Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma

This study was aimed to investigate the application of teaching and learning theories that were applied during the teaching and learning process. There are many teaching theories that advocates that the best learning technique is student-based or student-centred learning. Selected teachers were inte...

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Main Authors: Nesa Ramani Ganesan, *, Alagarajah K. Thavarajah, *
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Sunway University College 2010
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description This study was aimed to investigate the application of teaching and learning theories that were applied during the teaching and learning process. There are many teaching theories that advocates that the best learning technique is student-based or student-centred learning. Selected teachers were interviewed based on their teaching experience and education background. Three main groups of teachers were studied; those who had more than 20 years of teaching experience, those who had between ten to twenty years teaching experience and those with less than ten years. The Pre-University programmes chosen were those with at least fifty percent external examination component such as A-levels, MUFY and the AUSMAT. This article is written based on the teachers? experiences and the problems that arise as they tried to apply the teaching and learning theories that were taught during their training as a teacher.
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spelling sunway-802013-05-09T03:09:08Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/80/ Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma Nesa Ramani Ganesan, * Alagarajah K. Thavarajah, * LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools This study was aimed to investigate the application of teaching and learning theories that were applied during the teaching and learning process. There are many teaching theories that advocates that the best learning technique is student-based or student-centred learning. Selected teachers were interviewed based on their teaching experience and education background. Three main groups of teachers were studied; those who had more than 20 years of teaching experience, those who had between ten to twenty years teaching experience and those with less than ten years. The Pre-University programmes chosen were those with at least fifty percent external examination component such as A-levels, MUFY and the AUSMAT. This article is written based on the teachers? experiences and the problems that arise as they tried to apply the teaching and learning theories that were taught during their training as a teacher. Sunway University College 2010 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/80/1/PDF_-_ALAGARAJAH_FINAL_FOR_PRINTING_021209_Pg69-76.pdf Nesa Ramani Ganesan, * and Alagarajah K. Thavarajah, * (2010) Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma. In: Innovative Thoughts, Invigorating Teaching : Proceedings of the Sunway Academic Conference (The 1st Pre-University Conference), Friday 7 August 2009, Swan Convention Centre, Bandar Sunway. Proceedings of the Sunway Academic Conference (2010/1). Sunway University College, Petaling Jaya, pp. 69-76.
spellingShingle LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Nesa Ramani Ganesan, *
Alagarajah K. Thavarajah, *
Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title_full Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title_fullStr Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title_full_unstemmed Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title_short Teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
title_sort teaching theory and practice - a pre-university teacher's dilemma
topic LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/80/
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