Purpose of Education and Spiritual Potential; What is Your Definition

Authors

  • Indrawati Turmudi Faculty of Education, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Rohana Hamzah Pusat Bahasa Moden dan Sains Kemanusiaan, University Malaysia Pahang,26600 Pekan, Pahang
  • Sarimah Ismail Faculty of Education, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Afzamiman Aripin Faculty of Education, University Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Nor Hasrina Mohamad@Sulaiman Pusat Kaunseling, UniversityTeknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Haslinda@Robita Hashim Pusat Kaunseling, UniversityTeknologi Malaysia, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Nur Qistina Andin Faculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n1-2.1093

Keywords:

Holistic, human capital, education, technical and engineering education, spiritual

Abstract

Developing and producing a holistic human capital has been a major concern to Malaysian education system. Therefore, the National Education Philosophy has been formed based on a mission to produce a balance and holistic individual in terms of physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual based on firm belief and devotion to God. In contrary, education system nowadays is more focused on intellectual and practical aspects, whereas spiritual dimension has being neglected. Spiritual dimension is taught separately in spiritual subjects and the responsibility to teach is given to the educators in the areas concerned. Needs analysis conducted on technical and engineering educators from three engineering faculty at UTM shows that majority of participants do not really understand the real purpose of education, the meaning of spiritual potential and also how spiritual potential can be developed through Technical and Engineering Education. Therefore, there is a possibility that this potential has been less developed through Engineering Education courses in UTM.  

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2017-01-02

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Turmudi, I., Hamzah, R., Ismail, S., Aripin, M. A., Mohamad@Sulaiman, N. H., Hashim, H., & Andin, N. Q. (2017). Purpose of Education and Spiritual Potential; What is Your Definition. Sains Humanika, 9(1-2). https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v9n1-2.1093

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Vol. 9 No. 1-2: Classroom Practices in STEM Education

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