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Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff

The development of a nation very much depends on its workforce. And whatever workforce that is available to a country is the product of that country's education system. An integral part of that system is the teachers who are the implementers of whatever educational policy that the country has d...

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Main Authors: Ng, Siew Foen, Mat Lajis, Norhaini, Yusoff, Mohd Zahari
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: 2004
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L Education (General)
Teachers. Teaching personnel
Professional education
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spelling my.uitm.ir.973982024-06-27T15:57:21Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/97398/ Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff Ng, Siew Foen Mat Lajis, Norhaini Yusoff, Mohd Zahari L Education (General) Teachers. Teaching personnel Professional education The development of a nation very much depends on its workforce. And whatever workforce that is available to a country is the product of that country's education system. An integral part of that system is the teachers who are the implementers of whatever educational policy that the country has decided upon. Thus, it is the teachers who mould and shape the workforce who will be responsible for building up the nation. As such, it is vitally important for a country harbouring great ambitions of becoming a developed and progressive nation, such as Malaysia, to ensure that teachers are not only equipped with the right knowledge and skills, but also the right attitude as life-long learners, to enable them to mould and shape a work-force with the right cutting-edge. This study attempts to identify whether the teachers of Kelantan do have such attitude. The attitude level of the teachers were measured based on a set of questionnaires of 24 items. The demographic variables such as gender, years of teaching experience, subject taught and the respondents' educational level, were used to determine whether there are any significant differences between these variables and the attitudes of teachers towards professional development. The Independent T-test and ANOVA were used for the hypotheses testing. The results were, out of six hypotheses, two were rejected. Four factors namely : relevancy of the professional courses, needs of the teachers, support from principal and peers, and both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation were derived from the factorial analysis. Pearson r was used to determine whether there is a significant relationship between these factors and the attitudes of teachers towards professional development. Factor related to motivation was found to have the highest correlation with the level of attitude followed by relevancy, support and needs. 2004 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/97398/1/97398.pdf Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff. (2004) [Research Reports] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/97398.pdf> (Unpublished)
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topic L Education (General)
Teachers. Teaching personnel
Professional education
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Teachers. Teaching personnel
Professional education
Ng, Siew Foen
Mat Lajis, Norhaini
Yusoff, Mohd Zahari
Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
description The development of a nation very much depends on its workforce. And whatever workforce that is available to a country is the product of that country's education system. An integral part of that system is the teachers who are the implementers of whatever educational policy that the country has decided upon. Thus, it is the teachers who mould and shape the workforce who will be responsible for building up the nation. As such, it is vitally important for a country harbouring great ambitions of becoming a developed and progressive nation, such as Malaysia, to ensure that teachers are not only equipped with the right knowledge and skills, but also the right attitude as life-long learners, to enable them to mould and shape a work-force with the right cutting-edge. This study attempts to identify whether the teachers of Kelantan do have such attitude. The attitude level of the teachers were measured based on a set of questionnaires of 24 items. The demographic variables such as gender, years of teaching experience, subject taught and the respondents' educational level, were used to determine whether there are any significant differences between these variables and the attitudes of teachers towards professional development. The Independent T-test and ANOVA were used for the hypotheses testing. The results were, out of six hypotheses, two were rejected. Four factors namely : relevancy of the professional courses, needs of the teachers, support from principal and peers, and both extrinsic and intrinsic motivation were derived from the factorial analysis. Pearson r was used to determine whether there is a significant relationship between these factors and the attitudes of teachers towards professional development. Factor related to motivation was found to have the highest correlation with the level of attitude followed by relevancy, support and needs.
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author Ng, Siew Foen
Mat Lajis, Norhaini
Yusoff, Mohd Zahari
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Mat Lajis, Norhaini
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title Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
title_short Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
title_full Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
title_fullStr Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
title_full_unstemmed Current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in Kelantan) / Ng Siew Foen, Norhaini Mat Lajis and Mohd Zahari Yusoff
title_sort current attitudes of teachers towards professional development (a case study in kelantan) / ng siew foen, norhaini mat lajis and mohd zahari yusoff
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