Teacher preparation in Malaysia: needed changes

The article attempts to present personal views of some changes that are needed to be made within teacher education in Malaysia. It uses one teacher education university as a point of reference to forward concerns. The university remains anonymous as it is not the intent of the article to critique th...

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Vydané v:Teaching in higher education Ročník 20; číslo 5; s. 469 - 480
Hlavní autori: Goh, Pauline Swee Choo, Blake, Damian
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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ISSN:1356-2517, 1470-1294
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Shrnutí:The article attempts to present personal views of some changes that are needed to be made within teacher education in Malaysia. It uses one teacher education university as a point of reference to forward concerns. The university remains anonymous as it is not the intent of the article to critique the university but rather to highlight the more general challenges in preparing preservice teachers and to explore some approaches to improve teacher education within this university and its setting. The article starts by drawing together a set of concerns that face the field, arguing that three changes are needed to improve teacher preparation, namely (1) a curriculum that is grounded in the Malaysian context, (2) an improved practicum experience, and (3) to develop and situate practices in the schools. It concludes that the efforts to change within teacher education will not be easy, but needful; else the ultimate losers are the future teachers and their students.
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ISSN:1356-2517
1470-1294
DOI:10.1080/13562517.2015.1020780