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Institutional support for continuous professional development of academics: issues and challenges

In order to remain competitive, private higher education institutions in Malaysia need to produce graduates who are employable and can contribute to the development of the nation. One of the key factors that would enable this is by supporting continuous professional development (CPD) of their academ...

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Main Authors: Tumar, Annyza, Asimiran, Soaib, Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Ismail, Ismi Arif
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66353/1/ICERP2015-17.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.663532019-02-13T06:29:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66353/ Institutional support for continuous professional development of academics: issues and challenges Tumar, Annyza Asimiran, Soaib Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Ismail, Ismi Arif In order to remain competitive, private higher education institutions in Malaysia need to produce graduates who are employable and can contribute to the development of the nation. One of the key factors that would enable this is by supporting continuous professional development (CPD) of their academics so that the academics could enhance the quality of their teaching. This case study, using the qualitative approach, explored the perspectives of both academics and the administration of a Malaysian private higher education institution on the institutional support given. It drew data from teaching observations, interviews with both academics and university administration as well as analysis of relevant documents. Findings indicated that the academics had specific and varying needs for CPD in order to enhance the quality of their teaching. Both academics and university administration concurred that the institution provided support for CPD. It was found that there were CPD areas in which support was particularly strong and other areas which were under or had yet to be supported. There was also a recognition that as a growing institution and a new university that was evolving, a review and revision of relevant institutional policies was needed to enable stronger support in the area while remaining in line with other institutional needs. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66353/1/ICERP2015-17.pdf Tumar, Annyza and Asimiran, Soaib and Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Ismail, Ismi Arif (2015) Institutional support for continuous professional development of academics: issues and challenges. In: 3rd International Conference on Educational Research and Practice (ICERP 2015), 25-26 Aug. 2015, The Everly, Putrajaya. (pp. 302-311).
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description In order to remain competitive, private higher education institutions in Malaysia need to produce graduates who are employable and can contribute to the development of the nation. One of the key factors that would enable this is by supporting continuous professional development (CPD) of their academics so that the academics could enhance the quality of their teaching. This case study, using the qualitative approach, explored the perspectives of both academics and the administration of a Malaysian private higher education institution on the institutional support given. It drew data from teaching observations, interviews with both academics and university administration as well as analysis of relevant documents. Findings indicated that the academics had specific and varying needs for CPD in order to enhance the quality of their teaching. Both academics and university administration concurred that the institution provided support for CPD. It was found that there were CPD areas in which support was particularly strong and other areas which were under or had yet to be supported. There was also a recognition that as a growing institution and a new university that was evolving, a review and revision of relevant institutional policies was needed to enable stronger support in the area while remaining in line with other institutional needs.
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author Tumar, Annyza
Asimiran, Soaib
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Ismail, Ismi Arif
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Asimiran, Soaib
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
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Institutional support for continuous professional development of academics: issues and challenges
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Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
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