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Zuwati Hasim

Associate Professor

Department of Language & Literacy Education, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, WP,

Malaysia

Email: zuwati_hasim@um.edu.my

Zuwati Hasim is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Waikato, New Zealand, with a research focus on understanding ESL writing and its assessment practice through the sociocultural lens. She was formerly a Deputy Director at the Centre for Civilisational Dialogue, University Malaya (UMCCD) during which she managed programmes in collaboration with the agencies and institutions in building understandings (through dialogues) of certain topics of discussions along with the themes found in the UN/UNESCO International Days. Upon completion of her tenure at the UMCCD, she was then appointed as the Deputy Director at the International Institute of Public Policy & Management (INPUMA), Universiti Malaya where she managed the Master of Public Policy (MPP) programme, organized evaluation and training programmes, and developed collaborations with local and international agencies. Among the programmes managed were the Malaysia Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MPP Outbound Programme, and Education Policy Lab.

In the field of research, she has led several national research projects such a Bullying Phenomena Among Malaysian Students (lead consultant to MOHE & MOE), Evaluation of School-Based Assessment (funded by MOE), Digital Resiliency & Cyberbullying (funded by MBPJ and UM), and Community English Support System (funded by MOE under IIRG). She has also collaborated in a few research projects funded by the government agencies such as MCMC (Click Wisely Project) and MPC (Behavioral Insights Research Project). Recently, she has been appointed as a research coordinator by an international organization, Education International, for a Teacher-Led Learning Circles Project - Looking into Formative Assessment Practice.

Her research interests include language assessment, action research, pedagogy, teacher education, reflective practice, higher education and school-based assessment. Among her book publications are Barnard & Hasim (Eds.) (2018) English Medium Instruction: Perspectives from Southeast Asian Universities published by Routledge and Hasim & Barnard (Eds.) (2017) Pedagogical Research Practices in Higher Learning Institutions in Malaysia by UMPress.  For both publications and research, she has collaborated with academics, locally and internationally. She is also actively involved with community projects where her interest is to share knowledge and to bring about positive social change in practice and perspectives of the communities.

To add, she is actively involved with activities celebrated by UNESCO in which she was a programme director for the Celebration of UNESCO World Teachers’ Day 2017 through 2019 (Malaysia chapter), funded by the Malaysia National Commission for UNESCO and Education International. Some of her completed UNESCO projects were documented in Hasim & Chang (2016) Narratives of Intercultural Relationships & Understanding. In 2019, she was given the honor to coordinate inaugural Academia Day Celebration (National Level), hosted by the Malaysia Ministry of Education/Ministry of Higher Education & the University of Malaya. As part of the community contribution, she is actively participating in the Parent-Teacher-School and Community associated programmes.

For international network and recognition, she was invited as a guest researcher and a visiting scholar at the University of Muenster, Germany in 2017 and appointed as a visiting lecturer at the Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia in 2022.

Media 1: Waikato Success Story http://www.waikato.ac.nz/study/success-stories/zuwati-hasim

Media 2: Harian Metro http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/165971

Media 3: News Straits Times https://www.nst.com.my/education/2017/11/303417/assessment-bridge-between-teaching-and-learning

Media 4: GPS Bestari http://www.gpsbestari.com/berita/keperluan-kajian-lanjut-dan-perubahan-pendidikan-sekolah-untuk-perhatian-menteri-pendidikan-malaysia-1.841430

Media 5: The Star https://www.thestar.com.my/news/education/2019/04/28/consult-all-parties-before-taking-action/

Publication Highlight 1: https://www.routledge.com/English-Medium-Instruction-Programmes-Perspectives-from-South-East-Asian/Barnard-Hasim/p/book/9781138226470

Publication Highlight 2: http://www.umpress.com.my/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=672

Publication Highlight 3: http://www.kedai-buku.com/kedai-buku/details/4682/150/kamus--&-bahasa/english/um-the-art-of-teaching-english--a-resource-book.html