The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative
The crucial role that teachers and schools play in the development of a nation’s human resource is undeniable. In Malaysia, teaching has always been perceived as a financially secure and relatively easy job by many, resulting in mass application for entry into teacher education programmes. Many of t...
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2008
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| author | Othman, Joharry Borhan, Lihanna Abdullah, Nabilah Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Mohd Noah, Sidek Ahmad, Jamaludin Sulaiman, Tajularipin Abdul Karim, Abdul Malek Ibrahim, Sapon Ab. Hadi, Mohd Yusop Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malik Syed Mansor, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Salamuddin, Norlena Harun, Mohd Taib Mohamed, Zulkifli Ghazali, Munirah |
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| description | The crucial role that teachers and schools play in the development of a nation’s human resource is undeniable. In Malaysia, teaching has always been perceived as a financially secure and relatively easy job by many, resulting in mass application for entry into teacher education programmes. Many of those who aspire and opto to go into the teaching profession however do so regardless of their personal interests, potential, and values. Pursuing a program that does not fit a person’s personality and interest – despite initially having good academic credentials and excellent co-curricular involvement in school – may result in unsatisfactory academic performance, frustration, change of program and even withdrawal at college level. Hence, in the quest for selecting suitable teacher trainee candidates, a psychometrically sound instrument known as the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI) was developed as a screening measure to filter the large number of teacher hopefuls. This paper specifically describes the theoretical basis and the constructs of the instrument developed. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-170402016-02-01T01:16:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17040/ The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative Othman, Joharry Borhan, Lihanna Abdullah, Nabilah Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Mohd Noah, Sidek Ahmad, Jamaludin Sulaiman, Tajularipin Abdul Karim, Abdul Malek Ibrahim, Sapon Ab. Hadi, Mohd Yusop Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malik Syed Mansor, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Salamuddin, Norlena Harun, Mohd Taib Mohamed, Zulkifli Ghazali, Munirah The crucial role that teachers and schools play in the development of a nation’s human resource is undeniable. In Malaysia, teaching has always been perceived as a financially secure and relatively easy job by many, resulting in mass application for entry into teacher education programmes. Many of those who aspire and opto to go into the teaching profession however do so regardless of their personal interests, potential, and values. Pursuing a program that does not fit a person’s personality and interest – despite initially having good academic credentials and excellent co-curricular involvement in school – may result in unsatisfactory academic performance, frustration, change of program and even withdrawal at college level. Hence, in the quest for selecting suitable teacher trainee candidates, a psychometrically sound instrument known as the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI) was developed as a screening measure to filter the large number of teacher hopefuls. This paper specifically describes the theoretical basis and the constructs of the instrument developed. Asian Centre for Research on University Learning and Teaching (ACRULeT), Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17040/1/The%20construction%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20Educators%20Selection%20Inventory%20%28MEdSI%29%20a%20large%20scale%20assessment%20initiative.pdf Othman, Joharry and Borhan, Lihanna and Abdullah, Nabilah and Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki and Mohd Noah, Sidek and Ahmad, Jamaludin and Sulaiman, Tajularipin and Abdul Karim, Abdul Malek and Ibrahim, Sapon and Ab. Hadi, Mohd Yusop and Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malik and Syed Mansor, Syed Mohamed Shafeq and Salamuddin, Norlena and Harun, Mohd Taib and Mohamed, Zulkifli and Ghazali, Munirah (2008) The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative. Asian Journal of University Education, 4 (1). pp. 113-126. ISSN 1823-7797 http://www.rmc.uitm.edu.my/asian-journal-of-university-education/201-ajue-volume-4-no-1-2008.html |
| spellingShingle | Othman, Joharry Borhan, Lihanna Abdullah, Nabilah Wan Jaafar, Wan Marzuki Mohd Noah, Sidek Ahmad, Jamaludin Sulaiman, Tajularipin Abdul Karim, Abdul Malek Ibrahim, Sapon Ab. Hadi, Mohd Yusop Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malik Syed Mansor, Syed Mohamed Shafeq Salamuddin, Norlena Harun, Mohd Taib Mohamed, Zulkifli Ghazali, Munirah The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title | The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title_full | The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title_fullStr | The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title_short | The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative |
| title_sort | construction of the malaysian educators selection inventory medsi a large scale assessment initiative |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17040/1/The%20construction%20of%20the%20Malaysian%20Educators%20Selection%20Inventory%20%28MEdSI%29%20a%20large%20scale%20assessment%20initiative.pdf |
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