SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars

Teaching is an important component in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). To ensure the quality of education in HEI, it is vital to understand the skills and duties that need to be performed by new teaching scholars. Recently, the Ministry of Higher Education has launched the Orange Book that outli...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, Emily Abd Rahman
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13756/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13756/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13756/1/27983-87027-2-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-137562019-12-04T16:32:43Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13756/ SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, Emily Abd Rahman, Teaching is an important component in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). To ensure the quality of education in HEI, it is vital to understand the skills and duties that need to be performed by new teaching scholars. Recently, the Ministry of Higher Education has launched the Orange Book that outlines a new and proactive career track for lecturers, with the intention to develop human capital and enhance professionalism in teaching at HEI. However, there is still not much being done in identifying the challenges faced by newly appointed lecturers in Malaysia HEI. Utilising semi-structured in-depth interviews, two new teaching scholars and two expert lecturers at one of Malaysia HEI were interviewed to determine the challenges faced by new teaching scholars. Transcribed interview sessions were analysed using thematic analysis. The results show that the new teaching scholars face challenges in developing their substance knowledge, managing the Gen-Y, and having little knowledge on teaching approaches and methodologies. The paper put forward some suitable and effective suggestions in assisting these newly appointed lecturers to improve the quality of teaching and learning (T&L) process in Malaysia HEI. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13756/1/27983-87027-2-PB.pdf Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, and Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, and Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, and Emily Abd Rahman, (2018) SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 10 (1). pp. 39-60. ISSN 1985-5826 http://ejournal.ukm.my/ajtlhe/issue/view/1079
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description	Teaching is an important component in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). To ensure the quality of education in HEI, it is vital to understand the skills and duties that need to be performed by new teaching scholars. Recently, the Ministry of Higher Education has launched the Orange Book that outlines a new and proactive career track for lecturers, with the intention to develop human capital and enhance professionalism in teaching at HEI. However, there is still not much being done in identifying the challenges faced by newly appointed lecturers in Malaysia HEI. Utilising semi-structured in-depth interviews, two new teaching scholars and two expert lecturers at one of Malaysia HEI were interviewed to determine the challenges faced by new teaching scholars. Transcribed interview sessions were analysed using thematic analysis. The results show that the new teaching scholars face challenges in developing their substance knowledge, managing the Gen-Y, and having little knowledge on teaching approaches and methodologies. The paper put forward some suitable and effective suggestions in assisting these newly appointed lecturers to improve the quality of teaching and learning (T&L) process in Malaysia HEI.
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author	Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, Emily Abd Rahman,
spellingShingle	Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, Emily Abd Rahman, SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
author_facet	Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed, Afifah Quraishah Abdul Nasir, Nur Khadirah Ab. Rahman, Emily Abd Rahman,
author_sort	Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin Syed Mohamed,
title	SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
title_short	SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
title_full	SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
title_fullStr	SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
title_full_unstemmed	SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
title_sort	sotl in malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
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SoTL in Malaysia higher education setting: challenges faced by new teaching scholars

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