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

This study focused 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 anal...

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Published inInternational journal of evaluation and research in education Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 146 - 154
Main Authors Jantan, Hafsah Binti, Bin Hamdan, Abdul Rahim, Yahya, Fauziah Hj, Saleh, Halimatussadiah Binti, Ong, Mohd Hanafi Bin Azman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science 01.09.2015
Subjects
Bartletts Test of Sphericity
Beliefs
Competence
Factor Analysis
Foreign Countries
Malaysia
Predictor Variables
Preschool Teachers
Program Implementation
Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Malaysia
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Summary:This study focused 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.
ISSN:2252-8822