标题：Teachers’ Level of Mobilizing Fun-Inspired Pedagogical Knowledge and Leadership Practices for Effective Teaching of Fundamental Science Concepts in the New Realm: A Scenario in Malaysian Public Preschools
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2022
卷号：12
期号：4
页码：722-737
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i4/13137
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This study focuses on the level of mobilizing fun-inspired pedagogical knowledge and leadership practices among Malaysian public preschool teachers for effective teaching of fundamental science concepts that suit the current education ecosystem. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze the survey data. A total of 242 teachers from 220 public preschools in Malaysia took part in the survey. The analysis revealed ten commonly applied fun-based strategies and techniques ranging from the most commonly applied to the least applied strategies and techniques namely, singing; experiments; storytelling; demonstrations; game-based learning; project-based learning; YouTube videos; asking probing questions; observations; and simulations. Most of the respondents are proficient in applying the ten strategies and techniques, with 50.41 percent for singing; 49.59 percent for experiments; 48.39 percent for storytelling; 47.93 percent for demonstrations; 47.10 percent for game-based learning; 46.28 percent for project-based learning; 45.87 percent for YouTube videos; 45.45 percent for asking probing questions; 43.39 percent for observations; and 42.56 percent for simulations. The result also indicated that most of the respondents are proficient or extremely proficient in leading their peer teachers for effective teaching of fundamental science concepts ranging from 39.67 percent to 53.72 percent of respondents proficient, followed by 35.53 percent to 57.02 percent of respondents extremely proficient in leading their peer teachers on fun-inspired pedagogy. The findings indicate that a promising innovative module is needed to guide preschool teachers to boost their creativity in designing and planning varieties of inspirational, innovative, creative, and interactive activities that suit the new realm. The result also indicates that it is significant to shift the paradigm from isolation to collaboration, and from in-person to online interactions. It is also significant to mobilize peers’ leadership competencies that suit Education 4.0 in Malaysia.
