Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari

In 1999, the Ministry of Education made it a requirement that English literature be taught to all secondary school students. One of the five English periods is allocated to the teaching of literature. It was since then that the English literature component was madepart of the Integrated Curriculum f...

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spelling my-uitm-ir.154282022-04-21T02:33:40Z Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari 2013-02 Johari, Jun Jaslin Teaching (Principles and practice) Methods of study In 1999, the Ministry of Education made it a requirement that English literature be taught to all secondary school students. One of the five English periods is allocated to the teaching of literature. It was since then that the English literature component was madepart of the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary School (KBSM). The incorporation of this component has however raised many issues regarding the teaching and learning of the subject. Among the popularly-discussed issues is the choice of methods in teaching the subject , whether it is teacher-centered or student-centered. As such, this study aimed at looking at the perceptions and preferences of secondary school English teachers in selecting and employing the most accommodating approach. Additionally, significant difference in perceptions was also observed by choosing teaching experience as a variable. The findings indicated that teachers showed a greater tendency to use the student-centered approaches compared to the teacher-centered approaches when teaching English literature. Apart from that, a number of factors that contribute to such preferences were also identified. Among the factors identified include communication skills enhancement, exciting and meaningful learning experience, catering for better students as well as less expectation on teachers. The implications of the secondary school English teachers ' preferences were also identified. 2013-02 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15428/1/TM_JUN%20JASLIN%20JOHARI%20ED%2013_5.PDF text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Education Xavier Thambusamy, Rosalind
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advisor Xavier Thambusamy, Rosalind
topic Teaching (Principles and practice)
Methods of study
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Methods of study
Johari, Jun Jaslin
Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
description In 1999, the Ministry of Education made it a requirement that English literature be taught to all secondary school students. One of the five English periods is allocated to the teaching of literature. It was since then that the English literature component was madepart of the Integrated Curriculum for Secondary School (KBSM). The incorporation of this component has however raised many issues regarding the teaching and learning of the subject. Among the popularly-discussed issues is the choice of methods in teaching the subject , whether it is teacher-centered or student-centered. As such, this study aimed at looking at the perceptions and preferences of secondary school English teachers in selecting and employing the most accommodating approach. Additionally, significant difference in perceptions was also observed by choosing teaching experience as a variable. The findings indicated that teachers showed a greater tendency to use the student-centered approaches compared to the teacher-centered approaches when teaching English literature. Apart from that, a number of factors that contribute to such preferences were also identified. Among the factors identified include communication skills enhancement, exciting and meaningful learning experience, catering for better students as well as less expectation on teachers. The implications of the secondary school English teachers ' preferences were also identified.
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author Johari, Jun Jaslin
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title Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
title_short Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
title_full Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
title_fullStr Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the choice of teaching methods employed by English literature teachers in Malaysian secondary schools: student-centered or teacher-centered? / Jun Jaslin Johari
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