TOP 10 VIDEOS FOR HISTORY

"History is Fun - educational animation"

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This video showed an interactive way of learning history subject through knowing the basic idea of what students loved. Usually, students have a desired which are general and interesting to focus on rather than reading specific information in books to memories likes dates, venues and what happened in history. Here, teachers can correlate the basic instinct of students such as food, sports, watching television and technologies with history information and inject students motivation and changed their views about history as a boring subject to a positive one. Teacher can use animation video to helps students gives their attention in learning history and as an interactive way to explain topics in history subjects in different methods.

"The Importance of Learning History"

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Making a movie maker video for learning history can help students remembered better as many elements can be put in this way of teaching. This video showed the importance of learning history through providing colorful pictures, wording and music for students awake and stay focus on the information given. Teachers can provide interesting movie maker video for history topics as one of lesson plan in classroom.

"MCKK 0711 Sejarah Melayu"

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Making a role play for learning history can help remember better and more understand. A group of student from MCKK was used this technique to make them understand and easy to learn history. From role play that they act we can more understand and clear about the history.

"Taylor's School of Communication - Malayan Union Video"

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making a movies maker can help student to understand the history. Apart from that sense of humor was including in this movies maker that make fun to learn history. Usually history was related with fact and bored to learn can’t understand. By using this method people will interested to learn history.

"SULATUS SALATIN (Sejarah Melayu)"

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Book review in a movie? Yes, it can be done. Indeed, the video above is about a book entitled Sulatus Salatin (Sejarah Melayu). It has been utilized by the students in Malaysia (STPM level)!

"MALAYSIA: Melaka Early History (15th century to 1957)"

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This video shows a brief history about Melaka early history from 15th century until 1957. It started with the brief history about the founding of Melaka and Sultanate of Melaka (c.1400) that led to the formation of Malaya and Malaysia. It also shows the flourished time of Melaka during 15th & 16th century and etc. Moreover, a voice recording of our first Prime Minister, late Tunku Abdul Rahman also included in this video during the declaration of Independences from British in 1957, in Kuala Lumpur. Interestingly, the music in this video was great because it match with theme. The information also well provided and helps to increase understanding about Melaka’s history.

"British di Tanah Melayu"

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This video shows about British administration in the Malay land and it started when Francis Light came to Malay land on 1786. The video provide with full information and well explained on focusing about how the British administered it. It is interesting because the video contain with maps and pictures animation, as well as the music that led to attract people especially students. It could helps student to have better understanding regarding the topic.

"Biografi Awal Tun Dr.Mahathir"

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Video name as “Biography Awal Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad” will bring us to his earlier life history before started being active as a politician. The documentary begin showing his truly life as ordinary people living at wooden house. He was born on 20 December 1925 and had experiencing the World War II. His concerns towards Malay’s and nation development have leaded him to be what he is today. Many pictures, short videos, music used and narrator’s sound in this video sufficiently can enlighten us about Tun Dr. Mahathir’s life survival and success. It also can inspire us to appreciate what Malaysia has achieved todays.

"SEJARAH MALAYSIA"

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“Sejarah Malaysia” covered all about significant events in Malaysia. Basically, it’s covered the struggles started since Malacca Empire 1400’s, Portuguese era, Dutch era, British rule and Japan rule until independence. Many dramatic events happened along with our efforts to get independence. Significance people like Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tunku Jaafar, Tun Abdul Razak and many others were among the Malaysian’s Heroes. The history make Malaysia matured in his growth and development until today. This video is a must watch video because by only 10 minutes you will almost get all of the knowledge about Malaysia that we suppose to know. Watch this!

KERAJAAN-KERAJAAN MELAYU AWAL

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This video showed the government system in the earlier Malay kingdom. By using the real pictures like flags and maps, it may increase the understanding of the students in learning history. In addition, the video contained with interesting music that possibly will attract the attention of the students. Simple words used in explaining the history information will make the students feel easy to grab the important points. Therefore, students can erase their feeling of boring during learn the history subject.

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If you are student or instructor who is looking for interactive learning website, “Quia” is the best online learning website that I have found! Quia is pronounced as key-ah and stands for Quintessential Instructional Archive. Interestingly, Quia provide many tools for any subject and grade. And luckily, for my purpose of teaching “History”, Quia provide it. Learning “History” in Quia is very interesting and easy going. In “Shared Activities” there are 572 activities related to history that you can choose! The activities are varies such as java games (flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search), hangman, challenge board, scavenger hunt, quiz and more. Different activities cater different history’s topic. Among the topic of history in Quia’s shared activities are more to American’s history. However, Malaysian students still can benefit Quia because in Quia, we are given templates for creating 16 types of online activities using our own content. So, the instructor can adapt it on Malaysian history context. We should make use of this website because it provides different ways of learning history and also other subjects that available. I am believed that students will get excited to learn history through Quia rather than just reading the textbook. Through Quia, we will play and learn history at the same time.

