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Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis

Sports play an important role in nation building and brings prestige and glory to the country (Azalina, 2006). In order to produce high performance, the athletes have to go through a proper sports development program and training. The performance of the athletes at junior level highly depends on the...

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Main Authors: Lam, F.E., Kumarasamy, J., Johari, M., Abdul Rani, A., Mat Rejab, A.S.N.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/9377/1/creating_better.pdf
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spelling my.um.eprints.93772014-05-29T23:32:55Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/9377/ Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis Lam, F.E. Kumarasamy, J. Johari, M. Abdul Rani, A. Mat Rejab, A.S.N. LB Theory and practice of education Sports play an important role in nation building and brings prestige and glory to the country (Azalina, 2006). In order to produce high performance, the athletes have to go through a proper sports development program and training. The performance of the athletes at junior level highly depends on the Sport School's Comprehensive curriculum implementation. This analysis thus seeks to compare and evaluate the curriculum implemented by four different sports schools in Australia, Singapore, Scotland and United States to ascertain their suitability for implementation in our country. Comparison is also made on various aspects such as funding, teaching staff, facilities, partners and collaborations and many more in running a sports school. From the analysis, it is found that in some of the sports schools, the athletes are not only outstanding in their sports but also in their academic achievement as a result of good planning, clear school vision, mission, aims and the type of curriculum implemented. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/9377/1/creating_better.pdf Lam, F.E. and Kumarasamy, J. and Johari, M. and Abdul Rani, A. and Mat Rejab, A.S.N. (2008) Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis. In: International Conference on Educational Innovation, 6-8 May 2008, Kuala Lumpur.
institution Universiti Malaya
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topic LB Theory and practice of education
spellingShingle LB Theory and practice of education
Lam, F.E.
Kumarasamy, J.
Johari, M.
Abdul Rani, A.
Mat Rejab, A.S.N.
Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
description Sports play an important role in nation building and brings prestige and glory to the country (Azalina, 2006). In order to produce high performance, the athletes have to go through a proper sports development program and training. The performance of the athletes at junior level highly depends on the Sport School's Comprehensive curriculum implementation. This analysis thus seeks to compare and evaluate the curriculum implemented by four different sports schools in Australia, Singapore, Scotland and United States to ascertain their suitability for implementation in our country. Comparison is also made on various aspects such as funding, teaching staff, facilities, partners and collaborations and many more in running a sports school. From the analysis, it is found that in some of the sports schools, the athletes are not only outstanding in their sports but also in their academic achievement as a result of good planning, clear school vision, mission, aims and the type of curriculum implemented.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lam, F.E.
Kumarasamy, J.
Johari, M.
Abdul Rani, A.
Mat Rejab, A.S.N.
author_facet Lam, F.E.
Kumarasamy, J.
Johari, M.
Abdul Rani, A.
Mat Rejab, A.S.N.
author_sort Lam, F.E.
title Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
title_short Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
title_full Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
title_fullStr Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
title_full_unstemmed Creating better sports schools in Malaysia: A curriculum comparison analysis
title_sort creating better sports schools in malaysia: a curriculum comparison analysis
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/9377/1/creating_better.pdf
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