Pembangunan Model Kompetensi Kepimpinan Ketua Panitia Sains di Malaysia

Suhaili, Adawati. Pembangunan Model Kompetensi Kepimpinan Ketua Panitia Sains di Malaysia. Fakulti Pendidikan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor.

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Abstract

The transformation of Malaysia's education policy and system has been widely implemented, but the country's achievements in scientific literacy remain far short of the targets set. This positions the Head of Science Panels (HoSP) as the primary change agent responsible for developing leadership skills in order to improve the quality of teacher instruction and student achievement in scientific literacy. As a result, the goal of this research is to create a HoSP leadership competency model (HoSPLeC) based on the needs of leadership competencies, which include knowledge and leadership skills based on priority areas of task specification and professionalism values as core competencies for HoSP in effectively performing its duties. To achieve those goals, a research approach based on Design and Development Research (DDR) has been implemented, which includes three main phases: (i) needs analysis, (ii) design and development, and (iii) model usability evaluation. The needs analysis phase was implemented simultaneously using convergent parallel mixed methods with 400 Science teachers using questionnaires through the use of stratified random sampling and 11 experts via interviews and semi-structured interview protocol through use of purposeful sampling. By using purposeful sampling, 13 experts were involved in the design and development phase. This phase is divided into two sub-phases: (i) design, which employs two methods for model design: inductive and deductive theory construction process methods, as well as the Fuzzy Delphi method, and (ii) development, which employs the defuzzification method. The final phase of the model is the usability evaluation phase, which verifies the model's suitability by evaluating 30 HoSPs by sampling intended users of the model using a modified Nominal Group Technique (NGT). The content analysis findings of the needs analysis study revealed fifty elements of leadership competencies required by HoSPs. The findings of the design and development phase have identified three model components: knowledge of leadership content, leadership skills, and professionalism values, which are comprised of fourteen main constructs. The remaining two constructs refer to the components of professionalism values, while the twelve main constructs refer to the components of knowledge and leadership skills based on the six areas of HoSPs task specification. The fourteen constructs were discovered to have a total of 136 elements, all of which were accepted after expert consensus evaluation. The findings of the model's usability phase revealed that it is well suited for use as a task guide for HoSPs. Finally, because it focuses on individual competencies and job specifications required in the field of work of HoSPs, the leadership competency model of HoSPs developed is very suitable to be used as a guide for the work of HoSPs in Malaysia. The findings of this study can be used to plan more effective continuous professional development training and could be used as a starting point for the development of HoSPs leadership competency assessment instruments in Malaysia in the future.

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