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The study aims to analyse the role of principals’ instructional leadership in generating quality ... more The study aims to analyse the role of principals’ instructional leadership in generating quality teaching at excellent secondary schools in Malaysia according to teachers’ perceptions. School principal plays big roles in generating quality teaching, transformation and performance of school. The framework by Hallinger and Murphy (1987), Latip (2006), and Mohamad Johdi & Hatta (2018) was used in this study. The data was collected using a survey questionnaire adapted from the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS). There were 436 academic teachers of excellent secondary schools in Malaysia were randomly selected and participated as the respondents of the study. The data gathered from the survey was examined using descriptive and inference statistics of the SPSS-Versions 22.0 programme. The analysis of the study demonstrated that the highest score was dimension ‘Developing and Enforcing Academic Standards’ achieved mean 4.2293, second highest was ‘Communicating the Scho...
Understanding Medical Education
The central aim of this study was to describe through qualitative inquiry how school principals h... more The central aim of this study was to describe through qualitative inquiry how school principals have dealt with the post-1994 changes in school governance and the change in their leadership roles as leaders and professional managers of public schools, and how these changes have impacted on the construction of their professional identities and redefinition of their leadership roles. The critical research questions that guided the study were: (1) How do principals interpret or understand their roles and functions as leaders in the democratised system which relies on participatory management approaches? (2) To what extent can the principal's beliefs, personal and cultural values and interests shape or influence his or her leadership style? (3) To what extent has the principal's socialization into the teaching profession shaped his or her self-definition and professional identity? (4) How do principals transform their personal knowledge into professional practice? A qualitative, interpretive research design that made use of stories, accounts, and narratives was used to investigate different areas of the leadership process in KwaZulu-Natal schools. Six principals were selected to participate in the research process using the purposive or selective sampling procedure. The procedure was judgemental because it (ii)
The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the acad... more The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the academic administrators in Islamic Tertiary Education Institution as perceived by academic staff. This study is using a validated questionnaire that was developed by Kalshoven, Den Hartog & De Hoogh known as “Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire” (ELW). It is to measure the seven dimensions of ethical leader behaviour which comprises of ethical leadership scale, namely, fairness, integrity, ethical guidance, people orientation, power sharing, role clarification and concern for sustainability (Kalshoven, et al., 2011). The study involved 262 academic staffs from several kulliyyahs and centres of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur. The data collected from the survey were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. The result of the study shows that ‘role clarification’ has the highest mean score of 3.73, followed by ‘integrity’ with mean score 3.60, and, third highest scored practiced by the academic administrators was ‘concern for sustainability’ with mean 3.42. It is hoped that the findings in this study will contribute and encourage the tertiary education institution to improve further in its organization especially which is related to the academic administrators’ practice on ethical leadership behaviour. The impact will be huge throughout the world as can be seen as a world class university striving towards the vision and mission in enhancing the quality ummah in the era of globalization.
This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secon... more This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools, Malaysia. The study involved 1020 respondents comprises seniorteachers, teacher-administrators, teachers, and, counsellors. The instrument used was survey questionnaire and data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0 for Windows. The study was mainly based on Rahim (2001) and Thomas and Kilmann (2008) conflict-handling modes. The findings of the study indicate that the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools in Malaysia was on domain ‘Collaborating’ with mean 4.1434, the second highest was ’Compromising’ with mean 3.8834 and the third highest was ’Empowerment’ with mean 3.8400. It is hoped that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teacher-administrators, educational leaders, teachers, and all groups or individuals in educational organizations to manage conflicts wisely and succ...
European Journal of Education Studies, 2018
The study examines the effectiveness of principals’ exemplary leadership practiced on school achi... more The study examines the effectiveness of principals’ exemplary leadership practiced on school achievements as perceived by stakeholders. The respondents were 193 stakeholders comprised Senior Assistants, Afternoon session School Supervisors, Officers of District Education Office, teachers, and, representatives of Parent Teacher Association. The study adapted the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) model developed by Kouzes and Posner (2001, 2004). The data collected from the survey were analysed using a statistical software package, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. The results showed that the component ‘Enable Others to Act’ was the most effective practiced with the highest mean score of 4.12 and standard deviation 0.700. The second highest was ‘Challenge the Process’ with mean 4.01 and standard deviation 0.764. The third highest was ‘Encourages the Heart’ with mean 4.00 and standard deviation 0.771. It was followed by ‘Inspired a Shared Vision’ with mean ...
