Lokman Mohd Tahir

• Doctor of Philosophy
• School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

By position, deputy principals (DP) are middle level school leaders who are anticipated to be appointed as future principals. Nevertheless, previous studies proved that DPs receive low levels of support in terms of their leadership knowledge and skills. Thus, in assisting DPs as their mentors, principals have a significant role within the informal...

Despite many studies examining the initial challenges faced by novice teachers, few studies address the challenges of school-based support programmes implemented within Malaysian schools. Therefore, this study examines novice teachers' challenges concerning the school-based support programmes. The study interviewed 20 novice primary school teachers...

Teacher autonomy and teacher leadership are critical themes in the field of education. This paper aims to explore the impact of teacher autonomy on teacher leadership in early childhood education contexts through qualitative research, emphasizing the close relationship between the two and revealing how teacher autonomy fosters teacher leadership in...

Distributed leadership (DL) continues to draw practitioners and researchers’ attention in the context of education leadership as early as the 21st century. While an increasing amount of literature strongly advises principals to shift toward DL practices, there is a paucity of studies that indicate the extent to which this shift is taking place in p...

This article intends to inspect and validate the Malay language version of the self-developed instrument on informal leadership mentoring used by principals with their deputy principals in the Malaysian primary school context. This article relies on the survey responses by 318 Malaysian primary deputy principals. Descriptively, the responses to all...

During the pandemic, school principals have had to reassess their leadership practices to support the well-being of teachers and students while concurrently enhancing online learning sessions. This study explores the initial knowledge of primary school principals in leading during crisis situations and their emotional experiences while managing pri...

span lang="EN-US">This study examined the psychometric elements of psychological symptoms, attitudes and coping strategies and the impact of COVID-19 on learning among the university students in Malaysia. The design employed in this study was survey method, that centered on convenience sampling method. A total of 489 students from eight undergradua...

Authentic and moral leadership helps educational leaders achieve their educational purpose, vision, and goals. In this chapter, we share an overview of these two significant models of leadership that are gaining momentum within the educational leadership framework. These models also play significant roles in exploratory studies of leadership in edu...

Visualization skill is essential abbilites for every students who learn technical drawing, and mathematics in general. This skill could be improved through practical learning. K-Visual GKT designed to enhance students’ visualization skills through activities involving the art of origami and kirigami. This module, based on the Sidek Module Developme...

This article reports on the process and findings on a systematic review of published articles related to deputy principals on the area of educational leadership and management (EDLM). In achieving this purpose, quantitative and bibliometric content analysis methods were employed which studied 61 articles published in 24 international EDLM and educa...

In recent years, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) has increasingly impacted school instructional and leadership practices. With the assistance of ICT, interactions between school leaders and teachers have undergone tremendous changes that have reduced face-to-face contact. However, only a limited number of studies have eva...

This study investigated the validity of quality culture (QC) and excellent work culture (EWC) constructs, and their effects on academic staff performance (ASP) mediated by EWC in selected West Malaysian higher education institutions (HEIs). The study included 1,068 faculty members from eight HEIs. The findings showed that QC construct is represente...

INTRODUCTION: Anxiety and depression are common mental illnesses among cancer caregivers. Most caregivers often sacrifice a lot of time, energy and their own physical and emotional needs. MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross sectional study was conducted among 156 caregivers of cancer patients who were providing treatment and moral support to cancer patie...

This study was conducted to identify whether the administrative workloads led to the stress level among novice principals in their new schools. In addition, we also explore whether the principals are experiencing the psychological and psychological symptoms from their stress issue. The data collection consisted of two major phases. In the first pha...

Humanity is in more danger from escalating greenhouse gas (G.H.G.) emissions, making the world warmer. The study examined the relationship between China’s environmental technologies, ecological innovation, and carbon emissions using time-series data from 1975 to 2020. The N.A.R.D.L. approach is used to examine the cointegration of variables in the...

This study investigates teachers’ perceptions on PLC implementation within religious-based secondary schools in the context of Malaysia. Using a pragmatic mixed-method approach, quantitative data were obtained from 610 teachers about principals’ implementation and support for PLC implementation. Then, 16 senior teachers who have successfully partic...

Over the past three decades, the Technology Acceptance model (TAM) has garnered considerable attention in higher education. COVID-19 boosted the development of TAM as multiple studies were rapidly undertaken during the pandemic. This, however, created a gap in our current understanding of the directions and trends of TAM advancement. The purpose of...

