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I am an academician, social worker, parent and grandparent.
This website will be used as a place to post information about me as well as my personal musings.
About
Professor Datuk Dr Rajendran Nagappan recently served as a Senior Consultant with the World Bank for a project on education for the East Asia Pacific. He is a retired Professor at Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), Tanjong Malim, Malaysia and formerly served as the Director General of the Unit for Socio-Economic Development of Indian Community (SEDIC) and Coordinator of Action Plan for Future of Tamil Schools at the Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia.
Prof Datuk Dr. N.S. Rajendran has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of AIMST University, Malaysia. He previously served as a University Senate member at UPSI and as the Director of the Aminudin Baki Centre for Global Studies at the university from March 2009 to February 2012. He is the former President and currently the Advisor of Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram (MHDM), a non-governmental organization serving the Hindu population of Malaysia.
Dr. N.S. Rajendran completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Educational Policy from the College of Education, Michigan State University (MSU) in 1998. His area of research was on the teaching of higher-order thinking skills in language classrooms. Prior to his position at the university, he served as the Assistant Director of the Curriculum Unit, Teacher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Malaysia focusing on research, planning and implementing various subject areas and the teaching of thinking skills at teacher education colleges in Malaysia. He has also taught at various teacher education colleges, secondary, and primary schools.
Dr. N.S. Rajendran has conducted various workshops and seminars for teachers and Ministry of Education officials on the teaching and learning, and teaching of higher-order thinking skills, both locally and in countries such as India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Myanmar. He has also conducted seminars and workshops to train teachers and Ministry of Education officials from Malaysia, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal in areas such as education, psychology, pedagogy, qualitative research methodology and teacher education.
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Tamil Schools/Education in Malaysia
Tamil Schools and Tamil Education in Malaysia have a history of dating back to more than 200 years ago. It was a historic moment when the Government in 2012 created a dedicated unit – Action Plan for the Future of Tamil Schools – at the Prime Minister’s Department address the various problems faced by these …
Meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary
Very pleased to share this photo which was taken in 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand with Sir Edmund Hillary during the International Conference on Thinking. During my recent visit to Kathmandu, Nepal, I bought and am currently reading his memoirs ‘Sir Edmund Hillary: View From The Summit’ – published on the 50th Anniversary of the …
Excerpts from a presentation made at PBD Panel Discussion in New Delhi in 2016
Excerpts from a presentation I made at the PBD Panel Discussion in 2016 in New Delhi organized by the Ministry of External Affairs. This Panel Discussion was chaired by Hon. Minister of External Affairs. PBD PANEL DISCUSSION 2016 DIASPORA: TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGING INNOVATION (Science & Technology, Education, Start-Up India) 30 JULY 2016 MINISTRY OF …
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