The study aims to examine the effectiveness of postgraduate thesis supervisions on Supervisors’ E... more The study aims to examine the effectiveness of postgraduate thesis supervisions on Supervisors’ Expertise, Professional Development, and, Islamic Work Ethics at International Islamic Tertiary Institution. The principles and dimensions of postgraduate thesis supervision have been assessed by using models adapted from Aspland & O’Leary (1999) and IIUM Code of Ethics (2016). The study employed a purposive sampling of 163 postgraduate students who were actively involved in research activities of Masters and PhD degrees at the Faculty/Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur. KIRKHS has the highest number of postgraduate students nationally and internationally among fourteen faculties at IIUM. The questionnaires have been tested for reliability and validity comprised three main dimensions of 15 items and evaluated in 5-Likert responses. The data collected were analyzed by using SPSS Version 20 and ...
This study presents the perceptions of teachers toward the best practices of principals’ conflict... more This study presents the perceptions of teachers toward the best practices of principals’ conflict management at the selected Islamic Private Secondary Schools in Yala Province Thailand. The sample of the study was 302 teachers. The instruments used were survey questionnaire of fifteen items and followed by interview with the conveniently selected ten respondents. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The findings of the study show that the highest three best practices of conflict management among principals as perceived by the teachers were item 4 ‘Compromise is the best strategy for managing conflict’ with 91.4 or 276 respondents agreed, item 3 ‘Conflict management needs an involved process of joint exploration for solution’ with 91.1% agreed, and, item 7 ‘Conflicts can be solved if the parties understand each other, and jointly search for alternative solutions’ with 90% or 262 agreed. On the other hand, the least response was item8 ‘The more powerful you are, the more effectively you can resolve the conflicts’ with only 30.4% respondents agreed. As an addition, this study also discusses the principal best practice towards conflict management as perceived by teachers in the interviews especially from the Islamic perspectives. It is hope that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teachers and all group or individual in educational organization to manage conflicts wisely and successfully
The study discusses the students' perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements ... more The study discusses the students' perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in Pahang. The instruments used were survey questionnaire and the data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15.0 for Windows. The findings show that the students have a clear definition of what and who are their peers and they are not influenced by their peers in decision making. They could relate peers to giving them a positive influence in terms of academic and are able to differentiate between the right and wrong act of their peers. The students clearly realized that a positive attitude should be attained to excel in academics. They have also agreed that those gifted and excellent students have an optimistic and positive affect towards their view and perspectives of learning. They are strongly influenced to be of the same level and status as their friends are. It is hope that the findings of this research would benefit teachers, educators, administrators, and, educational leaders to manipulate positively the peer influence in achieving good students in academics and moral attitudes.
Sociological and mathematics educational values are two key components worthy of integration for ... more Sociological and mathematics educational values are two key components worthy of integration for effective mathematics instructional contents delivery in this era of globalized world. The paper examines values attached to these components and its applicability in an ongoing mathematics classroom. The study employs qualitative methodological technique with interviews as a source of data. 3-service mathematics teachers teaching mathematics in different senior secondary schools participated in the study. The findings reveal that mathematics teachers are aware and had minimum understanding of these components of values inculcation in their mathematics teaching and learning. Suggestions are offered on how to improve sociological and mathematics educational values for effective mathematics instruction.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
This study attempts to investigate the views, processes, and, best practice of conflict managemen... more This study attempts to investigate the views, processes, and, best practice of conflict management among the MARA-Majlis Amanah Rakyat or Board of People Trust-teachers in the MARA education institutions. The sample of the study was 306 teachers conveniently selected from MARA education institutions in Malaysia. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The finding shows that the highest perception of MARA teachers was 'conflict can be thought as problem, we need to find the source and take the appropriate steps to solve it' mean 4.40 and SD 0.585. In relation to the process of managing conflict, the perception was highest on 'solution finding process is needed in conflict management' mean 4.29 and SD 0.698. Finally, the finding indicates that the best practice of conflict management among MARA teachers was 'conflict can be solved if there is understanding between parties and find the solution together' mean 4.40 and SD 0.618. It is believed that if the teachers regardless of background can manage effectively the conflict in schools or colleges and foster healthy teacher-administrator relationship, teaching and learning can be improved towards facing the challenges in the era of globalization and realization of vision 2020, Malaysia, and beyond.