This study investigates the extent to which selected Ghanaian higher learning institutions (HLIs) respond to demands for quality improvement in the sector. It equally tests the psychometric properties of the survey instrument across different cultural settings. Given the consideration of the confidence of interval guidelines of 99% and the margin o...

The content validity of teacher-made tests (TMT) in Malaysian Chinese primary schools was explored in this research. The study used teacher-made tests to analyze the selected Chinese primary schools, which have yet to be thoroughly explored in the context of these school types. It also investigated how well teachers in the sampled schools understan...

This study aims to explore the effective instructional strategies practiced by primary principals in performing their roles as instructional leaders. This qualitative study used a multiphasecase study design through interview and observation approaches. This study involved 15 purposely selected teachers who worked at eight selected primary schools....

This study aims to explore the effective instructional strategies practiced by primary principals in performing their roles as instructional leaders. This qualitative study used a multiphasecase study design through interview and observation approaches. This study involved 15 purposely selected teachers who worked at eight selected primary schools....

Many Malaysian adolescents are experiencing stress due to high self-expectations in achieving academic grades. As a result, many adolescents are experiencing suicidal ideation; therefore, it is imperative to find important protective factors to minimize the chances of such adolescents committing suicide. This study aimed to assess whether or not th...

The study investigated the relationship between the overall scientific performance of the pre-test and post-test and the impact of the application of "Microb" on scientific performance. The theme is "microorganisms and their effects". The sample group consisted of 30. Year 5 pupils’ from a primary school in Johor Bahru. They were selected for this...

This article reports on a qualitative study that explored online student emotional engagement experiences during Extreme e-Service Learning program in a higher education institution. There are very few studies providing in-depth perspectives on the engagement experiences of online students, moreover in Extreme e-Service Learning program. This resea...

In recent years, the role of internet and communication technology (ICT) has significantly impacted organisational activities including leadership practices. In this sense, interactions between leaders and followers have undergone tremendous technological changes that have reduced face-to-face interactions. Therefore, this study was designed to exa...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to explore principals’ perspectives on the concept of teacher leadership, the strategies that they employed to support teacher leadership practice and the challenges and issues that principals faced while implementing teacher leadership. Methodology: This qualitative case study uses interview sessions with 10...

Energy plays a significant and essential role in developing a nation’s economy and social growth. However, the decreasing use of oil, gas and coal as energy sources has persuaded the government to develop sources of renewable energy (RE). Although many studies had examine the public perceptions of renewable energy, little information was obtained f...

Purpose This qualitative study explores the issue of library management support in providing a self-directed learning environment for research-support librarians which is an under-explored feature of librarianship in Malaysian public university libraries. Design/methodology/approach A total of nine research-support librarians purposely selected fr...

This presentation is an abridged report based on a research project (2018-2020) entitled "A study on undergraduates' performances of game-based problem solving task by using brain functional connectivity". Follow this link for its summary in a poster presentation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354236430_Examining_Brain_Functional_Connect...

Within the Malaysian context, there has been a prolonged issue of mismatch between the qualities of graduates produced by the Malaysian universities and the demands for 21st century knowledge and skills from the industries affected by the technological disruptions of 4IR. Shift 1 of MEB HE (2015-2025) places an emphasis of leveraging technology-ena...

As school leaders, novice principals faced some challenges within the first years of their leadership journey. This mixed-methods study explores the initial challenges faced by novice principals while leading their schools. At the same time, their countering strategies in handling the initial challenges are also being explored. A total of 168 novic...

This study reports on the professional development and school leadership programmes requested by principals in Malaysian schools. A total of 557 principals provided feedback on their preferred school leadership and professional development programmes which they believed as essential to be effective school leaders. Based on their feedback, mentoring...

Research-support librarians have to play an effective role in supporting learning, providing services and anticipating the requirements of academic researchers. However, previous studies revealed that these librarians lacked the competencies to keep abreast of new resources, services and technologies. Although there is a large body of literature di...

The concept of collegial supervision (CS) is defined as collaborative work beyond their professional sphere of relationships often offered by educators through feedback and sharing platform. However, there is still lack of studies and instruments that evaluated the CS practice within Malaysian context. In measuring the suitability of CS practice in...

Guru yang hebat dalam organisasi sekolah, karena mereka berkontribusi pada prestasi siswa, hasil sekolah, dan pertumbuhan pendidikan nasional. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji esensi tindakan dan motif tujuh orang yang sangat produktif di kalangan guru di Beit Lahia, Gaza. Analisis terhadap tujuh kebiasaan orang yang sangat sukses dipandang...

