Research Questions

nikkikamil
Apr 9, 2015
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Based on the objectives above the study attempted to answer the following research questions:

a) What are the levels of readiness in knowledge of pedagogy among future teachers? b) What are the levels of future teachers’ confidence as educators? c) What are the levels of future teachers’ skill in handling ICT towards education system?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Expected that the results of this study can: 1. Provide guidance to prospective teachers to provide themselves with adequate knowledge before serving at school. 2. Provide guidance to the Ministry of Education (MOE) in order to improve the quality of teaching and raise the prestige of teaching profession in the eyes of society and country. 3. Provide useful information to the University in reviewing the existing curriculum to raise the quality of teacher training.

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The scope of this study is future teacher of final year students taking a Bachelor of Education at UiTM, Shah Alam campus in Section 17 only. This is because they are the final year students and also the teachers who will be working at the school in the near future. The scope of this study focuses on the readiness of the teacher in term of knowledge in pedagogy, the level of readiness in accordance with their role as educators and the readiness of using ICT in the education system.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

This study only involved future teachers from final year students who are taking Bachelor of Education course at UiTM Shah Alam in Section 17. The method used in this study is quantitative method where a set of questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data. The study was carried around the Faculty of Education, UiTM Kampus Seksyen 17, Shah Alam, Selangor. This study was limited to only four aspects, namely to see the readiness of prospective teachers about the level of knowledge of pedagogy, the level of readiness in accordance with their role as educators and readiness of handling ICT in the education system. This study can also be generalized to the selected sample only, the final year students majoring in PJPK, TESL, Art, and Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).