TESL pre-service teachers’ motivation to integrate critical thinking in their teaching

This study examined TESL pre-service teachers’ motivation level to integrate critical thinking in their teaching and the influence of ‘year of study’ towards their motivation. A total of 106 TESL students from a Malaysian public university participated in a questionnaire survey that measures motivat...

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Main Authors: Mansor, Majdina, Khalid, Madihah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/62111/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62111/6/Conferenceitem.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62111/5/Award.pdf
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Summary:This study examined TESL pre-service teachers’ motivation level to integrate critical thinking in their teaching and the influence of ‘year of study’ towards their motivation. A total of 106 TESL students from a Malaysian public university participated in a questionnaire survey that measures motivation on a 5-point Likert scale. The data were analysed quantitatively using descriptive statistics and One-Way ANOVA. The results indicated that TESL pre-service teacher motivation to integrate critical thinking in their instruction is high.