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Nadia Abd Razali

0828012

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW: Link 6

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Historyteacher.net is a link of website which is useful for teachers using this information in class as one of lesson plan or learning method to teach history subject. This link has and interactive ways of learning history through providing many information which is in a simple way yet informative. By clicking the button in that site which is teachers desired to choose, make it easier to go through to that specific chapter easily as simple as clicking rather than using books and scanning which one to read and take times for teachers to find the exactly topic they need.

Through clicking the AHAP Main Page in home page of this website, it gives us button to choose like buttons for homework, schedule, quizzes, unit topic, research, intro and syllabus and many more which is easier for teacher to have an idea how to teach their students in class. This website can be as a reference for teacher to manage their way to give a lesson in class as teachers nowadays already have their own computer or laptop and know how to use this technology effectively.

In this website also provided sub link which is easier for teachers to jump to another website which are related to know in details about history. By providing this sub link in this website will help teachers to go through history information as simple as ABC rather than to go back to search engine in internet for typing the topics about history.

To sum up, there are many useful website in internet that helps teachers and students in teaching and learning history. Instead of learning history, others subjects like mathematics, science and so on so forth have their own website which are interactive and informative to go through as learning method and strategies to score well in examination for students and better teaching and understanding for teachers.

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Nurul Hidayah Binti Kamaruddin

0823932

Department of Psychology

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW: Link 5

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Based on the link, it helps student to learn history through different way which intend to increases the understanding about the subject. The link provides us with information that may be useful especially for students to learn better. Recently, for the history subject the education resource website consists with five items entitle with Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, history of Melaka, history of Perak, history of Malaysia, and history of Kedah. This link offers us with good materials which are related to the study. The items also well arranged and easy to access. Moreover, there are other subjects that make students easier to study and help to increase better understanding. Sudoku’s game also provide for students to play around during the study. The best part is, this link related directly to the education and training in Malaysia and Singapore, and it gives advantages to the student. However, this link does not provide us will all the materials that may be needed by the student and only some selected materials are available for the history subject. Some students also may find difficulty to understand more because not all materials are provides by this link.

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Nurhanida Hassin@Hashim

0813590

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW: Link 4

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The best things about this website are it is children's learning network that was specially design for children and also it is totally free. this website making education fun and free as it combine the use of educational activities, products, movies, music, games, articles, text books, learning programs, lesson plans, and worksheets as the means of learning. This style of learning is really suitable for children as it is not really serious, boring or based totally by reading material.

In addition, the uses of simple cartoon visualization create excitement for children to use this website as a way to learn on educational topic. In terms of learning material, the materials provided in this website were agreed by many teachers and educational personnel to be accurate, updated, and informative for students in elementary school. This website is not only beneficial to children but also it can be utilized by teachers, parents, and home schoolers to enhance their learning environments, and increase their interest and attentiveness of the learners.

Children learn best by practicing. So, this website can be useful to be used as a homework given out after school. Children who practice what they have learned in school will remember it better, and will be able to use that knowledge as a basis for future learning.

There are several weaknesses in this website. First, this website is specifically design for European kids as its syllabus is in line with the education provided in that country. This website is not a universal website that can help students for other country to learn better about history as the topic cover in this website might not relevant to those who are not receiving the same educational system like the European kids did.

Other than that, the main language use in this website is English. For elementary schoolers who are not used to speak English, it might be difficult for them to understand the information and questions given in the activities. The founder of this page should consider making it multi-lingual so that it can be used as an additional source of knowledge for students who are not used to English language.

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Sitie Hajar Suria Binti Saruji

0731574

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW : Link 3

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Based from this online learning activity site on history subject, I think that this online learning is really helpful for school students. As we know, majority of students assumed that history is one of the boring subjects thought at school. However, this online learning contained with variety of teaching methods that can help school students in learning history. For instance, this website included with background pictures that represent the different periods of history. It is so interesting and colourful that may attract students to learn history.

In addition, for every different periods of history, there are lists of subtopic or area that can be explored by the students. The words for every topic are written in a very simple way. It will make students feel easy to read and clearly understand the information given for each topic. Other than that, this online learning is using the interactive timeline that help students to explore the historical events that happened during the different periods of history. Other than that, this interactive learning website also provides students with the real pictures and videos for each period. The pictures and videos shown may increase the understanding of the students. Moreover, every periods of history includes with fun facts that possibly will attract students to know and learn more about history.

Last but not least, after students completely read all the different periods of history, they may participate in the activities provided on this learning website. The activities include quizzes and games and it will help students to challenge their understanding for every different periods of history. In sum, from my opinion, this website can be more interesting if it include with sound or music.

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Suraya Binti Jumali

0825508

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW: Link 2

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In this link, they have three levels which are topics covered, exam subjects and advanced levels history courses. Each level the reader can click what topics they want to know. The explanation of subjects is clear and easy to understand. Apart from that, it is also have a picture so that the reader will more understand and can imagine that situation.

Besides, each level has sub topics so the reader can not confuse with the facts and easy to remember the information. History always related with date and peoples, so readers will easy to memorize the fact if the information can’t mix up with other fact.

Even in this link used picture and easy language but it have weakness. In this link the author used too much word. The readers will feel bored and sleepy when they read it. It’s supposedly the author should compressed the information, so that the readers will gets the key points. Apart from that, the author can use mind mapping and make something interesting.