The main purpose of this study is to examine the roles of school principals as perceived by schoo... more The main purpose of this study is to examine the roles of school principals as perceived by school teachers regarding the enhancement of students’ academic achievement. The study was conducted on 10 selected Islamic private secondary schools under Songkla Educational Service Office Area 3 in Thailand. The study employed the quantitative method used a set of questionnaire based on conceptual framework. Statistical analysis included descriptive approach, frequency, percentage and correlation. A survey instrument was distributed to 200 school teachers who were selected by simple random sampling. Findings of the study showed that school principals played their roles were moderately (leadership, managerial, and instructional – curriculum) that effect and affect to student performances in Ordinary National Test (O-NET) in particular subjects such as Mathematics and Sciences that scored lower than national standard as regarding to students’ academic achievement in this country.
The study presents the perception of academic administrators on the basic principles of education... more The study presents the perception of academic administrators on the basic principles of educational leadership which can be applied by academic administrators in higher education institution. The aim of the study was to identify the effective principles that would increase the level of effectiveness in academic works. A survey method was used to collect data. A set of questionnaire were distributed to academic administrators at the Kulliyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Findings of the study revealed that academic administrators corroborated that principles of educational leadership could help enrich excellence in higher education institutions. It is also found that the principles of educational leadership are applicable in effectuating academic administrators' leadership qualities in higher education institutions.
The study aims to examine the best practice of framing and communicating school goals among princ... more The study aims to examine the best practice of framing and communicating school goals among principals of cluster secondary schools Malaysia according to principals and teachers perceptions. The Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) modified by Hallinger and Murphy (1985), Latip (2006), and, Hatta (2010) was used as the data collection instrument through survey questionnaire. There were 871 respondents of different genders, ethnics, type of schools, and, position of responsibilities at schools were participated. The result of the study shows that three highest score were respectively on items ‘Discuss the school's academic goals with teachers at faculty meetings’ mean 4.25, ‘Communicate the school's academic goals to people at school’ mean 4.24, and, ‘Refer to the school's goals in student assemblies’ mean 4.21. It is hoped that this research will provide useful findings which will effectively assist the process of instructional leadership enhancement among principals and teachers of cluster secondary schools in order to improve students' academic performance in achieving the first class human capital who are compatibly excellent nationally and internationally towards realization of the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025.
The study aims to examine the teachers’ perceptions and the underlying dimensions of their respon... more The study aims to examine the teachers’ perceptions and the underlying dimensions of their responses towards the concept of teamwork. The study involved 202 teachers of primary and secondary schools in the district of Kuantan, Malaysia. They were different age, gender, level of education, level of teaching, numbers of teaching years and marital status. The revised Teamwork Skills Questionnaire (TSQ) by O’Neil, Lee, Wang and Mulkey (1999) were adapted by the researchers as the primary instrument of data collection. The study applied the reliability and principal component analysis, with varimax rotation in order to produce the simplest factor structure. The inter-item relationships were examined to establish the reasonableness of the dimensional analysis. This study also applied Kaiser’s (1960) and Guadagnoli and Velicer’s (1988) criterion for important factors, significance test on factor loadings (Cliff and Hamburger, 1967), and, the interpretability of the extracted factors were used to decide on the number of factors to be retained. The final five-factor structure obtained from this investigation suggests that the TSQ is a multidimensional scale looking into various dimensions of perceptions towards teamwork. This paper further discuss on these dimensions in terms of the degree to which they reflect the emerged themes of perceiving teamwork. The use of principal component analysis in analyzing the responses gathered from the TSQ has helped to identify the emerging of two new themes in addition to the three initial themes. The findings are beneficial to understand and determine the success or failure of the practice of teamwork in the educational institutions especially the school. It will further aid teachers, educators, administrators, and professional development coordinators to adequately prepare, train, and support teachers so that they may become effective members of the team.
