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Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education

The embedment of soft skills into education programs in higher education is closely related to the curriculum philosophy brought by the respective institutions. The soft skills are embedded through understanding belief systems and practices among the teacher trainers. Furthermore it provides an insi...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Aminuddin, Maharoff, Marina, Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni, Ro’is, Ihsan
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Language:English
Published: Symposium Journals 2015
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spelling my.upm.eprints.464962018-03-29T03:13:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46496/ Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education Hassan, Aminuddin Maharoff, Marina Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni Ro’is, Ihsan The embedment of soft skills into education programs in higher education is closely related to the curriculum philosophy brought by the respective institutions. The soft skills are embedded through understanding belief systems and practices among the teacher trainers. Furthermore it provides an insight into the curriculum philosophy on how to implement soft skills embedment. Therefore, this study aimed to understand teacher trainers’ understanding and teaching practice in embedding soft skills while teaching core courses for the Bachelor of Teaching Program (PISMP) at the Malaysia Institute of Teacher Education (IPG). This understanding is necessary in order to resolve the misunderstanding that embedding soft skills are burdensome for the teacher trainers and that it is only documented without being practiced. The case study methodology was used through a qualitative approach. Five teacher trainers with different backgrounds and teaching experience participated as respondents. The findings resulted in improved understanding on teacher trainers’ understanding about soft skills embedment and how the actual process of embedding soft skills occurred. The results of this study allow those involved in the development of student-teachers' soft skills to generate ideas to develop models for soft skills embedment that are in line with the interpretation of PISMP soft skills. Symposium Journals 2015-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46496/1/Teacher%20trainers%27%20and%20trainee%20teachers%27%20understanding%20towards%20the%20curriculum%20philosophy%20regarding%20soft%20skills%20embedment%20in%20the%20Malaysian%20Institute%20of%20Teacher%20Education.pdf Hassan, Aminuddin and Maharoff, Marina and Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni and Ro’is, Ihsan (2015) Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education. Policy Future in Education, 14 (2). pp. 164-175. ISSN 1478-2103 http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202351 10.1177/1478210315597857
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description The embedment of soft skills into education programs in higher education is closely related to the curriculum philosophy brought by the respective institutions. The soft skills are embedded through understanding belief systems and practices among the teacher trainers. Furthermore it provides an insight into the curriculum philosophy on how to implement soft skills embedment. Therefore, this study aimed to understand teacher trainers’ understanding and teaching practice in embedding soft skills while teaching core courses for the Bachelor of Teaching Program (PISMP) at the Malaysia Institute of Teacher Education (IPG). This understanding is necessary in order to resolve the misunderstanding that embedding soft skills are burdensome for the teacher trainers and that it is only documented without being practiced. The case study methodology was used through a qualitative approach. Five teacher trainers with different backgrounds and teaching experience participated as respondents. The findings resulted in improved understanding on teacher trainers’ understanding about soft skills embedment and how the actual process of embedding soft skills occurred. The results of this study allow those involved in the development of student-teachers' soft skills to generate ideas to develop models for soft skills embedment that are in line with the interpretation of PISMP soft skills.
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author Hassan, Aminuddin
Maharoff, Marina
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
Ro’is, Ihsan
spellingShingle Hassan, Aminuddin
Maharoff, Marina
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
Ro’is, Ihsan
Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
author_facet Hassan, Aminuddin
Maharoff, Marina
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni
Ro’is, Ihsan
author_sort Hassan, Aminuddin
title Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
title_short Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
title_full Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
title_fullStr Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
title_full_unstemmed Teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education
title_sort teacher trainers' and trainee teachers' understanding towards the curriculum philosophy regarding soft skills embedment in the malaysian institute of teacher education
publisher Symposium Journals
publishDate 2015
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