Shaping Teaching Practice in Malaysia - A System''s View

Through analysis of hundreds of hours of classroom video data, as well as interviews, this book goes on to identify and discuss the forces that shape teachers' classroom practices from across the ecological system.

List of contents

1. What Actually Happens in the Classroom and Why? 2. Ways of Studying Teaching Practices of a National Education System 3. Bird's-Eye View of Teaching Practices in Malaysian Classrooms 4. Similarities and Differences between National and Subsystem Practices 5. Shapers of Teachers' Classroom Practices 6. Tightly Coupled Forces Shaping Teachers' Practices 7. Disrupting Tightly Coupled Forces Shaping Teachers' Practices 8. Teachers in the Heart of a System: Making Sense of How Systems Shape Classroom Practices 9. A Systems View for Shaping Classroom Teaching Practices Appendix

About the author

Meng Yew Tee is a member of the Faculty of Education at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He conducts research in the following areas: instructional design, how people learn, collaborative learning as well as teaching and learning practices in the classroom and the broader education system. His current research focus is on the interplay between different types of teaching and learning practices.
Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng is the Head, English for Specific Academic Purposes at Sunway University, Malaysia. He conducts research on classroom practices, education systems, teachers' professional development, intercultural communication, and technology-enhanced learning.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng, Meng Yew Tee, Meng Yew Boon Kheng Tee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032122953
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212295-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Education in South East Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; EDUCATION / General, South East Asia, teacher training, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / General