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16 Julai 2010/ 4 Syaaban 1431
Siri 14 / 97 / 597
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Forum Matematik diterbitkan setiap Jumaat oleh Jabatan Matematik, Fakulti Sains, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Berita
1.
Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan dan Penghargaan UTM 2009 (Citra
Karisma 2009). Tahniah diucapkan kepada semua staf yang telah
dikurniakan anugerah pada majlis yang telah diadakan pada 15
Julai 2010 (Khamis), Dewan Sultan Iskandar UTM Skudai.. Staf
jabatan yang telah mendapat anugerah adalah seperti berikut :
Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang
i.
Dr. Fadhilah Yusof
ii. PM Dr. Nor’aini Aris
iii. Dr. Nor Muhainiah Mohd Ali
iv. Dr. Zaitul Marlizawati Zainuddin
v. Prof. Dr. Zuhaimuy Ismail
vi. PM Dr. Muhammad Hisyam Lee (Pejabat TNC (P&I))
vii. Dr. Shariffah Suhaila Syed Jamaludin (staf cuti belajar)
2.
Lantikan. Dr. Sharidan Shafie dan En. Ismail Kamis telah dilantik
untuk menyediakan soalan dan skema serta memeriksa skrip
jawapan Peperiksaan Akhir Program Kerjasama Semester III Sesi
2009/2010.
3.
Lanjutan Tempoh Cuti Belajar.
i.
Pn. Amidora Idris : 9 Julai 2010 hingga 8 Januari 2011
ii.
Cik Zuhaila Ismail : 4 Oktober 2010 hingga 3 April 2011
4.
Pelantikan Sebagai Ahli Taskforce Kursus Matematik Program
Kejuruteraan. Prof. Dr. Mohd Nor Mohamad telah dilantik sebagai
ahli Taskforce berkuatkuasa mulai 28 Jun 2010 sehingga 30 Jun
2012.
5.
Appoinment As Visiting Professor.
i.
Prof. Dr. Motohico Mulase (25 July – 8 August 2010)
Mathematics Department, University of California
Related studies : Applied Analysis & Mathematics
ii.
Dr. Kamel Bentahar (18 July -14 August 2010)
Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied Mathematics
(OCCAM) Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK
Related studies : Mathematics
6.
Application for UTM Zamalah Scholarships (Local Students) is
already opened. Please visit http://sps.utm.my/ and click on UTM
Postgraduate Scholarship 2010 for the application form. UTM is
allocating RM10 mill to give to 300 local PhD students that register
this year until August 2010. Scholarship will cover their tuition
fees for one year AND allowance of RM2500/month.
Note that this is opened only for PhD students. Please let your
students/friends who have not registered to do it ASAP and apply
for this scholarship.
7.
Taklimat Permohonan Peperiksaan Perkhidmatan Staf Secara
Online. Dimaklumkan bahawa Pejabat Pendaftar (Bahagian
Pengurusan Modal Insan) Seksyen Perkhidmatan akan
mengadakan Taklimat tersebut kepada semua staf bagi sesi
Peperiksaan Perkhidmatan Staf Bil 2/2010 seperti mana berikut:
Tarikh
: 23 Julai 2010 (Jumaat)
Masa
: 9.00 pagi
Tempat
: Dewan Senat (UTM Skudai)
Dewan Jumaah (UTM International Campus)
Asalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera
Sepanyol 1 Belanda 0. Itulah keputusan pertandingan akhir
perlawanan bola sepak Piala Dunia Afrika Selatan 2010. Sepanyol
dinobat sebagai Juara Bola Sepak dunia. Pertandingan yang
mengambil masa selama sebulan kini telah tamat yang membawa
berbagai-bagai peristiwa baik di Afrika Selatan mahu pun di Malaysia
ini. Vuvuzela, Maradona, kegembiaraan anak-anak Tok Itam kerana
dapat semula hak kawalan saluran TV, pemain-pemain hebat kelab
bola sepak dunia yang tidak menonjol, judi bola dan Paul, bomoh
sotong adalah beberapa berita utama pertandingan Bola Sepak Piala
Dunia kali ini.
Khususnya, Paul sibomoh sotong yang mendapat liputan meluas
dalam media cetak mahupun elektronik dikatakan mampu membuat
ramalan pasukan mana yang akan memenangi sesuatu perlawanan.
