ALOR GAJAH: Abolishing the system of segregating students into different classes based on their academic performance beginning next year, will require teachers to be more prepared for a bigger challenge.
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) Council of Professors chairman, Prof Datuk Dr Abu Abdullah said implementation of the new concept would require teachers to be more creative with the teaching and learning (PdP) methods as they had to simultaneously handle the fast learners and slow learners.
He suggested that teachers come up with alternatives to avoid the determined, highly-motivated and excellent students from being influenced by the negative attitude of their classmates who lacked focus and inclined to being playful in class.
“We fear teachers will face problems during the PdP process. For instance, the smart students will only take about half an hour to understand something taught in class, while the weak students may not understand it even after more than an hour of explaining because of the different levels of intelligence.
“However, let’s look at the positive side; mixing of the smart and less smart students in the same class could indirectly help them be more competitive,” he told a press conference held at the UTeM main campus in Durian Tunggal, here, yesterday. — Bernama