Preliminary Study of Approaches to Learning and Teaching Self-Efficacy of Student-Teachers in Malaysia (12 - 26)
Keywords:
Approaches to Learning, Teaching Self-Efficacy, Belief, Teacher Education, Learning EnvironmentAbstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the approaches to learning and teaching self-efficacy of student-teachers in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI). Data were collected with 347 UPSI student-teachers using two questionnaires, the Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) and Teacher’s Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), that were translated into Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language). The study showed that the two translated instruments were reliable for use with student-teachers. An examination of student-teachers’ approaches to learning (using the SPQ) and their belief concerning their teaching self-efficacy (using the TSES) revealed that deep and achieving approaches to learning were associated with strong teaching self-efficacy beliefs and that those student-teachers who sought to achieve did so through the use of deep approaches to learning. Some implications for teacher training institutions were discussed.
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Biggs, J. (1988). The role of metacognition on enhancing learning. Australian Journal of Education, 32(2), 127-138.
Biggs, J. (1993). From theory to practice: a cognitive systems approach. Higher Education Research and Development, 12(1), 73-85.
Biggs, J.B. (1987). Student Approaches to Learning and Studying. Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research.
Biggs, J.B. (2001). Enhancing learning: a matter of style or approach? In R.J. Sternberg & L.F. Zhang (Eds), Perspectives on Thinking, Learning, and Cognitive Styles (73-102). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Dembo, M., & Gibson, S. (1985). Teachers’ sense of efficacy: An important factor in school improvement. Elementary School Journal, 86(2), 173-184.
Entwistle, N., & Ramsden, P. (1983). Understanding Student Learning. London: Croom Helm.
Entwistle, N., Entwistle, A., & Tait, H. (1991). Academic understanding and contexts to enhance it: A perspective from research on student learning. In T. Duffy, J. Lowyck, and D. Johanassen (Eds), Designing Environments for Constructive Learning (pp. 331-357). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Goh, P.S.C. (2006). Assessing the approaches to learning of Malaysian students. Jurnal Pendidikan Universiti Malaya, 26, 133-150.
Gordon, C. & Debus, R. (2002). Developing deep learning approaches and personal teaching efficacy within a preservice teacher education context. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 72(4), 483-511.
Gordon, C., Simpson, T., & Debus, R. (2001). Improving quality learning in a preservice teacher education program. Retrieved January 23, 2004 from http://www.aare.edu.au/01pap/gor01441.htm.
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Hui, C.H., & Triandis, H.C. (1985). Measurement in cross-cultural psychology: a review and comparison of strategies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 16, 131-152.
Kember, D., & Wong, A. (2000). Implications for evaluation from a study of students’ perceptions of good and poor teaching. Higher Education, 40(1), 69-97.
Leung, D.Y.P., & Kember, D. (2003). The relationship between approaches to learning and reflection upon practice. Educational Psychology, 23(1), 61-71.
Liem, A.D. & Prasetya, P.H. (2007). Preliminary evidence for the validitu of the Bahasa Indonesia version of the Study process Questionnaire, Psychological Reports, 100(1), 333-338.
Marton, F., & Booth, S. (1997). Learning and Awareness. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Marton, F., & Saljo, R. (1976). On qualitative differences in learning-I outcome and process. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 46, 4-11.
Prossere, M. & Trigwellm K. (1997). Relations between perceptions of the teaching environment and approaches to teaching. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 25-35.
Ramsden, P. (1992). Learning to Teach in Higher Education. London: Routledge.
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Snelgrove, S., & Slater, J. (2003). Approaches to learning: psychometric testing of a study process questionnaire. Methodological Issues in Nursing Research, 43, 496-505.
Soodak, L. & Podell, D. (1993). Teacher efficacy and student problem as factors in special education referral. Journal of Special Education, 27(1), 66-81.
Trigwell, K., & Prosser, M. (1991). Improving the quality of student learning: the influence of learning context and student approaches to learning on learning outcomes. Higher Education, 22 251-266.
Trigwell, K., Prosser, M. & Taylor, P. (1994). Qualitative differences in approaches to teaching first year university science, Higher Education, 27(1), 75-84.
Tschannen-Moran, M., & Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2001). Teacher efficacy: capturing an elusive construct and measure. Teaching and Teacher Education, 17, 783805.
Tschannen-Moran, M., Woolfolk Hoy, A., & Hoy, W.K. (1998). Teacher efficacy: Its meaning and measure. Review of Educational Research, 68(2), 202-248.
Watkins, D., & Akande, A. (1992). Assessing the approaches to learning of Nigerian students. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 17(1), 11-20.
Watkins, D., & Dahlin, D. (1997). Assessing study approaches in Sweden. Psychological Reports, 81(1), 131-136.
Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2004). What do teachers need to know about self-efficacy? In paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. 15 April.
Woolfolk, A. (1998). Educational Psychology. 7th Edition. New York: Allyn and Bacon.
Woolfolk, A.E., Roso, B., & Hoy, W.K. (1990). Teachers’ sense of efficacy and their beliefs about managing students. Teaching and Teacher Education, 6, 137-148.
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2009-05-15
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Swee Choo, G. (2009). Preliminary Study of Approaches to Learning and Teaching Self-Efficacy of Student-Teachers in Malaysia (12 - 26). Jurnal Pendidikan Bitara UPSI, 2, 12–26. Retrieved from https://ejournal.upsi.edu.my/index.php/JPB/article/view/2384
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