Introducing my_philosophy, a new inspired column profiling OUM academics, facilitators, tutors, and subject-matter experts – and the personal educational philosophy that drives each of them.
This issue features OUM’s Cluster Chairs, positions created in the University’s revamped structure occupied by senior academics whose key task is to ensure the academic integrity of all programmes of study.
BY DR DAVID CL LIM (david@oum.edu.my)
Name:
Prof Dr Widad Othman
Position:
Deputy Vice President (Academic); Chair, Cluster of Education and Social Sciences
Discipline:
Technical & Vocational Education
Areas of Expertise:
Learning Styles; Thinking Skills; Teaching & Learning of Technical/ Engineering Drawing
Educational Philosophy:
Education is the nurturing of minds with HEART - Harmony, Empathy, Affection, Respect and Trust.
Name:
Prof Dr Siti Aishah Hashim Ali
Position:
Deputy Vice President (Research);
Chair, Cluster of Applied Sciences
Management
Discipline:
Applied Mathematics
Areas of Expertise:
Mathematical Modeling
(Electrochemical Power Systems,
Fractals & Non-linear Waves),
Mathematics Education (Distant
Learning & e-Learning), Engineering
Mathematics
Educational Philosophy:
To be knowledgeable and kind,
that’s the power of education.
Name:
Prof Loo Sin Chun
Position:
Chair, Cluster of Business and
Management
Discipline:
Finance
Areas of Expertise:
Investment and Corporate Finance
Educational Philosophy:
Education is the most powerful
weapon which you can use to
change the world. It is our
passport to the future, for
tomorrow belongs to the people
who prepare for it today. To
acquire it, it does not matter
how slowly you go as long as
you do not stop.
Five Minutes with YBhg Prof Dato' Dr Mansor Fadzil, President / Vice-Chancellor, OUM
Introducing my_philosophy, a new inspired column profiling OUM academics and the personal educational philosophy that drives each of them.
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