Technical and Vocational Education

Kebanyakan penyelidik merujuk hasil pembelajaran sebagai prestasi pencapaian ujian. Namun, hakikatnya hasil pembelajaran bukan hanya merangkumi kepada prestasi pencapaian, tetapi juga mengambil kira usaha mental yang dilaburkan sepanjang proses pembelajaran. Secara amnya, kaedah pembelajaran yang mudah memerlukan usaha mental yang sedikit, sebaliknya kaedah pembelajaran yang rumit memerlukan usaha mental yang lebih banyak. Pengukuran usaha mental semasa fasa pembelajaran boleh memberikan maklumat yang berguna kepada pereka instruksional dan penyelidik, di mana nisbah usaha mental dan prestasi pencapaian boleh menentukan kecekapan pembelajaran. Kecekapan yang tinggi dikaitkan dengan prestasi yang tinggi dengan usaha yang rendah. Manakala prestasi yang rendah dengan usaha mental yang tinggi pula di anggap sebagai mempunyai kecekapan yang rendah. Artikel ini menerangkan kaedah pengukuran usaha mental dengan menggunakan indeks beban tugas NASA-TLX. Seterusnya, menerangkan juga kaedah me...

Problem based learning (PBL) has been widely practised and extensively researched in a variety of disciplines for over past four decades. However, its evidence of effectiveness still remains inconclusive. This literature review paper debates the effectiveness of problem-based learning on learners’ academic performance. Specifically, the discussion in this paper puts the focus on the basic concept of PBL and the effectiveness of PBL based on the existing research findings. Apart from that, cognitive load theory will be discussed as it is generally believed that cognitive load induced by any learning strategy has an impact on learner’s performance. The effectiveness of PBL from the perspective of Cognitive Load Theory will be presented. In addition, this paper also puts forward some theoretical ideas on when to ultilise PBL during the process of teaching and learning, and how the implementation of PBL can be improved by integrating with other learning strategies.

Mental health issue was a serious matter that was often neglected by people. This article will describe a study of the mental health profile among the learners of Malaysia Technical University (MTU) that focus on Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM). A survey using DASS-21 inventory and self-developed questionnaire was used for this study to investigate learners' mental health level in three elements and factors contribute towards mental health. A total number of 450 students from seven faculties in UTHM was strata randomly selected as sampel for this study. The relationships between factors of mental health and the elements of mental health was identified. Collected data was analysed using percentage, mean score, standard deviation and multiple linear regression. Findings showed that majority of students possess normal level but the percentage of severe and extremely severe level was increasing. The main factor highly significantly correlate to all the mental health elements was self-evaluation. Hence, it is highly recommended that mental health issue needs great attention and remedial action from higher learning institution, non-governmental organizations, parents, students themselves and other concerned bodies.

This research was conducted to gain an understanding of the prevalence of cyberbullying among students in Malaysian higher learning institutions. Additionally, the present research also attempted to find out the common platforms where cyberbullying occurs and coping strategies used by cyber victims. A set of questionnaire was developed for the purpose of data collection. A total of 712 public and private college/university students participated in this research. The research findings revealed that 66% of the respondents reported having been cyberbullied; the prevalence rate for female was higher compared to male cyber users; Malays students yielded highest percentage of cyber victims compared to other ethnic groups. Current findings also indicated that Facebook and mobile phone social apps were the most common platforms where cyberbullying took place. The exploration of cyberbullying effects showed that most of the cyber victims became over sensitive towards their surrounding and developed emotional changes. Apart from that, the findings also indicated that the most common coping strategy was seeking assistance from friends and classmates. Pragmatic and effective steps have to be taken by higher leaning institutions in order to help students deal with problems in cyberbullying and more importantly to prevent cyberbullying from happening.

Distraction such as depression, anxiety, and stress in mental health problem can influence academic achievement to students, including vocational colleges’ students. Hence, the main purpose of this study was to determine the mental health profiles of Electrical Course students in Vocational Colleges. The difference in mental health level in terms of gender, hometown, and years of study were also be investigated. Besides, the level of mental health elements implementation by teachers in teaching and learning was also determined. This study was employed a survey method as research design that involved of 132 respondents from three vocational colleges in the southern zone. The respondents were selected using strata sampling technique. The instrument of this study was Malay version DASS-21 item inventory. This inventory measures three elements of mental health problem, namely depression, anxiety, and stress through 21 items. Questionnaires for level of mental health elements implementat...

TVET Teacher Education program in Malaysia has been established to produce TVET teachers who can meet the criteria of the 21st Century. This study is the first to investigate the agreement level of lecturers in the TVET teacher education program on the development of the related sustainable framework. We developed a questionnaire to assess the level of agreement on the domain and elements needed for the sustainable framework for the TVET Teacher Education program in Malaysia. We then conducted a survey involving 117 TVET Teacher Education programs lecturers in all Malaysia public universities. The data were analysed using Descriptive Analysis involving the mean score and standard deviation. The result indicates the lecturers perceived the Role of Government [M=6.11; SD = .697] as the highest domain important to developing the sustainable framework and the Criteria of Sustainable Management System [M=5.72; SD= .843] as the lowest agreed on the importance of the domain. Moreover, the ...

