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Department of Educational Foundations and Humanities
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling
Department of Educational Management, Planning and Policy
Department of Language and Literacy Education
Department of Mathematics and Science Education
Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology
Besides offering courses at the postgraduate level since its inception, the Faculty also conducts
undergraduate programmes. In 1989, the Faculty started its own undergraduate programme the Bachelor of
Education in the Teaching of English as a Second Language (B. Ed. TESL). The programme is being run in
collaboration with the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Other
degree programmes offered by the Faculty include the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education which
commenced in 1998 followed by the Bachelor of Counselling in 1997.
Besides the above programmes, the Faculty is also involved in joint programmes with other faculties.
Among these programmes is the Bachelor of Science with Education (B.Sc.Ed.). The programme was initiated
jointly with the Faculty of Science in 1975, to meet the great demand for science and mathematics teachers at
the upper secondary level. Another programme is the Bachelor of Islamic Education (B. Islamic Ed.) which was
introduced in 1982. This programme is conducted jointly with the Islamic Academy, University of Malaya, to
prepare teachers to teach Islamic Studies in schools. Other programmes are the Bachelor of Education
(Teaching of Tamil) conducted jointly with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Bachelor of Language
and Linguistics with Education (Chinese) conducted jointly with the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics.
Currently the Faculty offers the following undergraduate programmes:
1. Bachelor of Education (TESL)
2. Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
3. Bachelor of Counseling
The Faculty‟s role is not limited to teacher education only. Each Faculty member has his/her own area
of expertise in a particular field of education and many serve as advisers or consultants to the Ministry of
Education and various organisations. Some members of the Faculty work closely with overseas and
international agencies including the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, IBRD, RESCAM and RELC. All academic
staff members are actively involved in research and numerous papers and articles have been published in both
local and international journals. Research by faculty members is largely sponsored by grants from the University
or agencies from within and outside the country.
The Faculty of Education has embarked on a mission to enhance its role as a centre for higher
degrees in education. The Faculty aims to produce more postgraduate educators to meet the demands of a
dynamic education system. With the present academic staff strength of nearly 100 members compared to only
five in 1963, the Faculty can proudly claim to having a pool of talented expertise with the ability to make greater
contributions to development in the field of education.
The Faculty of Education has the largest number of postgraduate students pursuing either the Master
or PhD degrees at the University of Malaya. While most of these graduate students are Malaysians, there are
also postgraduate students who come from foreign countries like Algeria, Libya, Thailand, Brunei, Fiji, Sri Lanka,
the Cook Islands, Samoa, China, various African and other countries. With the presence of international
students, the exposure and training received is enriching as students are able to share their diverse experiences
and views.
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