?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1393%2F&rft.title=Priority+areas+of+primary+school+improvement%3A%0D%0Aconsensus+of+various+educational+stakeholders&rft.creator=Mohd+Nor%2C+Norazana.&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=Educators+and+researchers+are+looking+for+guidelines+related+to+school+improvement+(SI)%2C+which+includes+a+list+of+important+areas+of+school+improvement.+However%2C+there+is+vagueness+about+areas+of+school+improvement+in+Malaysia.+The+purpose+of+this+study+was+to+determine+consensus+about+areas+of+school+improvement+and+rank+the+priority+areas+from+the+perspectives+of+various+key+educational+stakeholders.+This+study+involved+groups+of+educational+stakeholders%E2%80%99+who+were+policymakers%2C+theoretical+experts%2C+community+leaders%2C+headmasters%2C+chairmen+of+Parents+and+Teachers+Association+(PTA)%2C+parents+and+ministry%E2%80%99s+officers.+It+portrayed+how+the+consultation+of+various+educational+stakeholders%E2%80%99+opinions+about+school+improvement+collectively+gave+feedbacks+for+better+understanding+the+dynamics+of+school+improvement.+The+study+employed+Open+System+Theory%2C+Systems+Thinking%2C+Theory+of+Change+and+Organizational+Development+as+underpinnings+theories.+The+study+mainly+adopted+a+quantitative+approach+through+e-Delphi+study+and+Survey.+Three+rounds+of+e-Delphi+study+were+conducted+to+identify+areas+of+school+improvement+involving+21+educational+stakeholders+as+the+panelist+of+experts.+The+tool+used+to+collect+ordinal+data+during+e-Delphi+was+a+four-point+Likert+scale+(1%3DStrongly+Agree%2C+2%3DAgree%2C+3%3DDisagree%2C+4%3D+Strongly+Disagree).+This+study+employed+90%25+of+percentage+agreement+among+the+experts+as+the+value+to+define+consensus.+After+the+three+rounds+of+e-Delphi%2C+questionnaires+were+produced+as+an+instrument+for+collecting+data+from+a+survey+involving+706+educational+stakeholders+from+four+strata%3B+lecturers+at+MOE%2C+chairmen+of+PTA%2C+officers+at+District+Education+Office+(DEO)+and+headmasters.+The+internal+consistency+of+the+43-items+questionnaires+for+the+survey+was+established+by+calculating+Cronbach+Alpha+coefficient+to+the+40+respondents+as+a+pilot+study.+The+reliability+coefficient+came+out+to+be+in+the+range+of+0.897+to+0.917%2C+suggesting+a+good+internal+consistency.+The+survey+employed+a+three-point+Likert+scale+(Excellent%2C+Moderate+and+Need+Improvement).+Then%2C+the+data+collected+from+the+survey+were+analyzed+by+descriptive+statistics+using+the+SPSS+software+version+21+to+assess+the+educational+stakeholders%E2%80%99+perspectives+about+areas+of+school+improvement.+The+study+revealed+that+feedbacks+from+educational+stakeholders+work+as+input+to+facilitate+the+process+of+school+improvement.+The+Malaysian+education+system+is+an+open+system+where+the+involvement+of+educational+stakeholders+plays+an+important+and+influential+role+in+establishing+consensus+about+the+areas+of+school+improvement+in+Malaysia.+The+findings+revealed+nine+areas+of+school+improvement+as+agreed+by+the+experts+which+were%3B+Leadership+and+Management%2C+Teacher+Professional+Development%2C+School+Culture%2C+Student+Learning+Outcome%2C+Instruction%2C+Community+Involvement%2C+ICT+in+education%2C+Curriculum+and+Support+for+Learning.+Furthermore%2C+the+findings+revealed+five+priority+areas+of+school+improvement+as+ranked+by+the+educational+stakeholders+surveyed+listed+in+the+ranking+order%3B+1)+Leadership+and+Management%2C+2)+Teacher+Professional+Development%2C+3)+School+Culture%2C+4)+Student+Learning+Outcome+and+5)+Instruction.+The+results+of+the+study+showed+that+there+were+eight+aspects+that+needed+to+be+improved+in+the+system%3B+Teachers%E2%80%99+welfare%2C+Leadership+innovation%2C+Pre-training+before+appointment+of+school+leaders%2C+Curriculum+focusing+on+unity+among+races%2C+Every+student+has+a+learning+potential%2C+ICT+literacy+among+school+leaders%2C+ICT+literacy+among+teachers+and+Unity+and+national+integration.+The+findings+of+this+study+are+expected+to+offer+valuable+implications+for+researchers+and+practitioners+in+Malaysia+and+other+countries+to+focus+on+the+areas+of+school+improvement+identified+from+this+study+when+crafting+SI+policy.&rft.publisher=Faculty+of+Education%2C+University+of+Malaya&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1393%2F1%2FNorazana%2520binti%2520Mohd%2520Nor%2520.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mohd+Nor%2C+Norazana.+++Priority+areas+of+primary+school+improvement%3A+consensus+of+various+educational+stakeholders.++Faculty+of+Education%2C+University+of+Malaya.+++++