TEACHER EDUCATION

IN MALAYSIA
Prepared by :
Kong Tien Hie
Lecturer :
Madam Mery Yatie
 often put under test
and utilized a mix of qualitative
are scrutinized to further and quantitative methods
enhance their effectiveness.

Teacher Education
programs

decried as “impractical important :

and irrelevant” by to ensure that teacher education
practitioners, and cited as the root remains relevant
cause of bad teaching and accountable to the demands
and inadequate learning of the society and nation.
• What is the purpose of this teacher
education program ?
-to investigate the current situation with regards
to the models, programs and curricula used in
teacher education in Malaysia,the quality of
current teachers, and the relationships between
teacher quality and the models, programs and
curricula used in teacher education
• Main findings of this study :
prospective teachers, their students,
school administrators and supervising
teachers on the whole seem to agree that
the teacher education programs are
effective in producing quality teachers.
• Practicum component in the teacher
education programs:
include, the duration of practicum where
the prospective teachers spend time in
schools, the number of times during the
four-year program they get opportunities
to be in schools, and also the quality of
guidance they are given during these
periods.
Teacher Education
Model

the perceptions of prospective teachers and

mentor teachers seem to give
high ratings to teacher education models
broad perspectives of education
/
other areas of education
qualitative data collected
and analyzed in this study
raise a number of issues
in teacher education
Educational Educational
change reform

Teacher Education
in Malaysia

Educational Educational
development innovation
• What is meant by educational change ,
educational innovation , educational
reform and educational development?
Educational change
- refers to any noticeable move from
established practice; it may be large or
small, lengthy or brief.
 Educational
innovation
- refers to an idea or
practice new to a
specific educational
context that meets
unsatisfied needs.
 Educational reform
- refers to a planned change brought into
widespread use for the betterment of an
educational system
- It is an innovation that is in widespread
use throughout a particular education
system.
 Educational development
- refers to educational reforms, innovations
or changes that result in the advancement
or improvement of education systems.
 first level :
refers to education provided for children
who are not old enough
to enter a school

second level :
based upon at least four years of previous instruction
Teacher Education at the first level, and provides general
Innovations or specialized instruction, or both

third level :
requires, as a minimum condition of admission,
the successful completion of education
at the second level or evidence of the attainment
of an equivalent level of knowledge
 developing
3 importance parts
a pedagogy of
teacher education

developing teacher education

pedagogy

being open-minded synonyms with pre-service

is important teacher preperation

as teaching procedures,
teaching practice , instruction
and so on