Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia

Teaching at tertiary level involves a complex and diverse work process. Most higher education faculty received their advancement of content knowledge but is seldom given the opportunity to integrate this content knowledge with the teaching pedagogy (Bartlett, 2005, Cambridge, 1999, Kreber 2001). Thi...

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Main Author:	Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/1/Managing_teaching_and_learning_situation.pdf

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spelling	iium-294452013-03-11T07:12:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/ Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani L Education (General) Teaching at tertiary level involves a complex and diverse work process. Most higher education faculty received their advancement of content knowledge but is seldom given the opportunity to integrate this content knowledge with the teaching pedagogy (Bartlett, 2005, Cambridge, 1999, Kreber 2001). This paper describes challenges faced by teachers at one of the public universities in Malaysia in the management of their classrooms and the strategies they use to cope with them. 85 university teachers responded in writing to questions posed to them. The results of this qualitative study, consisting of content analysis of short essays reveal at least four themes. They are: Management of learning (ML), Sensitivity to Students (SS), Academic Challenge (AC) and Personality Management (PM). The findings suggest that specific modules are to be drawn up in response to those challenges. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/1/Managing_teaching_and_learning_situation.pdf Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani (2012) Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Quality Of Teaching & Learning (ICQTL 2012), 23-24 Oct 2012, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. http://icqtl.umt.edu.my/
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
description	Teaching at tertiary level involves a complex and diverse work process. Most higher education faculty received their advancement of content knowledge but is seldom given the opportunity to integrate this content knowledge with the teaching pedagogy (Bartlett, 2005, Cambridge, 1999, Kreber 2001). This paper describes challenges faced by teachers at one of the public universities in Malaysia in the management of their classrooms and the strategies they use to cope with them. 85 university teachers responded in writing to questions posed to them. The results of this qualitative study, consisting of content analysis of short essays reveal at least four themes. They are: Management of learning (ML), Sensitivity to Students (SS), Academic Challenge (AC) and Personality Management (PM). The findings suggest that specific modules are to be drawn up in response to those challenges.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani
author_facet	Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani
author_sort	Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani
title	Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
title_short	Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
title_full	Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia
title_sort	managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29445/1/Managing_teaching_and_learning_situation.pdf
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Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysia

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