Green Chemistry in Analytical Chemistry Laboratory: The Reflections on my Teaching

Throughout writing the reflection on my teaching practices, I try to find out the advantages and the limitations of green chemistry approaches in my teaching laboratory. I agree that “reflection is an intrinsically good and desirable aspect of professional development” (Bain, Ballantyne, Mills, and Lester, 2002, p.10). Applying the green chemistry approaches is a part [...]

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Metacognitive skills on students’ empowerment

Since my journey at SMEC, I comprehend that becoming a teacher is a great work which could making changes in the society throughout empowerment the young generations to be active citizens. Moreover, even though, I also applied the meaningful learning experiences in the several contexts, but I never think to provoke my students to give [...]

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My Reflection on Analytical Chemistry Practicum: The Problems and Dilemmas

My experiences working in the laboratory since I was student in high school encourage me to explore more laboratory teaching. However, I felt uncomfortable when I should reflect on my teaching practices which including my institution, colleagues, students, and others. Because, I realize that the subjectivity in every journey in my teaching practices will influence [...]

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Sustainability in Education and Green Chemistry

Green chemistry plays important role in the sustainability environment. However, green chemistry also could integrate to education process to hold up the sustainability in education (Warren, 2001).. Even though, the research studies in green chemistry education are less conducted compared to green chemistry in chemical process, but I believe that education can play an important [...]

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Metacognitive Skills

The constructivist theory of learning has important implication on the teaching-learning process in the classroom. It is common that most science education focus on the scientific learning of the learners rather than the growth of learners’ knowledge as holistic individual (Taber, 2006). Using the constructivist theory of learning encourages the students to reflect their own [...]

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My Journey in Laboratory Teaching: Self Reflections

My journey in laboratory teaching started in Analytical Chemistry Practicum unit. Analytical chemistry practicum is one unit which equip students to have competences in analyse the chemical substances with both qualitative and quantitative methods. In analytical chemistry practicum, most of my students did not understand the concept beyond the practical work. I found that my [...]

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My Paradise

The world, where the mind is brightest
The space, where the voice is perceived sound
The land, when the colourful is valued
The paradise, when the sun is warmest

No shade in the colorful of divergence
No edging under the luminous of brainpower
No break within the deviation of heart
No blur in the amazing of scrutiny

There is a run [...]

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Chemistry and Me

Thinking through the electron configurations
Trapping into the concept of invisible matter
Quantum mechanical model, ionization energy, periodic table
Shaping the way of learning, thinking, and teaching

Struggling to accomplish the activation energy
Changing the pressure and the state
Dealing with the polarity of other powers
Reaching the orbital of my mind

Coagulate my understanding into the triple phases
Indicate my brain [...]

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My Beginning Journey on Constructivism Unit

The questions caused me thinking about the reasons behind chose this unit. Is it because of the course requirement? Or is it because I necessitate it? Or is it because I really desire it? Since I read through the constructivism unit on the smec moodle website, I realize that the journey will be challenging, [...]

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Menjiplak(Plagiarism): Sebuah Pembiasaan

Semalam saya mendengar lagu Aspalela di You Tube, terenyuh saya mendengarnya, karena saya sangat kenal lantunan musik yang dinyanyikan. Lagu “Abang Tukang Bakso” yang menjadi lagu favorit saya semasa kanak-kanak. Lagu yang dinyanyikan oleh Saipul Apek memang sedang hits di Malaysia. Terlepas dari apakah Saipul sudah meminta izin kepada Agil/Mamo, hal itu perlu diklarifikasi. Namun, [...]

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