In reply to En. Pathmanathan K. Suppiah's comments in Aktiviti Kokurikulum di Sekolah,
Every child has the fundamental rights to participate in physical activities, be it organised or otherwise. Undoubtedly PE is the cornerstone for introducing various sports and games. Apart from such structured medium, unstructured physical activities too contribute towards encouraging the child into long term involvement into sports. Empirical evidence has shown that elite athletes benefited from participating in such activities early in their career. Activities in peer-led play and modified games (e.g., street football, backyard badminton) have been found to influence the transfer of certain sport-related skills (e.g. recognition of pattern-of-play and decision-making). Perhaps the most compelling benefit from such informal activities is the inculcation of intrinsic motivation to participate in sport from young.
Children often organised such impromptu activities among themselves after school hours or during holidays and often use their school fields and courts (are there any public fields left in the neighbourhood?). Remember the heydays when Malaysia won the Thomas Cup, every child will be playing badminton in their backyard, likewise when we made the semifinals of the hockey World Cup, or when we won the Merdeka cup (beating South Korea!). Every school going children will try to emulate their heroes, the comments heard in between classes and during recess will put pundits to shame. Alas, those cherished memories.
Merely depending on organised physical activities (i.e., PE and co-curricular) will not solve the problem of declining interest (and standard?) in sport among children. The current practice and belief is 'catch 'em young' which translates to specialising in one sport at an early age, which most of the time eliminates the 'fun' out of participating in sport. Participation in the unstructured childhood-organised playful activities provides a more economical path towards excellence in sport.
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Aktiviti Kokurikulum di Sekolah
Salam Satu Malaysia,
TPM selaku Menteri Pelajaran Malaysia telah menyatakan bahawa aktiviti sukan di sekolah-sekolah akan dirombak tahun hadapan. Petikan dari The Star disertakan di bawah.
Kenyataan seperti ini telah kita dengar dan baca berulang kali. Idea yang baik dan bernas tetapi tidak ada tindakan. Kini, kebanyakkan sekolah dalam proses menghabiskan Sukan Tahunan secepat mungkin. Ada sekolah yang telah mengadakan sukan tahunan pada bulan Februari Alasan yang sering diberi adalah utntuk memberi lebih masa untuk persediaan akademik.
Pada pendapat saya, aktiviti kokurikulum (bukan sukan sahaja) perlu diadakan sepanjang tahun supaya terdapat keseimbangan dalam membina insan yang harmonis. Kita membina insan. Ini perlu dilakukan secara berterusan. Kita tidak boleh membina satu bahagian dahulu dan ganti dengan bahagian lain (membina rumah bolehlah).
Kita sebagai guru/pendidik yang telah mempelajari psikologi kanak-kanak seharusnya menasihati individu yang bukan guru tentang keprluan kanak-kanak. Malangnya kebanyakan guru terlupa tentang prinsip-prinsip psikologi yang telah dipelajari dan ikut kehendak orang yang 'tidak tahu' tentang perkembangan dan pertumbuhan kanak-kanak. Ini telah mengakibatkan kanak-kanak hari ini mengejar 'A' dan bukan pingat.
We are the experts so why let others control us. Saya sangat berharap agar saudara/saudari memberi komen. Anda tidak semestinya bersetuju dengan saya mahupun dengan kenyataan TPM asalkan komen anda adalah komen profesional.
'Guru Pembina Insan yang Harmonis'
Salam
Sunday February 21, 2010
Revamp of sports activities in schools next year
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will take a major step to revamp sports activites in schools by next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the sports activities in schools now last for only the first few months.
“There is no sport activities in the second half of the year because of examinations. We want to revamp it by having sports activities during the school holidays,” said Muhyiddin after giving away Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100PLUS awards in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister added that the best way to get children involved in sports is through schools.
“More qualified sports teachers should be enrol to help develop sports in school.
“Schools also need all types of sports facilities like fields, halls (for indoor sports) and other infrastructure to help develop sports among schoolchildren.
“I will suggest to the government to pump in more money in the 10th Malaysian Plan (2011-2015) to have more fields and halls for school children.
“We need a bigger budget for the next five years to develop sports in every school to produce top class athletes,” said Muhyiddin.
Muhyiddin said that he would make sure all the 11 sports which were dropped from the national schools (MSSM) championships calendar this year because of financial woes would be carried out in the next few months.
TPM selaku Menteri Pelajaran Malaysia telah menyatakan bahawa aktiviti sukan di sekolah-sekolah akan dirombak tahun hadapan. Petikan dari The Star disertakan di bawah.
Kenyataan seperti ini telah kita dengar dan baca berulang kali. Idea yang baik dan bernas tetapi tidak ada tindakan. Kini, kebanyakkan sekolah dalam proses menghabiskan Sukan Tahunan secepat mungkin. Ada sekolah yang telah mengadakan sukan tahunan pada bulan Februari Alasan yang sering diberi adalah utntuk memberi lebih masa untuk persediaan akademik.
Pada pendapat saya, aktiviti kokurikulum (bukan sukan sahaja) perlu diadakan sepanjang tahun supaya terdapat keseimbangan dalam membina insan yang harmonis. Kita membina insan. Ini perlu dilakukan secara berterusan. Kita tidak boleh membina satu bahagian dahulu dan ganti dengan bahagian lain (membina rumah bolehlah).
Kita sebagai guru/pendidik yang telah mempelajari psikologi kanak-kanak seharusnya menasihati individu yang bukan guru tentang keprluan kanak-kanak. Malangnya kebanyakan guru terlupa tentang prinsip-prinsip psikologi yang telah dipelajari dan ikut kehendak orang yang 'tidak tahu' tentang perkembangan dan pertumbuhan kanak-kanak. Ini telah mengakibatkan kanak-kanak hari ini mengejar 'A' dan bukan pingat.
We are the experts so why let others control us. Saya sangat berharap agar saudara/saudari memberi komen. Anda tidak semestinya bersetuju dengan saya mahupun dengan kenyataan TPM asalkan komen anda adalah komen profesional.
'Guru Pembina Insan yang Harmonis'
Salam
Sunday February 21, 2010
Revamp of sports activities in schools next year
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will take a major step to revamp sports activites in schools by next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that the sports activities in schools now last for only the first few months.
“There is no sport activities in the second half of the year because of examinations. We want to revamp it by having sports activities during the school holidays,” said Muhyiddin after giving away Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM)-100PLUS awards in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister added that the best way to get children involved in sports is through schools.
“More qualified sports teachers should be enrol to help develop sports in school.
“Schools also need all types of sports facilities like fields, halls (for indoor sports) and other infrastructure to help develop sports among schoolchildren.
“I will suggest to the government to pump in more money in the 10th Malaysian Plan (2011-2015) to have more fields and halls for school children.
“We need a bigger budget for the next five years to develop sports in every school to produce top class athletes,” said Muhyiddin.
Muhyiddin said that he would make sure all the 11 sports which were dropped from the national schools (MSSM) championships calendar this year because of financial woes would be carried out in the next few months.
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