Development of Creative Thinking Skills Among Teacher Trainees in Teacher Education Institution, Negeri Sembilan
Keywords:
Teaching and learning strategies, assessments, motivation, creative thinking skills, student teachers, Strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran, pentaksiran, motivasi, kemahiran berfikir kreatif, guru pelatihAbstract
Creative Thinking Skills (CTS) of teacher trainees will have influenced by two factors which are lecturer and students factors. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the perspective of teacher trainees in Teacher Education Institution (TEI), Technical Education Campus, Negeri Sembilan towards the lecturer factors: lecturers strategies in teaching and learning (T&L) and assessment, and the students factors: level of motivation and CTS. Besides, this study also aims to determine the strength of relationship between the lecturer factors and students’ level of motivation with the students’ level of CTS. A total of 217 teacher trainees under the Bachelor Degree in Teaching Program taken major in Design and Technology, Science and Mathematics were involved in this study. The questionnaire comprises four sections., namely Section A: Respondent Demography, Section B: Factor Lecturer (T&L strategies of lecturer & the assessments), Section C: Level of Motivation Students and Section D: Creative thinking skills of student teachers. The obtained data were analyzed using mean values and Pearson correlation test. Overall, the result of study shown the perspective of teacher traineestowards teaching and learning strategies of lecturer (M=4.16, SD=.64) and assessments (M=4.20, SD=.65), motivation (M=4.20, SD=.68) and creative thinking skills of teacher trainees(M=4.02, SD=.70) was at a high level. In addition, this study shown there was a stronger strength of relationship between the motivation and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .566, p = <.001), followed by the relationship between teaching and learning strategies of lecturer and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .519, p = <.001), and the relationship between assessments and CTS of teacher trainees(r = .438, p = <.001) is relatively low. In conclusion, teacher trainees shown a good level of motivation and creative thinking skills, in fact motivational factors can influence the development of student teachers' creative thinking skills. Lecturers at TEI, Technical Education Campus have good teaching and learning strategies and this factor plays an important role in developing the creative thinking skills of student teachers.
Kemahiran berfikir kreatif (KBK) guru pelatih boleh dipengaruhi oleh dua faktor iaitu faktor pensyarah dan guru pelatih. Oleh demikian, tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti perspektif guru pelatih di Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Pendidikan Teknik terhadap strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran dan pentaksiran pensyarah, serta tahap motivasi dan KBK guru pelatih. Dalam pada itu, kajian ini turut menentukan tahap kekuatan hubungan antara faktor pensyarah, dan tahap motivasi guru pelatih dengan KPK guru pelatih. Responden kajian ini adalah seramai 217 guru pelatih di bawah Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perguruan dalam pengkhususan , Reka bentuk dan Teknologi, Sains dan Matematik. Soal selidik kajian terdiri daripada empat bahagian iaitu Bahagian A: Demografi Responden, Bahagian B: Faktor Pensyarah (strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran & pentaksiran), Bahagian C: Tahap Motivasi Pelajar dan Bahagian D: Kemahiran Berfikir Kreatif Guru pelatih. Data dianalisis menggunakan ujian deskriptif min dan sisihan piawai, manakala menentukan kekuatan hubungan antara faktor pensyarah dan guru pelatih dengan KBK menggunakan ujian korelasi Pearson. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan perspektif guru pelatih ke atas strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran pensyarah (M=4.16, SP=.64) dan pentaksiran (M=4.20, SP=.65), motivasi (M=4.20, SP=.68) dan kemahiran berfikir kreatif guru pelatih (M=4.02, SP=.70) adalah pada tahap tinggi. Dalam pada itu, kajian ini juga menunjukkan terdapat perkaitan yang kuat antara motivasi dan tahap berfikir kreatif guru pelatih (r = .566, p = <.001), diikuti dengan perkaitan antara strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran pensyarah dan kemahiran berfikir kreatif guru pelatih (r = .519, p = <.001), manakala perkaitan antara pentaksiran dengan kemahiran berfikir kreatif guru pelatih (r = .438, p = <.001) adalah agak rendah. Kesimpulannya, guru pelatih di IPG Kampus Pendidikan Teknik menunjukkan tahap motivasi dan kemahiran berfikir kreatif yang baik, malahan faktor motivasi dapat mempengaruhi perkembangan kemahiran berfikir kreatif guru pelatih. Pensyarah di institut pendidikan mempunyai strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang baik dan faktor ini memainkan peranan penting dalam mengembangkan kemahiran berfikir kreatif guru pelatih.