Pedagogies Towards Enhancing Students’ Intellectual Capital in Malaysian Secondary Schools

Nor Asniza Ishak,Hazri Jamil

doi:10.21315/apjee2020.35.2.4

Nor Asniza Ishak, Hazri Jamil

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https://doi.org/10.21315/apjee2020.35.2.4

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Abstract

This research explores the pedagogical practices among secondary school teachers in enhancing students’ intellectual capital. Pedagogical practices measured were from the aspects of teaching plans/design of teaching, teaching strategies and evaluation of teaching. This study aims to obtain insightful information with regards to the current pedagogical practices that enhancing students’ intellectual quality in Malaysian secondary school classroom and to further identify the best pedagogical practices for enhancing the students’ intellectual quality. This research employed qualitative research design which is adapted to obtain data and information. Qualitative study was carried out involving interview of 10 teachers selected from different schools located at different zone in Malaysia based on certain criteria set by the researchers. A thematic analysis method was used for qualitative data. Findings of this study showed that teachers use a variety of approaches, methods and techniques in teaching and learning process that enhanced the students’ intellectual quality through questioning techniques, intellectual discussion and debate, associating content with students’ real-world experience and affective aspects in teaching and learning. Based on these findings, creativity, innovation and teachers’ affective aspects were important elements in implementing pedagogical practices in enhancing the students’ intellectual quality.

Highlights

In Malaysia, the government committed to provide quality education, vis-à-vis to make Malaysia as a centre of educational excellence (Ministry of Education Malaysia, 2015) is a central feature of educational policy and practices from the top level of educational institutions to the bottom level in the policy and curriculum implementation
The findings are reported on the research question of “how the practice of secondary school teachers enhance the quality of students’ intellectual”
Qualitative data gained is to generate themes of data obtained from the interviews on pedagogical practices of teachers

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In Malaysia, the government committed to provide quality education, vis-à-vis to make Malaysia as a centre of educational excellence (Ministry of Education Malaysia, 2015) is a central feature of educational policy and practices from the top level of educational institutions to the bottom level in the policy and curriculum implementation In this context, school is an important place to realise the educational aims in enhancing the education quality and developing human capital of the nation. Teachers in Malaysia are grappling with these issues and this has contributed to the needs for finding the best strategies to transform and disseminate knowledge, skills and thinking and values in education In addressing such complexities, challenges and quality in education, the effort to enhance and improve teacher quality and learning outcomes, especially through pedagogical practices in classroom is important aspect to achieve national educational aims and facing global challenges in education

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