Teaching method is an essential element in stimulating the interest in students subsequently their
achievement in a subject, especially for the subject of History that is, for a long time, considered as a
boring subject. The objective of this study is to identify the method of preference for pre-university
students, particularly those who take the History subject and the reasons that motivate the students to
be interested in the method. This study uses a qualitative design that combines the two main methods
of interviewing and observation. The sampling was intended to be used in this study. The sample of the
study consisted of four students who took the History subject at the Malaysian High School Certificate
(STPM) level in the district of Kota Kinabalu. The findings of this study can be seen from the main
theme of the study which is the method that interest the students and the justification of selection of the
method among them. Overall, the findings show that there exist diversity of methods that students are
interested in, namely the presentation method, questionnaire session, Gallery Walk and debate. Furthermore, being able to inculcate new skills, increasing motivation, interest and improving students’
achievement are the justifications given by students to the selection of methods among students. As
such, teachers play an important role in selecting the teaching methods that are appropriate to the needs
of students throughout the teaching and learning process to ensure the objective of teaching and
learning can be achieved.
This study was conducted to study the influence of the development of values in 21st century education on the forming of student’ personality in rural Under-Enrolled School (SKM) in Sabah. In addition, this study examines the difference in the mean score of the development of value approach in 21st century education and the forming of student’ personality in rural Under-Enrolled School (SKM) in Sabah. This study uses non-experimental design and quantitative methods. A total of 209 SKM teachers were selected to be sampled in this study. This sample was determined using a simple random sampling method. Questionnaire instruments were used to obtain information from the respondents. The primary data obtained from the respondents were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software using inferential statistics analysis involving Linear Regression analysis. The results of the analysis show that there is a significant positive and strong influence between the development of value approach in 21st century education on the forming of student’ personality in rural Under-Enrolled School (SKM) in Sabah (Beta=0.88, t=27.65). The results of this study are expected to provide useful input to various parties, especially the Ministry of Education Malaysia in an effort to improve the school's ability to produce students who are personal and able to contribute to the development of the country.