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Transformative Robotic Education for the Realization of Malaysia National Philosophy of Education

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Intelligent Robotics Systems: Inspiring the NEXT (FIRA 2013)

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Rapid advancement in technology has called for the needs on training students to be creative and innovative as well as possess high quality problem solving skills in meeting the demand and enhancing quality of life in the 21st century. This paper reveals that robotic education has the potential to become an effective teaching tool focuses on enhancing students’ understanding and hands-on experience towards scientific subjects as well as to enhance their physical, emotion, spiritual and social developments. In this paper, we propose a holistic robotic education support program, namely the Transformative Robotic Education (Trans-RoE), which aspires to fulfill the Malaysia National Philosophy of Education in line with the implementation of Secondary School Standard Curriculum (KSSM), and to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in line with Malaysia’s national vision to produce highly skilled workers to meet the demand of the 21st Century. It is hoped that this program will spearhead the formal training of robotic education in the Malaysia educational system for the long term benefits of the nation.

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  1. Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Sau Cheong Loh & Yoke Kit Lim

  2. Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Chu Kiong Loo

  3. Hong Qin Sdn Bhd, 12-2 Street Wing, Sunsuria Avenue Kota Damansara, 47810, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

    Hock Chuan Loh

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  1. Center for Artificial Intelligence Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Khairuddin Omar  & Mohammad Faidzul Nasrudin  & 

  2. Center for Artificial Intelligence Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Md Jan Nordin

  3. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat

  4. Center for Artificial Intelligence Technology (CAIT), Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM, Bangi, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

    Anton Satria Prabuwono  & Siti Norul Huda Sheikh Abdullah  & 

  5. Autonomous Agents Lab, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Jacky Baltes

  6. Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO), Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Shamsudin Mohd Amin

  7. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor

    Wan Zuha Wan Hassan

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Loh, S.C., Loo, C.K., Loh, H.C., Lim, Y.K. (2013). Transformative Robotic Education for the Realization of Malaysia National Philosophy of Education. In: Omar, K., et al. Intelligent Robotics Systems: Inspiring the NEXT. FIRA 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 376. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40409-2_35

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