Shaping Teaching Practice in Malaysia

A System's View

Meng Yew Tee, Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng

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Routledge
06 May 2025

Regional studies; Teacher training

Series: Education in South East Asia

What teachers do in the classroom is one of the most significant school-based factors in shaping student learning. Yet the classroom is often referred to as a ""black box"" because there's so little we know about what actually happens there.

This book provides insights into the ""black box"" by describing and then comparing classroom practices in Malaysia’s national public school system and that of a unique subsystem situated within it. Through analysis of hundreds of hours of classroom video data, as well as interviews, this book goes on to identify and discuss the forces that shape teachers' classroom practices from across the ecological system. What emerged were nuanced insights into how tightly and loosely coupled forces within the centralized Malaysian national system shaped these teachers’ classroom practices, which are illustrated in multiple case studies. Additionally, this volume uncovers micro disruptions to some tightly coupled forces within the system that could begin to change teachers’ thinking about their classroom practice.

These insights will be of interest to international and comparative education researchers, education policymakers and education professionals, as well as anyone who has ever asked the question, ""Why do teachers do what they do in their classrooms?""

By: Meng Yew Tee, Nicholas Lee Boon Kheng
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781032122953
ISBN 10: 1032122951
Series: Education in South East Asia
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 06 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.