Knowledge Base of Lecturers in Teaching Reading Comprehension at Teachers Training Institutes: A Case Study

Abstract

The focus of this study was the knowledge bases of teacher training institute lecturers with regard to teach reading comprehension to Post-Graduate Teaching Diploma Course (KPLI) students who took the English Studies subject. The study involved four lecturers and it looked into the types of knowledge bases that they draw upon. Data was obtained via semi-structured interviews. From the data, six knowledge bases, which were subsumed in a typology of pedagogical content knowledge, emerged. In this report, the knowledge bases of these lecturers in teaching reading comprehension to their students are described.

Fokus kajian ini adalah pada dasar pengetahuan pensyarah-pensyarah di institut perguruan berkaitan dengan pengajaran pemahaman bacaan kepada pelajar-pelajar Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) yang mengikuti kursus Pengajian Inggeris. Kajian ini menglibatkan empat pensyarah dan ia meninjau jenis-jenis dasar pengetahuan yang mereka guna. Data kajian diperoleh melalui temu duga separa struktur. Data yang diperoleh menunjukkan terdapat enam dasar pengetahuan menonjol. Keenam-enam dasar tersebut dirangkumi dalam tipologi "pedagogical content knowledge". Laporan ini menghuraikan dasar pengetahuan pensyarah-pensyarah tersebut dalam pengajaran pemahaman bacaan kepada pelajar-pelajar mereka.