Centre for Learning and Teaching

Centre Name: Centre for Learning and Teaching
Chairperson: Ms Er Pek Hoon, Winnie
Description of Centre: The Centre for Learning and Teaching aims to cultivate and promote research and scholarship in the area of Learning and Teaching. Its objectives are:
  • To act as a national and international centre of excellence in learning and teaching
  • To conduct research and scholarly activities related to learning and teaching.
  • To bridge research collaborations and consultancy services related to learning and teaching both nationally and internationally
  • To foster excellence and innovation in education both nationally and internationally.
The mission of CLT is the provision of a platform for research and scholarly activities and producing excellent researchers in the fields of learning and teaching across disciplines
Research Area:
  • Language usage in facebook, twitter and mobile phone
  • Enhancement of Reflective Practice with the Use of Microsoft One Note
  • Awareness of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Malaysia
  • Awareness of Safe, Effective and Responsible Use of ICT Among Higher-Education Students in Malaysia
  • Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Multimedia Computer Based Instruction in the Learning of English Syntax
  • Foreign language reading strategy use and gender differences
  • The Promotion of Autonomous English Language Learning for UTAR Students
  • Motivations of Police Volunteer Reserve (PVR) in Perak, Malaysia
  • Punishment and Intervention: The experiences of drug offenders in Bentong Prison, Pahang
  • A Qualitative Multiple-Case Study of University-Community Engagement by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
  • Nation building through literature: A case study of the Malaysian secondary school literature components
  • Exploring the Antecedents of Students’ Technology Use through UTAUT Model: An Online Survey
  • The Effect of Conceptualisable Agents on Passivisation Unaccusative Errors by Chinese ESL Learners
  • Speaking Anxiety C\construct among tertiary ESL (English as Second Language) learners in Malaysian Universities