Bidang pendidikan kejuruteraan telah menyaksikan pertumbuhan yang mampan kebelakangan ini. Namun, kurangnya penyelidikan dalam bidang ini menyebabkan sukar menemui emprikal dan teoritikal yang boleh dijadikan panduan bagi membantu pelajar kejuruteraan menyerap kandungan pembelajaran dengan lebih efektif. Secara dasarnya, reka bentuk kejuruteraan merupakan satu aktiviti kognitif yang kompleks, disebabkan pembelajaran domain ini kebanyakannya memerlukan keupayaan pelajar untuk menggunakan beban mental yang tinggi dalam pembelajaran. Bagaimanapun, salah satu kunci untuk membantu pelajar menghadapi cabaran ini adalah dengan membantu mereka menyesuaikan diri dalam membina pengetahuan dan kemahiran dengan mudah untuk menguasai kandungan pembelajaran yang berbentuk novel atau kompleks. Mujurlah, Teori Beban Kognitif kaya dengan pelbagai maklumat dan berupaya menjana kaedah pengajaran yang lebih berkesan dalam menyediakan garis panduan untuk reka bentuk pengajaran. Merujuk kepada teori ini,...

Buku yang berjudul Kurikulum dan Instruksi merupakan buku pertama bagi siri ini. Ia memfokuskan hasil penyelidikan yang berkaitan dengan pembangunan kurikulum dan amalan pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Tujuan penghasilan buku penyelidikan yang bersiri ini bukan sahaja untuk perkongsian dan penyebaran hasil kajian daripada penyelidik-penyelidik dalam bidang kurikulum dan instruksi, tetapi juga untuk menyediakan satu platform bagi penyuburan budaya menulis. Pada umumnya, buku ini amat sesuai digunakan sebagai sumber rujukan untuk pelajar, penyelidik dan pendidik bagi memperoleh idea baharu serta informasi terkini dalam bidang kurikulum dan instruksi.

Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) is an educational sector that emphasizes on skills and producing work force who are capable and highly-skilled. To fulfill the demand for such work force, competent instructor who are skillful in assessing skill are very much needed to train students at technical training institutes. This research was conducted to identify the level of understanding among instructor on the skill assessment aspect at Technical Training Institute in Malaysia. The level of understanding was evaluated from the cognitive aspects that include knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis and assessment that fulfill the criteria stipulated by the Qualification Agency (MQA). A total of 123 instructors were selected as the research samples. They were chosen by using the purposive sampling method. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively using mean and standard deviation. The findings show that the level of understanding among the instructor at the techni...

This paper attempted to find out the knowledge aspects of green skill that need to be embedded in the curriculum of engineering programmes offered by Malaysian Polytechnics. The present research was descriptive in nature which employed survey design. A set of questionnaire was designed and developed for the purpose of data collection. A total of 332 lecturers from engineering departments of Malaysia Polytechnics were selected to participate in this research. Based on the perceptions of the participating engineering lecturers, the knowledge aspects associated with green skills that should be embedded into the engineering programmes are knowledge related to environmental pollution, law of environment protection, energy saving, renewable energy, environmental friendly design, solid waste management, water usage, natural resources management, manufacturing processes, sustainable living style, biodiversity and ecological system. The current curricula should be reviewed and revised in order to embed the knowledge aspects of green skill into the engineering programmes.

The implementation of inclusive education is a challenging task because the teachers involved in inclusive education must equip themselves with field knowledge and pedagogical skills and, more importantly, they must have great passion for inclusive education. This research attempts to investigate the readiness of mainstream teachers who engaged in an inclusive education programme. Readiness was measured in three different aspects: (i) field knowledge, (ii) pedagogical skill, and (iii) attitude. A total of 128 mainstream teachers who were actively involved in inclusive education programmes in primary schools were invited to participate in this research. A questionnaire was constructed to measure the level of readiness among the participating teachers. The results revealed that although the readiness level in terms of pedagogical skill was high, the readiness for field knowledge and attitude were at medium level. Our findings suggest that more effort and pragmatic actions are required...

Misconceptions in statistics among students of non-statistics major are quite common. This paper will present the humble efforts of the author in trying to reduce misconceptions among her statistics students using technology. The examples were drawn from the teaching and learning of statistics to Master of Technical and Vocational Education students in the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. EXCEL spreadsheet, power point presentation slides and a concept-mapping tool were integrated into classroom instructions on descriptive statistics. Increased class-room interactions were observed through out the learning process and a decrease in the percentage of students committing the specific misconceptions were recorded.

It is generally accepted that the undergraduate cumulative point average (UCPA) is associated with graduate performance of the same discipline. Less known, however, is how good the UCPA at predicting graduate performance in a different discipline. This paper discusses a study on the relationship between UCPA, undergraduate program of study, and graduate performance – operationalised as graduate CPA (GCPA) – in a Master in Technical and Vocational Education program (MTVE). Data were gathered on UCPA, their undergraduate program of study, gender and previous university of 612 MTVE students using their application forms and academic records. The large number of programs of study was reduced to five groups of disciplines namely, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business and Management, and Others. Descriptive statistics and linear regression were used to analyse the data. The results showed that both undergraduate program of study and UCPA are predictors of GCPA and the extent to which UCPA contributes towards GCPA varies across programs of study.