Research team Ruzy Suliza Hashim Radha M. K. Nambiar Ruhizan Mohammad Yasin Wan Rosmanira Ismail Research Grant OO-2015-006
Research Objective To measure the effectiveness of the supplementary reading programme from the point of view of the stakeholders - teachers and students
Instruments for TOT Teacher questionnaire Reflection Sheet To build a profile for each teacher on current practices To be completed in Day 1. Reflection Sheet Guiding questions to elicit the teacher’s reflective thoughts on the TOT. The reflection sheet is in the research booklet. There are 4 sheets for 4 tracts. To be completed after the presentation of each tract. TOT Evaluation Form To get feedback from teachers on TOT To be completed on Day 3
Post -TOT instruments Student Questionnaire Teachers, please distribute to each student between Aug 11- 13 2015. Reflection in blog/journal for teachers and students (www.ylmc.info) Please use the blogs to record your thoughts and ideas on how the lessons went in your classrooms. Be as honest as you can as your ideas will help us improve the programme for the benefit of all. Get your students to do the same and keep a written journal of their thoughts and ideas of each lesson in the student textbook after each tract. Document Analysis – Teacher and Student Textbooks Feel free to make notes and comments in the textbooks. We will collect these at the end of the programme.
What do the instruments look like? Teacher Questionnaire Student Questionnaire Reflection Sheet Evaluation Form Blogs
Teacher Questionnaire Part A : Demographic profile Part B: Information sources Part C: Techniques and Activity types Part D: Familiarity with Terengganu’s heritage Part E: Reading materials, Self Awareness, Language Awareness
Student Questionnaire Part A : Demographic profile Part B: Familiarity with Terengganu’s heritage Part C: Reading materials, Self Awareness, Language Awareness Most importantly it is in Bahasa Melayu
HERITAGE/ ABOUT LANGUAGE/ LITERATURE/ ACROSS DISCIPLINES Reflection Sheet HERITAGE/ ABOUT LANGUAGE/ LITERATURE/ ACROSS DISCIPLINES What? What happened? Define the most important part. Select the most significant element of the lesson. So What? Why is it significant? What feelings has it provoked? How does it reinforce or challenge what you already know? Now What? What will you do differently as a result of this? Define your new approach. When are you going to practice the new approach? How will you know you have succeeded? What obstacles might you expect and how will you overcome them?
Evaluation Form Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 1.The TOT session has a clear objective 2. The TOT session gave me adequate training in English. 3.The TOT session gave me adequate training in teaching skills 4.The TOT session gave me adequate training for the needs of the local context 5.The TOT session is up-to-date 6.The TOT session encouraged me to be a reflective teacher
Date Activity Milestone Completion Date 1. Aug 11- 13 2015 Completing Student Questionnaire Pre-Student Questionnaire August 13 2015 2. Sept 1 -15 2015 Lesson 1 1st Reflection in Blog/ Journal Sept 15 2015 3. Sept 16 – 30 2015 Lesson 2 2nd Reflection in Blog/ Journal Sept 30 2015 4. Oct 1 – 15 2015 Lesson 3 3rd Reflection in Blog/ Journal Oct 15 2015 5. Oct 16 – 31 2015 Lesson 4 4th Reflection in Blog/ Journal Oct 31 6. Nov 8 – 10 2015 UKM Field Visit Post Teacher Questionnaire Post Student Questionnaire Nov 10
Why are we doing this? It will provide us with insights into how effective each lesson is and what you would like us to do to improve it. This will enable us to make modifications before the full-fledged YLMC runs in 2016. Thank you for your participation and cooperation. We welcome constructive criticisms from everyone.