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Instructional leadership is about actions carried out by school leaders such as headmaster or school principal to improve the quality of teachers’ instruction and improve students’ learning outcomes. This qualitative study was conducted... more
Instructional leadership is about actions carried out by school leaders such as headmaster or school principal to improve the quality of teachers’ instruction and improve students’ learning outcomes. This qualitative study was conducted to identify instructional leadership practices among the headmaster in selected High Performing Schools around Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur. This study used the interview method for data collection. Participants for the interviews were six headmasters of the high performing primary school who have 5 to 20 years of experiences in the field of education. The results show headmasters in High Performing Schools in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur practicing the five dimensions of instructional leadership in improving school climate, which are protect instructional time, provide incentives to students, provide incentives to teachers, promote professional development and maintain high visibility at school. The results also indicate that the instru...
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This study aims to explore on how PTA members’ respond to a changing educational policy. Data were collected through interviews with selected PTA members from two secondary schools in Kedah, Malaysia. In total, six participants were... more
This study aims to explore on how PTA members’ respond to a changing educational policy. Data were collected through interviews with selected PTA members from two secondary schools in Kedah, Malaysia. In total, six participants were involved in this qualitative study. Data analysis was carried out through analytic categories based on hermeneutics philosophy. The findings indicate that the PTA members believed that implementation of a new educational policy is only related to school, it was also believed that some challenges emerged at school as a result of the implementation of the policy and they provide ways that can assist the school to implement the new educational policy. The findings are essential to the Ministry of Education in involving parent in the implementation of a policy as it was stated that “one of the targets of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025 is to engage every PTA to provide input on how the school can make the national curriculum more relevant to the needs of the local community” (Ministry of Education 2012).
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Learning about teachers' resilience : perceptions, challenges and strategies of policy implementation in two secondary schools in Malaysia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University, Palmerston North, Man...more
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The purpose of this research was to find the areas of ICT utilization among teachers and principals of Malaysian schools. Quantitative method was used in this study with a representative sample of 260 school teachers, teachers-supervisors... more
The purpose of this research was to find the areas of ICT utilization among teachers and principals of Malaysian schools. Quantitative method was used in this study with a representative sample of 260 school teachers, teachers-supervisors and principals. The finding of the research demonstrates that 84% of the teachers are not aware of national ICT policy though it exists. Finding shows that most of the schools (80%) do not have ICT policy at the school level though the facilities and equipment of ICT are available in most Malaysian schools. Almost all the teachers have a high level of skills in using computer and profoundly the basic skills needed for teachers in IT are attained by all the teachers. Likewise, 95% schools have photocopy machines and scanners while the multimedia projector is available in 85% schools. Besides, 72% schools are equipped with a video camera, overhead projector and laptop. However, it is interesting that their expertise and skills are not integrated with...
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PurposeThe main purpose is to analyse the effect of academic leadership competencies (LCs) on student learning outcomes (SLOs) in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilised quantitative... more
PurposeThe main purpose is to analyse the effect of academic leadership competencies (LCs) on student learning outcomes (SLOs) in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilised quantitative research that focussed on correlation design by randomly distributing questionnaires containing 53 items to a total of 496 faculty members in Saudi Arabia public higher education institutions (HEIs). The data was analysed using SPSS (V.24) and SEM-AMOS.FindingsResults show a direct and significant effect of academic LC on students' cognitive, skill and affective learning outcomes in public HEIs.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation was that the participants of public HEIs were from Saudi Arabia. However, the findings have provided valuable understandings and a comprehensive conclusion about the impact of academic LC on SLOs in terms of cognitive, skill and affective aspects. The study recommended that different LC should be further...
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BackgroundOverweight and obesity have increased rapidly in incidence to become a global issue today. Overweight and obesity problems are significantly linked to unhealthy dietary patterns, physical inactivity and misperception of body... more
BackgroundOverweight and obesity have increased rapidly in incidence to become a global issue today. Overweight and obesity problems are significantly linked to unhealthy dietary patterns, physical inactivity and misperception of body image. This study aimed to determine whether Malaysian children build healthy eating habits from childhood.MethodsA survey on eating habits was conducted among primary school students in standards 4 to 6 in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The findings of the study were reported in the form of descriptive statistics involving frequencies and percentages. Data from 400 respondents were analyzed.ResultsOur findings showed that the students understood the definition of healthy food and the types of food that are considered healthy. Although the students knew that food such as deep-fried drumsticks and hamburgers contain a high amount of saturated fat and cholesterol, these foods were still consumed by them. There was also a high consumption of foods that ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a majority of universities' staff had to work from home, including researchers. Further, due to cordon sanitaire, conventional face-to-face interviews were prohibited. Nevertheless, online interviews with web conferencing as a tool for interviews is a promising solution for the pandemic situation. Therefore, this article intends to review web conferencing platforms as a tool of online data collection for qualitative research. Researchers need to understand the potentials and the threats of web conferencing before choosing and switching to conduct interviews virtually. The inclusion criteria are (1) researchers worldwide have used it as an online interview platform, (2) Malaysians have used it widely in their daily lives. The results, Cisco Webex, Skype, and Zoom, were selected, and reviewed. The review comprised audio-video services, audio-video recordings, number of participants in one session, real-time transcription, and translation services of the selected platforms. In addition, this article also discusses the security, privacy, and ethical issues arising from web conferencing usage. In conclusion, web conferencing platforms have provided an opportunity for researchers to continue collecting data while maintaining social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease.
