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Malaysia
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Shahida Abdul-Samad (Ms)
Director Noble
Integrated Childhood Education

Focal Point for LVE
 
malaysia@livingvalues.net 
Phone: +603-5630 0800
Fax: +603-5630 0570
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Current Status 2009
Malaysia’s Focal Point for LVE, Mrs. Shahida Abdul-Samad reports a busy 2009 for the Living Values Team there.  They have conducted four LVE Educator Trainings and one TTT covering both East (Borneo) and West Malaysia. 321 preschool teachers and assistant teachers successfully attended the workshops in the states of Perak, Kelantan, Pulau Pinang and Sarawak.  These trainings are part of an effort to train all preschool teachers from the Unity Kindergartens so that preschoolers and their teachers can benefit from a conducive and positive learning environment.  Similar workshops were conducted in 2006 and 2007 in the state of Negeri Sembilan and in Kuala Lumpur key teacher trainers were selected to attend the program.  

In April 2009, LVEP Malaysia took part in the National Values Education Conference in Canberra Australia.  Shahida was invited to conduct two workshops at the conference where participants were able to get a flavor of LVEP and the process of the trainings that we conduct.

In November 2009,  LVEP Malaysia assisted our sister organization, LVEP Indonesia, in conducting the LVEP Train the Trainer workshop for representatives from NGOs from all over Indonesia.

In 2010 we plan to deepen our existing efforts with the kindergartens by emphasizing the importance of implementing as many values activities as possible as well as educating parents about the program.

Before LVEP, I hated myself & my life.  I never felt appreciated. After practicing the skills I learnt, my life is now calm and peaceful. I am happier & grateful for what I have – my family, my career & my friends. I now share this LVEP knowledge when I conduct trainings.  I am touched by the stories I hear. I now realize how beautiful life is! Let’s not destroy it.
Besides being teacher trainer I also work closely with the community especially the Jiran Wanita as well as the police. At one of my training session, I applied the techniques I learnt from LVEP and the person most impressed by my approach in introducing values, was the Bilal of the local mosque. Being a non-muslim, I felt so inspired that this program can transgress racial and religious beliefs and can bring us to see the good in all humankind. The women in the community are asking for more values courses.

My father has always told his children that we must all give something back to our country which has given us so much. I never knew what it was or how I was going to do it - until I attended the LVEP TTT program. I realized that this is what my father told me and I have volunteered myself to become a LVEP trainer.
As the director of the State of Johor and now the State of Penang, I was pleasantly surprised by the change that was brought about my two teacher trainers who attended the LVEP training conducted by Shahida.  Not only did they both win the 1st and 3rd prize at the  National Level for the best kindergarten in Malaysia but just going and visiting their kindergartens is truly an living example of peace and love and a teacher who unconsciously  has created it through her positive role model and skills acquired at this program.
I have a boy in my class who never used to communicate due to his mother tongue being Thai.  That was a problem I didn’t know how to manage. I tried different approaches but it didn’t work. After attending LVEP, I started practicing “Positive Behavior Building Skills” and using “Praise” as techniques to bring about the change in him. Now he is a confident little boy who wants to learn & communicates well.

I used to be a very strict person and I wouldn’t hesitate to met out severe punishment and instill fear in others – this was how I would control my class and my life. After LVEP, I have come to realize the loving and caring nature in myself. I like being that way. I also created the “LUVRS garland” in my class to acknowledge the positive qualities of the children. Even my husband can’t believe the NEW me is here to stay!!

 

It was a challenge for me as a teacher to ensure that there was enough students in my tabika and to meet the necessary requirements of the Department. After attending LVEP and applying the tools and skills I have learnt, there has been a change in the environment in my tabika - the children, parents and the teachers can feel it and see it. The impact – the enrolment in my tabika has increased!!
Even though my involvement in this program has been that of a coordinator, I have learnt new ways. I have practiced LVEP at the office and my colleagues are surprised at the change in me. At home, I have started Circle Time with my family. We do this as a ritual every night. Everyone shares their positive feelings about their day. This type of communication has enriched my life as a mother and I feel more genuine as a human being.


