Development of creative thinking skills among Teacher Trainees in Teacher Education Institution, Negeri Sembilan : Perkembangan kemahiran berfikir kreatif bagi Guru Pelatih di Institut Pendidikan Guru, Negeri Sembilan

Choong, Xin Hui and Abdullah, Haslinah (2024) Development of creative thinking skills among Teacher Trainees in Teacher Education Institution, Negeri Sembilan : Perkembangan kemahiran berfikir kreatif bagi Guru Pelatih di Institut Pendidikan Guru, Negeri Sembilan. Global Journal of Education Research & Management (GERMANE), 4 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN e-ISSN 2805-4695

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Abstract

Creative Thinking Skills (CTS) of teacher trainees will have influenced by two factors which are lecturer and students factors. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the perspective of teacher trainees in Teacher Education Institution (TEI), Technical Education Campus, Negeri Sembilan towards the lecturer factors: lecturers strategies in teaching and learning (T&L) and assessment, and the students factors: level of motivation and CTS. Besides, this study also aims to determine the strength of relationship between the lecturer factors and students’ level of motivation with the students’ level of CTS. A total of 217 teacher trainees under the Bachelor Degree in Teaching Program taken major in Design and Technology, Science and Mathematics were involved in this study. The questionnaire comprises four sections., namely Section A: Respondent Demography, Section B: Factor Lecturer (T&L strategies of lecturer & the assessments), Section C: Level of Motivation Students and Section D: Creative thinking skills of student teachers. The obtained data were analyzed using mean values and Pearson correlation test. Overall, the result of study shown the perspective of teacher trainees towards teaching and learning strategies of lecturer (M=4.16, SD=.64) and assessments (M=4.20, SD=.65), motivation (M=4.20, SD=.68) and creative thinking skills of teacher trainees(M=4.02, SD=.70) was at a high level. In addition, this study shown there was a stronger strength of relationship between the motivation and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .566, p = <.001), followed by the relationship between teaching and learning strategies of lecturer and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .519, p = <.001), and the relationship between assessments and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .438, p = <.001) is relatively low. In conclusion, teacher trainees shown a good level of motivation and creative thinking skills, in fact motivational factors can influence the development of student teachers' creative thinking skills. Lecturers at TEI, Technical Education Campus have good teaching and learning strategies and this factor plays an important role in developing the creative thinking skills of student teachers.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Teaching and learning strategies, assessments, motivation, creative thinking skills, student teachers, Strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran, pentaksiran, motivasi, kemahiran berfikir kreatif, guru pelatih
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Pusat Dokumentasi & Sumber Pendidikan > Jabatan Pusat Sumber
Depositing User:	pdsp 2
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2024 07:34
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2024 07:34
URI:	http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/id/eprint/1501

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