2009/10/27
BANGI: A more conducive and inclusive learning environment is needed to enable students with special needs including the Orang Asli community to receive proper education.
The Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, said an environment that was unfamiliar to the community was among the main factors that led to the poor achievement of the Orang Asli students in school.
He said the socio-culture and lifestyle of the community that preferred their natural environment and original lifestyle had played a big influence on their interest in going to school.
"The reason that the Orang Asli community is generally not that successful in school is because they are not on the same level as the local community and this seminar is hoped to come up with resolutions or new ideas for the Education Ministry to address the problem," he said after opening the Regional Conference on Inclusion and Special Educational Needs (RCISEN) 2009, here today.
He said this to reporters when asked to comment further on the educational hindrances faced by the Orang Asli community in the country.
Meanwhile, RCISEN 2009 Chairman, Professor Datuk Dr Zalizan Mohd Jelas said a paradigm shift in the system of learning was needed so that it would be more inclusive.
"They (Orang Asli) don't want to go to school because the existing environment is not inclusive for them. They feel as though they are being sidelined. Thus, there is no need for them to study because they will eventually return to their original lifestyle.
"So, such a change is necessary to give them the confidence that the system of education in the country is also relevant to them, and not meant specifically for certain groups," he said.
"This change is not only for the Orang Asli community, but also for all groups who are sidelined in the educational field such as the handicapped and special children. We need to analyse why they are not keen to go to school, and the schools must be made closer to them," he said.
The two-day seminar, which ends tomorrow, was organised by the Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in collaboration with the Malaysian National Commission for Unesco and the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Endowment Fund.
-- BERNAM
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conducive有利于：
（adjective）
tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually fol. by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
hindrances障碍：
（noun）
1. an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
2. the state of being hindered.
3. a person or thing that hinders.
Synonyms:
3. impediment, encumbrance, obstruction, check; restraint. See obstacle.
Antonyms:
3. aid.援助
paradigm范例：
（noun）
1. Grammar.
a. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
b. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
2. an example serving as a model; pattern.
Synonyms:
2. mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.
sideline退出、副业、边界：
（noun）
1. a line along either of the two sides of a playing court or field, marking its limits.
2. a business or activity pursued in addition to one's primary business; a second occupation.
3. an additional or auxiliary line of goods: a grocery store with a sideline of household furnishings.
4. Sports.
a. either of the two lines defining the side boundaries of a field or court.
b. sidelines, the area immediately beyond either sideline, where the substitute players sit.
5. sidelines, the position or point of view taken by a person who observes an activity or situation but does not directly participate in it.
（verb (used with object)）
6. to render incapable of participation, esp. in anything involving vigorous, physical action, as a sport: An injury to his throwing arm sidelined the quarterback for two weeks.
handicap残疾：
（noun）
1. a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
2. the disadvantage or advantage itself.
3. any disadvantage that makes success more difficult: The main handicap of our business is lack of capital.
4. a physical or mental disability making participation in certain of the usual activities of daily living more difficult.
（verb (used with object)）
5. to place at a disadvantage; disable or burden: He was handicapped by his injured ankle.
6. to subject to a disadvantageous handicap, as a competitor of recognized superiority.
7. to assign handicaps to (competitors).
8. Sports.
a. to attempt to predict the winner of (a contest, esp. a horse race), as by comparing past performances of the contestants.
b. to assign odds for or against (any particular contestant) to win a contest or series of contests: He handicapped the Yankees at 2-to-1 to take the series from the Cardinals.
Synonyms:
5. hinder, impede, cripple, incapacitate.
Antonyms:
5. aid, assist, help.
keen渴望、锐利、踊跃：
（adjective, -er, -est.）
1. finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
2. sharp, piercing, or biting: a keen wind; keen satire.
3. characterized by strength and distinctness of perception; extremely sensitive or responsive: keen eyes; keen ears.
4. having or showing great mental penetration or acumen: keen reasoning; a keen mind.
5. animated by or showing strong feeling or desire: keen competition.
6. intense, as feeling or desire: keen ambition; keen jealousy.
7. eager; interested; enthusiastic (often fol. by about, on, etc., or an infinitive): She is really keen on going swimming.
8. Slang. great; wonderful; marvelous.
Related forms:
keenly, adverb
keenness, noun
Synonyms:
1, 4. See sharp. 2. cutting, bitter, caustic. 3. piercing, penetrating, acute. 4. discerning, acute, astute, sagacious, shrewd, clever. 5. See avid. 7. earnest, fervid.
Antonyms:
1, 3, 4. dull.
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