Private Preschool Teachers’ Competencies in Early Identification of Children at Risk of Learning Disabilities

IF 0.6 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology Pub Date : 2019-09-18 DOI:10.31580/jrp.v1i3.976
Norzah Md Yunus, S. Mohamed
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Not only education is important in developing one’s intellectual and personal quality, but also an influential factor in seeking employment. Therefore, education is even more important for disabled individuals, as it enables them to read and write, communicate, make decisions and most importantly be employed.  However, Dr. Mullai Ramaiah stated that the current Malaysian education system does not only lack in early screening, but also teachers who are equipped to teach and handle children with special needs (Arukesamy, 2017). Therefore, this current study intends to investigate the competency of preschool teachers in identifying children who are at risk of any learning disabilities (LD). This was done by administering a questionnaire survey to examine teachers’ knowledge of some common learning disabilities that usually affects preschool children. In this research, the relationship between teachers’ competency and teacher’s education level has been investigated. Findings from the data analysis indicated that the level of teacher’s competency in identifying children at risk is relatively low. It was revealed, a majority of general preschool teachers do not have any knowledge or acquired minimal knowledge in identifying children who are at risk of an LD.  Findings also show that there was a significant difference in competencies between teachers of different levels of education. Finally, it was found teachers’ experience does not contribute to their knowledge in identifying children at risk of LD.
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私立幼儿园教师早期识别有学习障碍风险儿童的能力
教育不仅对发展一个人的智力和个人素质很重要,而且对就业也是一个有影响的因素。因此,教育对残疾人来说更加重要,因为它使他们能够阅读和写作,沟通,做出决定,最重要的是就业。然而,Mullai Ramaiah博士指出,目前的马来西亚教育系统不仅缺乏早期筛查,而且缺乏有能力教授和处理有特殊需求的儿童的教师(Arukesamy, 2017)。因此,本研究旨在探讨幼儿教师在识别有学习障碍风险儿童方面的能力。这是通过管理一项问卷调查来检查教师对通常影响学龄前儿童的一些常见学习障碍的知识。本研究对教师胜任力与教师受教育水平之间的关系进行了研究。数据分析的结果表明,教师识别风险儿童的能力水平相对较低。研究发现,大多数普通幼儿教师对识别存在障碍风险的儿童没有任何知识或获得的知识很少。研究结果还表明,不同教育水平的教师在能力上存在显著差异。最后,我们发现教师的经验并不能帮助他们识别有学习障碍风险的儿童。
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