Statement of Overarching Principles

Highlighting some key features of what MAE does..

First Instance Commandments, World Views and Universal Declarations

Upholding Religious and Sacred Universal Commandments, Universal Declaration by the United Nations, UNESCO and other World Bodies.

Focus on such Educational Priorities

as Human Potentialities, Intelligence, Giftedness, Talents, Competencies, Wisdom.

Core Positive Values and Virtues

Seeking Truth, Justice, Goodness, Freedom and Liberty, Equality, Beauty, maximising human self-esteem and dignity.

Vision

To become an organization continuously contributing to civilization development through education.

Mission

To be the leading Malaysian Centre of Educational Thought providing an open Platform for Knowledge Generation and Sharing.

Goals

Centre for Professional Reference and Support in matters relevant to society and education. MAE is to nurture the enablement and empowerment of learners and leaders and foster the engagement of leaders at all levels to use the power of education towards the betterment of societies.

Alignment of Focus with the following

Character, Intellectual Character, Integrity, Rational Judgement, Objectivity, Nurturing Positive Mind-sets, Sustainable Development of Character, Philosophy of Humanity, Scholar Teachers Ideals and Lifelong, Life Wide and Perpetual Learning Cultures.

Others area of concern

Raising Stature of the Professions, Humanising the Curriculum across the Life Span, Respecting the Dignity of Labour and the Sacredness of Life, Protecting Endangered Species, Endangered Languages, and the Ecology and Environment, the Education for Children in War Ton, Poverty Stricken and Natural Disaster areas.

Education knowledge management

Supports relevant and appropriate forms of research and practice regarding exploration and discovery of inner and other space and fields and domains as yet researchable, unknowledgeable and intangible.

Operating Principles

Theoretical relevance, Conceptual clarity, the nature of rights, Inclusiveness, Celebration of Diversity, Openness and Transparency, Holistic Perspective, Comprehensiveness, to develop attitudes and abilities to agree to disagree, to understand continuity and necessary discontinuity, destructive innovation, administrative justice in small and big matters.

Advocacy

MAE nurtures informed and virtues-based advocacy on educational and civic matters of concerns based on the ideals towards the betterment of individuals, families, communities and societies. Examples of advocacy include developing of the Malay language as an intellectual language, the championing of building of science museums, the championing of the Peace Curriculum, Liberal arts education, and the promotion of ASEAN and World literature. Advocacy through direct and indirect decision-making influence of position papers. For a discourse, lobbying, mature research findings, for policy making and education practices.

Taking stance

Against Culture of Hate, Bigotry, Covert and Overt Manipulation and Conspiracy, Extremism, Ethnic Cleansing, Cultural deletion, alienation of childhood, cruelty to life forms.

Guiding Principles

There is so much to do and so little time and resources. The Guiding Principle is to do the best that we can provide and the most with the limited sources the we have.

Evolving Capacity Building

MAE is to strive to develop capacities to enable it to contribute to the ever-widening scope of education and social concerns.