1st Edition
Shaping Teaching Practice in Malaysia A System's View
1. What Actually Happens in the Classroom and Why? 2. Ways of Studying Teaching Practices of a National Education System 3. Bird’s-Eye View of Teaching Practices in Malaysian Classrooms 4. Similarities and Differences between National and Subsystem Practices 5. Shapers of Teachers’ Classroom Practices 6. Tightly Coupled Forces Shaping Teachers' Practices 7. Disrupting Tightly Coupled Forces Shaping Teachers' Practices 8. Teachers in the Heart of a System: Making Sense of How Systems Shape Classroom Practices 9. A Systems View for Shaping Classroom Teaching Practices Appendix
Biography
Meng Yew Tee is a member of the Faculty of Education at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. He conducts research in the following areas: instructional design, how people learn, collaborative learning as well as teaching and learning practices in the classroom and the broader education system. His current research focus is on the interplay between different types of teaching and learning practices.
Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng is the Head, English for Specific Academic Purposes at Sunway University, Malaysia. He conducts research on classroom practices, education systems, teachers’ professional development, intercultural communication, and technology-enhanced learning.
