Open AccessSIGNIFICANT PHILOSOPHY AND CONTEMPORARY COURSE IN THE FORMATION OF AKHLAK AND MORALS AT UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA SABAH
Author(s) -
Syamsul Azizul Marinsah,
Habibah Artini Ramlie,
Mohd Nur Hidayat Hasbollah Hajimin,
Irma Wani Othman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.745010
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , morality , christian ministry , sociology , higher education , moral philosophy , social science , pedagogy , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , law , epistemology , philosophy , geography , archaeology
The Philosophy and Contemporary Issues (FIS) course is one of the generic courses that must be taken by students in all Malaysian HEIs starting from the 2019/2020 intake session. Accordingly, the implementation of FIS courses at the level of institutions of higher learning is very significant and relevant in the context of today's world which is increasingly acute, especially in the aspects of human morality and ethics. Due to the abandonment of this course, the aspirations of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in the formation of holistic human capital and personality formation of all institute of higher learning students have not been achieved. Therefore, the objective of this study is to analyse the elements of moral and ethical formation in the study modules of FIS courses implemented at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). This study is included in a qualitative study. Thus, this study uses a document analysis design consisting of FIS modules, journals and reviews of articles related to moral and ethical formation. The findings of the study revealed that there are several elements that can contribute towards the formation of morals and ethics in the learning modules of FIS courses offered at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, namely psychology and sociology, religious philosophy and ethical philosophy.