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confidential LG/OCT2008/BEL311 UNIVERSITI TEK no.OGI mara FINAL EXAMINATION pipeline COURSE CODE EXAMINATION TIME incline FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES BEL311 OCTOBER 2008 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. 2. This irresolution paper consists of dickens (2) parts sidetrack A (13 Questions) PART B (1 Question) behave ALL questions from completely parts in the Question Paper. 3. Fill in the enlarge below UiTM STUDENT CARD NO. PROGRAMME/ CODE PART face LANGUAGE GROUP NAME OF lector 4. 5. You be solelyowed to lick in your English-English dictionary.Please curb to make sure that this examination pack consists of i) the Question Paper DO not TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO This examination paper consists of 13 printed pages Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi mara CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 2 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 PART A READING scholarship (20 MARKS) Read the pursual articles and answer every(prenominal) the questions that follow. Article 1 Sp atomic number 18 the cele stial pole? I Schools in Europe and the coupled Kingdom stopped using the beat to correction delinquent youngsters interest protests from parents and politicians to a greater extent than than 16 years ago.In Malaysia, however, the practice has neer left the indoctrinate grounds. work over has incessantly been legal in Malaysian schoolings. The pedagogics Ordinance 1957 (Amended 1959) allows corporal revengements, much(prenominal) as work over, to be meted out by school authorities, but entirely to schoolboys. An genteelness Ministry guiding issued in 1994 listed eight offences that could warrant work over truancy, involvement in criminal activities, begrimed and impolite doings, loitering, dishonesty, dirty appearance and vandalism. 5 IIA probe on human repairs cognisance among secondary school teachers, students and administrators conducted by researchers from local universities engaged by the Human Rights focal point of Malaysia (or SUHAKAM, its Malay acronym ) revealed the regular consumption of the beat in schools. What the inquiry found was a gross breach of a babys correctlys attached by teachers and administrators alike. In their findings, out of the 5,754 students who participated in the survey, about 52 per penny of the students surveyed concord that sack uping commonly happened in their schools.It took vex more often in sylvan schools than urban ones and al closely 80 per cent of the cases occurred at technical schools. 10 15 III netherstandably, SUHAKAM is disheartened by the findings of its study. Commissioner and tuition working root word chairman, Professor Chiam Heng Keng express that while SUHAKAM understands the destiny to refine and punish wrongdoers, it primary(prenominal)tains that stick outing is not the best restorative measure. She further added that cane only tells the child to stop whatever he has done. In opposite nomenclature, it does not address the inherent problem. She stressed that teachers must work with parents to compensate to the line of the problem.She added that harsh penaltys tend to honour a childs cast out attitudes. However, 20 25 Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi mara CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 3 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 she cautioned that we should not confuse upholding the rights of the child with humoring the child. IV Although many experts argue that caning is outdated, even primitive, many educators defended it as a fashion to stem rising ferocity in schools. Eighty per cent of teachers concord that persistent bickermakers in school should be work overd. The SUHAKAM probe found that 79. 5 per cent of teachers and 71. per cent of administrators agreed that persistent offenders should be caned though Malaysia had signed the Declaration of the radiation pattern on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1995. In addition, they also revealed that girls were not spared the rod. Almost vii per cent of female respondents from girl schools had in skeletal govern ing body this. Under the present Child crop 2001, only boys between the ages of 10 and 18 may be subjected to corporal punishment. 30 35 V Last October, the Ministry of learning allowed teachers new(prenominal) than 40 headmasters, principals and those involved in disciplining students to use the cane.The decision followed the rise in cases of assault on teachers and gangsterism in schools. It was recommended that only certain teachers be empowered to cane students. Ideally, they should have at least(prenominal) 10 years of teaching experience and be married with children. 45 VI The secretary-general of the subject field confederacy of the Teaching Profession, Lok Yim Pheng, admitted that there are other centerings of disciplining a student. These embroil imposing fines, sending students to detention line and making parents sign a compact to ensure that their children do not misconduct.However, if vex comes to shove, because principals and headmasters should use the ro d professionally and with leniency. She reiterated that even so, caning should be the penalisation of last resort, reserved for absolute hardcore cases and should never be done publicly. 50 The Star, July 15, 2007 Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 4 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 skepticism 1 State whether the following presentments are TRUE (T) or unreasonable (F). a) cane troublemakers in school is considered a clear of maltreatment by most teachers. In the survey carried out by SUHAKAM, both boys and girls were caned.When it comes to caning, the Education Ordinance 1957 intelligibly contradicts the Child Act 2001. to a greater extent than fractional of the respondents in the survey had been caned by their teachers before. (2 marks) interrogate 2 What do the following words mean value as used in the passage? a) breach (line 14) b) disheartened (line 20) c) underlying (line 25) d) stem(line 31) ___ _ _ _ _ (2 marks) dubiousness 3 hardening your answer fo r the question below. According to teachers, the following are reasons they support caning in schools except a) Students who repeatedly cause trouble should be caned. b) Caning is one way to prevent violence in schools. ) Caning reduces assault cases and gangsterism in schools. d) Caning has the least negative effect on students. (1 mark) b) c) d) Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 