Hubungan Antara Sikap Pelajar dengan Tahap Tekanan Guru Program Pendidikan Inklusif dalam Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional

Problems arise among Inclusive Education Programme teachers in the subject of Vocational Subjects (MPVs) when the result of a teacher who fails to control themselves due to stress that affects the relationship between teachers, students as well as quality in the teaching and learning. This study was conducted to identify the relationship between student attitude and stress level among teachers in the Vocational Subject at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) around Johor. The design of this study is a survey study involving 113 randomly selected respondents around Johor by using questionnaire as the instrument of study. Respondents consist of PPI teachers who teach the subject of MPV. The result of this study shown significant relationship between student attitude and stress level among PPI teachers. Monitoring of teacher perceptions is especially important not only for MPV but also other subjects in order to restore imperfections and to provide benefits and success to every program in Special Education in Malaysia.

What Else Matters? Competency of Malaysian Educators in Technical and Vocational Education: A Scoping Review

This article reported up-to-date studies on competencies issues of TVET educators from Malaysia’s institutions. Various electronic databases were used and through systematic selection, 12 scientific articles were identified. The findings of the identified studies were organized by five emerging key matters (1) imbalance of technical and non-technical competency; (2) lack of practical skills training and work experience; (3) issue of greening TVET; (4) lack of self-concept and self-confidence in improving performance; and (5) lack of pedagogical approach for social and humanity competency. This review indicates that these five key matters about competency apply to the current norm of Malaysian TVET educators across all ages. Thus, the review concludes by suggesting educators to progressively increase their knowledge and skills through theoretical and practical training and real experiences acquired from home and abroad. This will enhance their competencies in line with the national and international core standards, that aim to produce skilled, knowledgeable, and high-quality workforces in various TVET industries.

Readiness of Electronic Engineering (Computer) Diploma Students in Applying Technical Skills to Face Career Challenges in Internet of Things (IoT)

The aims of this study are to identify the readiness of Electronics Engineering (Computer) Diploma students to apply technical skills to face the challenges in the career related to Internet of Things (IoT). The methodology used in this research was quantitative approach in which questionnaires were distributed to respondents through online strategy. This study involved semester 4 students of Diploma in Electronic Engineering (Computer) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Port Dickson, who have registered the Internet Base Controller course. A total of 56 students were randomly selected as respondents. Three main aspects where investigated, namely readiness, technical skills and career challenges in the field of IoT. The results of the study show that students were highly ready to enhance their level of knowledge in IoT field from time to time as the field of IoT is growing rapidly. Besides, the students were also ready to apply various technical skills such as hardware, programming skills, IoT platform, microcontroller, wired and wireless technology. Whereas the career challenges faced by the students were related to equipment such as laptops, smartphones and internet connection tool which is important to produce an IoT project during studies. In addition, the similar findings also can be seen from the Internet Based Controller Course Outline Review Report which indicated that the achievement technical skills acquisition has reached 88%. In conclusion, this study has shown that three is a high level in terms of students’ readiness, technical skills and career challenges in IoT field. The students realise that the knowledge and skills related to IoT will provide bright career opportunities in the future and students are ready to increase their potential to face the challenges of IoT development in Malaysia in line with the needs of the industry.

Students’ Acceptance of Teaching Interaction through the Diversity of Media in M-Learning

The technological and telecommunication development of this decade has had a profound impact, especially on the education system. In relation to this development, mobile technology in learning or M-learning is a new concept in the learning process. Examples of portable technology include PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), Smartphones, iPads, Tablets, and more. Thus, the availability of these advanced technologies promotes an environment of m-learning among students as it is easy to carry, lightweight, and not burdensome. Through the applications of Google, Facebook, YouTube, Edmodo, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Instagram, information is available anytime and anywhere and to anyone. The objectives of this study were to identify the level of students’ knowledge of m-learning, identify students’ perceptions of m-learning, identify the applicability of students' application to m-learning and identify the relationship between students' level of knowledge and applications usage of m-learning. This questionnaire was used in the data generation, which was analyzed descriptively by using statistical Package for the Social Version 20 (SPSS Statistic 20). The respondents of this study were 204 students in the first year of Faculty Technical and Vocational Education. The finding of the study showed that the use of m-learning in the teaching and learning process has a positive impact which had a min value of 4.00 and above. Besides, this study showed that the use of m-learning is highly recommended as it provides a more engaging learning experience for students. Researchers have suggested that its use of m-learning includes urban and rural students in line with the government's goal of developing an innovative and competitive convergence-based generation.

