Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Education - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
- Master of Business Administration - Masters Degree, Eastern New Mexico University
- Bachelor of Business Administration - Bachelor Degree, Eastern New Mexico University
Wan Mazwati Binti Wan Yusoff (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
wanmazwati@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Wan Mazwati Wan Yusoff is a graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, USA in Accounting and MBA; and received her Ph.D. in Education specialising in Teaching Thinking through Philosophy from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She currently teaches Creative Thinking and Islamic Worldview at the Department of Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM.
She is a certified trainer for Philosophy of Children's Programme (P4C) awarded by the Institute for Advancement in Philosophy for Children, Mont Claire State University, New Jersey, in 2006 and is now attached to the Centre for Teaching Thinking, Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM, in promoting P4C to enhance excellent thinking among students and youth in Malaysia.
Her passion for producing knowledge founded on Islamic Worldview has driven her to collaborate with a team of young researchers of hadith to establish TPH Research and Consultancy with a vision to develop human sciences founded on hadith. This team of researchers has creatively analysed data from authentic hadith to develop intervention programme which were validated through scientific experimentation. They have trained more than 20000 teachers, counsellors, executives and managers from government and private institutions since 2011; and has received 'wow factor' from Islamic Education Division, Ministry of Education for successfully promoting good behaviour among low achievers which have led to their success in PMR and SPM.
Currently Wan Mazwati is active in conducting research on hadith for application in education, psychology and communication; and developing materials for teaching Islamic Education using the philosophical inquiry method to enhance understanding and philosophical thinking skills among secondary school students.
She is a certified trainer for Philosophy of Children's Programme (P4C) awarded by the Institute for Advancement in Philosophy for Children, Mont Claire State University, New Jersey, in 2006 and is now attached to the Centre for Teaching Thinking, Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM, in promoting P4C to enhance excellent thinking among students and youth in Malaysia.
Her passion for producing knowledge founded on Islamic Worldview has driven her to collaborate with a team of young researchers of hadith to establish TPH Research and Consultancy with a vision to develop human sciences founded on hadith. This team of researchers has creatively analysed data from authentic hadith to develop intervention programme which were validated through scientific experimentation. They have trained more than 20000 teachers, counsellors, executives and managers from government and private institutions since 2011; and has received 'wow factor' from Islamic Education Division, Ministry of Education for successfully promoting good behaviour among low achievers which have led to their success in PMR and SPM.
Currently Wan Mazwati is active in conducting research on hadith for application in education, psychology and communication; and developing materials for teaching Islamic Education using the philosophical inquiry method to enhance understanding and philosophical thinking skills among secondary school students.
Area of Specialisation
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Classroom Studies (Including Teacher-Student Language) - Application of Hadith of Psychology in Classroom Managment
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Pedagogy (Including Teaching Methodologies for Content and Language Subjects) - Teaching Thinking and Pedagogy of Philosophical Inquiry
Professional Membership
- 2018: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Associate Member), International Association of Islamic Psychology
Teaching Responsibilities
ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION | 2011/2012 |
ADVANCED HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF ISLAMIC EDUC | 2018/2019 |
BASIC PHILOSOPHY AND ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
BASIC PHILOSOPHYAND ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW | 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2009/2010 |
CREATIVE THINKING & PROBLEM SOLVING | 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 |
CREATIVE THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
ETHICS AND FIQH OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES | 2017/2018 |
HISTORICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MALAYSIAN EDUCATION | 2010/2011 |
HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MALAYSIAN EDUCATION | 2010/2011 |
ISLAM, KNOWLEDGE & CIVILIZATION | 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
Islam, Knowledge and Civilization | 2018/2019 |
KNOWLEDGE & CIVILIZATION IN ISLAM | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING LAB IV | 2018/2019 |
MORAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE | 2009/2010 |
SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | 2011/2012 |
THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2011/2012 2010/2011 |
THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW, KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION | 2017/2018 |
USRAH IN ACTION 1 | 2021/2022 |
Research Projects
Completed
2020 - 2021 | Education Consultant at Umission School 1 |
2017 - 2019 | Effective Communication for Counsellor |
2016 - 2019 | Investigation of Malaysian Teachers? Instructional and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking Skills (CTS) and the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Specific Training Modules for Enhancement of CTS |
2016 - 2017 | Engaging Low Achievers in Philosophical Inquiry to Enhance HOTS: An Exploratory Study |
2015 - 2019 | Promoting Good Behavior Workshop |
2014 - 2016 | The Development of Stimulus Materials for Teaching from Two Aqidah using Philosophical Inquiry Method |
2013 - 2016 | Community of Inquiry - A New Inquiry-Based Pedagogy for Realizing the Aspiration of Critical Thinking in the New Blueprint for Education 2013-2025 |
2013 - 2014 | Exploring the Effectiveness of Strategies Used in Managing Classroom Disruptive Behaviors |