The study is essentially an exploratory survey, which sets out to obtain some concrete informatio... more The study is essentially an exploratory survey, which sets out to obtain some concrete information on the students’ knowledge and understanding of, and attitudes towards, the favourite themes of fieldwork approaches to history in the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary Schools (ICSS), Malaysia. The researcher employed the ‘stratified-random sampling’ method and selected two states in Malaysia, namely Perak and Terengganu, involving 400 students from each state. As an addition, the researcher conducted interviews with forty conveniently selected respondents. The responses were presented in the form of frequency and percentage. The results of the study show that the top three favourite themes selected by students in history fieldwork were ‘building’ with the score of 242 (30.3%), followed by ‘family’ 121 (15.1%) and ‘public figures’ with 101 (12.6%) responses. On the other hand, the least popular theme among the students was ‘occupation’ with 22 (2.8%) responses. The perceptions of students on these three themes were presented in the interview section. It is hoped that the study would raise concern, awareness and benefit to all involved in the teaching and learning of fieldwork approaches to history, especially the Standard School Curriculum of Malaysia beginning from year 2011 towards the realisation of Vision 2020, 1-Malaysia, and, Malaysia Education Blue-Print 2013-2025.
Kajian ini membincangkan persepsi guru-guru MARA terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi disipli... more Kajian ini membincangkan persepsi guru-guru MARA terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi disiplin pelajar-pelajar pelbagai institusi pengajian MARA (IPMa) di Malaysia.
Conflict if managed appropriately and efficiently would add important values to an organization a... more Conflict if managed appropriately and efficiently would add important values to an organization as it act as a catalyst for change. These changes may lead to a conducive environment in workplace, foster good relationship among employees, and, over a period of time it will result in high productivity. This is important as a team, they can work hand in hand to achieve the organizational goals. Pursuant to this matter, this study attempts to investigate the views of MARA educators on conflict management and identify the processes of managing conflict in the MARA education institutions. The sample of the study was 306 respondents randomly selected from MARA educators who attended the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme at the International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak. They were from MRSM, KPM, KKTM, KM and IKM across the country. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The responses on the questionnaire items were reported and discussed in frequency, percentage, and, mean. The findings shows that the highest score was on 'Conflict can be thought as problem, we need to find the source and take the appropriate steps to solve it' with mean score 4.40 of 5.00 Likert scale. The lowest was on 'It is better to lie a bit in order to solve a conflict' with mean score 2.51. It is believed that if the educators regardless of background can manage effectively the conflict in schools and foster healthy teacher-administrator relationship, teaching and learning can be improved towards facing the challenges in the era of globalization and realization of vision 2020.
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The Malaysian government and the agencies had allocated and spent millions of Ringgits to preserv... more The Malaysian government and the agencies had allocated and spent millions of Ringgits to preserve and decorate the national heritage such as the museums, archives, gallery, artefacts, sites, and other historical remains. These are became major tourist attraction which indirectly inculcated knowledge and enhanced appreciation upon the practices of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Malaysian. Thus, this paper discusses a study on the students' perceptions of fieldwork approaches to history of the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary Schools (ICSS) Malaysia in relation to the challenges of Vision 2020. The study was conducted in various types of schools in Perak and Terengganu which involved about eight hundred students. The result of the study shows a high relation concerning the students' perceptions of fieldwork approaches of history and the challenges of Vision 2020. It is hoped that more students would benefit from this core subject of the lower and upper secondary levels, ICSS Malaysia, towards the development of the twenty-first millennium first class human capital of Malaysian and 1-Malaysia nation.
