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In a different choice and voice : the perceptions of males enrolled in teacher education programme

This study is set in the context of concern about the decline in the proportion ofmales entering teaching profession in Malaysia and focuses on the views of 10 male teacher trainees enrolled in various disciplines of teacher education programme as to determine the gender awareness of the male partic...

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Main Author: Chua, Kang Zheng.
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2007
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LB Theory and practice of education
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spelling my.unimas.ir.176942023-02-09T03:55:00Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17694/ In a different choice and voice : the perceptions of males enrolled in teacher education programme Chua, Kang Zheng. LB Theory and practice of education This study is set in the context of concern about the decline in the proportion ofmales entering teaching profession in Malaysia and focuses on the views of 10 male teacher trainees enrolled in various disciplines of teacher education programme as to determine the gender awareness of the male participants about men in teaching, to explore the reasons of the male participants for choosing teaching, and to describe the value of male teachers in teaching held by the male patticipants. The selected research design for this study is a case study based on qualitative methodology. Semistructured interview was used for data collection and the data were transcribed and analysed according to emerging themes to address the objectives of this study. The findings of this study show that the male teacher trainees, in general, report gender awareness about the decline proportion of male in teaching, however, the gender awareness they hold is different from what the male teacher trainees hold in the Western societies. Besides, the findings of this study also reveal the various reasons for the male teacher trainees' choice of entering teaching and they were categorized into four major emergent themes, namely: the interpersonal experience empowerment theme, the service theme, continuation theme and time compatibility theme. Lastly, the findings of this study also reveal the value of male teachers in education held by these male teacher trainees, in general perspective, centers around the disciplinary domain. This study highlights the need for more researches to be carried out to find out the actual cause for the under-representation of men in teaching profession and address the issue ofwhether this under-representation does matter. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2007 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17694/1/Chua%20Kang%20Zheng%2024pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17694/4/Chua%20Kang%20Zheng%20ft.pdf Chua, Kang Zheng. (2007) In a different choice and voice : the perceptions of males enrolled in teacher education programme. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Chua, Kang Zheng.
In a different choice and voice : the perceptions of males enrolled in teacher education programme
description This study is set in the context of concern about the decline in the proportion ofmales entering teaching profession in Malaysia and focuses on the views of 10 male teacher trainees enrolled in various disciplines of teacher education programme as to determine the gender awareness of the male participants about men in teaching, to explore the reasons of the male participants for choosing teaching, and to describe the value of male teachers in teaching held by the male patticipants. The selected research design for this study is a case study based on qualitative methodology. Semistructured interview was used for data collection and the data were transcribed and analysed according to emerging themes to address the objectives of this study. The findings of this study show that the male teacher trainees, in general, report gender awareness about the decline proportion of male in teaching, however, the gender awareness they hold is different from what the male teacher trainees hold in the Western societies. Besides, the findings of this study also reveal the various reasons for the male teacher trainees' choice of entering teaching and they were categorized into four major emergent themes, namely: the interpersonal experience empowerment theme, the service theme, continuation theme and time compatibility theme. Lastly, the findings of this study also reveal the value of male teachers in education held by these male teacher trainees, in general perspective, centers around the disciplinary domain. This study highlights the need for more researches to be carried out to find out the actual cause for the under-representation of men in teaching profession and address the issue ofwhether this under-representation does matter.
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