Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare teachers’ teaching practice based on students’ perception towards achievement in the subject of Basic Economics between two different types of secondary schools in Malaysia, the National Secondary Schools (SMK) and Chinese National Type Secondary Schools (SMJK) in the state of Penang, Malaysia. The respondents involved in this study consist of 125 17 year old students from four SMK schools and 125 students from three SMJK schools in Penang. Survey method was employed in the data collection. The quantitative data obtained was analysed using the SPSS. The research shows that there are significant differences between SMK and SMJK in terms of teachers’ teaching practice towards Basic Economics. The result of correlation analysis indicates that correlation between teachers’ teaching practice and the students’ achievement in SMK is significant unlike in SMJK.
Highlights
Malaysia's education system aims to produce a balanced student physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually so that they can serve as productive citizens who are able to support the vision and mission of the country
In accordance with the goals and objectives of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Basic Economics was made as an elective subject in group II (Vocational and Technology) to Form Four and Form Five students in all the secondary schools
SMK students gave higher scores to their Basic Economics teachers’ teaching practices than SMJK students. This finding is consistent with studies done by Arippin (2008) who found that students in primary level (SK) gave high scores to their teachers’ teaching practices compared to students in SJK
Summary
Malaysia's education system aims to produce a balanced student physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually so that they can serve as productive citizens who are able to support the vision and mission of the country. Comparison of students’ performance between SMK and SMJK has always been a reference material and widely reported in the media This can be seen each time a national exam results are announced. In accordance with the goals and objectives of the MOE, Basic Economics was made as an elective subject in group II (Vocational and Technology) to Form Four and Form Five students in all the secondary schools. This subject was introduced in 1991/1992 as an experiment and the first group of students sat for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) officially in 1994. Situation in Malaysian schools are that www.ccsenet.org/ies
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