Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur

Creativity is an essential element of teaching and learning that brings delight and meaningfulness to the classroom and to students‟ learning experiences. Recent calls in education for the implementation of authentic activities and real-world problem solving that promote student-engagement with c...

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Main Authors: Hamed, Popoola Kareem, Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan, Hashim, Che Noraini
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic Education Malaysia 2016
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spelling iium-556092017-03-06T02:26:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55609/ Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur Hamed, Popoola Kareem Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan Hashim, Che Noraini L Education (General) LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) LB2361 Curriculum Creativity is an essential element of teaching and learning that brings delight and meaningfulness to the classroom and to students‟ learning experiences. Recent calls in education for the implementation of authentic activities and real-world problem solving that promote student-engagement with curriculum content require more flexible and creative ways of teaching. Moreover, dissatisfaction with traditional methods of teaching among the students and teachers of Islamic schools is growing, as traditional pedagogy does not allow for critical and creative thinking. This leaves Muslim educators in a dilemma. This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing creative teaching among teachers of Malaysian Islamic private schools (IPS). The study employed a quantitative research methodology whereby a „questionnaire for creative teaching factors‟ was adapted and administered to 180 teachers from four selected IPS‟s, using a stratified random sampling technique. The data was then analysed using descriptive analysis, independent sample t-Test and ANOVA. The findings show that creative teaching is influenced by eight key factors: motivation, personal effort, learning attitude, teaching belief, school environment, teaching commitment, personal knowledge and growing-up experience. However, after ranking the factors, four main factors were identified that influence creative teaching, namely: personal efforts, teaching beliefs, teaching commitment and personal knowledge. In addition, the findings indicate that there were statistically significant differences between some of the factors influencing creative-teaching for teachers at IPS‟s, based on respondents‟ demographic details. Finally, the findings suggest that for creative teaching to bloom at IPS‟s there is a need for teams of experienced and creative professionals who can respond to a diverse range of learner needs and attitudes Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic Education Malaysia 2016-11-30 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55609/1/55609_Factors%20influencing%20creative%20teachings.pdf Hamed, Popoola Kareem and Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan and Hashim, Che Noraini (2016) Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur. In: International Conference on Education Towards Global Peace (CAPEU 2016), 30th Nov. to 1st Dec. 2016, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/capeu2016/index.php/proceedings/ 031
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topic L Education (General)
LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
LB2361 Curriculum
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LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
LB2361 Curriculum
Hamed, Popoola Kareem
Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Hashim, Che Noraini
Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
description Creativity is an essential element of teaching and learning that brings delight and meaningfulness to the classroom and to students‟ learning experiences. Recent calls in education for the implementation of authentic activities and real-world problem solving that promote student-engagement with curriculum content require more flexible and creative ways of teaching. Moreover, dissatisfaction with traditional methods of teaching among the students and teachers of Islamic schools is growing, as traditional pedagogy does not allow for critical and creative thinking. This leaves Muslim educators in a dilemma. This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing creative teaching among teachers of Malaysian Islamic private schools (IPS). The study employed a quantitative research methodology whereby a „questionnaire for creative teaching factors‟ was adapted and administered to 180 teachers from four selected IPS‟s, using a stratified random sampling technique. The data was then analysed using descriptive analysis, independent sample t-Test and ANOVA. The findings show that creative teaching is influenced by eight key factors: motivation, personal effort, learning attitude, teaching belief, school environment, teaching commitment, personal knowledge and growing-up experience. However, after ranking the factors, four main factors were identified that influence creative teaching, namely: personal efforts, teaching beliefs, teaching commitment and personal knowledge. In addition, the findings indicate that there were statistically significant differences between some of the factors influencing creative-teaching for teachers at IPS‟s, based on respondents‟ demographic details. Finally, the findings suggest that for creative teaching to bloom at IPS‟s there is a need for teams of experienced and creative professionals who can respond to a diverse range of learner needs and attitudes
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hamed, Popoola Kareem
Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Hashim, Che Noraini
author_facet Hamed, Popoola Kareem
Preece, Abdul Shakour Duncan
Hashim, Che Noraini
author_sort Hamed, Popoola Kareem
title Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
title_short Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
title_full Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in Islamic private schools in Kuala Lumpur
title_sort factors influencing creative teaching among teachers in islamic private schools in kuala lumpur
publisher Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic Education Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/55609/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/55609/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/55609/1/55609_Factors%20influencing%20creative%20teachings.pdf
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