PRIMARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

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HISTORICAL EVENT SCIENCE EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
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178 British arrived in • English schools, Malay/Chinese/Tamil Vernacular Schools
6 Malaya (Penang) • No formal written curriculum
British begun • Arithmatics and Science taught as single subjects
189 interfering in political
5 & administrative
affairs
190 Malaya became a
9 British Colony
• Malaysian • USA belief that sc & mt ed. be reviewed to produce
Independence better scientists & engineers
• Cold War between • Release of funds for edu. Reforms
USA & USSR – • International conference, new sc & mt movements
struggle for • Sc & mt Projects (eg. Nuffield Projects – Britain)
195 military, ideological
7 and intellectual
supremacy
• 1957 – USSR
launched Sputnik I
(world’s first
sattelite)
• Sc & Mt ed in Msia influenced by the reforms esp. for
Secondary Schools
196 • Sc. & Mt curricula borrowed from the British esp. Nuffield
0’s Project
(Why? (1) Curr. prior to independence is British, exam
based on Cambridge, (2) no expertise to formulate totally
new curriculum)
Razak Report • Recommended that a single syllabus be implemented in
195
all schools
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• Science curiculum was made uniform and official
196 Rahman Talib Report
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196 Education Act 1961 • Bahasa Malaysia is the main medium for instruction
1
• The problem of teaching sc & mt overcomed / resolved
197
with development of better terminology & grooming of
0’s
teachers more proficient in the language (BM)
• Projek Khas launched by Pusat Sains (Science Centre)
196 under the Schools Division of MOE to raise the teaching
8 standard of science and mathematics. It was the first
large scale curriculum reform undertaken by MOE
196 • The writing of a science teaching guidebook ‘Panduan
9 Mengajar Sains’ was initiated
• Projek Khas was introduced in schools with the
197
publication of the trial edition of ‘Panduan Mengajar
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Sains Standard 1’
197 • The guidebooks for Standard 2 – 6 were published. In
1- 1973 “Panduan Mengajar Sains Standard 1 (Second
197 Edition)” was published
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• Pusat Perkembangan Bidang Pelajaran was established.
197
Renamed Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum, PPK in 1974
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(Curriculum Development Centre)
197 Mahathir Report • Primary Science Curriculum – 3 components
 (Cabinet Commitee  Communication
for Reviewing the  Man & His Environment
Implementation of  Individual Development
Educational Policy)
• Alam dan Manusia Kur. Baru Sek.Ren. (KBSR) taught to
• Recommended that all primary school Standard 4 in 1985
the primary school
• KBSR influenced by ‘back to basics’ movement in the
curriculum be
west.
developed based
• Characteristics concerning science
on 3 areas
(communication,  Occurred during global concern that children were not
man and his able to master the basic skills
surroundings and  Infused were influences characterised by the
9 individual self resurgence of Islam
development)  Teachers encouraged to use remediation and
• Concern over enrichment involving workgroups
inability of students  Primary science was no longer taught as a single
to acquire the 3 subject but intergrated with history & geography and
basic skills (3 R / 3 taught as Man & Its Enviroment.
M)  Teaching emphasis on acquiring science process skills
• Major reforms –
Kurikulum Baru
Sekolah Rendah
KBSR (1983) ,
KBSM (1988)
198 • Alam dan Manusia Kur. Baru Sek.Ren. (KBSR) taught to
5 Year 4 students
Kurikulum • Alam dan Manusia was replaced by 2 subjects, ie Science
199 Bersepadu Sekolah (Kurikulum Sains Sekolah Rendah, KSSR) and Kajian
3 Rendah (KBSR) Tempatan (Local Studies). First taught in school year
1994 / 95
• The Smart School Project is one of the seven MSC
flagship applications.
• Emphasis of SS Project:
1. t & l process, IT infrastructure, management system,
assessment system and system integration
2. school infrstructure development
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3. training of teachers and management staff
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• July 1997, CDC published ‘Spesifikasi Kurikulum untuk
Sekolah Bestari, Sains KBSR.
• Based on this document, 3 volumes of ‘Huraian Sukatan
Pelajaran Sains KBSR Edisi Sekolah Bestari’ was
published ie. Tahun 4 (Dec. 98), Tahun 5 (Aug. 99) and
Tahun 6 (Aug 99)
199 • 90 schools pioneered the SS Project.
9 • Will be extended to all schools by 2010
• CDC published ‘Kurikulum Semakan Sains Sekolah
Rendah’
200 • 19 July 2002 : government policy – Science &
2 Mathematics Year 1, Form 1 and Lower 6 taught in
English by 2003.
• Integrated Curriculum for Primary School (KBSR)
Curriculum Specifications Science Year 1 published.
200 Kurikulum • Year 1 & 4 KBSR subjects used the Revised Curricula
3 Bersepadu Sekolah • The Primary School Science Revised Curriculum is an
Rendah (Semakan) update of the existing KSSR curriculum by taking into
consideration the Smart School concept
• Science Level 1 (Year 1) commenced. Taught in English
 • Integrated Curriculum for Primary School (KBSR)
Curriculum Specifications Science Year 2 published.
200 • Science Level 1 (Year 2) commenced. Taught in English
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200 • First batch of ETeMS taking UPSR (bilingual)
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Policy changes : •
201
MBMMBI replaces
0
PPSMI
Kurikulum • KSSR Tahap 1 : Modul Teras Tema – Dunia Sains dan
201 Standarad Sekolah
Teknologi (60 minit seminggu)
1 Rendah (KSSR) • KSSR Tahap II : Modul / Tunjang Sains & Teknologi - Sains
Drafted 07022011
SSS/sss