Presentation of the "Living Values Young Adults" book to Her Royal Highness Tuanku Najinah Bte. Tunku Besar Burhannudin!

Presentation of the "Living Values Young Adults" book to Her Royal Highness Tuanku Najinah Bte. Tunku Besar Burhannudin in celebration of Women's Day, 24th August 2001 at Women's Institute of Management, Malaysia.

Background

Living Values Education in Malaysia (LVE) is in its 7th year of implementation. Since its representation at the veryfirst Living Values Educational Initiative Train-the-Trainer session in 1997 at the Global Retreat Centre in Oxford, England, the Malaysian team has never looked back!

In Malaysia, Noble Integrated Childhood Education (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (NICE) is the national representative for Living Values Education in Malaysia. It is headed by Ms. Shahida Abdul-Samad who also assists in LVEP activities in the region of South East Asia. NICE is an Institution of Higher Learning accredited by the Ministry of Education Malaysia and the Selangor State Department of Education.

This collaborative effort between LVEP and NICE, is our response to the call of our Minister of Education in 1994, the Honorable Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak, to do "something" for our future generations:

"Seeing that we have slightly more than five years left before the 21st Century, we certainly have a lot of work ahead of us. We believe that it is our duty and responsibility of our present generation to do something for our future generations. We would have failed in our endeavours if we do not respond positively to this call of duty." 

Forum on Future Generations
August 1994
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Listed below in reverse chronological order are some
of our accomplishments over the past seven years:
In 2003 there were many LVEP trainings and programs:
In June 2002, Ruth Liddle (LVEP Coordinator, South Korea, and international LVEP trainer) led a number of LVEP programs in West Malaysia:

In June 2001, there was a presentation to Assunta Primary Schools (1) & (2), Selangor at Parent-Teacher AGM and Staff Development Session, March 24 & 31, 2001.
Certificates of Appreciation 
A number of certificates of appreciation have been given by various organizations. Kindly click on certificate for enlarged view.




International Training 

Participants at "Values Education: Principles and Practice - The Living Values Model" Participants at "Values Education: Principles and Practice - The Living Values Model" : a Seminar and Train-the-Trainer held by  LVE and the Beijing Institute of Education in Beijing, China  from 10th to 14th August 2001

Shahida Abdul-Samad of Malaysia jointly conducted this Seminar in Beijing. Living Values has a core group of LVE trainers that travel around the world to conduct Training programs.

Shahida Abdul Samad of Malaysia is the regional representative of the Living Values Education (LVE). She comes with an impressive international background in values training having worked with some of the world's largest multinational corporations such as Exxon Mobil Corporation and USA Today. She was instrumental in implementing the Vision and Values Program for Exxon Mobil Companies in Malaysia and implemented quality initiatives which brought about cost efficiencies and increased productivity in the organization.

In the last 5 years, she has trained numerous educators and policy makers in the Living Values Education (LVE) worldwide. She has shared her knowledge and expertise with educators and policy makers in implementing values-based educational systems in Singapore (Association for Early Childhood Educators), Lebanon (at UNESCO's Arab Regional Seminar in Beirut on Quality Based Education), France (at UNESCO's International Workshop on Integrating Values in Early Childhood Programs) and more recently in Beijing (at the Beijing Institute of Education). 
 
Shahida also heads IQRA International Institute in Malaysia, a college of higher learning that stresses on values-based educational approaches. She sits on the Board of Directors of 3OPP, a local manufacturer and supplier of I.T. and telecommunication equipment. She obtained both her B.Sc. (Finance) and M.B.A. and graduated with Distinction from University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A. She was recently accepted by Oxford University, U.K. to pursue her post-graduate work in values-based education.

Number of Sites Using Living Values Education 
Total number of sites  80 

Impact 

Feedback and Comments from Teachers who have attended a TTE or TTT 

Living Values Making Headlines in Malaysia!!