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BACKGROUND
Department of Science
and Technical Education is one of six departments
at the Faculty of Educational Studies. Established
in 2002, the department aims to excel in teaching,
research as well as consultancy and extension
services in the areas of:
- Agricultural
Science Education
- Home Science
Education
- Information
Technology Education
TEACHING
Bachelor
Programmes
The Bachelor of Education (Agricultural
Science) and Bachelor of Education (Home Science
Education) are the first programs offered by the
department. Later, the department offered the
Bachelor of Education (Information Technology).
All programs are 4 years program with 130 credit
hours.
The department
also offers minor areas. The minor areas include
Teaching of Living Skills, Commerce Education,
Entrepreneurship Education, Mathematics Education,
Science Education and Computer and Information
Technology Education.
To produce competent
graduates, the curriculum for the program comprises
courses from the Faculty of Educational Studies
and relevant courses from several faculties in
UPM. The faculties are Faculty of Agriculture,
Faculty of Computer Science, Faculty of Biotechnology
and Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Medicine
and Health Science, Faculty of Human Ecology,
Faculty of Economics and Management, and Faculty
of Modern Language and Communication.
The graduates of
these programmes are certified to work in the
Malaysian public school system.
Graduate
Programme
The Department offers Doctor of
Philosophy (Ph.D), Master of Science (M.S.) and
Master of Education (M.Ed) programmes at graduate
level in the field of Vocasional and Technical
Education with specializations in Agricultural
Education, Home Science Education, Management
in Vocational and Technical Education, Business
Education, and Entrepreneurship Education. Other
fields of specialization include Mathematics Education
and Science Education which are offered under
the programme in Pedagogy.
The Ph.D programme
requires the completion of coursework and a dissertation.
The Master of Education programme is a 36 credit
hours coursework and a comprehensive exam. The
Master of Science programme requires students
to complete coursework and a thesis.
RESEARCH
Research is one
of the major activities of the department. Specific
research areas pursued are Agricultural Education,
Home Science Education, Vocasional and Technical
Education, Teaching of Living Skills, Business
Education, Commerce Education, Entrpreneurship
Education, Accounting Education, Economics Education,
Mathematics Education, Science Education, and
Computer and Information Technology Education.
CONSULTANCY
AND EXTENSION SERVICES
Consultancy and
extension services have involved various public
and private sector agencies such as the Malaysian
Ministry of Education, National Vocasional Training
Council, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, and the National
Accreditation Board.
ACADEMIC
STAFF
The academic staffs in the department are trained
in the specialized areas of expertise. To date
the department has 35 academic staffs.
For further
information, please contact:
Head
Department of Science and Technical Education
Faculty of Educational Studies
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor.
+ Tel. : 603-89467909
+ Fax : 603-89468246
+ Email : aida@educ.upm.edu.my , kjpst@putra.upm.edu.my |