Dikatakan bahawa Paul ini kepunyaan Jerman dan ia digunakan bagi
meramalkan keputusan perlawanan bagi Jerman. Jerman yang telah
bermain sebanyak lima kali akhirnya tewas kepada Sepanyol di
peringkat separuh akhir. Paul, bomoh sotong ini digunakan bagi
meramalkan keputusan kesemua enam perlawanan Jerman dan Paul,
bomoh sotong berjaya meramalkan keputusan tersebut dengan
jayanya. Untuk perlawanan akhir, Paul, bomoh sotong juga
digunakan bagi meramalkan keputusan dan ia berjaya membuat
ramalan dengan tepat. Ini bermakna Paul, bomoh sotong berjaya
meramalkan keputusan kesemua tujuh keputusan perlawanan bola
sepak di Piala Dunia 2010.
Bagi meramalkan sesuatu perlawanan seperti Jerman-Sepanyol, dua
kotak yang bertutup, satu dilekatkan dengan bendera Jerman dan satu
dilekatkan dengan bendera Sepanyol diletakkan bersebelahan dalam
sebuah akuarium. Makanan diletakkan dalam setiap kotak dan Paul,
bomoh sotong dilepaskan. Mana-mana kotak yang dimasuki oleh
Paul, bomoh sotong dianggap sebagai Paul, bomoh sotong
meramalkan pasukan tersebut menang. Paul, bomoh sotong berjaya
meramalkan tujuh keputusan perlawanan dengan cara ini. Terpegun
juga Tok Itam dengan kemampuan Paul, bomoh sotong ini.
Dilihat secara matematik, kalaulah Paul, bomoh sotong hanya
meneka keputusan perlawanan, kebarangkalian Paul, bomoh sotong
betul kesemua tujuh tekaannya ialah
0.5X0.5X0.5X0.5X0.5X0.5X0.5=0.0078125
Suatu kebarangkalian yang kecil. Menurut tafsiran kebarangkalian,
jika sesuatu kebarangkalian sesuatu peristiwa berlaku adalah kecil dan
ia tetap berlaku, kita mempunyai asas untuk mempercayai bahawa ada
sebab kenapa ia berlaku. Apakah sebabnya, Tok Itam tak tahu.
Tetapi jawapan mudahnya ialah Paul, bomoh sotong betul dalam
ramalannya hanyalah ‘Satu kebetulan’. Tahniah kepada kawan-kawan
kita yang mendapat anugerah cemerlang dan Selamat bertugas dalam
era semester baru UTM RU. Apa pendapat saudara saudari?
Tok Itam
New Semester, New Student…
Semester 1 2010/2011 has just started. This semester I am teaching
Statistics subject to the first year SSM and SSE students. My first meeting
with them was focussed on the POs and COs as listed in the L1 of the
program. I also stressed on the generic skills to be assessed plus the
rubrics that are going to be used in the assessment. I guess every lecturers
have had their first meeting with their respective students . Besides the
introductory to the course and the L1, the first meeting would be occupied
by “Taaruf” session and series of advices. It was also reported that the first
meeting imprints 70% of the impression that one has of a person on his
mind. Thus one should treat a person as if it is the first and last time he will
ever meet him. The Prophet SAW would also capture people‟s hearts the
first time he met them. It was narrated that after the conquest of Makkah
and when Islam had become dominant, the Prophet SAW started to receive
envoys from various tribes. One of the envoys was from „Abd al-Qays‟.
When they arrived, before they could even mount from their rides, the
Prophet SAW said to them “Welcome, O people! May you never face
disgrace or sorrow so have glad tiding!”. As they dismounted from their
camels, they raced to the Prophet SAW to greet him. They said, “O
Messenger of Allah, between our cities there lies a dwelling of a group of
pagans from Mudhar, due to which we cannot come to you except in the
scared months, since this is when Arabs do not fight, so guide us to the best
thing we can do, which if we were to do it, would cause us to enter
paradise, and which we would instruct others to do also. The Prophet SAW
said, “I shall order you to do four things and forbid you from four: I order
you to have faith in Allah. Do you know what it means to have faith in
Allah?”. They replied, “ Allah and His Messenger know best”. The Prophet
SAW said, “It means to testify that there is no one worthy of worship
except Allah, to establish the prayers, to give in charity, and to give a fifth
of the war booty in charity. I also forbid you from four; from drinking fron
ad-Dubba, an-Naqir (pitched water skins), az-Zuruf, al-Muzaffat and alHantam (names of utensils used for the preparation of alcoholic drinks)”.
