MPI Virtual ACCA Day
SPM Mathematics Online Exam Technique Workshop
Methodist Pilley Institute and ACCA Malaysia have jointly organized SPM Mathematics Online Exam Technique Workshop on 28 November 2020 (Saturday) from 8:00am to 11:00am. The workshop, approved by Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia and Jabatan Pendidikan negeri Sarawak (JPNS), was conducted by the former Excellent Mathematics Teacher of DG52 Madam Tan Beng Puai, she was also the Selangor State innovation teacher in year 2013 and has until now 31 years of teaching experience. Madam Tan is now senior assistant teacher of SMK Pulau Ketam.
The purpose of this online workshop is to allow the experienced mathematics teacher to share with SPM Form 5 students on her unique and effective exam technique, so the students can perform well in the coming SPM examination. The workshop was attended by about 130 teachers and PPD officers and over 3000 students from 67 schools from Sarawak and Sabah
Mr Hii King Kai, Principal of MPI in the welcoming speech emphasized that Mathematics is important, because the world runs on computers and all are connected via the digital networks, that’s why people need mathematical logic and computer programmes are basically mathematical logics. Mr Hii further elaborated, “That’s why we call computers “computers.” Most of the subjects that we take in schools are teaching us what to think, but it is Maths that trains you how to think. Many research have confirmed that learning Mathematics will make you a smarter person and be more productive in your work because you will be able to solve problems better. So when you improve on your mathematical logic, I strongly believe that your learning of the other subjects will also improve.”
The event was graced with the presence of Dr Les Met, Timbalan Pengarah (Sektor Pembelajaran) of Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Sarawak. Dr Les Met asked the students to ponder on the importance of the knowledge and skills of Mathematics for them in future, “What will happen to our students if they cannot do well in Mathematics? What will happen to our economy, technology and the development of our state and nation, which will very much depend on our mathematical knowledge and skill? At the moment, we are actually struggling to get more students to enroll in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). We hope that whatever activities we do, be it competition, quiz or workshop can improve the performance of our students in Mathematics.”
Dr Les Met stated that Mathematics is no longer simple and solitary subject, in and of itself, but rather it is an integration into multiple aspect of everyday life in the 21st. Now critical and creative thinking are the fundamental skills for the future, these can be learned through Mathematics so that’s why Mathematics is so important. Dr Les shared, “In schools, students need to learn Mathematics, if you want to be good in Mathematics, you have to like mathematics. After all, it is part of our curriculum. If you love and enjoy doing Mathematics, I believe you will prosper and you will get good results and do well in Mathematics. To our teachers, when we teach our students, we have to do it with our heart and mind, then we will be able to get it done handsomely and definitely we will be able to have our students performed better in Mathematics. Moreover, teaching Mathematics also need creativity, which I believe that our teachers have the skills and knowledge to do that.”
Dr Les Met explained with a few examples of why Mathematics is so important in our daily lives. Number one, Mathematics is good for our brains as the brains have billions o neuron cells, which needs to be activated every day, every second, and if we are to activate those neurons, we need Mathematics. At the same time, Mathematics help us with our finance, many people in the world are facing problems with money, that’s why the finance literacy is incorporated in the KSSR as early as in year 1, to ensure that our students learn Mathematics and financial knowledge together, so that they will be able to address their financial problems in their future. Besides, if people are good at Mathematics, they have greater career options, every career actually needs Mathematics, be it in the field of finance, business, science and technology, and Medicine, all need Mathematics. Last but not least, Mathematics helps us understand the world – the place that we live better, predict the future, and can be used to understand the entire universe. Dr Les Met quoted from a book written by Steven Hawking, scientist and physicist, “Using Mathematical theory, he can predict how to survive in the future, he even asks big questions, for instance, is time travel possible? Should we colonize space? Will we survive on earth, so those are the big questions asked by Steven Hawking in the book “Brief Answers to Big Questions. So it is all about Mathematics.”