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Farah Diana Mohd Diah

0835376

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

ONLINE REVIEW: Link 1

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A number of website or link on history subject has been created to facilitate the teaching and learning process. Schoolhistory.co.uk is one of the websites which can be used by both teachers and students whom studied in United Kingdom (U.K). It is suitable to be accessed by various levels of students in U.K particularly primary school students (4 until 11 years old), year 7 (11-12 years old), year 8 (12-13 years old), year 9 (13-14 years old), GCSE (14-16 years old) and AS/A2 (16-18 years old).

The main contents of the website are links of the sub-topics according to the level of studies, online history lessons, free downloadable resources, interactivities, interactive games, interactive quizzes, teachers’ section, online revision and directory section for the website. The general contents can be found by clicking the button ‘Home’ at the heading of the website.

Despite of providing all the sub-topic, this website also provide 4 other type of online lessons which are full lessons, ICT application, mini lessons and revision lessons. There is also an online revision page with interactive revision diagrams and several categorized links and exercises.

Other than that, the interactivities section provides interactive diagrams, interactive storyboards and interactive 3D tours as an additional to facilitate learning and teaching process. Interactive games and interactive quizzes section also have the same function with different tools. Examples of interactive games are ‘walk the plank’, ‘penalty shootout, ‘hoop shoot’, ‘fling the teacher’, ‘noughts & crosses’ and many more. Meanwhile, examples of interactive quizzes are multiple choice, match-up, historical pairs, flash cards, word searches, sliding puzzles and many more. All of these sections are very useful.

In addition to that, the downloadable resources page has been updated to allow quick, easy access which is contributed by other teachers and currently there are over than 1400 pages of resources available. There are plenty of sub-topic with different level of stages can be downloaded through this page. Interestingly, teachers can having discussion among the teachers in this website through the forum section whereas students also can have discussion among themselves. However, an individual needs to sign up or register an account before having conversation with others.

In conclusion, this website can be very useful and beneficial for teachers and students to excel in the learning and teaching process particularly in United Kingdom. It is recommended for Ministry of Education in Malaysia to create websites related to history subject and keep updating the websites especially the new generation (Gen-Y) tend to choose technology as their devices nowadays.

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Mahirah Binti A Rashid

0826576

Department of Psychology,

Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences

SUMMARY OF ARTICLE ENTITLED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MURABBI BY SUHAILAH HUSSIEN

Generally, curriculum is understood as all the learning that has been planned and guided by school whether it will be carried out individual or group and formal or informal. However, Habermas' Theory of Knowledge-Constitutive Interests (KCI) proposes 3 types of knowledge which are bound by certain human interest. There are empirical and analytic interest, historical and hermeneutics sciences and lastly is emancipatory interest. Grundy argues that Aristotle's disposition of techne, phronesis and praxis correspond to different forms of knowledge which then give rise to three different forms of curriculum which are technical, practical and critical.

In addition to that, curriculum as technical basically concern with producing a product according to certain planned activities. Curriculum as practical refers to the encouragement to always make the practice in order to make them more understand to perform good rather than correct. Besides that, there is also another curriculum that is mentioned by Habermas, which is critical. Curriculum as critical means to develop critical and creative individuals to form ideas in learning that can transform society to become more reliable. It also means that students can interchangbly change their role with teachers as both can develop each others potentials.

Three form of knowledge and their views of education. Technical is aiming to produce a person who are rational and skillful. It is a social reproduction. The knowledge is objective. Teachers as the implementer. Meanwhile, practical is aiming for person who are able to make meaning and practical. It is a social reconstruction. The knowledge are subjective and the teachers as a facilitator whereas critical aims to develop individuals to become critical and active. It is social transformation. The knowledge is consensual and based on reflection and self-interpretation teachers as a moderator or coordinator.

On the other hand, Islamic education can be defined in two ways which is taught subject and the curriculum. The first is when Islamic education means taught subject in the national school and the second is the curriculum of the Islamic religious schools. The point is to teach the process and not the product because if the end of Islamic education to develop good Muslims. The ‘technical’ view of education explains the failure of Islamic education in fulfilling its noble aim which is supposedly to produce ‘good’ Muslims. Yet, the advantage of ‘technical’ curriculum is power-knowledge relationship in which objective and scientific knowledge. In Islam, it seems to be the advancement of science and technology had challenge the concept of morality and spirituality.

Also, Kazmi (1999) has explained the Islamic education as personalized knowledge . He divided into theoretical and personalised knowledge. Theoretical knowledge is constitutive of Hebermas’ practical knowledge. Both of the knowledge distinct but complements each other. Teacher must be able to demonstrate the ability to understand, think critically, reflect and make good judgement.

Finally, in all level of education and knowledge, teachers are the most essential element. In terms of Islamic education, the concept of Murabbi plays crucial roles to teach the value of Islamic education. Murabbi not only teaches what she/he knows but need to practice the knowledge and be a good muslim in a daily life. As a example, Prophet Muhammad is the best Murabbi, because he has reached the level of the goodness in his life.

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