Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes

Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes administer a teacher development program called Teacher Character Development Program (Program Bina Insan Guru, BIG) in order to develop its student teachers’ character that complies with the Teacher Professional Values Practices standard. A qualitative case st...

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Main Author:	Mohamed, Ismail
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Teachers - Training of - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59877/1/FPP%202015%2063IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.598772018-03-30T01:39:04Z Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes 2015-01 Mohamed, Ismail Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes administer a teacher development program called Teacher Character Development Program (Program Bina Insan Guru, BIG) in order to develop its student teachers’ character that complies with the Teacher Professional Values Practices standard. A qualitative case study research was conducted to explicate the program’s concept on developing a teacher character through the program activities. 13 stakeholders consisted of 4 policy makers, 7 implementers and 2 program participants, were selected using purposive and snowball sampling for interviews. In addition document analysis of 10 program documents and observation on 2 program implementations were conducted to triangulate research data. The finding showed that the program’s stakeholders have an implicit concept about the program that was not explicitly written in the BIG program’s documents. The program was not faithfully implemented based on the program’s module or the implicit concept because of financial problem and lack of understanding of the program’s concept among the implementers. Reflection is the most important activity in this program but the mentors do not seem to realize their role in this activity. If the implementers are not able to understand this implicit program concept, they might not be able to modify the program planning without distorting its effectiveness in developing student teachers’ character. A new conceptual framework was developed based on stakeholders’ implicit conceptualization, document analysis and literature reviews of several social science theories. This new conceptual framework can be used to guide the implementers’ training, continuous improvement of the program, program evaluation, and further research on program development and character education. The role of mentors and their functions in this program have been described in this research to guide the policy makers in order to improve the program effectiveness. Teachers - Training of - Malaysia 2015-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59877/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59877/1/FPP%202015%2063IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Teachers - Training of - Malaysia Faculty of Educational Studies
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topic	Teachers - Training of - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Teachers - Training of - Malaysia Mohamed, Ismail Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes
description	Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes administer a teacher development program called Teacher Character Development Program (Program Bina Insan Guru, BIG) in order to develop its student teachers’ character that complies with the Teacher Professional Values Practices standard. A qualitative case study research was conducted to explicate the program’s concept on developing a teacher character through the program activities. 13 stakeholders consisted of 4 policy makers, 7 implementers and 2 program participants, were selected using purposive and snowball sampling for interviews. In addition document analysis of 10 program documents and observation on 2 program implementations were conducted to triangulate research data. The finding showed that the program’s stakeholders have an implicit concept about the program that was not explicitly written in the BIG program’s documents. The program was not faithfully implemented based on the program’s module or the implicit concept because of financial problem and lack of understanding of the program’s concept among the implementers. Reflection is the most important activity in this program but the mentors do not seem to realize their role in this activity. If the implementers are not able to understand this implicit program concept, they might not be able to modify the program planning without distorting its effectiveness in developing student teachers’ character. A new conceptual framework was developed based on stakeholders’ implicit conceptualization, document analysis and literature reviews of several social science theories. This new conceptual framework can be used to guide the implementers’ training, continuous improvement of the program, program evaluation, and further research on program development and character education. The role of mentors and their functions in this program have been described in this research to guide the policy makers in order to improve the program effectiveness.
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author	Mohamed, Ismail
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title	Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes
title_short	Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes
title_full	Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty of Educational Studies
publishDate	2015
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59877/1/FPP%202015%2063IR.pdf
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Theoretical conceptualization of a teacher development program in selected Malaysian Teacher Education Institutes

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