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Volunteerism: expanding the frontiers of youth development
Get PDFThe role of young volunteers in improving the quality of life of individuals and of the community is well recognized in Malaysia and other parts of the world. They are active participants in various non-governmental organizations, youth organizations, schools, colleges, universities and even homes for the elderly and orphans, as well as other social welfare centers. Volunteers act as
a resource of help and support for individuals, families, services, and institutions. Through volunteering, these young people enter into various social environments and encounter people living in different social circumstances.Through addressing the needs of communities, groups and individuals, volunteering prepares youth towards developing pro-social behaviors in their journey towards adulthood. Through encountering diverse situations involving families, individuals
develop tolerance and respect for differences. Thus, youth volunteering is one of the means to nurture the spirit of responsible citizenship. Volunteering motivates young people to continue to get involved in community-oriented volunteer activities even when they become adults. The combination of action and reflection in youth
volunteer programs increases the socializing impact of voluntary work. Interestingly, the concepts and practices of youth volunteerism are highly relevant for national stability and community betterment in Malaysia. Stability in Malaysia depends mainly on the attitudes and behavior of its people. Mutual tolerance based on ethnicity,
culture and religion and respect for human rights, coexistence, and solidarity are values and behavior patterns that could be enhanced through educating the young people on volunteerism. Thus, developing the spirit of volunteerism is a powerful means to expand the frontiers of youth development. Volunteerism has been and will always be one of the pillars for positive youth development in Malaysia and ultimately, the
prosperity of our beloved country. This inaugural paper aims to further redefine the roles of volunteerism as one of the instruments supporting positive youth development
Institutionalizing Support Distance Learning at Universiti Putra Malaysia
Get PDFPCF2 // About three decades ago, distance education, when it first started in Malaysia, was seen as misplaced and frowned upon by many educationists, parents, learners and the general public. It was first formally implemented by Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1971. However, it was only in the mid-1990’s that some form general acceptance was seen and injected into the mainstream education. There was a general agreement that distance learning will enable larger audience to take advantage of the government’s effort to democratize and liberalize education by bringing education to the doorsteps of the learners. There are different approaches taken by different institutions with regard to distance education and learning. Universiti Putra Malaysia, through the experience of handling the Diploma in Youth in Development Work, came up with several alternatives to produce excellent distant learners. This paper is aimed at revealing some of the major issues and challenges faced by learners and distance education providers. These includes the issue of motivating and sustaining self-directed learners; learning by doing and independent learners. The issue of quality assurance will also be discussed. The paper will also discuss the steps taken to come up with the contingency model of institutionalizing support distance learning at UPM. Recommendations for different approach for different learners are put forward including those who are working on shift basis, normal hours or freelance. /
Kepuasan Kerja di Kalangan Pengawal Keselamatan Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to determine the level of job satisfaction among security guards of Universiti
Pertanian Malaysia and to determine predictors of job satisfaction among them. A questionnaire was used to
measure the job aspects and job satisfaction level of 96 randomly selected UPM security guards. The data were
processed using SPSS PC+. The independent variables included demographic characteristics, organizational
factors and job dimension factors. The study showed that the majority of UPM security guards were
moderately or highly satisfied with their job. The study also showed that factors such as organizational
policies, opportunities for self-development, facilities at the work place, academic qualifications and job load
were significantly related to job satisfaction level among the security guards. Organizational policy was the
most important predictor of job satisfaction (R" = 0.50, P < 0.05), followed by opportunities to develop,
facilities at the work place, academic qualifications and job load. The study also found that age, position,
wages, tenure, job itself, promotion opportunities, supervision and peers are not predictors of job satisfaction
level
