Journal of ICSAR
Vol 1, No 1 (2017): January

Teacher Training To Increase Teacher’s Competency In Teaching Autism Child

Loi Sook Wei (UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA)
Mohd Hanafi Mohd Yasin (UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2017

Abstract

Autism teacher that is competence is able to educate autism child that are increasing throughout the year. The aim of this study is to identify the competency of special education teacher in teaching autistic child and curriculum in teacher training. This study used quantitative approaches and questionaire is built to collect the data. A total of 107 primary teachers in Jasin Melaka have been selected by purposive sampling for this survey. The study found that special education teachers are less competency in using evidence based teaching for autism. Data shows that most of the teachers have not received any training in how to teach autistic child during teaching training in university or teacher training center. This study is important to modify the current teacher training course related to autism to increase the quality of teachers.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

icsar

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

This journal is expected to serve as a publication media for the results of quality scientific research, especially the special education of children, which can be accessed online, printed and free by the people of Indonesia and the international community. The article (article) published in this ...