Historical development of Islamic integrated education in Malaysia since 15th Century : current needs for the globalized world, 2018
Unlike traditional Islamic education (IE) systems, Islamic Integrated Education (IIE) emphasizes ... more Unlike traditional Islamic education (IE) systems, Islamic Integrated Education (IIE) emphasizes on developing graduate competency to generate employability to cope with an increasingly globalized world, while pursuing the core principles of IE. This paper tracks how IIE grew in Malaysia in the course of time and what are the opportunities offered for the students currently in primary, secondary and tertiary levels at IIE institutions. Historically, Islamic
The study aims to analyse the role of principals’ instructional leadership in generating quality ... more The study aims to analyse the role of principals’ instructional leadership in generating quality teaching at excellent secondary schools in Malaysia according to teachers’ perceptions. School principal plays big roles in generating quality teaching, transformation and performance of school. The framework by Hallinger and Murphy (1987), Latip (2006), and Mohamad Johdi & Hatta (2018) was used in this study. The data was collected using a survey questionnaire adapted from the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS). There were 436 academic teachers of excellent secondary schools in Malaysia were randomly selected and participated as the respondents of the study. The data gathered from the survey was examined using descriptive and inference statistics of the SPSS-Versions 22.0 programme. The analysis of the study demonstrated that the highest score was dimension ‘Developing and Enforcing Academic Standards’ achieved mean 4.2293, second highest was ‘Communicating the Scho...
Understanding Medical Education
The central aim of this study was to describe through qualitative inquiry how school principals h... more The central aim of this study was to describe through qualitative inquiry how school principals have dealt with the post-1994 changes in school governance and the change in their leadership roles as leaders and professional managers of public schools, and how these changes have impacted on the construction of their professional identities and redefinition of their leadership roles. The critical research questions that guided the study were: (1) How do principals interpret or understand their roles and functions as leaders in the democratised system which relies on participatory management approaches? (2) To what extent can the principal's beliefs, personal and cultural values and interests shape or influence his or her leadership style? (3) To what extent has the principal's socialization into the teaching profession shaped his or her self-definition and professional identity? (4) How do principals transform their personal knowledge into professional practice? A qualitative, interpretive research design that made use of stories, accounts, and narratives was used to investigate different areas of the leadership process in KwaZulu-Natal schools. Six principals were selected to participate in the research process using the purposive or selective sampling procedure. The procedure was judgemental because it (ii)
The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the acad... more The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the academic administrators in Islamic Tertiary Education Institution as perceived by academic staff. This study is using a validated questionnaire that was developed by Kalshoven, Den Hartog & De Hoogh known as “Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaire” (ELW). It is to measure the seven dimensions of ethical leader behaviour which comprises of ethical leadership scale, namely, fairness, integrity, ethical guidance, people orientation, power sharing, role clarification and concern for sustainability (Kalshoven, et al., 2011). The study involved 262 academic staffs from several kulliyyahs and centres of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur. The data collected from the survey were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0. The result of the study shows that ‘role clarification’ has the highest mean score of 3.73, followed by ‘integrity’ with mean score 3.60, and, third highest scored practiced by the academic administrators was ‘concern for sustainability’ with mean 3.42. It is hoped that the findings in this study will contribute and encourage the tertiary education institution to improve further in its organization especially which is related to the academic administrators’ practice on ethical leadership behaviour. The impact will be huge throughout the world as can be seen as a world class university striving towards the vision and mission in enhancing the quality ummah in the era of globalization.
This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secon... more This study discusses the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools, Malaysia. The study involved 1020 respondents comprises seniorteachers, teacher-administrators, teachers, and, counsellors. The instrument used was survey questionnaire and data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 16.0 for Windows. The study was mainly based on Rahim (2001) and Thomas and Kilmann (2008) conflict-handling modes. The findings of the study indicate that the best practice of conflict management among principals of Excellent Secondary Schools in Malaysia was on domain ‘Collaborating’ with mean 4.1434, the second highest was ’Compromising’ with mean 3.8834 and the third highest was ’Empowerment’ with mean 3.8400. It is hoped that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teacher-administrators, educational leaders, teachers, and all groups or individuals in educational organizations to manage conflicts wisely and succ...
European Journal of Education Studies, 2018
The study examines the effectiveness of principals’ exemplary leadership practiced on school achi... more The study examines the effectiveness of principals’ exemplary leadership practiced on school achievements as perceived by stakeholders. The respondents were 193 stakeholders comprised Senior Assistants, Afternoon session School Supervisors, Officers of District Education Office, teachers, and, representatives of Parent Teacher Association. The study adapted the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) model developed by Kouzes and Posner (2001, 2004). The data collected from the survey were analysed using a statistical software package, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. The results showed that the component ‘Enable Others to Act’ was the most effective practiced with the highest mean score of 4.12 and standard deviation 0.700. The second highest was ‘Challenge the Process’ with mean 4.01 and standard deviation 0.764. The third highest was ‘Encourages the Heart’ with mean 4.00 and standard deviation 0.771. It was followed by ‘Inspired a Shared Vision’ with mean ...