Best Practices in the M-Learning Design

E-learning applications or online learning is a very broad topic. This article discusses best practices in designing online learning to provide the best learning experience to students. Recently too many e-learning applications have been produced to help the learning process to be easily accessible anytime and anywhere. Students are so excited because access to learning materials is no longer limited to printed materials. The results of studies on the effectiveness of online learning show inconsistent findings. This is because most of the applications developed do not emphasize effective design. If applications are developed without considering the design principles of an effective e-learning application, it is impossible to provide a meaningful learning experience to students. So, these best practices have been gathered through analytical documents from books, journal articles and successful e-learning developers to help designers and developers of e-learning applications to produce effective applications. There are three main things that need to be emphasized in the design of e-learning applications, namely interface design, content design and interaction design. In interface design, among the things that are evaluated is how to produce an interface that can use the cognitive load effectively. Meanwhile, for content design, what is the appropriate learning and teaching theory to be applied so that the learning experience becomes something meaningful. For interaction design, it is important for the behavior of an application to be predictable and usable. Good interaction design shows features such as easy to use, efficient, safe, easy to learn and easy to remember how to use it. In this article, best practices for designing according to these three aspects will be discussed. Although these best practices are still not comprehensive, they can help learning application developers, teachers, instructors, lecturers, or trainers to be able to provide online learning materials and design e-learning interesting applications effectively.

The Impact of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on Student Achievement in Engineering Subject Material at Vocational College Kuantan, Pahang

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a student-centered teaching approach. This study was conducted to identify the impact of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on student achievement in engineering subject material at Vocational College Kuantan, Pahang. The study design used in this study was a quasi-experimental type involving two study groups namely the experimental group and control group. The experimental group in this study was referred to as the group exposed to the PBL teaching method. Whereas the control group is a group that uses traditional teaching strategies that use the standard (lecture) method commonly practiced, however, the content of teaching for the subject of engineering materials is the same as the experimental group. The respondents in this study were 30 students of 1st-semester Fabrication Welding Metal that selected using purposive sampling. To determine the level of student achievement, the researcher presents an achievement test for the subject of engineering materials. The results of this study were analyzed by independent t-test using Statistical Package for The Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0. This study found that student achievement in the experimental group was higher than the control group achievement. This shows that the PBL teaching method affects students' achievement in the subject of engineering materials at Vocational College Kuantan, Pahang. It is hoped that the findings of this study can serve as a reference to various stakeholders in designing and implementing problem-based learning methods to produce skilled thinkers who are critical in their work, problem-solving skills, and lifelong learning.

Socio-Economic Factors and Effects of Low Female Enrolments in Electrical Trade in Adamawa State

This study determined the perceived socio-economic factors and effects of low enrolment of female students in Electrical Installation and Maintenance Works Trade in Government Technical Colleges on women empowerment in Adamawa State. Two specific objectives guided the present study. The population of the study consisted of 13 Electrical Installation and Maintenance Work Trade (EIMWT) teachers and 129 parents (either father or mother) of National Technical Certificate Two (NTCII) EIMWT students in three Government Technical Colleges of Adamawa State. The research subjects of the study comprised the entire population, thus no sampling was done. The instrument was validated by three experts and yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.81. Mean was used in data analysis to answer the research questions. The findings of the study revealed an increasing number of technically unskilled female folks in Adamawa State as major perceived socio-economic effect. Other findings include gender inequality and regress in the fight to end poverty among the female folk in Adamawa State. The study recommended among others that Adamawa State Government in collaboration with corporate bodies should embark on an awareness campaign in order to enlighten parents and family members on the prospects of EIMWT especially to female gender.

Students' Perceptions of Interactive Multimedia Applications in the 21st Century Teaching and Learning Process

This study aims to identify the student perceptions of interactive multimedia applications in teaching and learning process in 21st century. Interactive multimedia is an integration of five elements (text, graphics, video, audio, and animation). The study design used was a quantitative survey by using questionnaire as instrument. Data was analyzed through quantitative and descriptive approach. The respondents were selected among 30 form 1 students that selected by purpose sampling technique to answer the objectives of the study. The result shows that majority students gave a positive perception to the applications of interactive multimedia in teaching and learning in the classroom. This method can improve a student’s concentration level and easily understand the subject matter. In conclusion, teachers should know that the applications of interactive multimedia in teaching and learning can gain positive impact not only to the skills of the information and communication technology by the teacher itself that can diversify the teaching method, but at the same time can produce a creative, innovative, smart students in both IT and knowledge.