Impak Pembelajaran Transformatif dalam Kalangan Guru Pendidikan Khas yang Mengajar Pelajar Autisme (The Impact of Transformative Learning on Special Education Teachers who Teach Autistic Students)
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This study explores the impact of transformative learning on special education teachers who teach autistic students. This qualitative study approach, incorporating the semi-structured interview method and Focus Group Discussion, was used for data collection. A purposive sampling of 10 special education teachers, serving in schools under the Malaysian Ministry of Education that implemented the Special Education Integration Program (PPKI), were selected as informants. The findings showed that the impacts of transformative learning on special education teachers who teach autistic students included emotional, behavioural, and thinking changes.
Kajian ini dijalankan untuk meneroka impak pembelajaran transformatif dalam kalangan guru pendidikan khas yang mengajar pelajar autisme. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan kaedah temu bual separa berstruktur dan Perbincangan Kumpulan Fokus (PKF) untuk mengumpul data. Dengan menggunakan persampelan bertujuan, 10 orang guru pendidikan khas yang berkhidmat di Sekolah Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia yang melaksanakan Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI) telah dipilih sebagai informan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan antara impak pembelajaran transformatif kepada guru pendidikan khas yang mengajar pelajar autisme merangkumi perubahan emosi, perubahan tingkah laku, dan perubahan pemikiran.
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