Aliza A

• PhD
• Senior Lecturer at National University of Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the relationship between teaching style, self-efficacy and teacher's competency in vocational special education secondary schools in Malaysia. Three instruments were used in the study which are Grasha Teaching Style, Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), and Standard Kualiti Pendidikan Malaysia...

Nowadays, an increasing number of children are experiencing difficulties with basic literacy, particularly dyslexia. Since dyslexic children have about the same intelligence as most average children, many parents are unaware of their child's dyslexia problem. In this study, descriptive statistical analysis was used to interpret the data in order to...

Abstrak Ciri-ciri murid yang mempunyai masalah pembelajaran boleh dikenal pasti melalui perkembangan kemahiran membaca, mengira, kognitif dan sosio-emosi mereka. Guru prasekolah yang kurang berpengetahuan mengenai ciri-ciri murid bermasalah pembelajaran akan menghadapi pelbagai kesulitan dalam mengajar murid bermasalah pembelajaran. Ini termasuk ke...

Preschool education is an important phase in the life of a child between the ages of 4-6 years. Children in this phase will get an education that will shape them towards developing a balanced human capital as enshrined in the Malaysian Philosophy of Education. Thus, preschool teachers play an important role in making the government's dream of produ...

This paper discusses the impact of language learning software that was developed for hearing-impaired students for the Malay Language. The software was developed using Microsoft PowerPoint on a topic of reinforcement words with sign language. This study conveyed an experimental research design using pre-test and post-test of 8 hearing-impaired year...

This qualitative and ethnographic study examines how interactions embedded in the Collaborative Computational Thinking Design Practices (CCTDP) framework, has helped rural children think to solve STEM related open ended problems in English lessons. Our multimodal interactive approach revealed that students naturally has an orientation to problem so...

Teachers play an essential function in implementing the ultimate goal of education by producing insightful human capital in line with the goals of the Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia (PPPM) 2013-2025. This effort is also the main responsibility of special education teachers in improving a learning process that satisfies the specific necessiti...

This study was aimed to translate the English version of attitude, humanity virtues, and pedagogy of love survey instruments, as well as to analyse the reliability and validity of Malaysia’s version of the above instruments for special education teachers. Brislin’s translation techniques including back translation, committee approach, and pre-test...

This study aimed to refine and validate the Dispositions towards Loving Pedagogy (DTLP) Scale and to ascertain the views of pre-service teachers on the aspects of loving pedagogy. The participants were 114 pre-service teachers from the Concordia University of Edmonton Education After-Degree program. As a result of the analysis, the scale was reduce...

The transition program from school to work is a program designed specifically for special needs students. The program provides training activities and internships at actual workplaces for the trainees to gain working experiences. The internship at the actual workplace plays an important role in providing the transition program trainees to experienc...

Education plays an important role in its mission to develop every individual student to become the best person whose potential has been developed to optimal level. This paper discusses a framework of individual’s holistic potential development. Holistic education includes processes and efforts to realize the progress of individual potentials from a...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the usage of social stories in encouraging social interaction of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The focus was on building friendship and communication with other learners in the classroom. Children with ASD are known to have three main difficulties, which include two-way interaction, co...

Transition program for special needs students is known to open opportunities for students with learning disabilities to gain work experience in actual work environment. The program provides training activities and also an opportunity to go for internship to gain work experience. Therefore, this study is to identify the challenges faced by special n...

Students are the nation’s asset or natural resources who need to be educated to achieve their optimal level of development. They need to be properly nurtured to allow holistic development in all domains namely; physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual. This is crucial for the building of a strong and respectful nation and its civilization...

This study is to determine the challenges and barriers faced by the special education teachers in implementing transition program for special needs students in Malaysian secondary schools. The issues that will be discussed are obstacles to the success of planning, training and placing the special needs students in the real working environment from...

This study was conducted to identify the overexcitabilities profile of gifted students. The Dabrowski’s concept of overexcitabilities is the heightened intensity and sensitivity displayed in the gifted students’ behaviours when responding to the stimuli in the environment. These characteristics give a negative impression that these students have be...

Differentiated instruction is gaining ground in many educational circles as part of the attempt to cater to increasingly diverse classrooms. This paper discusses a case study on the implementation of differentiated instruction in teaching through an enrichment course for gifted children called 'Crafting the Essay'. Interviews were carried out with...

There are gifted children within the typical population and within the special population. They face various risk factors that could interfere and inhibit their optimal development. It could be contributed from the aspects of; environmental, emotional, learning disabilities as well as the learning abilities. Risk factors need to be addressed accord...

Kebanyakan murid-murid bermasalah pendengaran tidak pekak sepenuhnya tetapi masih mempunyai sisa pendengaran. Penggunaan alat bantuan pendengaran yang berfungsi dengan baik boleh membantu kanak-kanak bermasalah pendengaran mendengar bunyi-bunyi pertuturan dan seterusnya boleh membantu mempelajari pertuturan (Clark 1989; Romanik 1990). Kajian ini me...