Lecturer
Degrees
- BA Primary Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2003
- MA Education, University Wales of Institute Cardiff, United Kingdom, 2005
Teaching areas in SHBIE
- Social Studies in Education (MTeach Primary Education)
- National Identity Education (MTeach ECEC)
Interests, expertise and current research areas
Dk Yusimah’s interests are in the teaching and learning of teacher candidates in primary education, student engagement, students’ interest and classroom management. Her expertise is in teaching and learning in primary education and social studies in primary education. Current research areas are evaluation of teacher candidates in teaching and learning and professional practice in schools.
Interested in supervising students in the following areas
- Teaching and learning strategies
- Primary Education
- Social Studies Education
- Student engagement
- Classroom management
Sample publications
Amjah, Y. (2014). A Study of Teachers’ Strategies to Develop Students’ Interest in Learning English as a Second Language. Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, Volume 134, 15 May 2014, Pages 188-192.
Amjah, Y., & Ishak, Z. (2014). An Exploratory Study on Students’ Engagement in Social Studies of Year 7- Global Conference on Business and Social Science at Kuala Lumpur 15-16 December 201. Journal of Management Research ISSN 1941-899X 2015, Vol. 7, No. 2.
Amjah, Y. (2017). Students’ learning in Social Studies in small class size. E-Proceeding of the 5th Global Summit on Education, e-ISBN: 978-967-0792-15-6. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia.
Mahari, Z., Jawawi, R., Hussain, S., Petra, N., Shamsu, L.S., & Amjah, Y. (2019). Implementing the Jigsaw Approach in the Teaching of Social Studies. Journal of Education and Learning 13(3), 425-430.