Technical and Vocational Education in Malaysia: Policy, Leadership, and Professional Growth on Malaysia Women

Sulaiman, Noralfishah; Salleh, Kahirol Mohd; Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza; Sern, Lai Chee

doi:10.5539/ass.v11n24p153

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“…In this regard, language learning is not considered as a female-dominated subject, because both genders seem to be equally well-informed regarding the challenges in learning the Spanish language. Besides, Universiti Kuala Lumpur practices gender equality in education (Sulaiman, Mohd Salleh, Mohamad, & Lai, 2015) and it provides all students with the same necessary knowledge, exposure and opportunity. In sum, this study has clearly supported the validity of the critiques against the social perception that math are for boys and language for girls.…”

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Motivation and Gender Differences in Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in a Malaysian Technical University

Khong¹,

Hassan²,

Ramli³

2018

MJLI

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Purpose-The purpose of this study is to investigate student motivation and gender differences in learning Spanish as a foreign language in the Malaysian context. Method-Student motivation was measured by means of a self-report questionnaire based on Gardner's social psychological model. The questionnaire contained both close-ended and open-ended questions to provide both quantitative and qualitative information. The participants consisted of 448 students from Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute where Spanish is a compulsory subject. Findings-The findings showed that the students were highly motivated toward learning Spanish. No significant differences were found between integrative and instrumental motivations and gender. Nonetheless, both quantitative and qualitative results suggested that the students were slightly more instrumentally inclined but simultaneously appreciated the target language and culture. This was particularly the case for the female students who showed significantly higher instrumental motivation in Spanish learning.

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Motivation and Gender Differences in Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in a Malaysian Technical University

Khong¹,

Hassan²,

Ramli³

2018

MJLI

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“…However, there is a gender inequality issue when female students choose TVET, according to previous studies (Masud et. al., 2018;Sulaiman et al, 2015). Results from these studies found that the enrolment rate of female TVET students is lower than male students because of some factors such as employers feeling unconfident with their ability to carry out the daily job, and negative social perception towards them.…”

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Measuring the Perception of Secondary School Students in Kedah Towards the Attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Demographic Analysis

Hong¹,

Abidin²,

Ch’ng³

et al. 2022

ASMScJ

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Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is one of the ways to produce skilled workers who are crucial to drive the economic of our country. Despite several strategies made by the government, TVET still does not seem to be a popular choice among secondary school students when choosing their tertiary education pathway. Hence, this study aims to analyse the students’ perception of TVET based on the demographic analysis of gender and current study stream in school in Kedah. The sole focus is on the students who are not enrolling in TVET so that more reasons why they are not likely to join TVET can be discovered. For the data collection process, 428 secondary school students from Kedah are chosen as the respondents. Descriptive analysis of the data is performed using Microsoft Excel and Google Data Studio. The results reveal that male and female students have positive perceptions of TVET even though they do not enrol in TVET. Furthermore, most students from various streams also show their interest in TVET. However, the majority of students are undecided about the assertions in the questionnaire due to unfamiliarity with this course. As a result, it is recommended that the government continue promoting TVET among secondary school students hence preparing them with specific skills that meet the current industrial requirement.

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“…Rapid changes in technology in the past several decades have made engineering occupations more attainable for individuals of any gender [10,11] even though traditionally, the inherent activities such as design, field work, etc., have been perceived as masculine occupations [12]. Despite the claim by some that gender inequalities and women's underrepresentation in engineering fields have declined, there is still a gap [13].…”

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Women’s Representation in Federal Transportation Agencies: A Descriptive Analysis

Rouhanizadeh¹,

Jafari²,

Kermanshachi³

2020

Proceedings of the Creative Construction E-Conference 2020

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Gender inequality in engineering career fields has been a source of social and economic disturbances for many years. In several cases, women are underrepresented, and disparities persist despite policies that have focused on initiatives to promote gender equality in the industry, and the inadequacy of tools for measuring and analyzing the imbalance confounds the problem. This study investigates women's underrepresentation in engineering careers from 2011-2017, by aggregating data from 17,889 demographic profiles of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) workforce. The objective of the study was to perform a descriptive analysis to (1) explore women's representation in the USDOT, and (2) discover the factors that can reduce or eliminate the low representation of female engineers and if there is any wage gap that exists between the genders. This includes the impact of factors such as job location, education level, type of appointment, job position and its importance, level of experience, and supervisory role of the employee. According to the outputs, women hold fewer high-level positions than men in the USDOT, but no significant gender-related wage inequality exists. The findings can help public and private organizations design legislative initiatives to achieve greater gender equality and assist employers of engineering organizations in moving toward a more gender-diverse working environment to reduce or eliminate gender inequality and its consequent challenges.

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Technical and Vocational Education in Malaysia: Policy, Leadership, and Professional Growth on Malaysia Women

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

Motivation and Gender Differences in Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in a Malaysian Technical University

Motivation and Gender Differences in Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language in a Malaysian Technical University

Measuring the Perception of Secondary School Students in Kedah Towards the Attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Demographic Analysis

Women’s Representation in Federal Transportation Agencies: A Descriptive Analysis

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