毕理学院线上ACCA日
SPM数学线上工作坊
卫理毕理学院和英国特许公认会计师公会（ACCA）马来西亚分部在2020年11月28日（星期六）上午八点至上午十一点联合举办SPM数学线上考试技巧工作坊。 该工作坊获得马来西亚教育部（MoE）和砂拉越教育部（JPNS）的批准，工作坊由杰出数学老师陈明贝女士线上讲演，她也是2013年雪兰莪州的创新老师（Innovation teacher）。现在已有31年的教学经验。 陈明贝老师现在是SMK Pulau Ketam的副校长。
该线上工作坊的目的是让经验丰富的数学陈明贝老师SP中五的学生分享其独特而有效的应付SPM数学考试技巧，使学生在即将举行的SPM数学考试中表现出色。来自砂拉越和沙巴的67所学校的约130名教师和教育厅代表以及3000多名学生参加了工作坊。
卫理毕理学院院长许钧凯先生致辞：
学习数学对每一个人都重要。计算机的应用对整个世界的运作扮演越来越重要的角色，并且我们都通过数码网络连系在一起，这一切应用的是数学逻辑。计算机程序基本上是数学逻辑。这就是为什么我们称计算机为“计算机”。我们在学校修读的大多数科目都在教我们如何思考，但是数学训练了您如何思考。许多研究已经证实，学习数学可以使您变得更聪明，工作效率更高，因为您将能够更好地解决问题。因此，当您提升您的数学逻辑时，我坚信您对其他学科的学习也会有所改善。
砂拉越教育部（Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Sarawak）的副总监（Timbalan Pengarah）（学术组Sektor Pembelajaran）的Les Met博士致辞：
数学的知识和技能对我们的学生的未来极重要。首先让我向学生和老师们提出几个问题。第一，如果我们的学生在数学科上表现不好，会对他们的未来有什么影响？第二，会对我们的经济，技术以及国家和民族的发展有什么影响？ 未来的发展在很大程度上取决于我们的数学知识和技能，所以目前，我们实际上正在努力鼓励更多的学生参加STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）。我们希望无论我们做什么活动，无论是比赛或跟数学有关的任何活动，都可以提高学生在数学方面的表现。
为什么数学这么重要？现在，数学本身已不再是一个简单和单独的学科，它已经融合到21世纪日常生活中，这包括从科技的应用到支付生活费用的锁碎事物中。现在，批判性和创造性思维是未来生存的基本技能，这些可以通过学习数学而得到这些知识，这就是为什么数学如此重要的原因。对于我们的学生和我们的年轻一代，他们必须拥有数学的基本技能。在学校中，如果学生想了解数学，学习数学，精通数学，那他必须喜欢数学。毕竟，它是我们课程的最重要的一部分。如果您热爱并喜欢做数学，我相信您在学业上会蒸蒸日上，并且在各方面取得不错的成绩和出色的表现。
对于我们的老师来说，当我们教学生时，我们必须全心全意投入教育的工作。数学教学也需要创意，我相信我们的老师具有做到这一点的技巧和知识。但是我们必须用心思去做，这样我们才能做得好，这样绝就可以帮助我们的学生在数学上表现更好。现在，让我与您分享一些关于数学在我们的日常生活中的重要性。
第一，数学对我们的大脑有益。我们的大脑有数十亿个神经元细胞，它们需要每天，每秒被激活，如果我们要激活这些神经元，我们需要数学。 在日常生活中我们实际上是在使用数学来激活我们大脑中的神经元。同时，数学帮助我们改善了财务状况，我们当中许多人都面临着金钱问题，这就是为什么我们早在一年级就将金融知识纳入我们的KSSR，以确保我们的学生提早学习数学和金融知识，以便他们将来能够解决自己的财务问题。数学还将帮助我们解决许多日常生活中的问题。此外，如果您擅长数学，我们有更多的职业选择，每个职业实际上都需要数学，无论是在金融，商业，科学技术和医学领域。这就是为什么数学如此重要。数学对于更好地了解我们所生活的世界是至关重要的。由科学家和物理学家史蒂芬·霍金（Steven Hawking）撰写的一本书，运用数学理论可以预测未来的生存方式，他甚至还提出了一些大问题，例如时空旅行是否可能？我们可以殖民外太空吗？我们将在地球上生存吗？所有这些都是史蒂文·霍金在《大问题的简要答案》一书中提出的主要问题。如何使用数学来预测未来，以及如何使用它来理解整个宇宙，这就是数学在我们的日常生活和我们的未来中如此重要的原因。