Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong

The purpose of this study was to investigate TESL trainee teachers’ insights on the link between theory and practice. This study also sought to find out how they viewed the effectiveness of the teacher preparation programme in terms of preparing them to teach secondary school students. The study inv...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ghazali, Siti Salina
Format:	Article
Published:	ACRULeT, Faculty of Education & UiTM Press 2008
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/355/

id	uitm-355
recordtype	eprints
spelling	uitm-3552017-12-27T07:06:16Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/355/ Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong Ghazali, Siti Salina The purpose of this study was to investigate TESL trainee teachers’ insights on the link between theory and practice. This study also sought to find out how they viewed the effectiveness of the teacher preparation programme in terms of preparing them to teach secondary school students. The study involved 79 Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Part 7 and 8 trainee teachers from the Faculty of Education, UiTM selected through a purposive sampling procedure. This study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods to ensure that a wide coverage of areas and detailed explanations of those areas could be gathered. To obtain the quantitative data, the survey method was employed and the instrument need was a questionnaire. On the other hand, to get the qualitative data, interviews were conducted and journal entries were scrutinised. The findings revealed that the trainees felt that they were well-prepared in three crucial areas which were field knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and professional knowledge. The results also indicated that gender and academic performance have no influence on the trainees’ perceptions. At the end of the paper, implications of the study were discussed and recommendations were made to further strengthen the teacher education programme at the Faculty of Education in UiTM. ACRULeT, Faculty of Education & UiTM Press 2008-12 Article PeerReviewed Ghazali, Siti Salina (2008) Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong. Asian Journal of University Education (AJUE), 4 (2). pp. 1-34. ISSN 1823-7797
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
building	UiTM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
description	The purpose of this study was to investigate TESL trainee teachers’ insights on the link between theory and practice. This study also sought to find out how they viewed the effectiveness of the teacher preparation programme in terms of preparing them to teach secondary school students. The study involved 79 Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Part 7 and 8 trainee teachers from the Faculty of Education, UiTM selected through a purposive sampling procedure. This study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods to ensure that a wide coverage of areas and detailed explanations of those areas could be gathered. To obtain the quantitative data, the survey method was employed and the instrument need was a questionnaire. On the other hand, to get the qualitative data, interviews were conducted and journal entries were scrutinised. The findings revealed that the trainees felt that they were well-prepared in three crucial areas which were field knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and professional knowledge. The results also indicated that gender and academic performance have no influence on the trainees’ perceptions. At the end of the paper, implications of the study were discussed and recommendations were made to further strengthen the teacher education programme at the Faculty of Education in UiTM.
format	Article
author	Ghazali, Siti Salina
spellingShingle	Ghazali, Siti Salina Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
author_facet	Ghazali, Siti Salina
author_sort	Ghazali, Siti Salina
title	Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
title_short	Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
title_full	Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
title_fullStr	Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
title_full_unstemmed	Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong
title_sort	linking theory and practice: the case of tesl trainee teachers / siti salina ghazali and lee lai fong
publisher	ACRULeT, Faculty of Education & UiTM Press
publishDate	2008
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/355/
first_indexed	2023-09-18T22:44:28Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T22:44:28Z
_version_	1777417132300042240

Linking theory and practice: the case of TESL trainee teachers / Siti Salina Ghazali and Lee Lai Fong

Similar Items