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Type :thesis
Subject :LB Theory and practice of education
Main Author :Heng Jing
Title :Secondary school students perceptions of classroom environment in Malaysia and China
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi
Year of Publication :2018
Notes :Pedagogi
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Kajian  ini  bertujuan  membandingkan  persepsi  pelajar  sekolah  menengah  tentang persekitaran    bilik   darjah   di   Malaysia   dan   China.   Penyelidikan   kuantitatif   ini menggunakan  instrumen Student Perceptions of Classroom Quality  (SPOCQ) untuk mengumpul  data.  Sejumlah  260   orang  pelajar  dari  tiga  buah  sekolah  menengah  di Tanjung Malim, Malaysia dan 351 orang  pelajar dari empat buah sekolah menengah di Wilayah Feng, China telah dipilih secara rawak sebagai  responden kajian ini. Analisis deskriptif  dan  analisis  inferensi  digunakan  untuk  menganalisis   data  yang  dikumpul. Analisis  deskriptif  menggambarkan  tahap  persepsi  pelajar  sekolah   menengah  di Malaysia  dan China  terhadap  persekitaran  bilik darjah  dalam lima  faktor  iaitu   daya tarikan, cabaran, pilihan, pengertian dan efikasi kendiri akademik. Statistik inferensi  menggunakan ujian-t untuk menunjukkan perbezaan persepsi di antara pelajar sekolah menengah  Malaysia dan China terhadap persekitaran bilik darjah berdasarkan jantina dan juga secara  keseluruhan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan tidak terdapat  perbezaan yang signifikan dalam persepsi  pelajar sekolah menengah Malaysia dan China terhadap persekitaran bilik darjah berdasarkan jantina  dengan nilai (t=-0.849, p=0.544) untuk pelajar  Malaysia  dan  (t=0.676,  p=0.325)  untuk  pelajar   China.  Dapatan  kajian  juga menunjukkan  terdapat  perbezaan  yang  signifikan  dalam  persepsi   pelajar  sekolah menengah    Malaysia    dan    China    terhadap    persekitaran    bilik     darjah    secara keseluruhannya  (p=0.004).  Dapatan  kajian  ini  adalah  penting  untuk  pendidik   dan pentadbir sekolah untuk memahami secara mendalam tentang keperluan pelajar dalam pembelajaran  dan meningkatkan tahap pencapaian akademik sekolah. Implikasi kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa guru  hendaklah meningkatkan kemahiran pengurusan bilik darjah  dan  kemahiran  pedagogi  serta   mengoptimumkan  persekitaran  bilik  darjah berdasarkan persepsi pelajar terhadap persekitaran bilik darjah.  

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