Factors Contributing towards the Sustainability of Youth Organizations as Partners in Community Development
Get PDFThe aim of this qualitative study is to identify factors that contribute towards the sustainability of youth organization
as partner in community development. Three major tools were used to secure information: interview,
observation and document analysis. The study was conducted at Kampung Endah in the District of
Kuala Langat, Selangor. The study revealed 14 factors that contribute to the sustainability of a youth organization
as partner in community development. They were administration, leadership, vision, planning, division of
task, experience, funding, economic development, people's support, spiritual development, monitoring, linkage
with agencies, contribution from community and volunteerism
Pengaruh faktor kekurangan kemahiran terhadap pengangguran siswazah
Get PDFKajian ini cuba meneroka pengaruh faktor kekurangan kemahiran terhadap pengangguran siswazah. Kajian empirikal terdahulu menunjukkan faktor kemahiran merupakan kriteria
pemilihan utama dalam pengrekrutan siswazah. Sehubungan dengan itu, kajian ini cuba mengkaji lima pembolehubah utama dalam kemahiran iaitu kemahiran bahasa, kemahiran
teknologi komunikasi dan maklumat, kemahiran kendiri, kemahiran hubungan manusia, dan kemahiran keusahawanan. Premis kajian berlandaskan bahawa faktor kekurangan dalam
kemahiran-kemahiran tersebut akan mempengaruhi pengangguran siswazah. Responden kajian adalah terdiri daripada 50 organisasi perkhidmatan yang terletak di Alor Setar, Kedah.
Borang-borang soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada pengurus sumber manusia dan 34 daripada 50 pengurus tersebut (68%) telah menjawab dan mengembalikan borang soal selidik
tersebut. Analisis regresi menunjukkan hanya kemahiran kendiri (interpersonal skills) yang mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan terhadap punca pengangguran siswazah. Ini
menunjukkan kemahiran-kemahiran lain tidak begitu ditekankan oleh organisasi perkhidmatan sebagaimana yang diutarakan oleh pelbagai pihak sebelum ini. Kajian ini mempunyai implikasi yang besar terutama kepada jabatan ha1 ehwal pelajar (HEP) agar pegawai-pegawai di HEP dapat merangka lebih banyak program-program yang boleh meningkatkan lagi kemahiran kendiri pelajar seiring dengan permintaan dari pasaran pekerjaan
The potential of youth workers as facilitators of values formation and development.
Get PDFYouth workers everywhere are engaged in a daily revolution to facilitate change within young people, often with limited resources, support and infrastructure. They do this work through the developmental relationships that they form with their young clients. However, to achieve their goals and reap the rewards of their efforts, youth workers must be effective agents of change. The focus of this article is to further understand the notion of youth workers as change agents, in the context of developing values among the young people with whom they work. The role of values in youth work, the formation and development of values in youth, transformative learning approaches, the steps in experiential learning and youth-work pedagogies that use models of how youth learn are also discussed. With the increasing demands on youth workers to facilitate change in the lives of their young clients, these groups need professional training and education to prepare them to do the critical work of youth development
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Profiling Malaysian youth philanthropy in professional volunteer organizations
No full textThis paper discusses the profiling of young Malaysian volunteers who were members of professional volunteer organizations. The subjects in the study were volunteers from 26 different volunteer organizations serving the community at local and international levels. Data for the study were collected via a questionnaire survey. There were 337 respondents, 225 of whom worked for local volunteer organizations while 112 were volunteers for international organizations. They were between the ages of 15 and 30 (M age = 22.8, SD = 5.65). Using the Volunteer Function Inventory (VFI) by the Fetzer Institute, six dimensions were extracted from the data following a factor analysis. These dimensions were then incorporated into a model of philanthropy and volunteerism based on the Social Capital theory. The estimates confirmed important reasons for volunteering, viz. intention to help others, charitable giving, activism, helping power motivation, and charity values. A factorial multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed that the mean VFI factor scores were significantly different between volunteers for local and for international organizations. Follow-up analyses revealed that the volunteers working for international volunteer organizations displayed slightly higher scores in intention, activism, and helping power motivation in all six areas compared to those working with local community organizations. Implications from the findings are also discussed
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