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The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia

Globalization and technological changes demand the countries to seek for economic-based knowledge for economic survival purposes.to ensure their economic survival purposes. A mechanism to do that is through the active promotion and provision of lifelong learning. Malaysia is one of those countries t...

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Main Authors:	Buntat, Yahya, Puteh, Nor Azlina, Azeman, Siti Hajar, Iahad, Noorminshah, A. Aziz, Marzilah
Format:	Article
Published:	2013
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40802/
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spelling	my.utm.408022017-08-13T01:48:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/40802/ The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia Buntat, Yahya Puteh, Nor Azlina Azeman, Siti Hajar Iahad, Noorminshah A. Aziz, Marzilah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Globalization and technological changes demand the countries to seek for economic-based knowledge for economic survival purposes.to ensure their economic survival purposes. A mechanism to do that is through the active promotion and provision of lifelong learning. Malaysia is one of those countries that have been vigorously doing that. In a mission to achieve vision 2020, it is essential lifelong learning be adopted as a New National Agenda in achieving the nation's human capital development. In building the human capital development, students need to be engaged in learning community's environment. Learning communities operationalize a constructivist approach to knowledge (Cross, 1998), whereby knowledge is not simply “discovered” but is socially constructed. As a result, rather than authority (instructor) transmitting information, students actively construct and assimilate knowledge through a reciprocal process (Bruffee, 1995 and Schon, 1995; Whipple, 1987). Hence, this paper will discuss the importance of lifelong learning community development in Malaysia. 2013 Article PeerReviewed Buntat, Yahya and Puteh, Nor Azlina and Azeman, Siti Hajar and Iahad, Noorminshah and A. Aziz, Marzilah (2013) The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 93 (n/a). pp. 1541-1545. ISSN 1877-0428
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Buntat, Yahya Puteh, Nor Azlina Azeman, Siti Hajar Iahad, Noorminshah A. Aziz, Marzilah The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia
description	Globalization and technological changes demand the countries to seek for economic-based knowledge for economic survival purposes.to ensure their economic survival purposes. A mechanism to do that is through the active promotion and provision of lifelong learning. Malaysia is one of those countries that have been vigorously doing that. In a mission to achieve vision 2020, it is essential lifelong learning be adopted as a New National Agenda in achieving the nation's human capital development. In building the human capital development, students need to be engaged in learning community's environment. Learning communities operationalize a constructivist approach to knowledge (Cross, 1998), whereby knowledge is not simply “discovered” but is socially constructed. As a result, rather than authority (instructor) transmitting information, students actively construct and assimilate knowledge through a reciprocal process (Bruffee, 1995 and Schon, 1995; Whipple, 1987). Hence, this paper will discuss the importance of lifelong learning community development in Malaysia.
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author	Buntat, Yahya Puteh, Nor Azlina Azeman, Siti Hajar Iahad, Noorminshah A. Aziz, Marzilah
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title	The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia
title_short	The need of lifelong learning towards learning community development in Malaysia
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