic on struggles and nobles effort of educationists in this subject. In class, we had discussed on the struggles of educationists of several western and eastern educationists. They had contributed much in education and I must appreciate their noble efforts. In addition, I also has learned about the different curriculum models. For example, Tylers Model, Tabas Model, Stenhouses Model. Each model has their own stress on educational aims and views on curriculum. Last but not least, I learned about the development and implementation of the primary school integrated curriculum. From this topic, I can see the differences between KBSR and KSSR.

KSSR is implemented in order to improve our education system. Many changes occur and the focus of curriculum is changed from 3M in KBSR to 4M in KSSR. I hope that through these changes, we will produce a better nation in the future. As conclusion, the subject Philosophy and Education in Malaysia is an important subject to be learned and it has helped me in the field of education. As a future teacher, I hope that I can be the agent of changes for the nation in order to meet the needs of Vision 2020.

Do reflective writings on the implementation of KBSR and KSSR and its aims towards Vision 2020 and present it in class. -KBSR was introduced in 1982 and it was balance and aligned with the Falsafah Pendidikan Negara and KSSR was introduced to restructure and improve the current curriculum in order to produce a better students who are knowledgeable, have relevant skills and values to face the changes in this globalization era, ahead to 2020. KBSR curriculum design is based on 3 areas which are communication, man and his environment and self- development of the individual. While, curriculum design for KSSR is more wide which is based on 6 areas. They are communication, spiritual, attitude and values, humanitarian, physical and aesthetical development and science and technology. KSSR will produce a community with good character as it contains core values for character building and self- image that will ensure the students have the leadership skills and high self- esteem. To meet the need of Vision 2020, the students must have good self- image and high self- esteem. The main focus for KBSR is 3M ( reading, writing and arithmetic) while KSSR is 4M ( reading, writing arithmetic and reasoning). KSSR seems has more strengths as it is more towards practical. Furthermore, KSSR is less stressful for the teacher and students themselves because of less exam oriented. Other than that, the implementation of KSSR will provide a better interaction between students and teacher. The students can spend more time on co- curricular activities thus lead to a healthy body. It is good for them to have a healthy body because good mind comes from healthy body. As conclusion, both implementation of KBSR and KSSR is moving towards Vision 2020. As for now, KSSR is seen as a better curriculum because it is the result of improvement on KBSR. There are some aspects from KBSR that are used in KSSR and the changes in KSSR are to maximize the human capital among the students. .