International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE)
Vol 4, No 3: September 2015

Contributing Factors on Malaysia Preschool Teachers’ Belief, Attitude and Competence in Using Play Activities

Jantan, Hafsah Binti (Unknown)
Bin Hamdan, Abdul Rahim (Unknown)
Yahya, Fauziah Hj (Unknown)
Binti Saleh, Halimatussadiah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Sep 2015

Abstract

This study focud on preschool teachers’ belief, attitude, knowledge and competence in using play in Malaysia. Its purpose is to find out indicators significantly contribute to belief, attitude, knowledge and competence in play of preschool teachers in Malaysia. The method used was factor analysis in order to confirm indicators in each variable as significant indicators as factors with loading factor 0.40. Sample size in this study consists of 150 respondents. The result showed belief has 3-factor solution namely content belief, language and literacy belief, and teaching belief. Attitude has 2-factor solution, namely emotion and behavior. Competence has 3-factor solution, namely implementation, content and guiding. Indicators of each factor were also discussed.

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Journal Info

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IJERE

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Subject

Education

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The International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) is an interdisciplinary publication of original research and writing on education which publishes papers to international audiences of educational researchers. The IJERE aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of ...