Personal Information

Staff No: 121 266

Current Position: Senior Lecturer (DS51), Coordinator of Doctoral Programs

Department: Early Childhood Studies

Faculty: Education and Social Sciences, University of Selangor, Malaysia

Date of Employment: 02 May 2012

Teaching Permit: PM/IPTS/2017/08/1850 (Start: 27.07.2022, No Expiry)

Home Address: 434, Batu 6, Sawah Sempadan, 45500 Tanjong Karang, Selangor, Malaysia

Previous Positions

• Education Service Officer, Ministry of Education Malaysia (1978–2012)
• Head of Program (Master of Education), UNISEL (2014–2016)
• Program Coordinator (Master of Education), UNISEL (2018–2019)

Academic Qualifications

• PhD in Education, University of Malaya (2010)
• M.Sc. in Education, University Putra Malaysia (1999)
• B.Ed. (Hons), University Putra Malaysia (1994)

Professional Qualifications

• Diploma in Education, Technical Teachers’ Training College (1977)
• Certificate in ICT Teaching Guidance, Ministry of Education (2006)

Areas of Expertise

• Early Childhood and Teenage Education
• Education Management
• Industrial Arts & Living Skills
• Pedagogy
• Teaching Malay as a First Language
• Malay Literature

Research & Academic Writing

• PhD Thesis: Effects of Graphic Organizers on Malay Text Comprehension (UM, 2010)
• Master’s Thesis: Attitudes and Grammar Mastery among Teacher Trainees (UPM, 1999)
• Bachelor Project: Cybernetics in First Language Reading (UPM, 1994)

Technical & Language Skills

Software: MS Office (Advanced), SPSS (Advanced), NVivo 11 (Advanced)

Languages: Bahasa Malaysia (Advanced), English (Intermediate)

Professional Membership

• Premium Member, Institute for Educational Research and Publication (IFERP), ID: PROF-38315821 (07/25)

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Abu Bakar et al. (2024). Educators’ Use of Technology. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12, 537–563.
• Abu Bakar & Mohd Noh (2024). Classroom Assessment Practices. OJSS, 12, 239–258.
• Abu Bakar & Santharasekaran (2023). Environmental Education in Schools. IJFMR, 5(5), 1–16.
• Abu Bakar & Mohd Nothman (2023). Innovative Teaching Skills. Zenodo.org
• Abu Bakar & Mohd Nothman (2022). Competency Behavior in State Religious Schools. IJSSHI, 9(10)
• Adibah & Abu Bakar (2021). Dice Game-Based Math Learning. Selangor Humaniora Review, 5(2)
• Gunasegaran et al. & Abu Bakar (2021). Student Loans in Malaysia. IJSSHI, 8(9)
• Abu Bakar (2021). Metacognition Strategies in Reading. Selangor Humanities Review, 4(1)
• Mohd Noh & Abu Bakar (2020). Assessment in Religious Schools. MICERM Proceedings, 1(1)
• Abu Bakar & Said Darkasi (2019). Phonological Awareness. Selangor S&T Review, 3(2)

Administrative Leadership (Doctoral Program Head, 2019–2024)

• Curriculum Development & Monitoring
• Module Preparation (Lessons 5 & 6)
• Dissertation Supervision (4 Students since April 2022)
• Industry Seminars & Research Collaboration
• Mentorship (2014–2022)

Teaching Portfolio

• ECS 1243 – Reading in Early Childhood
• ETD 2143 – Introduction to Pedagogical Concepts
• ECS 1133 – Malay for Early Childhood
• ETD 2123 – Child Development Detection