Teachers Beliefs in Problem Solving in Rural Malaysian Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Palraj, Shalini; DeWitt, Dorothy; Alias, Norlidah
Titel	Teachers Beliefs in Problem Solving in Rural Malaysian Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 5 (2017) 4, S.45-57 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-2990
Schlagwörter	Beliefs; Problem Solving; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Rural Schools; Teacher Surveys; Learning Strategies; Thinking Skills; Questionnaires; Teaching Methods; Instructional Innovation; Educational Strategies; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Problemlösen; Lehrerverhalten; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Denkfähigkeit; Fragebogen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Lehrstrategie; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland
Abstract	Problem solving is the highest level of cognitive skill. However, this skill seems to be lacking among secondary school students. Teachers' beliefs influence the instructional strategies used for students' learning. Hence, it is important to understand teachers' beliefs so as to improve the processes for teaching problem solving. The purpose of this study is to investigate beliefs of secondary school teachers in rural schools on problem solving in teaching. The sample were teachers selected from secondary schools in two rural districts in Malaysia. A survey of 75 secondary school teachers was done using the Learning Skills Questionnaire formulated for this purpose. The findings indicate that rural school teachers are aware of the usefulness of problem solving but still emphasize memorization of facts and concepts for learning. These might be because they are unaware of how to teach problem solving. Hence, further research is required in developing instructional strategies for teaching problem solving skills among rural school teachers. Further research could be done to determine whether there was a difference in beliefs among urban school teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. e-mail: info@mojet.net; Web site: http://www.mojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01