RESEARCH PROPOSAL Instructional Design Guidelines for PPG Online Teacher Training System
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Student name : AHMAD DANI BIN DAUD Student No : TP014956 Email Address : danidaud@yahoo.com Award Name : MSc In Multimedia Management Site Name : APIIT Malaysia Title of project : Instructional design guidelines for EteMS Online Teacher Training System Supervisor : Mr. Albert Quek Related to the module : Managing Multimedia System, Multimedia Technology, Multimedia Application Development
Introduction It was an ambitious plan pushed through by the former Malaysian leader, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, to have made the decision that all Malaysian children should be taught mathematics and science in English. The national education policy change for the Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Sains Dan Matematik (PPSMI) was announced after the supreme ministry council meeting on 19 th July 2002 (Ian McKinnon, 2008). Under this new education policy, the subjects of mathematics and science will be taught and accessed in English. The commencement of the PPSMI was done in phases and was first introduced during the school session in the year 2003 and the pioneers were all standard 1 students in primary school and form 1 students for secondary school including lower 6 ( A-levels Year One) students. The final phase for the PPSMI for the secondary schools will be in 2007 and for the primary school, 2008.
In the interim year students will be allowed to answer in the public examination in Bahasa Melayu and/or English. However in the year 2008, all National papers for mathematics and Science will be offered only in English (Hannah Pillay, 2003) The Ministry of Education felt that it was crucial to change the medium of language for these subjects from Bahasa Melayu to English in order to develop professional human workforce needed to push the nation into a developed country status and equip the younger generation with the knowledge to compete effectively in the era of globalization (Ministry of Education, 2002). Under the Bahagian Pendidikan Guru (BPG) the English Teaching for Mathematics and Science (ETeMS) is proposed to be the provisional measure to ensure that the teachers of mathematics and science (MST) are fully equipped to use English effectively as a medium of instruction (Portal Pendidikan Utusan, 2002). As the duration of interaction is limited for the MST teachers to fully develop and adapt to the new education policy, ETeMS can be further developed as the support mechanism to encourage the MST to further develop their English language proficiency. The task of planning and designing the training modules for ETeMS Phase 1 and 2, Cohorts 1 and 2 the MST falls under the English Language Teaching Centre of Malaysia (ELTC). After having finished the ETeMS modules, the Mathematics and science teacher (MST) are supervised under the ETeMS Buddy Support System . In this system, the MST would then cooperate and be facilitated by their own fellow school English teacher. This way, the training for the MST is hoped to be fully optimized. In this context, the school should have the role in identifying the MST involved in the ETeMS modules. The change in the national education policy would require a resource of a massive scale. Therefore, it is announced by the Prime Minister in the national budget for 2003, that the government would allocate a RM5 billion budget between the years 2002- 2008 for implementing the policy to teach Mathematics and Science in English (Hannah Pillay,2003).
The main concern regarding the change of the national education policy is the distribution of the human resource which is in the numbers of Mathematics and Science teachers who can teach in English. It cannot be denied that there is an uneven distribution number of teacher competent in English throughout the schools in the country (Hannah Pillay,2003). These teachers need training in order for them to adapt to their new syllabus. A major concerns regarding training the teachers include the low number of teachers competent in English. This is a result of number of teacher voluntary forced by their schools to join the PPSMI program in order to fulfill the quota given to them by the Ministry of Education. Some schools even include teachers teaching religious studies for the program. Therefore, it is found that these are the factor which brings down the number of English proficient teachers (Utusan Malaysia, 3 Sept 2008). Another major concern is the limited training duration allocated to training the MST in English. Currently, the programs that are available in order to train the teachers in English include the Self Learning Package developed by the Ministry of Education which includes ETeMS courses and the Buddy support System Program (Noraini Idris et al, 2006). Although with the implementation of these programs, there is no certain answer for the level English proficiency MST achieved after the teachers had undergone the program. With the use of a computer based training system (CBT), MST learning communities can be brought, trained, accessed and evaluated together. An online CBT for the Mathematics and Science Teachers can be used under the ETeMS program as a language training medium. With an online system, it is easier for the Ministry of Education to continuously develop the progress of the MST. Syllabus updates regarding the training can be updated and accessed at any given time. Tests and evaluation of the MST can also be done and results can be made into statistical analysis in which determines the number of English proficient MST. With the use of online training system, individuals not only learn from other individuals but also where the community itself learns as a group (Tu & Corry, 2002).
