Challenges of MARA female educators in the era of globalization
This study discusses on the issue of teachers and lecturers in the field of education to produce effective students who are successful, competent and moral. It analyzes the respondents’ knowledge on the definition of globalization and the effectiveness of their efforts to face the challenges of g...
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ERPA Trust
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/43682/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43682/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43682/1/IREP_-_EPRA_Journal_-_MARA_Female_Educators_in_Globalization_-_ISSN_2348-814X_-_Vol_1_April_2015.pdf |
| Summary: | This study discusses on the issue of teachers and lecturers in the field of education to produce
effective students who are successful, competent and moral. It analyzes the respondents’
knowledge on the definition of globalization and the effectiveness of their efforts to face the
challenges of globalization era. The respondents were 150 female educators from the Maktab
Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM), Institut Kemahiran MARA (IKM), Kolej MARA (KM), Kolej
Profesional MARA (KPM), and, Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA (KKTM), Malaysia. The data
was collected through a set of questionnaire distributed to the respondents. The results show,
100% of the respondents have ‘heard of globalization’. 79.4% of them were ‘challenged in the
globalization era’. They agreed that one of the challenges was ‘Globalization is a major cause of
students’ disciplinary problems now. Surprisingly, 95.3% of them admitted that the ‘Challenges
of present teachers are more severe than before’. Moreover, the respondents were more
challenged when ‘the Students today are more advanced than those teachers with the knowledge
of information technology’ with 91.4% of agreement. The respondents were in a real challenged
when 100% of them requested that the ‘PTA should jointly address the problem of globalization
in education’. In fact, this study is intended to provide information and description to relevant
parties in the education sectors to overcome the existing problems in order to strengthen the
educational system in providing a harmonic path and beneficial to professional educators for the
purpose of their well-beings, faith and professionalism in the challenges of globalization. |
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