Research Grants and Funding for 2016

External Funding

No

Project Title

Project Members

Funding amount (RM)

Funding source/agencies

1

Evaluation of Closing the Gap after Workshop on an Effective Facilitator’s Secret Recipe

13 Dec 2016- 28 Feb 2017

·   Cheah Phaik Kin

·   Priscilla Moses

·   Er Pek Hoon Winnie

14,520.00

Akademi Laut Malaysia (ALAM)

2

Impact Study on the UNESCO Resources and Correspondence Trainings

·   Winnie Er Pek Hoon,

·   Lee Chee Heong,

·   Wei Chooi Yi,

·   Lau Siew Yee,

·   Go You Hou

·   Saraswathy Thurairaj

·   Dr Tan Pei Meng

USD4,100.00

UNESCO Bangkok


Internal Funding: UTAR Research Fund

No

Project Title

Project Members

Funding amount (RM)

1

Punishment And Intervention: The Experience Of Drug Offenders In Bentong Prison, Pahang

1 Feb 2016 to 31 July 2017

·   Cheah Phaik Kin

·   Prof. Prabha Unnithan

·   Annie Margaret a/p Sandela Raran

8,760.00

2

Motivations of Police Volunteer Reserve (PVR) in Perak, Malaysia

1 Feb 2016 to 31 July 2017

 

·   Cheah Phaik Kin

·   Suresh Kumar a/l G. Suppiah

·   (Assistant Commissioner of Police)

·   Prof. Prabha Unnithan

·   Superintendent Ore Hock Seng

35,360.00

3

Modelling Technology Acceptance: Maximise The Use Of ICT For Self-Paced Learning Among UTAR Students

1 Feb 2016 to 31 Jan 2017

 

·   Priscilla Moses

·   Cheah Phaik Kin

·   Er Pek Hoon Winnie

33,700.00

4

The Effect Of Conceptualisable Agents On Passivisation Unaccusative Errors By Chinese ESL Learners

1 Feb 2016 to 31 Jan 2017

 

·   Mr Wong Kin Tat,

·   Dr Wong Bee Eng, 

·   Ms Low Sew Kim,

·   Mr Tan Soon Aun

·   Dr Lee Soo Chee

3,500.00

 

5

Exploring Madness in its place: An Ecofeminist Reading of Selected Women’s Writings

1 Feb 2016 to 31 Jan 2017

·   Foong Soon Seng

 

700.00

 

6

Nation Building Through Literature: A Case Study Of The Malaysian Secondary School Literature Components

1 Feb 2016 to 31 Jan 2017

·   Raphael Thoo Yi Xian

·   Foong Soon Seng

·   Pong Kok Shiong

2,180.00

6

Undergraduate ESL Students' Academic Writing Needs and Difficulties: Students' And Instructors' Perspectives

1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

·   Ms Joanna Tiffany Selamat

1040.00

 

7

Semiotics in Environmental Awareness Campaign as a Medium of Communication in Postmodern Era

1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

·   Ms Muliyati Binti Mat Alim

2,200.00

8

Framing the Chinese education in mainstream and online media in Malaysia

1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

·   Ong Sheau Wen

 

3,340.00

9

 

The Use of Technological Content Knowledge (TPACK) in Enhancing Teachers' Confidence level and Students' Proficiency in Secondaty Schools in Perak

1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

·   Siti Ummaizah Meor Musa

3325.00

10

Institutionalizing Service-Learning in a Higher Learning Institution: A Case Study of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017

·   Diong Fong Wei

6,600.00

11

Modelling Teachers’ Usage of FROG Virtual Learning Environment: The Role of User Participation and Psychological Ownership in an Extended Technology Acceptance Model

1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017

·   Dr Priscilla Moses

·   Dr Cheah Phaik Kin

 

45,100.00

12

Conceptualizing Teaching Excellence in Higher Education in the 21st Century

20 December 2016 to 19 December 2017

·   Dr Cheah Phaik Kin

·   Dr Priscilla Moses

36,500.00

13

Generation Alpha: Are They Ready for Schools?

20 December 2016 to 19 December 2017

·   Wirawani Kamarulzaman

·   Wirawahida Kamarulzaman

4,400.00