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This study aims to explore on how PTA members’ respond to a changing educational policy. Data were collected through interviews with selected PTA members from two secondary schools in Kedah, Malaysia. In total, six participants were... more
This study aims to explore on how PTA members’ respond to a changing educational policy. Data were collected through interviews with selected PTA members from two secondary schools in Kedah, Malaysia. In total, six participants were involved in this qualitative study. Data analysis was carried out through analytic categories based on hermeneutics philosophy. The findings indicate that the PTA members believed that implementation of a new educational policy is only related to school, it was also believed that some challenges emerged at school as a result of the implementation of the policy and they provide ways that can assist the school to implement the new educational policy. The findings are essential to the Ministry of Education in involving parent in the implementation of a policy as it was stated that “one of the targets of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025 is to engage every PTA to provide input on how the school can make the national curriculum more relevant to the needs of the local community” (Ministry of Education 2012).
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The study was undertaken to identify the essential leadership capabilities and managerial competencies as the key leadership performance drivers in Malaysian focused universities. To collect data, the previously developed scales of... more
The study was undertaken to identify the essential leadership capabilities and managerial competencies as the key leadership performance drivers in Malaysian focused universities. To collect data, the previously developed scales of capabilities, competencies, and leadership performance in the context of Malaysian Higher Education (HE) were distributed among the leaders in seven public focused and 12 private focused universities. In total, 172 completed surveys were collected among which 94 had been filled out by the leaders in Malaysian public focused and 78 had been completed by leaders in private focused universities. The data were screened and SmartPLS 3 was employed to analyze the data. Also, Finite Mixture Partial Least Squares (FIMIX-PLS) segmentation and Importance–Performance Map Analysis (IPMA) were run to extend the results. The outcome of FIMIX-PLS didn’t reveal unobserved heterogeneity within the data and, through IPMA, change-oriented capability was identified as the ma...
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Research Interests: Management, Education, Educational Technology, Knowledge Management, Teacher Education, and 15 moreScience Education, Higher Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Human Resource Management, Performance, Customer Satisfaction, Medicine, Competence, Lean six sigma, Educational management and leadership, SERVQUAL, Characteristics, Lecturers, and Customer services quality
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Succession planning is a process of potential talent identification, classification, and growth of talents, andensuresacontinuously abundantsupply of potential candidates with leadership qualities in universities.... more
Succession planning is a process of potential talent identification, classification, and growth of talents, andensuresacontinuously abundantsupply of potential candidates with leadership qualities in universities. Nevertheless, succession planning is not a common practice in universities around the world, likewise in Malaysia. The statistics have shown that universities worldwide are facing the issues of mass retirement ofkey leaders who came from the baby boomer generation. These universities will lose the institution memory when they leave their offices, hence, universities may face leadership crisis. Therefore, this paper intends to review the succession planning practices in Malaysia’s public universities and also discussesthe challenges faced by them when they try to implement succession planning. A systematic literature review was conducted pertainingto the succession planning practices and issue in Malaysia’s public universities.The inclusion criteria are: (i) publications between 2010 and 2019, (ii) Malaysia’spublic universities succession planning only, and (iii)publications writtenin English. Four themes have emerged for these practices. They are potential leader identification, leadership development, promotion, and centre-in-charge. At the same time, the issues faced are financial limitation in a university, brain drain syndrome, university recruitment requirements that do not require leadership, two houses of legislature in a university, short tenure of managerial leadership positions, and misconceptions among staff of leaders who were chosen by default. It is hoped that this review can help the relevant stakeholders in Malaysia’s public universities to plan for a better structured and systematic succession planning
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... iklim sekolah menengah agama berkesan dan implikasinya terhadap motivasi pembelajaran untuk mengenal pasti tahap amalan pengurusan budaya kolaboratif pengurus (pengetua) wanita di sekolah ... Penerimaan ahli organisasi kepada pemimpin... more
... iklim sekolah menengah agama berkesan dan implikasinya terhadap motivasi pembelajaran untuk mengenal pasti tahap amalan pengurusan budaya kolaboratif pengurus (pengetua) wanita di sekolah ... Penerimaan ahli organisasi kepada pemimpin akan menentukan ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the educational scenario. To counter this disaster, many countries, including Malaysia, have enforced a series of cordon sanitaire since 2020. Consequently, universities have temporarily closed, and a majority of universities' staff had to work from home, including researchers. Further, due to cordon sanitaire, conventional face-to-face interviews were prohibited. Nevertheless, online interviews with web conferencing as a tool for interviews is a promising solution for the pandemic situation. Therefore, this article intends to review web conferencing platforms as a tool of online data collection for qualitative research. Researchers need to understand the potentials and the threats of web conferencing before choosing and switching to conduct interviews virtually. The inclusion criteria are (1) researchers worldwide have used it as an online interview platform, (2) Malaysians have used it widely in their daily lives. The results, Cisco Webex, Skype, and Zoom, were selected, and reviewed. The review comprised audio-video services, audio-video recordings, number of participants in one session, real-time transcription, and translation services of the selected platforms. In addition, this article also discusses the security, privacy, and ethical issues arising from web conferencing usage. In conclusion, web conferencing platforms have provided an opportunity for researchers to continue collecting data while maintaining social distancing to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Learning about teachers' resilience : perceptions, challenges and strategies of policy implementation in two secondary schools in Malaysia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education at Massey University, Palmerston North, Man...more