Recent studies have indicated that early childhood education (ECE) teachers’ responsibilities have expanded to include leadership functions. In school contexts the phenomenon is called teacher leadership and the same concept has recently been adopted in ECE research literature. Additionally, there are other concepts and perspectives connected to leadership performed by ECE teachers. This literature review aimed to explore the conceptualization, characteristics, and enactment of leadership performed by ECE teachers. Leadership that ECE teachers perform in their work is characterized as a multidimensional and contextual phenomenon, and as intentional influencing, which is based on collaboration and distribution.  The focus is on pedagogical leadership, although teacher leadership is a broader concept, which can also include administrative tasks. The findings of the review suggest investigating teacher leadership more within the distributed leadership perspective by focusing on ECE te.....

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The objectives of this research were to; (i) determine mentors? perspectives on their communication skills, teamwork skills, problem solving skills and social responsibility after joining the Mentor-Mentee Programme for STEM Education; (ii) identify the differences between the assessment of STEM mentors? perspective on their personal qualities before and after joining the program; and (iii) identify the problems or challenges that the mentors experienced in mentoring activities compared to classroom teaching, opinions before and after participating in the program, and the challenges faced in the program. Based on the objectives, a survey research was conducted to collect data from 53 students (mentors) in the targeted population through questionnaire.  Paired sample t-test was conducted to compare various skills of mentors before and after joining the program. For Communication Skills, the mean score for pre-test is 5.50, while mean score for post-test is 5.00. There was a significan.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  untuk  membangunkan  dan  mengkaji  kesan  koswer  augmented reality dalam memahami bahasa isyarat Malaysia. Pendekatan kuantitatif dengan reka bentuk kajian  eksperimental ujian pasca digunakan dalam kajian ini. Pemilihan sampel kajian  dijalankan  dalam   kalangan  orang  awam  menggunakan  kaedah  persampelan rawak  mudah  yang  melibatkan  60  orang   iaitu  individu  yang  tidak  mempunyai  asas kemahiran  dalam  bahasa  isyarat  Malaysia.  Bagi   kajian  ini,  responden  yang  dipilih dibahagikan  kepada  dua  kumpulan  iaitu  kumpulan  rawatan   30  orang  menggunakan koswer  augmented  reality  dan  kumpulan  kawalan  30  orang  menggunakan   kaedah pembelajaran konvensional. Dua jenis instrumen kajian digunakan iaitu ujian penilaian dan  soal selidik. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis deskriptif menjelaskan tahap   penerimaan    pengguna   dan   statistik   infer.....

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This study embarked on managing teaching approach in early childhood care education towards skill development in Nigeria. This study determined the relationship between learner-centered approach, active learning, higher-order thinking and skill development of early childhood care education learners in Northcentral zone, Nigeria. Quantitative research designed was used for this study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 338 head teachers and 361 teachers making a total number of 699 participants in public primary school with early childhood care education centre. Data was collected using Managing Teaching Approach in Early Childhood Care Education and Skill Development Questionnaire (MTAECCESDQ). Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data collected. The findings show that learner-centered approach, active learning and higher-order thinking were positively and significantly correlated with skill develop.....

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Kualiti perkhidmatan Taman Asuhan Kanak-kanak (TASKA) bergantung kepada kualiti pengasuh. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti perbezaan kualiti amalan pengasuhan antara pengasuh TASKA yang memiliki dan tidak memiliki Sijil Kursus Asuhan PERMATA (KAP). Kajian kes ini melibatkan empat orang pengasuh daripada empat buah TASKA swasta yang dipilih secara persampelan bertujuan. Data diperoleh melalui temu bual semi struktur dan pemerhatian bukan struktur menggunakan catatan nota lapangan.  Hasil analisis tematik mendapati kedua-dua orang pengasuh yang memiliki Sijil KAP dengan pengalaman lebih tiga tahun dan kurang tiga tahun menunjukkan amalan pengasuhan yang lebih baik dalam penjagaan dan pengurusan keperluan asas kanak-kanak dan pelaksanaan aktiviti bersama kanak-kanak berbanding dua orang pengasuh yang tidak memiliki Sijil KAP dengan pengalaman lebih tiga tahun dan kurang tiga tahun. Dua orang pengasuh memiliki Sijil KAP tersebut juga mengakui KAP sebagai keperluan meni.....

