Hubungan nilai kerja dengan jantina, umur dan pengalaman mengajar guru pelatih

In order to be successful in his work, a person should have not only knowledge and skills, but also good work values. The study explored twelve work values of trainee teachers of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) and their relationships with gender, age and teaching experience. In general, trainee teachers of UPM had good work values. They considered self-development, economic reward and job security as very important values, whereas creativity, working conditions, life style and autonomy were considered moderately important. Values like variety, authority, social relationship, risk, and prestige were not very important to them. In addition, significantly low relationships exist between work values and age and teaching experience. Young trainee teachers without teaching experience were found to have better work values than experienced trainee teachers. Male trainee teachers were found to value creativity and authority more than female trainee teachers. Trainee teachers without teaching experience were also found to value variety, risk and prestige more than experienced trainee teachers. Age was found to have negative and low but significant relationships with life style, authority, risk and prestige. This relationship showed that as trainee teachers grew older, these values became less important to them. Based on the findings of the study, it is suggested that rewards should be given to teacher's in order to attract more of the younger generation to become teachers, teachers should be given more autonomy, teachers should be motivated to use their own creativity, and younger teachers should be given challenging tasks

Sikap dan Masalah Guru Pelatih dalam Menjalani Latihan Mengajar

Practical teaching is an important component in the teacher education programme, as it exposes students to the actual teaching environment. A study was conducted to identity the attitude of student teachers towards practical teaching and the problems they faced during practicum. The population comprised UPM student teachers of the December semester 1993/94. The systematic cluster sampling technique was used to select the sample of 215 student teachers. The findings showed that, in general, student teachers have a positive attitude towards practical teaching; this attitude was found to have a significant relationship with teaching experience. Student teachers without teaching experience were found to have a more positive attitude towards practical teaching than those who had teaching experience. The findings also showed that student teachers found difficulties in (I) teaching with full concentration in the time frame given,(2) choosing appropriate audiovisual teaching aids, (3) choosing appropriate teaching methods, (4) knowing the background of every student that he/she taught, (5) remembering the names of all students he/she taught, (6) solving financial problems, (7) solving the problem of anxiety, and (8) preparing various types of questions. Two of these problems, i.e. the difficulties of choosing appropriate audiovidual teaching aids and teaching methods, had significant relationships with attitude towards practical teaching

Influence of parents' jobs on apprentices' work values

This paper presents the findings of a study into the relationship between parents' jobs and the work values of apprentices. The findings were examined in the context of the positive relationship between work commitment and productivity of skilled workers and the need to understand influences on the work values of apprentices. The findings showed that the work values of apprentices were influenced by the kind of jobs each parent held. The importance of particular work values to apprentices differed significantly according to either their mother or father's job. ANOVA and Post Hoc analyses showed that the parents' role in their children's work values depended on the work value examined. The findings support literature specifically on intergenerational transmission of values, the occupational linkage hypothesis and the social learning theory on the influence of parents' occupation and children's values. They also show the importance for industry to focus on, and provide support to young apprentices in improving their commitment to work and help raise their productivity levels. The paper offers some suggestions on the kind of focus and support that can be offered

Correlates of Human Development amongst Adolescents in Malaysian National Religious Secondary Schools

The study investigated the correlates of human development among National Religious Secondary School students in Malaysia, consistent with the Erikson (1968) epigenesis of identity approach and the Chickering (1972) vectors of adolescent development. The research design incorporated a regression analysis model with human development as the dependent variable with eight predictors, i.e. the family, the school environment, sense of purpose, self, society, academic, co-curriculum,and the hostel environment. The regression value was significant, F(8, 1099) = 18.475, P < .05, with R2 of .119 indicating that the eight predictors explained an influence of 11.9% towards human development. The contribution was moderate. Generally, the respondents were aware of their sense of purpose with regards to what they intended to achieve. Moreover, the National Religious Secondary School students have moved towards self autonomy in relation to an awareness of human development