Multimedia can be used to integrate the process of human learning and its characteristics on instructional guidelines. Elements of multimedia can be used effectively in engaging the training process for the MST as it is interactive and enables both the the trainers and the trainee to control the content flow of the information (Vaughn, 2004). Currently the specific online ETeMS training system that can be found under the Ministry of Education is limited and incomplete ( Utusan Tutor, 2003). It is also proposed that more interactive internet based learning through freeware is needed as it helps in the pedagogical approach and for evaluation activities (Choong Kam Foong,2002).
Background
Developing an interactive online multimedia training system for EteMs is no means task as it involves a team of experts which includes the instructional designer(s) who is involved in managing and determining the guidelines that can be used in the online training system. With the online EteMS teacher training system, other programs under the EteMS can be intergrated into the system. This includes the Buddy Support System, the Language Improvement System (LIPS) as well as to combining and adapting the English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers courses with the ETeMS program. By setting up the scope and the target user, this prototype online training program can be evaluated and can be further developed to a larger scale in due time. It is proposed that the initial target user should be constricted to the Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) trainee teachers as the their age group of of 22- 35 years old is more computer literate and can be experimented under the Praktikum Program in which the teachers can engage in a full classroom setting with students where improvement results due to implementing the system can be evaluated (Lawrence Aloysius Aeria et al, 2007).
Project Aims and Objectives Project Aims The main aim of this research is to deliver a practicable model of how to use multimedia elements effectively to improve the ETeMS teacher training process through an online training system.
Project Objectives There are several objectives to achieve expected project aim: Gather and analyze data and evaluate the existing design guidelines for online ETeMS online training system. Examine and improve the existing instructional design for multimedia found in ETeMS current program Analyze the pedagogical, human computer interaction and groupware factors and communication theory for design multimedia materials for training system. Compare the proposed design guideline with existing guideline Test and evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented online ETeMS training system.
Intellectual difficulties During a research following challenges can take place: The risk of the national educational policy rebuke due to the change of the government cabinet line-up. However given the timeframe of this research being done and the timeframe of the National Examination, it is unlikely that the government would change the policy in a short time of period. Likeness if this research being already done and is no longer need to follow this research. This research paper can be used as an additional material to push the implementation of PPSMI and also as help the ministry of education in creating new ideas to train the MST.
Research Programme The following methodology will be used throughout the project. Stage 1 Collection of information use various resource like secondary research such as books, articles, journals, periodicals and Internet sources, and primary research (interview and questionnaires).
Analyses of gathered information sorts out unnecessary data, classify the collected data in order to structure the information in a logical manner, and then indicate the most relevant data.
Stage 2
Identify the user group the guideline for the system will be catered and evaluated to the KPLI trainee teachers. Preparation of questions for interview with respondent for testing proposed guidelines.
Stage 3 Analyse Stage 4 Produce final document plan, structure and write up to delivery all finding and observation materials. Identify directions of the further work to offer feasible ways to evaluate suggested solution.
Deliverables The final product at the end of the research will be an instructional design guideline for ETeMS online teacher training system.
Resources To successfully complete this project the following resources are required Access to a personal computer with internet connectivity Access to college or public library Access to the Bahagian Pendidikan Guru (BPG) under the Ministry of Education Access to individuals or public figures with sound knowledge in the research area Access to Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) trainee teachers under the Praktikum program.
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