Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'

Lecturers in teacher training institute are encouraged to conduct research and are given the opportunities to present the research findings in conferences or to publish them in journals. However, the number of articles produced yearly is not promising compared to the number of lecturers in the ins...

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Main Authors:	Velu, Jeya, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32360/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32360/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32360/1/Jeya_Velu.pdf

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spelling	iium-323602013-10-28T01:18:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32360/ Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push' Velu, Jeya Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Zainurin L Education (General) Lecturers in teacher training institute are encouraged to conduct research and are given the opportunities to present the research findings in conferences or to publish them in journals. However, the number of articles produced yearly is not promising compared to the number of lecturers in the institution. This study seeks to examine the factors which affect lecturers’ self-efficacy towards research activities. A case study was conducted in a teacher training institute, involving four lecturers who have more than 20 years of teaching experience. These lecturers were interviewed using semi structured interview. Through phenomenological approach analysis, five salient factors were discovered from these interviews, namely, subject matter expertise, motivation, positive environment, interest and personal strength. This article discusses the nature of these five factors and their implications on the willingness of lecturers to be involved in research activities. This article also provides some measures that can be taken to enhance the lecturers’ self-efficacy towards research. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32360/1/Jeya_Velu.pdf Velu, Jeya and Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail and Abdul Rahman, Zainurin (2011) Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'. In: The 6th Qualitative Research Convention Malaysia 2011, 14-15th November 2011, Marriott, Putrajaya. http://myqra.org/convention2011/node/134
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description	Lecturers in teacher training institute are encouraged to conduct research and are given the opportunities to present the research findings in conferences or to publish them in journals. However, the number of articles produced yearly is not promising compared to the number of lecturers in the institution. This study seeks to examine the factors which affect lecturers’ self-efficacy towards research activities. A case study was conducted in a teacher training institute, involving four lecturers who have more than 20 years of teaching experience. These lecturers were interviewed using semi structured interview. Through phenomenological approach analysis, five salient factors were discovered from these interviews, namely, subject matter expertise, motivation, positive environment, interest and personal strength. This article discusses the nature of these five factors and their implications on the willingness of lecturers to be involved in research activities. This article also provides some measures that can be taken to enhance the lecturers’ self-efficacy towards research.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Velu, Jeya Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
author_facet	Velu, Jeya Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Zainurin
author_sort	Velu, Jeya
title	Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'
title_short	Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'
title_full	Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'
title_fullStr	Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'
title_full_unstemmed	Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'
title_sort	lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'push or not to push'
publishDate	2011
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Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push'

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