The study aims to examine the effectiveness of postgraduate thesis supervisions on Supervisors’ E... more The study aims to examine the effectiveness of postgraduate thesis supervisions on Supervisors’ Expertise, Professional Development, and, Islamic Work Ethics at International Islamic Tertiary Institution. The principles and dimensions of postgraduate thesis supervision have been assessed by using models adapted from Aspland & O’Leary (1999) and IIUM Code of Ethics (2016). The study employed a purposive sampling of 163 postgraduate students who were actively involved in research activities of Masters and PhD degrees at the Faculty/Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur. KIRKHS has the highest number of postgraduate students nationally and internationally among fourteen faculties at IIUM. The questionnaires have been tested for reliability and validity comprised three main dimensions of 15 items and evaluated in 5-Likert responses. The data collected were analyzed by using SPSS Version 20 and ...
This study presents the perceptions of teachers toward the best practices of principals’ conflict... more This study presents the perceptions of teachers toward the best practices of principals’ conflict management at the selected Islamic Private Secondary Schools in Yala Province Thailand. The sample of the study was 302 teachers. The instruments used were survey questionnaire of fifteen items and followed by interview with the conveniently selected ten respondents. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The findings of the study show that the highest three best practices of conflict management among principals as perceived by the teachers were item 4 ‘Compromise is the best strategy for managing conflict’ with 91.4 or 276 respondents agreed, item 3 ‘Conflict management needs an involved process of joint exploration for solution’ with 91.1% agreed, and, item 7 ‘Conflicts can be solved if the parties understand each other, and jointly search for alternative solutions’ with 90% or 262 agreed. On the other hand, the least response was item8 ‘The more powerful you are, the more effectively you can resolve the conflicts’ with only 30.4% respondents agreed. As an addition, this study also discusses the principal best practice towards conflict management as perceived by teachers in the interviews especially from the Islamic perspectives. It is hope that the findings of this study may guide the principals, teachers and all group or individual in educational organization to manage conflicts wisely and successfully
The study discusses the students' perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements ... more The study discusses the students' perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in Pahang. The instruments used were survey questionnaire and the data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 15.0 for Windows. The findings show that the students have a clear definition of what and who are their peers and they are not influenced by their peers in decision making. They could relate peers to giving them a positive influence in terms of academic and are able to differentiate between the right and wrong act of their peers. The students clearly realized that a positive attitude should be attained to excel in academics. They have also agreed that those gifted and excellent students have an optimistic and positive affect towards their view and perspectives of learning. They are strongly influenced to be of the same level and status as their friends are. It is hope that the findings of this research would benefit teachers, educators, administrators, and, educational leaders to manipulate positively the peer influence in achieving good students in academics and moral attitudes.
Sociological and mathematics educational values are two key components worthy of integration for ... more Sociological and mathematics educational values are two key components worthy of integration for effective mathematics instructional contents delivery in this era of globalized world. The paper examines values attached to these components and its applicability in an ongoing mathematics classroom. The study employs qualitative methodological technique with interviews as a source of data. 3-service mathematics teachers teaching mathematics in different senior secondary schools participated in the study. The findings reveal that mathematics teachers are aware and had minimum understanding of these components of values inculcation in their mathematics teaching and learning. Suggestions are offered on how to improve sociological and mathematics educational values for effective mathematics instruction.
Journal of Education and Practice, 2013
This study attempts to investigate the views, processes, and, best practice of conflict managemen... more This study attempts to investigate the views, processes, and, best practice of conflict management among the MARA-Majlis Amanah Rakyat or Board of People Trust-teachers in the MARA education institutions. The sample of the study was 306 teachers conveniently selected from MARA education institutions in Malaysia. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The finding shows that the highest perception of MARA teachers was 'conflict can be thought as problem, we need to find the source and take the appropriate steps to solve it' mean 4.40 and SD 0.585. In relation to the process of managing conflict, the perception was highest on 'solution finding process is needed in conflict management' mean 4.29 and SD 0.698. Finally, the finding indicates that the best practice of conflict management among MARA teachers was 'conflict can be solved if there is understanding between parties and find the solution together' mean 4.40 and SD 0.618. It is believed that if the teachers regardless of background can manage effectively the conflict in schools or colleges and foster healthy teacher-administrator relationship, teaching and learning can be improved towards facing the challenges in the era of globalization and realization of vision 2020, Malaysia, and beyond.