(al-Bukhari). In another story, a man came to the Prohet SAW asking him
for material aid. The Prophet SAW gave him a portion of his cattle. The
man returned to his people and said, “Accept Islam, for Muhammad gives
like a man who doesn‟t fear poverty!”. Anas R.A said, “The man would
come to the Prophet SAW solely for worldly reasons, but afterwards his
religion became more precious to him than the whole world and all that
exists there in” (Muslim). Hence, the first meeting with our students
would be the initial step to enhance their spirit to love the course and to
prepare them to work hard to achieve good grades.
One of the things I found hard when dealing with new students since age is
catching up is remembering their names. If we remember the name of the
persons in front of us, that show we have concern for them. There is a
difference between a teacher who remembers the names of his students and
the one who does not. For us to say to a student, “Could you solve this on
the board, Ali” is better than to say, “Could you solve this on the board,
(pointing to a student)”. According to Areefi, Muhammad (2008) there are
many reasons why some people cannot recall others‟ names. One of them is
lack of concern for people while meeting them. Second is that their minds
are preoccupied while meeting and asking others‟their names. Third is their
own attitude towards the person they are meeting. He suggested several
ways to overcome this problem. One is to realise the importance of
remembering people‟s names, and to feel that once you have heard his
names, you would asked to repeat them after a few minutes. Another way
is to focus on a person‟s face while listening to his name. Try to make note
of the person in front of you, how he talks and smiles, such that it leaves an
impression in your memory.
In the Quran we would find Allah the Mighty and Majestic refers to His
Prophets by their names:
“O Abraham! Turn away from them…”
“O Noah! He is not from your family”
“O David! We have made you a deputy on this earth”
Therefore, inorder to show your concern on your students, do remember
their names and address them by their names in all occasions.
Many of us have been appointed as PAs for the new students. PA plays
important roles while the students are here in UTM. PA becomes their
councellor, advisor, sister/brother or mother/father.
Through
experience, only the problematic students would come to us for advise
whilethe others would only come to get our signatures. I normally
would have difficulties in deciding how to give advice to the students
who have problems especially regarding their attitudes. According to
Areefi, Muhammad (2008), the righteous people always mentions the
good points first and then brings his attention to the faults, in order to be
balanced in his approach. Always try to give the impression that we
have positive view of him. When we caution him over his errors, this
does not mean we are belittling him, or that we have forgotten his good
deeds. We must always make him realize that our criticisms of him are
insignificant in comparison to his good deeds. The Prophet SAW on
one occasion went to some of the Arab tribes calling them to Islam. He
would choose the most beautiful words to encourage them to respond to
his call and enter the fold of Islam. One of the tribes he went to was
known as Banu Abdullah. When the Prophet SAW called them to Allah
and presented his massage to them, he said, “O Banu Abdullah! Allah
has chosen a beautiful name for your father!”: meaning you are not
Banu Abd al-Izza, or Banu Abd al-Laat. Rather, you are Banu Abdullah.
Thankfully, there is no paganism involved in your name, and therefore,
you should enter into Islam. In fact, he was so proficient in his ways in
sending indirect messages to people, showing his amazement to them
and that he wanted good for them. When such indirect messages reach
those intended, then perhaps they may affect them more than direct
messages. Therefore, when people realise that we pay attention to their
good actions just as we pay attention to their bad actions, they will
appreciate our advice.
What have been discussed above are just some additional knowledge
and tips that can be shared with all of you. There might be others but
the solutions to many problems that we may face in our daily life are
present in the life of Allah‟s Messager SAW. His life is certainly an
example for us to follow and a model for us to refer at all times. No
matter what problem arises in our lives, if we look to the Prophet‟s
Seerah for a solution, we will surely find it. Therefore, I hope whatever
have been written above would give some additional tips to become a
better person and a better lecturer. Amin….
References
Areefi, Muhammad (2008). “Enjoy Your Life”. Darussalam.
Al-Hashimi, Muhammad Ali (2005). “The ideal Muslim”. International
Islamic Publishing House.
FY
Selamat Hari Lahir
Dr. Kamran Fakhar
18 Julai 2010
Semoga dilimpahkan rezeki dan diberkati Allah.
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