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Course Code : EDU5810 Educational Policy and Planning
Credit : 3 (3+0)
Class : Saturday: 12noon –3:00pm
Lecturer : Associate Prof. Dr. Mohd. Majid Konting
Room 201, Block A, FPP
Tel: 067999624/0122346551
e-mail:
Objective : By the end of the course, students are able to understand the
development of educational policy and planning.
Synopsis : This course discusses the definition and development of educational policy and planning; educational planning model and approaches, and designing educational plans.
Contents : 1. Introduction to educational policy and planning
2. The development of educational policy and planning
3. Educational planning model
4. Educational planning approaches
5. Educational policy and acts
6. Strategic planning
7. Implementation of educational program
8. Issues in educational innovations
Evaluation : Assignment 1 20%
Assignment 2 30%
Test 20%
Final exam 30%
Reading :
Ball, S. (1998). Big policies/small world: an introduction to international perspectives in educational policy. Comparative Education, 34(2): 119-129.
Boyer, E.L. (1997). Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bransford, J., Hammond, D., & LePage, P. (2005). Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. Indianapolis: Jossey-Bass.
Darling-Gammond, L. & Bransford, J. (2005). Preparing Teachers for A Changing World. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Davidson, C.N. & Goldberg, D.T. (2010). The Future of Thinking. Cambridge: MIT
Farrell, J. 1997. A retrospective on educational planning in comparative education. Comparative Education Review, 41(3): 277-314.
Fullan, M. (2003). The New Meaning of Educational Change, 3rd Edition. London: Cassell.
Fullan, M. (2007). The New Meaning of Educational Change,5th Ed. London: Cassell.
Fullan, M. (2008). The Six Secrets of Change. San Francisso: Jossey-Bass.
Gardner, H. (2006). Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Green, T.F. (1994). Policy Questions: A Conceptual Study. Education Policy Achieves, 2(7).
Ibrahim Bajunid (2008). Malaysia: From Traditional to Smart Schools, The Malaysian Educational Odyssey. Shah Alam: Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd.
Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (2006). Pelan Induk Pembangunan Pendidikan, 2006-2010. Putrajaya: Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia.
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (2007a). Pelan Strategik Pengajian Tinggi Negara Melangkau Tahun 2020. Putrajaya: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (2007b). Modul Kemahiran Insaniah Untuk Pengajian Tinggi. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (2010a). Dasar Pembangunan Keusahawanan Institusi Pengajian Tinggi. Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (2010b). Pelan Strategik Pengajian Tinggi Negara: Koleksi Aktiviti Terpilih. Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.
Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (2011). Modul Kursus Asas Pembelajaran dan Pengajaran Pensyarah Institusi Pengajian Tingg. Batu Pahat: Penerbit UTHM.
Kerajaan Malaysia (2006). Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK9). Putrajaya: Unit Perancang Ekonomi, Jabatan Perdana Menteri.
Kerajaan Malaysia (2010). Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 (RMK10). Putrajaya: Unit Perancang Ekonomi, Jabatan Perdana Menteri.
Mohamed Khaled Nordin (2011). Perutusan Tahun Baru 2010 Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia. Putrajaya: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.
Mohamed Khaled Nordin (2012). Perutusan Tahun Baru 2012 Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia. Putrajaya: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi.
Mohd. Majid Konting (1997). Implementing educational innovation: Learning from the classroom interaction of effective Bahasa Melayu teachers in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 5(1): 1-9.
Mohd. Majid Konting (1998). Teacher effectiveness: the beliefs of effective Bahasa Melayu teachers. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(1): 1-12.
Mohd. Majid Konting (2003). Dasar dan perancangan pendidikan. Dalam Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Foo Say Fooi (Eds.), Pentadbiran Pendidikan: Langkah Ke Hadapan. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia. Pp. 3 – 19.
Mohd. Majid Konting (2008). Memahami dasar pendidikan. Dalam Tajularipin Sulaiman dan Wan Zan Wan Ali (Eds.), Pendidikan Sekolah: Isu dan Cabaran. Serdang: Penerbit UPM. Pp. 1-15.
Mohd. Majid Konting (2011). Bab 8 – Pengajian tinggi: antara harapan dan realiti. Dalam Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Soaib Asimiran, Transformasi Kepemimpinan Pengajian Tinggi: Cabaran dan Hala Tuju. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, ms. 135 – 153.
Mohd. Majid Konting (2011). Bab 9 – Transformasi Pengajian Tinggi: Pelan Strategi Pengajian Tinggi Negara. Dalam Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Soaib Asimiran, Transformasi Kepemimpinan Pengajian Tinggi: Cabaran dan Hala Tuju. Serdang: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, ms. 154-172.