The main purpose of this study is to examine the roles of school principals as perceived by schoo... more The main purpose of this study is to examine the roles of school principals as perceived by school teachers regarding the enhancement of students’ academic achievement. The study was conducted on 10 selected Islamic private secondary schools under Songkla Educational Service Office Area 3 in Thailand. The study employed the quantitative method used a set of questionnaire based on conceptual framework. Statistical analysis included descriptive approach, frequency, percentage and correlation. A survey instrument was distributed to 200 school teachers who were selected by simple random sampling. Findings of the study showed that school principals played their roles were moderately (leadership, managerial, and instructional – curriculum) that effect and affect to student performances in Ordinary National Test (O-NET) in particular subjects such as Mathematics and Sciences that scored lower than national standard as regarding to students’ academic achievement in this country.
The study presents the perception of academic administrators on the basic principles of education... more The study presents the perception of academic administrators on the basic principles of educational leadership which can be applied by academic administrators in higher education institution. The aim of the study was to identify the effective principles that would increase the level of effectiveness in academic works. A survey method was used to collect data. A set of questionnaire were distributed to academic administrators at the Kulliyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Findings of the study revealed that academic administrators corroborated that principles of educational leadership could help enrich excellence in higher education institutions. It is also found that the principles of educational leadership are applicable in effectuating academic administrators' leadership qualities in higher education institutions.
The study aims to examine the best practice of framing and communicating school goals among princ... more The study aims to examine the best practice of framing and communicating school goals among principals of cluster secondary schools Malaysia according to principals and teachers perceptions. The Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) modified by Hallinger and Murphy (1985), Latip (2006), and, Hatta (2010) was used as the data collection instrument through survey questionnaire. There were 871 respondents of different genders, ethnics, type of schools, and, position of responsibilities at schools were participated. The result of the study shows that three highest score were respectively on items ‘Discuss the school's academic goals with teachers at faculty meetings’ mean 4.25, ‘Communicate the school's academic goals to people at school’ mean 4.24, and, ‘Refer to the school's goals in student assemblies’ mean 4.21. It is hoped that this research will provide useful findings which will effectively assist the process of instructional leadership enhancement among principals and teachers of cluster secondary schools in order to improve students' academic performance in achieving the first class human capital who are compatibly excellent nationally and internationally towards realization of the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013-2025.
The study aims to examine the teachers’ perceptions and the underlying dimensions of their respon... more The study aims to examine the teachers’ perceptions and the underlying dimensions of their responses towards the concept of teamwork. The study involved 202 teachers of primary and secondary schools in the district of Kuantan, Malaysia. They were different age, gender, level of education, level of teaching, numbers of teaching years and marital status. The revised Teamwork Skills Questionnaire (TSQ) by O’Neil, Lee, Wang and Mulkey (1999) were adapted by the researchers as the primary instrument of data collection. The study applied the reliability and principal component analysis, with varimax rotation in order to produce the simplest factor structure. The inter-item relationships were examined to establish the reasonableness of the dimensional analysis. This study also applied Kaiser’s (1960) and Guadagnoli and Velicer’s (1988) criterion for important factors, significance test on factor loadings (Cliff and Hamburger, 1967), and, the interpretability of the extracted factors were used to decide on the number of factors to be retained. The final five-factor structure obtained from this investigation suggests that the TSQ is a multidimensional scale looking into various dimensions of perceptions towards teamwork. This paper further discuss on these dimensions in terms of the degree to which they reflect the emerged themes of perceiving teamwork. The use of principal component analysis in analyzing the responses gathered from the TSQ has helped to identify the emerging of two new themes in addition to the three initial themes. The findings are beneficial to understand and determine the success or failure of the practice of teamwork in the educational institutions especially the school. It will further aid teachers, educators, administrators, and professional development coordinators to adequately prepare, train, and support teachers so that they may become effective members of the team.
