Kualiti Guru Permulaan Keluaran Sebuah Institut Perguruan: Satu Tinjauan dari Perspektif Pentadbir Sekolah QUALITY OF BEGINNING TEACHERS OF A TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE: A SURVEY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the degree of satisfaction of school administrators towards Postgraduate Course and Diploma in Teaching Course beginning teachers produced by a teacher training institute in Malaysia. These beginning teachers began their teaching as school teachers for the first six months they were posted to schools throughout Malaysia. The research design used in this study was the survey method. The instrument used to collect data was the Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire. Systematic random sampling was employed in this study. A total of 105 sets of questionnaires were posted to schools where the beginning teachers were teaching throughout Malaysia. A total of 83 (79.1%) sets of questionnaires were returned by the school administrators. This paper will discuss the level of satisfaction of school administrators with respect to four aspects as follows: (i) qualities of the beginning teacher; (ii) implementation of teaching and learning in the classroom; (iii) implementation of co-curriculum activities in school and (iv) tasks management in school. Some issues, challenges and expectations as voiced out by the school administrators regarding the beginning teachers will also be discussed.

Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan kepuasan pihak pentadbir sekolah terhadap guru permulaan Kursus Perguruan Lepas Ijazah (KPLI) dan guru permulaan Kursus Diploma Perguruan Malaysia (KDPM) keluaran sebuah institut perguruan di Malaysia. Kumpulan guru permulaan ini mula berkhidmat sebagai guru sekolah selama enam bulan pertama mereka ditempatkan ke sekolah-sekolah di seluruh Malaysia. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk tinjauan. Data dikutip dengan menggunakan instrumen Soal Selidik Kepuasan Pelanggan (SSKP). Kaedah persampelan rawak bersistematik digunakan dalam kajian ini. Sebanyak 105 set soal selidik telah diposkan ke sekolah-sekolah di mana guru permulaan ditempatkan di seluruh Malaysia. Sebanyak 83 (79.1%) set soal selidik telah dikembalikan oleh pentadbir-pentadbir sekolah. Kertas kerja ini akan membincangkan tahap kepuasan pihak pentadbir sekolah terhadap empat aspek iaitu: (i) kualiti diri; (ii) pelaksanaan pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam bilik darjah; (iii) pelaksanaan aktiviti kokurikulum di sekolah; dan (iv) pengurusan kerja di mana guru permulaan itu ditempatkan. Beberapa isu, cabaran dan harapan yang disuarakan oleh pihak pentadbir tentang guru permulaan keluaran institut perguruan juga dibincangkan.