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Science teaching: perceptions, attitudes and instructional practices

Phang Yeen Cheng, Talib Othman, Othman Azraai,

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This study investigates the perceptions, attitudes and instructional practices towards teaching science among secondary school Science teachers. Data was collected using questionnaires and underwent statistical analysis. 102 science teachers in Kuala Langat district were included in this study. Analysis revealed that the three constructs; perceptions, attitudes and instructional practice were at moderate level. In addition, Mann-Whitney analysis showed that there was no significant difference between the experienced group teachers with less experienced group teachers in terms of perceptions, attitudes and instructional practices. Finally, analysis Spearman’s rho revealed that there were low correlation between perceptions and attitudes, perceptions and instructional practices and moderate correlation between instructional practices and attitudes. This research helps in providing the information on teachers’ perceptions, attitudes and instructional practices among secondary school S.....

Article Published 2016 3470 hits Available

Kolaborasi komuniti dalam penambahbaikan sekolah: kajian kes di sekolah bimbingan jalinan kasih, Kuala Lumpur

Faez Nazhan Phang Abdullah

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Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk meneroka sejauhmana kolaborasi komuniti dapat membantu penambahbaikan Sekolah Bimbingan Jalinan Kasih (SBJK) Kuala Lumpur. SBJK merupakan sebuah sekolah istimewa yang menempatkan kanak-kanak jalanan di sekitar Chow Kit. Penglibatan komuniti dengan sekolah dalam kajian ini adalah diadaptasi dan diubahsuai daripada Model Penglibatan Ibu Bapa, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia; dan Model Hoover-Dempsey dan Sandler. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif berdasarkan kaedah kajian kes. Seramai 16 orang responden yang terdiri daripada warga sekolah (8 orang), pegawai Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (4 orang), ahli kumpulan penggerak Penglibatan Ibu Bapa dan Komuniti (2 orang) serta wakil komuniti (2 orang) terlibat dalam kajian ini. Temubual separa berstruktur dijalankan dengan menggunakan protokol�.....

Thesis Published 2019 3549 hits Available

Preschool teachers beliefs and classroom practices of child-centred learning at private preschools in Central Region, Malaysia

Wai Leng, Anna Phang

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Preschool education is an essential early learning experience in the world of education. It has been recognized as the most critical period in child development as quality preschool education makes significant contribution for the development of the whole child. Malaysia preschool education is always emphasizing on the holistic approach with developmentally appropriate preschool programme. The mission is to bring about a paradigm shift from ‘teacher-centred’ to “child- centred’ education to promote active learning in the 21st century classroom. Classroom practices are the educational process for effective teaching and learning. It is the fundamental to young children’s learning. Therefore, teachers’ beliefs and practices are crucial for improving the educational processes. The objectives of this study are to explore the preschool teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices for child-centred learning in preschool education, as well as to investigate the relationship between .....

Article Published 2021 1561 hits Available

Issues and challenges for the implementation of preschool stream education what do the presschool teachers say

Anna, Phang Wai Leng

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Preschool STREAM education is a philosophy and guiding principle. It is a way of thinking towards multidisciplinary approach, in which Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics are integrated in the early childhood programme to provide the young children with a well-rounded education and equipped them with the 21st century skills. In this aspect, preschool teachers’ perceptions towards the implementation of STREAM education are crucial for the sustainability of STREAM education now and then. In this study, the objectives are to investigate preschool teachers’ perceptions towards STREAM implementation, the challenges of implementing STREAM education, as well as to examine the differences between pre-service and in-service teachers’ perspectives towards the implementation of STREAM education. For this study, a quantitative research design was adopted. The data was collected through a questionnaire survey and analysed using SPSS software, which was used to obta.....

Article Published 2023 871 hits Available

Designing the Integrated Thematic Preschool Stream Module

Phang, Anna Wai Leng

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Malaysian Blueprint (2013-2025), under Malaysian Ministry of Education (MoE) has placed great emphasis on STEM education. Currently preschool STEM education has evolved from STEAM to STREAM. STREAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. However, methods of promoting STREAM are barely adapted in preschool classroom practice. There is hardly substantial research that emphasize on the design and development of STREAM module to foster STREAM at the preschool level. This requires a reliable and effective teaching and learning STREAM module that can train or guide teachers using the Integrated thematic instruction (ITI) model to address the National Philosophy of Education for developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated manner. Therefore, this research paper aims to design and development of integrated thematic preschool STREAM module by using the design and development research (DDR) approach. In order to determine the ins.....

Article Published 2023 758 hits Available

Development of an integrated thematic instruction stream module for preschool in Malaysia

Phang, Wai Leng

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This study aims to design and develop a preschool integrated-thematic-instruction STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) module to enhance teachers' skills. The Design and Development Research (DDR) approach was employed in this study, which consisted of three phases. The first phase analysed the need for developing the STREAM module for preschool. A survey method was conducted involving 40 early childhood educators and 40 pre-service early childhood educators as respondents. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis. The findings from the needs analysis revealed that the development of the STREAM ITIPreschool module is necessary to enhance teachers' skills in STREAM ITI-Preschool education. The second phase focused on designing and developing the STREAM ITIPreschool module, which involved consensus among ten experts on the module's main components through two rounds. Thematic analysis was conducted in the first round, where emerging themes includ.....

Thesis Published 2025 141 hits Available

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