5 LG/OCT 2008/BEL311 QUESTION 4 Why is caning not the best corrective measure fit to SUHAKAM? Give two (2) reasons. (1 mark) QUESTION 5 According to Professor Chiam Heng Keng, what is the best way to overcome discipline problems in schools? (1 mark) QUESTION 6 What is the main idea of separate VI? (1 mark) Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi IMARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 6 LG/OCT2008/BEL311QUESTION 7 According to the secretary-general of the National Union of the Teaching Profession, only if push comes to shove, then teachers and headmasters should use the rod professionally an d with compassion (lines 49-51). Under what conditions did she recommend this? run two (2) conditions. (2 marks) Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 7 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 Article 2 Caning Does More slander Than Good I The Womens bone marrow for Change Penang (WCC) notes with great concern the new-fangled proposal to extend caning as a method to handle discipline problems involving schoolgirls.We caution against the use of the cane on children regardless of gender. II The caning of a child is in direct contravention of the Convention on the Rights of The Child (CRC), of which Malaysia is a signatory. Caning contravenes Article 19 of the CRC. Under the article, the governments must protect the child from all forms of maltreatment by parents or others creditworthy for his or her care. Furthermore, corporal punishment is a form of child abuse. There is no evidence to suggest that this method can improve a childs learning ability. 5 10 III Caning may not be the most impelling way to deal with problems of undiscipline.While it may bring about the immediate compliance of the child, the issues of sensual harm as well as emotional damage to the child need to be taken into consideration. Corporal punishment can lead to increased unsociable behaviour, aggression and chronic defiance. Furthermore, inflicting severe punishment and using mental humiliation on children have adverse effects such as loss of selfesteem and personality changes with ramifications on adult life. The use of the cane can be abused, especially when frustrations are vented. However, teachers who are fed up with the rising cases of indiscipline in schools may say caning is justified. 0 15 IV The genial consequence of caning is that it sends a easy message that violence is an acceptable form of behaviour in society, that is, it is all right to use violence and inflict infliction to teach a child something. This goes against all efforts to reduce the level of violence in our society. V Caning may see to be a quick fixing solution to misbehaviour, but it fails to address the root causes of the problem. The causes involve an inability to fit into a rigid, examination-orientated fostering system, the negative effects of 25 Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 8 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 overty, the need to challenge boundaries, insufficient counselor from the home, dysfunctional family situations, negative influences from the neighbourhood environment, among others. 30 VI WCC would therefore urge the Ministry of Education to 1. Work with other agencies and community groups, for congresswoman those dealing with the health, welfare and rights of the child, so as to provide support where needed, to both students and school authorities 2. Consult with experts in various fields to work out substitute(a) forms of discipline which include behaviour adaption programmes that help enhance positive behaviour of students 5 3. Support school teachers by reducing the number of students per class, having teacher assistants, providing skills readying in class control and handling difficult students, having access to highly skilful counselors and child psychologists 40 4. Have a more balanced education system which moves away from an over-emphasis on examinations towards a more holistic education which cultivates the childs other potentials. Prema E. Devaraj, syllabus Director, Womens Centre for Change, Penang. The Star, December 3, 2007 Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARACONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 9 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 QUESTION 8 What does Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of The Child state? (1 mark) QUESTION 9 Caning as a measure of instilling discipline among students can lead to emotional damage. List four (4) kinds of damage. (2 marks) QUESTION 10 The accessible consequence of caning is that it sends a bring message that violence is an acceptable form of behaviour in society, that is, it is all rig ht to use violence and inflict wound to teach a child something. (lines 21-23) What does Prema Devaraj mean by the above sentence? 2 marks) Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 10 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 QUESTION 11 How can the negative influences from the neighbourhood environment (lines 29-30) cause students to misbehave in school? (2 marks) QUESTION 12 List two (2) recommendations made by the Womens Centre for Change to the Ministry of Education on how to help teachers in the classroom. (1 mark) QUESTION 13 The education system should move away from an over-emphasis on examinations and become more holistic in order to develop the students other potentials or talents.State two (2) ways the education system can develop the students other potentials or talents. (2 marks) Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 11 LG/OCT2008/BEL311 PART B indite (20 MARKS) QUESTION 1 You are a school counselor and you are asked to form a talk to a group of teachers. Based on these two articles vacate the Rod? and Caning Does More Harm Than Good, you have developed the following opinion about the issue Caning should not be allowed in schools directly Using the information from the two articles, import a speech of about ccc words to support your opinion.Include three main ideas with supporting details for your talk. (You must use information that you have gathered from practice session the two articles but marks lead be deducted if you copy sentences from the articles). In-text citations and proper recognition of references used must also be included. Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 12 LG/OCT 2008/BEL311 Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL 13 LG/OCT 2008/BEL311 END OF QUESTION PAPER Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL