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Title: Intelligence, Learning, and Action: Foundation for Theory and Practice in Education by Richard R. Skemp ISBN: 0-471-99747-1 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: August, 1979 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $76.95

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Summary: Applying Skemp's model in the Malay Archipelago
Comment: I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to correspond with the late author for quite some time way back in the 1980's. That was when I bought this work of his. He was still teaching at The University of Warwick then. I did mention in one of my letters to him that I dreamed of having his work (Intelligence, Learning and Action, that is) rendered in the national language of The Federation of Malaysia, which is Bahasa Melayu.
By the early 1990's I had gradually adopted the theoretical model of intelligence put forward by Richard R. Skemp as the example to develop a theoretical model of akal. (This is the word used somewhat loosely in Bahasa Melayu as an equivalent of intelligence.) The late author had warned against translating his work for fear of distortion of meaning. I went on my work with extra care. Examples available in my country were sought out, and (believe me) it was not difficult at all! (Perhaps, Skemp had intended it to be so.) Having done that what I had to do next was simply to "re-spell" these local examples according to the spelling system officially adopted by the Bahasa (Language) Bureau. (This spelling system had the consensus of the authorities of at least three countries in South-East Asia --Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia).
I believe the experience gained in attempting this work has enabled me to place Bahasa Melayu side by side with the English Language. I would like very much to view the language brought by the British colonialists in the late 1700's to the Malay Archipelago not with hatred. This work by the late author is of immense help towards that end. (Readers I believe will find what I just wrote not an exaggeration!) Instead the experience gained by the natives here in learning the language brought by the British colonialists to this region can be put to better use in adapting to the current as well as future global situation.
In one of his letters the late author did express his belief in the adaptation of his work to cultures other than his. He wrote that the content is the same everywhere. I just hope that I have to an extent extended support to his belief. Other respected readers of this commendable work of the late Professor of Educational Theory will surely have more interesting aspects to share with us all.
Having learned of his demise on the Web I suppose it is appropriate for me to have something in memory of the late author's work here in the form of this review. Thank you.