Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs

The training of Special education teachers have been given attention by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. According to Sufean (2004), since 1996 special education was given the same priority as other areas in the development of education in Malaysia. In order to implement effective teaching an...

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Main Authors: Rodzi, Faidz Ikhwan, Mukhlis, Nur Hidayah, Mahrif, Nursuria
Other Authors: A Kadir, Nadhrah
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Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences, USM 2017
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author Rodzi, Faidz Ikhwan
Mukhlis, Nur Hidayah
Mahrif, Nursuria
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description The training of Special education teachers have been given attention by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. According to Sufean (2004), since 1996 special education was given the same priority as other areas in the development of education in Malaysia. In order to implement effective teaching and learning in special education program as well as to motivate them in teaching special need students, teachers should be prepared and understand about the program itself. Therefore, this study is aimed to investigate factors that contribute to the motivation among special education teachers in teaching students with special needs. This study aims to investigate contributing factors of motivation levels among special education teachers toward the special needs children. Maslow Theory of Needs comprises of five (5) main predictors to determine the level of motivation among special education teachers which are physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-actualization is applied as the instrument in this study. Since this is a concept paper, the result used is from 31 teacher respondents of Integrated Learning Disability of Special Education Program at Sekolah Kebangsaan Laksamana, Kuching.
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spelling usm-405402018-05-23T04:05:13Z http://eprints.usm.my/40540/ Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs Rodzi, Faidz Ikhwan Mukhlis, Nur Hidayah Mahrif, Nursuria H1-99 Social sciences (General) The training of Special education teachers have been given attention by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. According to Sufean (2004), since 1996 special education was given the same priority as other areas in the development of education in Malaysia. In order to implement effective teaching and learning in special education program as well as to motivate them in teaching special need students, teachers should be prepared and understand about the program itself. Therefore, this study is aimed to investigate factors that contribute to the motivation among special education teachers in teaching students with special needs. This study aims to investigate contributing factors of motivation levels among special education teachers toward the special needs children. Maslow Theory of Needs comprises of five (5) main predictors to determine the level of motivation among special education teachers which are physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-actualization is applied as the instrument in this study. Since this is a concept paper, the result used is from 31 teacher respondents of Integrated Learning Disability of Special Education Program at Sekolah Kebangsaan Laksamana, Kuching. School of Social Sciences, USM A Kadir, Nadhrah Rahmat, Siti Rahyla Mohd Tayeb, Azmil Mohd, Saidatulakmal 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40540/1/ART_30.pdf Rodzi, Faidz Ikhwan and Mukhlis, Nur Hidayah and Mahrif, Nursuria (2017) Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs. In: Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS) 2017. School of Social Sciences, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 233-240. ISBN 9789671544013
spellingShingle H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Rodzi, Faidz Ikhwan
Mukhlis, Nur Hidayah
Mahrif, Nursuria
Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title_full Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title_fullStr Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title_full_unstemmed Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title_short Determining Motivation Factors Among Special Education Teachers In Teaching Students With Special Needs
title_sort determining motivation factors among special education teachers in teaching students with special needs
topic H1-99 Social sciences (General)
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