Prof. Dr. Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini A/p A Daniel
Department Of Mathematics And Science Education
Faculty Of Education
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Prof. Dr. Esther Daniel
Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya
Area of Expertise & Background
Science Education (Biology); Environmental Education; Medical Education; Integrating Technology in Teaching; Learning and Cognition; Pedagogies
Esther is attached to the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya. She has been a teacher educator for more than two decades. Previous to that she was a science teacher in premier schools such as Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak, Seremban, the Malay College Kuala Kangsar and Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Ipoh. Her area of expertise and background is in science education, environmental education, technology integration in the science classroom and learning and cognition and has conducted numerous training workshops and seminars related to research, pedagogies and has been a Master trainer for new lecturers in institutions of Higher Learning. Her research has focused on science education, in particular biology and environmental education. Numerous students under her supervision have successfully completed their postgraduate studies. She has worked with WWF-Malaysia in conducting in-depth research and in training teachers in infusing sustainable development education. She has published papers in journals as well as presented at various conferences both local and International. She has written numerous training modules for the teaching and learning of Science and for Environmental Education. More recently she has also been involved in Medical Education with a focus on the cognition of learning. Her latest book is entitled ‘Biology Education in a Changing Planet’. In 2016, Esther received the UNESCO-HAMDAN international award for the effective training of teachers in Paris from the Director General of UNESCO on October 5th 2016, which is the day designated as World Teachers’ Day. More recently (2017), she received the Venus International Women’s Award (VIWA) for a ‘Lifetime Achievement in Science Education (Specialisation-Biology). She is presently the chair of the National Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) Eco-Campus Committee.
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| PG086-2013A |
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| RP004B-13SBS |
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| CG058-2013 |
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Student centred or teacher centred learning environments: Wither Self-Directed learning?
Bilingualism and Multilingualism in Secondary Education in Malaysia
Curriculum in Domestic Higher Education in Malaysia
Exploring predictor variables of medical students performance in the Exit Examination
Biology Education and a changing planet
A Teacher's Guide to using the Science Environmental Education Kit.
Go Green
Kognisi: Teori dan Penyelidikan dalam Pendidikan Sains (Cognition: Theory and Research in Science Education).
How Grows the Creative Garden? Physics Students First Encounter With BE-Brainstorming (in UMPress)
Be it Elementary or Tertiary Level of Biology that we Teach, We need TPACK
Passive Recipients to Active Participants (A Case Study University of Malaya, Malaysia).
Development And Administration of a Two-Tier Diagnostic Test to Investigate Students Coherent Understanding of the Movement of Substances across the Plasma Membrane