SAFRINA

I graduated with (3.586) Postgraduate master’s degree and (3.356) bachelor’s degree from International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM). My education background is in human sciences field majoring in political science both in my undergraduate and postgraduate studies. I have written a research dissertation titled “Blogging for Political Communication: comparing selected political blogs in Malaysia, 2010”. I have almost 10 years’ working experiences at different leading companies in Johor Bahru namely Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), i2M Ventures Sdn Bhd (Khazanah National Wholly Own Subsidiary), Koperasi Iskandar Malaysia Berhad (imCoop), IKEA Tebrau and START Malaysia. I always believed in two ways learning method. Teaching, especially for political science subjects, should integrate both interactive and informative approaches to capture student interest. Two ways of learning ways combining use questions that stimulate a response, discussion, a hands-on experience, use teaching aids that press for answers and set up a workgroup environment. Apart from that a slides notes also will be a guideline to help students in understanding and memorizing the subject. During my postgraduate study, I used to be part-time tutor for undergraduate students. Professionally I don't have any formal experiences in teaching but my current and previous career always involves me in conducting training, lab and learning sessions to craft local communities, students, and entrepreneurs.