The study is essentially an exploratory survey, which sets out to obtain some concrete informatio... more The study is essentially an exploratory survey, which sets out to obtain some concrete information on the students’ knowledge and understanding of, and attitudes towards, the favourite themes of fieldwork approaches to history in the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary Schools (ICSS), Malaysia. The researcher employed the ‘stratified-random sampling’ method and selected two states in Malaysia, namely Perak and Terengganu, involving 400 students from each state. As an addition, the researcher conducted interviews with forty conveniently selected respondents. The responses were presented in the form of frequency and percentage. The results of the study show that the top three favourite themes selected by students in history fieldwork were ‘building’ with the score of 242 (30.3%), followed by ‘family’ 121 (15.1%) and ‘public figures’ with 101 (12.6%) responses. On the other hand, the least popular theme among the students was ‘occupation’ with 22 (2.8%) responses. The perceptions of students on these three themes were presented in the interview section. It is hoped that the study would raise concern, awareness and benefit to all involved in the teaching and learning of fieldwork approaches to history, especially the Standard School Curriculum of Malaysia beginning from year 2011 towards the realisation of Vision 2020, 1-Malaysia, and, Malaysia Education Blue-Print 2013-2025.
Kajian ini membincangkan persepsi guru-guru MARA terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi disipli... more Kajian ini membincangkan persepsi guru-guru MARA terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi disiplin pelajar-pelajar pelbagai institusi pengajian MARA (IPMa) di Malaysia.
Conflict if managed appropriately and efficiently would add important values to an organization a... more Conflict if managed appropriately and efficiently would add important values to an organization as it act as a catalyst for change. These changes may lead to a conducive environment in workplace, foster good relationship among employees, and, over a period of time it will result in high productivity. This is important as a team, they can work hand in hand to achieve the organizational goals. Pursuant to this matter, this study attempts to investigate the views of MARA educators on conflict management and identify the processes of managing conflict in the MARA education institutions. The sample of the study was 306 respondents randomly selected from MARA educators who attended the Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme at the International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak. They were from MRSM, KPM, KKTM, KM and IKM across the country. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0 for Windows. The responses on the questionnaire items were reported and discussed in frequency, percentage, and, mean. The findings shows that the highest score was on 'Conflict can be thought as problem, we need to find the source and take the appropriate steps to solve it' with mean score 4.40 of 5.00 Likert scale. The lowest was on 'It is better to lie a bit in order to solve a conflict' with mean score 2.51. It is believed that if the educators regardless of background can manage effectively the conflict in schools and foster healthy teacher-administrator relationship, teaching and learning can be improved towards facing the challenges in the era of globalization and realization of vision 2020.
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The Malaysian government and the agencies had allocated and spent millions of Ringgits to preserv... more The Malaysian government and the agencies had allocated and spent millions of Ringgits to preserve and decorate the national heritage such as the museums, archives, gallery, artefacts, sites, and other historical remains. These are became major tourist attraction which indirectly inculcated knowledge and enhanced appreciation upon the practices of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Malaysian. Thus, this paper discusses a study on the students' perceptions of fieldwork approaches to history of the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary Schools (ICSS) Malaysia in relation to the challenges of Vision 2020. The study was conducted in various types of schools in Perak and Terengganu which involved about eight hundred students. The result of the study shows a high relation concerning the students' perceptions of fieldwork approaches of history and the challenges of Vision 2020. It is hoped that more students would benefit from this core subject of the lower and upper secondary levels, ICSS Malaysia, towards the development of the twenty-first millennium first class human capital of Malaysian and 1-Malaysia nation.
Historical development of Islamic integrated education in Malaysia since 15th Century : current needs for the globalized world, 2018
Unlike traditional Islamic education (IE) systems, Islamic Integrated Education (IIE) emphasizes ... more Unlike traditional Islamic education (IE) systems, Islamic Integrated Education (IIE) emphasizes on developing graduate competency to generate employability to cope with an increasingly globalized world, while pursuing the core principles of IE. This paper tracks how IIE grew in Malaysia in the course of time and what are the opportunities offered for the students currently in primary, secondary and tertiary levels at IIE institutions. Historically, Islamic