2011 - 2012 | The Impact of Prophet Muhammad Motivation Technique on Students' Performance (RU 2011) |
On-Going
2021 - Present | Development of "Man in the Universe" Curriculum for Rays of Hope Learning Centre |
2021 - Present | IMPACT STUDY IN LMS EDUCATION PERAK DISTRICT |
2019 - Present | A Framework of Women Empowerment and Inclusive Development to Enhance Economic Involvement and Social Rights Towards Preventing Domestic Violence |
2018 - Present | Comparative Study on Islamic and Western Concept of Self Control Management |
2017 - Present | Integration of Knowledge between Religious and Modern Sciences : The Contribution of Beduizzaman Said Nursi (Hayrat Foundation, Turkey) |
2016 - Present | The Experiences Counselling Internship Students' in Applying Creative Art Therapy in Supervision |
2014 - Present | Development and Evaluation of Programme for Enhancement of Islamic Integrated Personality (IIP) among Islamic School Students |
2014 - Present | Encouraging the Discouraged: Engaging Troubled Teenagers Through Philosophical Inquiry |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
2022 | A scoping review of wet nursing in the Muslim world. In: International Conference on Shariah Compliant Breastfeeding Practices 2022, |
2021 | Confusion over 'aql and logical thinking among young muslims in Malaysia. In: Scholarship Advancement Project: Emergence and Issues in Islamic Philosophy, |
2021 | Doing Qualitative Analysis. In: Research Webinar Series: The Shape of Research in the Vitrual Pandemic World, |
2020 | Effective interpersonal skills: embracing prophetic teachings. In: Training of Prophet Muhammad's Communication Techniques (Teknik Nabi), |
2020 | Exploring teachers’ reactions to writing ‘Thinking Stories’ for enhancing critical and creative thinking. In: Malaysian International Convention on Education Research & Management (MICER 2020), |
2020 | Qur’anic perspective on thinking and creativity: implication for education. In: International Symposium On Creativity, Values & Sustainability, |
2019 | Conceptual analysis of mental health according to Muslim Scholars for Stress Prevention Project (STOP) in Gombak. In: Scholarship Enhancement Seminar on Contemporary Issues of Qur'an and Sunnah 2019, |
2019 | Conceptual analysis of mental health according to Muslim scholars for Stress Prevention Project (STOP) in Gombak. In: 1st International Seminar on the Roles of University in Responding to Psychosocial Issues in the Community (ISRUPIC 2019), |
2017 | Aplikasi pedagogi hikmah bagi kemahiran abad ke-21 di sekolah-sekolah di Gombak: kajian bagi subjek sains dan pendidikan Islam. In: Seminar Kebangsaan Majlis Dekan Universiti Awam 2017, |
2017 | Experiences of Rohingya's journey to Malaysia: Smuggled or trafficked. In: International Conference on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Issues and Shifting Paradigms (ICMR 2017), |
2016 | Research in Hadith for application in psychology and education. In: 1st Asean Psychology and Counselling Conference (APCC) 2016, |
2015 | Bahasa kognitif dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran untuk meningkatkan kemahiran berfikir bersepadu. In: International Conference on Empowering Islamic Civilization in the 21st Century (ICIC 2015), |
2015 | Students’ views and experiences of the philosophical inquiry method in learning ‘aqidah: a case study of form two students . In: International Conference on Islamic Education And Social Entrepreneurship 2015 (ICIESE2015), |
2014 | Exploring the effectiveness of strategies used in managing classroom disruptive behaviors. In: 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (iCERi 2014), |
2012 | The impact of Prophet Muhammad motivation Techniques on students’ performance. In: International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology (ICEEPSY 2012) , |
Book
2022 | Doing philosophy for wisdom in Islamic Education. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-116-4 |
2017 | Enhancing thinking through doing philosophy. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-583-1 |
Book Section
2022 | Philosophical Inquiry as a method for teaching Islamic Education. In: Routledge, ISBN: 9781032044866, pp. 68-80 |
2022 | Philosophical Inquiry as a method for teaching Islamic Education. In: Routledge, ISBN: 9781032044866, pp. 68-80 |
2021 | Kata pengantar. In: Rimbunan Islamik Media Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2441-13-7, pp. viii-xix |
2021 | Kata pengantar. In: Rimbunan Islamik Media Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2441-13-7, pp. viii-xix |
2021 | Tok Kenali: pemodenan pondok di Kelantan. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-074-7, pp. 72-91 |
2021 | Tok Kenali: pemodenan pondok di Kelantan. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-074-7, pp. 72-91 |
2020 | Spirituality through humanitarian fieldwork. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 9789674910488, pp. 230-243 |
2016 | Philosophical inquiry method for enhancing higher order thinking in teaching aqidah to form two students. In: Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya, ISBN: 978-967-0985-04-6, pp. 303-331 |
2011 | Doing philosophy in a 'community'. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181246, pp. 1-24 |
2010 | Tok Kenali (1868-1933): Pembaharu Pendidikan Traditional di Tanah Melayu. In: Asia Research Center, The Asian Cultures Research Institute, Toyo University, ISBN: 9784903878102, pp. 329-353 |
2010 | Tok Kenali (1868-1933): Pembaharu Pendidikan Traditional di Tanah Melayu. In: Asia Research Center, The Asian Cultures Research Institute, Toyo University, ISBN: 9784903878102, pp. 329-353 |
2010 | Tok Kenali (Muhammad Yusuf bin Ahmad): modernisation of the Pondok. In: The Other Press, ISBN: 9789839541748, pp. 72-90 |
2010 | Tok Kenali (Muhammad Yusuf bin Ahmad): modernisation of the Pondok. In: The Other Press, ISBN: 9789839541748, pp. 72-90 |
Monograph
2021 | Impact study on “Moomin app in language learning in Larut, Matang and Selama education district” project. In: , |
2019 | Teachers' instructional and assessment methods for critical thinking skills and evaluation of the Hikmah Pedagogy Training modules: a case study in Kuala Lumpur. In: Centre for Teaching Thinking, Kulliyyah of Education, |
2017 | Laporan kajian rintis program pedagogi hikmah di Gombak. In: , |
2017 | Laporan kajian rintis program pedagogi hikmah di sekolah terpilih daerah Gombak. In: Centre for Teaching Thinking IIUM, |
2012 | The impact of Prophet Muhammad motivation technique on students' performance. In: s.n, |