Motivation is an aspect heavily emphasized in a mathematics class to produce a quality human capital. However, students’ motivation towards mathematics is still low while students’ performance in mathematics is declining. The students' lack of motivation toward mathematics could be attributed to ineffective learning strategies in mathematics classr...

This study investigated collegial supervisory (CS) practices in the context of Malaysian public secondary schools. A total of 357 secondary school teachers provided feedback to a 26-item survey instrument on four basic principles of collegial supervision and teachers‘ growth. The findings reveal that senior teachers have more positive and higher le...

p class="0abstract">E-Service Learning is a service-learning course when the instruction and/or the service occurs online gains popularity among educators as we are transitioning to online learning platforms. The current study presents a systematic review of papers on the research involved information and communications technology (ICT) in the serv...

The ever growing demand for educational transformation in Malaysia has placed greater responsibilities upon school leaders to improve school performance. This brings to light the need to explore alternative approaches of school leadership where teachers can be roped in to help, lead and manage the operational tasks of the school. This study explore...

In this study, we explore teachers’ viewpoints on the concept of collegial supervision and supporting elements which believed advocated the collegial practice in Malaysian public secondary schools. The study equally examines the benefits of practising collegial supervision within the sampled secondary schools. A purposive sampling technique was eng...

This study develops and validates the scales of collegial supervisory practices of public secondary school teachers in Malaysia. The study uses quantitative approach to collect data from 357 Malaysian public secondary school teachers. The study employed the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to evaluate the in...

In higher learning processes, information and reference sources are considered significant to both students and staff of higher education institutions (HEIs) in gathering references and reviewing literatures. Currently, students and staff tend to obtain or access references from the online databases and electronic resources provided by their univer...

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Higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) mathematical problem-solving was first introduced in the Form-3 assessment (PT3) in 2014. However, to date, there have been no studies of students' ability to solve the mathematical problems in this assessment. Therefore, this study investigated the emerging patterns and problems of HOTS mathematical problem-solv...

The issue of principals moving or changing schools has emerged and has been debated within the previous literature that investigates why principals move after a few years of principalship. Based on previous findings, various reasons are listed as motives for principals to move from, or remain at, their current schools. However, within Malaysian pri...

The increasing women participation in the upper management level has been a comprehensive research study for women and career studies. Although only a few of them have had successfully broken the glass ceiling, they still have to struggle to keep up with the opposite gender. The purpose of the research study is to review past research studies on th...

With the implementation of the national Information, Technology and Communication (ICT) policy in schools, the role of school leaders is considered as significant through their effective role as technological leaders. As catalyst for ICT implementations, school leaders should acquire additional ICT skills and also understand their role in the imple...

Purpose This study aims to focus on the practice of knowledge management in Malaysian primary schools. Its objective is to identify the level of five knowledge management dimensions, which includes knowledge acquisition, knowledge refinement, knowledge storage/retrieval, knowledge distribution and knowledge presentation. Design/methodology/approa...

The role of universities in the nation’s growth and development is considered vital since universities and HEIs are academic institutions that emerged as the key source of education, research and innovation, as well as for social and economic development. In achieving the university’s vision and mission, several pertinent elements were identified a...

As a strategic mechanism to secure graduates’ employment, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia are urged to refine the employability/generic skills within their academic weightage through the implementation of the revised version of the National Blueprint of Graduate Employability 2012 - 2017. This study reports on the perceptions of gr...

In align with the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia tagline 'Innovative, Entrepreneurial, Global', various efforts have been carried out by the university to encourage and enhance innovation amongst UTM undergraduate students. However, it is also essential for the UTM administration to get an indicator on the level of student's innovation as a result o...

Principals are school leaders who experienced stress while leading their schools towards excellence. However, principals stress experiences are always ignored and least studied. This mixed-methods study investigates primary principals’ stress experiences and their Islamic coping strategies used in incapacitating the stress experiences. A total of 2...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study was to explore primary headteachers’ perceptions of their professional and organisational socialisation within their novice years as school leaders. There is a lack of studies exploring primary headteachers’ socialisation within the Malaysian primary education context. Methodology – A total of nine...

Purpose This study examines the relationship between headteachers and teachers and its effects on the role of trust in Malaysian high performing schools through the dyadic relationship theoretical approach. Design/methodology/approach Using a survey questionnaire, a total of 199 teachers from five high-performing schools were selected as respond...

Transformational leadership should be prioritised in order to develop more competent leaders to lead transformation in teachers training colleges. Specifically, transformational leaders can explain the goals and strategies to improve the understanding of teacher educators on how to achieve the vision and missions. In the line with this, transformat...

