Teacher preparation in Malaysia: needed changes

Goh, Pauline Swee Choo; Blake, Damian

doi:10.1080/13562517.2015.1020780

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“…Teacher preparation institutions must be serious about developing teacher preparation programs. They must be positive in building and reinforcing successful and effective teacher preparation and practice opportunities that teachers need to support and promote education development in Malaysia (Goh & Blake, 2015). Teacher educators cannot expect that because pre-service teachers have completed the requirements of the International Journal of Instruction, January 2017 • Vol.10, No.1 Bachelor of Education that these teachers are ready to embrace the expertise of teaching in a real situation.…”

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“…It generally fails to empower the students in their learning. Goh and Blake (2015) assert that in today's competitive environment, the need for teachers to be engaged in 'good teaching practices' and who can create a professional and effective learning environment cannot be overstated. 'Technical' competency is one in which novice teachers' practice is narrowly constrained in providing knowledge in a constricted and controlled environment.…”

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Lived Experience: Perceptions of Competency of Novice Teachers

Goh¹,

Yusuf²,

Wong³

2017

INT J INSTRUCTION

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This study bridges the gap of an outsider-insider perspective of competency and captures the essence of what constitutes competency among 18 novice teachers in their own actions performed in real classrooms. In this study, relevant aspects of the novice teachers' 'lived-experience' in their schools make up their conceptions of competency. Novice teachers' talk about achieving their aims of competency in strategically different ways and in each of these ways, the novice teachers' strategies are critical to their understanding of the novice teacher-student roles. Five identified conceptions are: controls in the classroom and behaviour of students, methodical preparation, uses of sound in pedagogical knowledge and skills, understanding and empowering their students to take charge of their own learning, and an awareness of themselves as teachers. The conceptions of competency are represented diagrammatically and are discussed with respect to levels of complexity. Variation exists in the way novice teachers conceive of their competency. Teacher educators should be cognizant of the diversity in practices of teachers and not limit that to say that there is just one acceptable conception of competency.

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Lived Experience: Perceptions of Competency of Novice Teachers

Goh¹,

Yusuf²,

Wong³

2017

INT J INSTRUCTION

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“…While UETs have received training in teaching and are experts in their discipline (English language), transitioning from one educational context to another means that certain pedagogical approaches may have to shift to suit the new context (Avalos & Bascopé, 2014). In fact, in the Malaysian context, questions have been raised regarding the effectiveness of teacher education and how it does not reflect the reality of the current educational context (Goh & Blake, 2015).…”

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2017

The Journal of AsiaTEFL

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“…This step is crucial in increasing the quality of teacher as Goh & Blake (2015) suggested that there is a need to change the teacher preparation in Malaysia to produce more quality teacher. However, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (2012) suggested that to generate the quality teacher; it involves not only proper selection procedures of pre-service teachers but also a suitable curriculum, teaching approaches and assessment methods inside their training programs.…”

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“…Therefore, there is an urgency to improve teacher clinical experience, especially in Malaysia higher education institution as suggested by Goh & Blake (2015), which is to develop and situate teacher preparation in the schools rather than sending the unprepared pre-service teacher into the practicum. The use of teacher observation as the primary instrument to assess the teaching practicum has drawn some criticism because of the nature of the observation itself.…”

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Teaching Practice Assessment Methods For Pre-Service Teachers In Malaysian Teacher Education

Yahya¹,

Mansor

Abdullah

2018

Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017)

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The Malaysian education system has expanded from strength to strength in the last few years. Throughout last decade, the system has made significant changes from the pre-school education to the higher education. However, the quality of Malaysian teacher has always been subjected to debate since this new millennium. The main focus of this study is to identify the assessment methods that have been practiced by Malaysian teacher training institutions during teaching practice placements. This research has adopted a qualitative approach, in particular, document analysis. It was done in several phases by using purposive sampling according to some criteria that had been established. The data analysis revealed that there were five types of assessment methods has been used to evaluate pre-service teachers during teaching practice in Malaysian teacher education. In light of the findings of the study, we recommend that teacher education in Malaysia should revise the methods of teaching practice assessment for pre-service teachers to stay relevant in the context of 21st-century education.

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Teacher preparation in Malaysia: needed changes

Cited by 23 publications

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