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In this descriptive qualitative study, parental involvement is the partaking of families on the learning and holistic development of children at home and in school on teachers lens and a part of a larger study. Teachers? perspective is imperative in developing a school-facilitated parental involvement framework in the Philippine context. The researcher used document analysis and interview to gather data. Data were analyzed using content and thematic analysis. Results revealed four themes; (i) meaningful home-school communication; (ii) collective in-school engagement; (iii) structural at-home learning support; and (iv) refining teachers? capacity.  These results can be used as an input in developing a school-facilitated parenting involvement framework that encompass the contribution of teachers in planning, developing, and evaluating parental involvement programs which future researchers can also use in their studies. It is important that teachers especially early childhood educators .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti pelaksanaan pengajaran dan pembelajaran hadis dalam  Pendidikan  Islam  sekolah  menengah  di  negeri  Perak.  Kajian  ini  menggunakan kaedah  tinjauan. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 269 orang guru dan 827 orang murid yang telah dipilih  secara rawak bersrata daripada 806 orang guru Pendidikan Islam tingkatan 4 dan 9975 orang murid  Islam tingkatan empat sekolah menengah harian di negeri Perak. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan  ialah set soal selidik untuk guru dan murid yang telah disahkan oleh tujuh orang pakar.  Kebolehpercayaan instrumen soal selidik adalah tinggi berdasarkan pekali Alpha Cronbach bagi soal  selidik guru (>0.843) dan soal selidik murid (>0.807).    Data  dianalisis  menggunakan  statistik   deskriptif  kekerapan,  peratusan  min, sisihan piawai dan inferens ujian –t, ANOVA dan kolerasi.  Statistik deskriptif untuk aspek pelaksanaan  dan  penilaian  pengajaran.  Statistik inferensi�.....

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The present study aimed to investigate the teaching of pragmatics by Iraqi EFL teachers in Iraqi English language classrooms in an academic setting at Ministry of Education, Anbar General  Directorate for Education, secondary schools in Ramadi city, in the Republic of Iraq. Three  research questions were asked. The first question aimed to investigate whether pragmatics  is   being  taught  in  Iraqi  classrooms,  whereas  the  second  question  aimed  to examine  whether   pragmatics  is  presented  in  the  of  Fourth  Grade  Secondary  School textbook entitled English  for Iraq,   the third question aimed to  investigate whether the teaching of pragmatics is part of  the Iraqi English curriculum. The research was conducted as  a  qualitative  and  a  quantitative   case  study.  Non-participant  classroom  observation, document  analysis,  and  semi-structured   interview  were  used  to  collect  data  from  four respon.....

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Penyelidikan  ini  bertujuan  bagi  menerokai  corak  amalan  proses  kejurulatihan  jurulatih bola  sepak sekolah di Kuala Lumpur. Sejumlah 10 orang guru merangkap jurulatih bola sepak dan 11 orang  pemain bola sepak peringkat sekolah merupakan peserta kajian dalam penyelidikan  ini.  Saiz  sampel   dalam  kajian  kualitatif  tidak  dapat  ditentukan  dari  awal kajian dan pemilihan jumlah  peserta kajian ini berterusan sehingga sampai ke tahap yang dinamakan  sebagai  “saturation  of   information”  berikutan  tiada  data-data  baharu  yang diperolehi atau bertindih dengan data  sebelum  ini  menerusi sesi  temu bual  secara semi berstruktur  yang  mengandungi  set   “Open-Ended  Questions”  yang  telah  dijalankan. Tempoh  sesi  temu  bual  ini  berlangsung  bermula  dari  Januari  2019  sehingga  Jun  2019. Penyelidikan ini menggunakan pendekatan  kualitatif berbentuk Grounded Theory seperti dicadangkan .....

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of realism levels of 3D avatar on students’ emotions, specifically arousal and valence, and its mediating effects on their motivation in digital game-based learning (DGBL) environment. A game prototype with five different realism levels of 3D male avatar were designed and developed. The realism levels are ranked from low realism to high realism based on the enlargement and reduction of eye size and, thickness and eyebrow shape. Quasi experimental design was used to answer the research questions formulated and the data obtained was analysed using ANOVA, post hoc and bootstrap mediation statistical analysis. A number of 200 Diploma in Computer Graphic Design students from five different Cosmopoint College branches were selected using multistage sampling as research sample. Each college consists of one class of 40 students who underwent DGBL prototype with different realism levels of 3D avatar respectively. The ANOVA test show that.....

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