It is significant for the reverts to have an existing helping organization. Therefore, this study aims to identify organizational issues that are directly and indirectly involved with counsellors at the Council of Islamic Religious Department in Malaysia. This study utilizes a qualitative approach by using the case study method. This study involved...

Unquestionably, studies focusing on school leaders’ stress while managing schools have received extensive attention. However, there is still a lack of research focusing on deputies’ stress, even though deputies play an essential role in a school’s improvement process. Despite deputies’ dual roles, it is an accepted fact that deputies do experience...

Principals are school leaders who experienced stress while leading their schools towards excellence. However, principals stress experiences are always ignored and least studied. This mixed-methods study investigates primary principals’ stress experiences and their Islamic coping strategies used in incapacitating the stress experiences. A total of 2...

Various studies reported that Malaysian students at tertiary institutions were lack of certain employability skills namely critical thinking. Lack of critical thinking skills is identified when the students are unable to perform tasks, especially those of problem solving. Consequently, the students who lacked this skill were unemployed upon their g...

Innovation is an important competency to be honed by all the school teachers. To promote innovation among school teachers, teacher educators in Teacher Training Colleges play a prominent role. Align with this, approaches of integrating innovation in teaching and learning activities are found to be very significant in enhancing the quality of teache...

Librarians who work professionally in libraries must make themselves visible in the processes surrounding academic research. These research support librarians need to equip themselves with relevant competencies to play their share in supporting learning, enhancing teaching, improving research, providing services as well as anticipating the needs of...

The leadership of teacher remains as an essentially topic of educational leadership currently and it becomes teacher’s main role in implementing the school development process. However, there are less studies done in Malaysian schools; even hardly see Malaysian teachers are prepared to be teacher leaders due to also lack of reliable and valid instr...

Most studies in headship focus on the elements of training and head teachers’ capabilities in leading schools. The concept of isolation experienced by head teachers during the early years of their headship is, however, overlooked. This article attempts to explore the neglected aspect of headships’ experiences with isolation that later contributes t...

This paper presents the psychometric assessment of a survey instrument meant to examine the perceptions among the staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) towards the prioritised elements of UTM Institutional DNA. The main constructs of the instrument were initially developed based on the three main elements of UTM Institutional DNA, which are...

This paper presents the test of items reliability, validity, and factor structure of an instrument meant to measure the perceptions among the staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) towards the university’s strategic planning. The main constructs of the instrument were initially developed based on the university’s seven Key Focus Areas (KFAs)...

This study aims to identify the level of knowledge and practice on the implementation of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) among mathematics teachers at a secondary school in the district of Terengganu. The study focused on the aspects of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment and compared them with demographic factors of the respondents. It used th...

The study was designed to determine the primary schools' professional development (PD) management practice and primary teachers' competencies differences based on teachers' gender and years in service in Sabah. Besides, this study also tries to examine the relationship between teachers' professional development management practice with their level...

This study investigates deputy headteacher's stress and coping strategies while leading schools in the context of Malaysia. Deputy headteacher stress studies date back as early as 1990s, but less if not none were rigorously explored in Malaysia. Using sequential mixed methods approach, the study sampled 120 Muslim deputy headteachers and further in...

The teaching of English as a foreign language seems to be a complex issue in some countries in which English is taught as a foreign language. Referring to the important factors influencing the process of teaching English as a foreign language, teachers' beliefs deserves to be in the heart of this dilemmatic evolution. Teachers' beliefs have long be...

As a strategic mechanism to secure graduates' employment, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia are urged to interviewing the employability/generic skills within taught academic undergraduates and postgraduates courses offered by HEIs. Thus, this study is considered as an impetus attempt in examining the Malaysian Ministry Of Higher Educ...

This paper presents the psychometric assessment of a survey instrument meant to examine the perceptions among the staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) towards the prioritised elements of UTM Institutional DNA. The main constructs of the instrument were initially developed based on the three main elements of UTM Institutional DNA, which are...

This paper presents the test of items reliability, validity, and factor structure of an instrument meant to measure the perceptions among the staff of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) towards the university's strategic planning. The main constructs of the instrument were initially developed based on the university's seven Key Focus Areas (KFAs)...

Many studies from the literature related to asynchronous online discussions among tertiary students provide various advantages such as allowing students’ flexibility to provide feedbacks [38], enabling their knowledge construction [30], developing their critical thinking [39], and interacting with the lecturers regardless of time and space [1]. Thu...