The ‘Voices’ of Beginning Teachers in Malaysia About Their Conceptions of Competency: A Phenomenographic Investigation

Goh, Pauline Swee Choo; Saad, Noor Shah; Wong, Kung Teck

doi:10.14221/ajte.2012v37n7.5

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“…Findings of previous studies also show that the early years of beginning teachers is a difficult period to be passed through, where they have to struggle much in their career as a teacher (Mohd Hasani & Ulaganathan, 2005;Nabilah & Nurshamsida, 2011;Mohammed Sani & Zuraidah, 2002).  As teachers, they should have very firm criterions relevance with their task and responsibility (Goh & Wong, 2015;Goh & Wong, 2014). Consequently it requires begining teachers to constantly equip themselves with the necessary knowledge, skills, values and competencies to face the situation.…”

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Student teachers' perspectives on their readiness towards teaching practice: A case study in a Malaysian university

Othman¹,

Hashim²,

Ariffin³

et al. 2019

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This paper discusses part of the findings in a case study conducted to student teachers who were in teacher education programme in a selected university. The discussion focuses on the findings of interviews done to the students regarding with their readiness for their teaching practice or teaching practice at schools where there were placed. Open ended interviews were done to randomly ten students who had gone to the schools for their social visit before they go for their teaching practice. Audio data were collected from the participants of the interviews. The data were analysed and categorised thematically. There were main themes of the readiness that emerged from the analysis include social readiness, psychological readiness, general pedagogical knowledge readiness, pedagogical content knowledge readiness and basic skills readiness. The findings show that the student teachers admitted confidently that they were ready socially and psychologically for their teaching practice. They were also had readiness on the aspects of general pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and basics skills that will be required for the performing of the teaching practice. These findings might have connection with why most of the students scored higher achievement grade in teaching practice. Therefore further study might also be conducted to acquire clearer picture to be noted about it.

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Student teachers' perspectives on their readiness towards teaching practice: A case study in a Malaysian university

Othman¹,

Hashim²,

Ariffin³

et al. 2019

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“…Quite apart from actual reduction of student misbehaviour, there are also some potential positive by-products of the trial which deserve further investigations. The implications of understanding teacher's ability to manage their classrooms is important, given that within Asian countries, the ability to management classroom behaviours is perceived as an important marker of competency amongst new teachers (Goh, 2013), and is thus a topic that needs to be taken seriously in order to support the developing professional identify of new teachers. Furthermore, encouraging teacher education programs that focus on classroom management is important given the flow-on effects from improved student behavior, and associated variables such as improved academic performance (Korpershoek et al, 2016).…”

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Brief Online Classroom Behavior Management Training for Teachers to Address Male Student Behavioural Issue in Chennai, India

Teoh¹,

Cheong²,

Stuart³

et al. 2018

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When teachers require on-going coaching in the management of students' behaviours, Tele-Education may be used to bridge this competency gap. India's education policy has had considerable success in increasing students, from rural and disadvantaged areas, participating and completing secondary schooling. However, it has also resulted in higher numbers of students with challenging classroom behaviours. Behavior management is not well addressed in the current national plan and little training is provided to teachers. Previous research on students defined the behavioural management issues as well as the skills requirements for teachers to manage and provide positive behavioural management. As a result, three brief online training modules were developed and three real time behavior management case discussions were provided to assist teachers (n = 10) to manage challenging behaviours by male students (n = 50) in a pre and post intervention single group design. The Tele-Educational intervention increased teacher application of behavior management principles and improved classroom behavior in young males, suggesting potential for the approach to be utilised in other parts of India or in other countries where there is a need for this training.

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“…Understanding the students' common and unique situations and extending assistance or willingness to share their time, knowledge, and skills to co-workers are the two underlying themes, which represent their conception of competence. Specific to the need to show genuine concern for students, Goh, Saad, and Wong (2012) found out that Malaysian teachers also viewed competence in teaching by knowing what to do with problematic students, showing patience and interest to each student's achievement in school.…”

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“…In Malaysia, the beginning teachers likewise regard 'mastery of the subject matter' as one of the core conceptions of a competent teacher (Goh, Saad, & Wong, 2012). Such consensus among the beginning teacher-respondents from the two countries reflects the need to strengthen would-be teachers' content knowledge, which their teacher preparation curricula should have equipped them before they finally join the teaching profession.…”

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A phenomenographic inquiry on the concept of competence among Filipino teachers

Abulon¹,

Balagtas²

2015

IJRSE

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Conceptual understanding about the phenomenon of competence in teaching was explored among 20 pre-service and 20 beginning teachers in the City of Manila, Philippines using the phenomenographic approach of investigation. One-on-one interview sessions with the respondents were conducted using two sets of semi-structured interview guides. Thematic analysis served as the springboard for the identification of categories and underlying themes, which facilitated the construction of respective outcome space for the two groups under study. Comparative analysis of the pre-service and the beginning teachers' conceptions showed similarities as well as differences. The study revealed that the pre-service teachers 'saw' and 'understood' competence in the teaching profession in four different ways: 1) to possess desirable characteristics of a teacher; 2) to possess professional readiness to teach; 3) to manifest positive relationship with others; and 4) to respond to environmental and social changes. On the other hand, the beginning teachers' conceptions fell into four categories: 1) to influence the learning environment; 3) to manifest positive relationship with others; 3) to respond to the challenges of the profession; and 4) to perform multiple roles. Implications for the implementation of the Philippines' National Teacher Competency-Based Standards (NCBTS) as well as to teacher education institutions' curricular programs and admission policies were further established in the study.

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The ‘Voices’ of Beginning Teachers in Malaysia About Their Conceptions of Competency: A Phenomenographic Investigation

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Student teachers' perspectives on their readiness towards teaching practice: A case study in a Malaysian university

Student teachers' perspectives on their readiness towards teaching practice: A case study in a Malaysian university

Brief Online Classroom Behavior Management Training for Teachers to Address Male Student Behavioural Issue in Chennai, India

A phenomenographic inquiry on the concept of competence among Filipino teachers

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