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From: Bala Pillai [mailto:bala@apic.net]
Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2005 10:02 AM
To: 'YW Yeoh ', sangkancil@lists.malaysia.net
Subject: Re: Prof. Jomo Sundram & Prof. Ibrahim Bajunid speaks on World-Class Universities
Rich,
Thanks for agreeing to ask questions on my behalf.
Please ask them these 4 questions:
1. There are lots of problems out here in Malaysia and our region. Default, problems are opportunities. And given that it is highly unlikely that we'd solve even half our problems in the next few generations, bearing in mind that new ones come as old ones are solved, there's really no practical limit to opportunities. Therefore no limit to amount of wealth we can generate except human capacity. The issue then is how fast we are able to create teams of entrepreneurs who pull together the will and brains to solve the lower hanging fruits of these problems.
Would you more agree or more disagree with this proposition that the issue is "how fast and how much we are able to pull together entrepreneurial 'teams' that same page? If you do, than the question is what can universities do to break the "you go to university and you become a bad businessman because you won't be able to takes risks" phenomena.
2. Would you more agree or more disagree that the single biggest problem (therefore the single biggest opportunity) we have in Malaysia and elsewhere is resistance to learning? A problem that beings other than humans don't seem to have.
3. Would you more agree or more disagree that most pertinent learning today is happening via proximate conversations rather than one-way courses? That learning is a social process. If so, shouldn't universities be lots more plugged into social learning ecosystems eg online orchestrated offline communities?
4. Asia minus Japan has not produced a single quantum invention since 1400 AD when before that it was responsible for the majority of them. What might the single biggest reason for this be? Is it possible that it might be the switch from objective perceptions to subjective perception? That is from expecting and perceiving roses, thorns and in-betweens to expecting roses and thus perceiving thorns?
Many thanks.
Look forward to hearing their and the attendees' response to it. More important than the answers is to have folks use these to come up with "what matters most of what matters".
cheers../bala
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Thanks Rich. I'll frame the questions.
Cheers../bala
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From: YW Yeoh [mailto:richieyeoh@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, 17 June 2005 4:54 PM
To: bala@apic.net
Subject: RE: [sangkancil] Prof. Jomo Sundram & Prof. Ibrahim Bajunid speaks on World-Class Universities
Yes Bala, I plan to. Send me your qs and I shall ask them
Cheers
Rich
Bala Pillai <bala@apic.net> wrote:
Richie,
Thanks for sending this on.
Are you going to this event?
Can you ask some questions on my behalf?
cheers../bala
Bala Pillai bala@apic.net
Knowledge Economy Brands-in-the-making (since 1995)
Knowledge Management + Social Networks + Citizen Journalism + Complementary Currency
See http://www.malaysia.net/bala-interview
http://www.malaysia.net http://www.tamil.net http://www.singapore.net http://www.indonesia.net
Some people make the world happen, more watch the world happen, most wonder what happened.
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From: YW Yeoh [mailto:richieyeoh@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, 17 June 2005 2:08 PM
To: Sangkancil SK
Subject: [sangkancil] Prof. Jomo Sundram & Prof. Ibrahim Bajunid speaks on World-Class Universities
Dianjur oleh Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia (PSSM)
Forum Awam
Ke Arah Universiti Bertaraf Dunia: Isu dan Cabaran
Sinopsis
Pendidikan tinggi negara kita sedang melalui satu persimpangan baru yang hebat. Di satu pihak terdapat tuntutan agar ia menjadi lebih kompetitif dengan mutu kecemerlangan yang tinggi agar
ia boleh mencapai "taraf dunia" dan "pusat kecemerlangan serantau". Di pihak lain, terdapat banyak faktor struktural dan lain-lain yang menghalang transformasi pendidikan tinggi negara kita ke arah cita-cita di atas. Forum ini bertujuan membincangkan persoalan ini secara mendalam untuk mengenalpasti kekuatan dan hambatan-hambatan pendidikan tinggi negara kita, membuat perbandingan dengan beberapa negara yang boleh dijadikan contoh, serta mengemukakan cadangan penyelesaian.
Forum ini selaras dengan misi PSSM untuk menumbangan kepada peningkatan kualiti pendidikan tinggi di Malaysia khsusnya di bidang sains sosial dan kemanusiaan. Perbincangannya akan dimanfaatkan untuk memantapkan lagi memorandum PSSM untuk penambahbaikan pendidikan tinggi negara kita.
Kedua-dua Prof. Jomo dan Prof Dato' Ibrahim Bajunid adalah totoh-tokoh tersohor dalam bidang pendidikan tinggi dan mempunyai pengalaman yang luas di dalam dan luar negara.
Kehadiran dan sumbangan idea saudara saudari di majlis ini amat dialu-alukan.
Panel : Prof. Dr. Jomo K. S.
Penolong Setiausaha Agung bagi Pembangunan Ekonomi, Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu.
(mantan Presiden PSSM)
Prof. Dato' Dr. Ibrahim Bajunid
Dekan, Fakulti Sains Sosial UNITAR
Ahli Jawatankuasa Mengkaji, Menyemak dan Membuat Perakuan
Tentang Perkembangan dan Hala Tuju Pendidikan Tinggi di Malaysia.
Tarikh : 18 Jun 2005 (Sabtu)
Masa : 10 pagi - 1 petang
Tempat : Dewan Kuliah, Tingkat 4, Menara DBP, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Jalan Dewan Bahasa, 50460 Kuala Lumpur (Simpang empat di hadapan Flat Loke Yew)
Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila hubungi pssmalaysia@yahoo.com atau 016-3489335 (Man)
