Matematik Huluan

Pertama kali mendengar istilah Matematik Huluan (upstream mathematical research).

Apa bezanya  dengan ethnomatematik? Menurut Dr Adi Setia Institut Penyelidikan Matemtaik UM.
..penyelidikan yang terbit daripada rasa sedar-diri yang tinggi akan “makna-diri” penyelidik itu sendiri, sesuai dengan kefahaman dan kepekaan beliau terhadap sistem nilai dan pandangan hidup yang dianutinya, termasuk permasalahan sebenar yang ditanggapi dan dikenalpasti hasil daripada kefahaman dan kepekaan tersebut.
Contohnya kajian membabitkan: 1. Model Penggunaan wang dinar
                                                      2. Model matematik sistem wakaf
                                                      3. Kosmologi Islam
                                                     4. Sejarah Matematik melayu islam

Bertentangan (bukannya Lawan)  ialah "matematik Hiliran' (downstream research). Menurutnya lagi,

Penyelidikan hiliran ialah penyelidikan runcitan sekadar mengemaskinikan di sana-sini teori dan bidang yang sudah sedia ada, malah yang sudah lama “matang,” atau lebih parah lagi, sekadar menemukan penggunaan baru atau menguji keberkesanan bagi pelbagai teknik atau pengisian matematik (mathematical software) atau pemodelan matematik (mathematical modelling) sedia ada.

Mungkin kajian sebegini dapat mempertingkatkan jatidiri, esteem diri orang melayu.

Sifat rendah diri dan rasa tidak yakin dengan keupayaan bangsa begitu tebal..kalau tidak percaya ..buka suratkhabar cotnohnya utusan melayu/berita harian..kita akan baca artikel/pendapat/komen dari ahli politik yg gemar membuat generalisasi negatif tentang orang Melayu!! tanpa fakta/data, sewenang wenangnya sedap mulut bercakap mengatakan orang melayu itu dan ini..

Childrens Day 2010

7 March is declared as World childrens day by UNICEF. This year's theme, 'All Rights, All Children', marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.


More information form Unicef. http://www.unicef.org/index.php



Statistical Profile by country can be obtain here
http://www.childinfo.org/profiles.html

Students poke their heads into their classroom, through the decorative holes of a concrete wall, at a UNICEF-assisted primary school in the village of Douakankro...

Lihatlah wajah anak anak ini ..sungguhpun dalam keadaan daif ..kecerian wajah mereka terserlah.

Hentikan kezaliman kepada kanak kanak. Pencabulan,penderaan dan jenayah kanak kanak perlu dihentikan. Sebelum berlarutan menjadi duri dalam daging..langkah pencegahan perlu difikirkan..

Sebagaimana Rasullah mengajar umatnya supaya mengajar dan mendidik anak sembahyang waktu kecil..dan setelah waktu tertentu memukul (tanpa kecederaan-pukul sayang!!) mereka apabila meningkat umur 10thn. Strategi sama eprlu digunakan dlm mendidik masyarakat. Hukuman tanpa pendidikan pencegahan akan gagal...

Mystery of mathematics

Mathematic is mysterious..while some find ot challenging and exciting, others may find it a bore and scary!. What influences these extreme feeling that diffferent individues experiences? Is it true that only certain type people are good at mathematics..? Are those people who are good in mathematics gifted? So what has gone wrong for people who are always hopelessly confuse with simple mathematicsl ideas?

Students who like mathematics enjoy the challenge and likes to dwell on its symbols and ideas. I used to get thrilled when i could solve all exercises or homework given. The achievement of getting good marks in mathematics somehow eventually becomes ones status quo in school...closely guided so that no one can beat you! Those that lag behind usually never catches up and ends up as freak in maths...

Teachers factors to me is another important variable.. a good teacher explain asbtract concept well and clearly,while some may just grapple with the ideas leaving lots of confusing ideas among the students..drillling students with endless exercises is not the solution to mastery of mathematical ideas for this mechanical actions can be very damaging to students long term learning..the difficulities with conceptual teaching is students usually can be irritatingly impatient and want a quick way out..hence they normally are more interested in what shall be assessed!Test..Exam! included in test or not..? these are questions that can be annoying.

In secondary school i have this great math teacher, Encik Ismail. He explains well and kept challenging us with various questions that he expected we are able to do once he briefly explain the main concepts.. we were so nervous when he started picking on students to finish the exercise on board..but then again he would smile at us when we successfully solved the questions. He was always there even in the afternoon to help us out.. you were one Great Teacher.

I took  extra classes for my additional mathematics once a week in form five to prepare for my SPM. Another Malay male teacher from another school taught me.Cant remember his name now. He was so enthuasistic that it catches on us. . I met him last year..wearing kupiah and sarung. AT the age of sixty he is still teaching mathematics..in his own tuition class..wow..He was beeming widely when i approach him and say -Thank you sir for the knowledge that you have imparted to me so sincerely and so well.

I will always remember them.May God Bless Them.