Author name: sulaimanh

Suhailah Hussien graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences, majoring in Philosophy from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 1996, then completed her Diploma in Education majoring in English Language and Islamic Studies at the same university in the following year. She won the Best Student Award for English Language specialization. She secured a teaching position at the Department of Education, IIUM in 1998, and pursued her Master of Education in the area of Social Foundations at IIUM. She completed her Master’s in 2000 and wrote her thesis on the Teaching of Thinking in the Malaysian context.Part of her thesis was later published in a book, which was co authored with Prof. Dr. Rosnani Hashim, and became a reference for the Teaching of Thinking in Malaysia. After teaching for two years in the Department of Education, she pursued her Ph.D (Education) in the area of Philosophy of Education, specializing in Critical Pedagogy, in 2002, at the University of Sheffield, UK. She graduated in 2006 and came back to Malaysia to serve the Department of Education.She is a registered and active member of the Philosophy of Education Society, Great Britain (PESGB), the International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), and the Qualitative Research Methods Association of Malaysia (QRAM).Currently, Dr. Suhailah Hussien is an Associate Professor and the Director, Centre for Teaching Thinking (CTT) at the Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM since 2013. CTT was formerly known as the Centre for Philosophical Inquiry in Education (CPIE), and is responsible for the training of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) and inquiry skills among teachers, professionals and students at various levels. She is also acknowledged for her expertise in Thinking and HOTS, and is one of the team members involved in the development of teaching HOTS for the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Malaysia.

Nor Alias a Professor of Instructional Technology and currently an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia. I graduated with a B Sc Physics and M Sc Physics from Indiana University, Bloomington and later pursued a Graduate Certificate in Open and Distance Learning (USQ, Australia) before my doctoral study in online learning. My current research interest and activities are in the field of e-learning, open distance learning, learning design and design and development research(DDR). I have been awarded the Edu Tech Leadership Award (Higher Education) in 2019 and have recently been acknowledged as one of the Academic Icons by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (in conjunction with the National Academia Day).

Bekas Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Pendidikan Malaysia Dr. Norisah merupakan lulusan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sastera (Kepujian) 1987 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia sebelum meneruskan Diploma Pendidikan pada 1988 di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA). Seterusnya, beliau mengambil Sarjana Pendidikan (Curriculum Instruction) 1996 di University of Houston, Texas di Amerika Syarikat, seterusnya mendapatkan ‘National Professional Qualifications for School Headship’ (NPQH) Institut Aminuddin Baki (2000) dan akhirnya mengambil Ijazah Kedoktoran (Kurikulum) 2008 di Universiti Islam Malaysia. Beliau bermula sebagai seorang guru aademik pada 1989 di SMB St. Joseph, Kuching (1989-1995), kemudian dilantik sebagai Penolong Kanan (HEM) Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah (1997-2000) dan Penolong Kanan (HEM) SMK St Teresa, Kuching (2000-2003). Kerjaya beliau diteruskan sebagai guru akademik di SMK Petra Jaya (2008) sebelum diangkat sebagai Pengetua SMK Pusa, Betong (2008-2012), diikuti Pengetua Sekolah Menengah Sains Kuching Utara (2013-2020). Pada 7 Disember 2020, beliau dilantik untuk memegang portfolio sebagai Pengarah Pendidikan Sarawak dan Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Pendidikan Malaysia Sektor Operasi Sekolah, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia pada 1 Mac 2022 sebelum bersara wajib.