Influence of the SISC plus coach mentoring on the development of novice ESL teachers’ knowledge / Theevhiyaa Chandrasekaram

• Main Author: Theevhiyaa , Chandrasekaram
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: L Education (General); LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15231/1/Theevhiyaa.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15231/2/Theevhiyaa_Chandrasekaram.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/15231/

Issues on numerous measures taken by the Ministry of Education to improve on the English Language Teaching (ELT) methodology and quality to maintain the standard of the English language in Malaysia has led to the need of deep understanding in the influence of the School Specialist Improvement Coach Plus programme on novice teachers. This research study intends to understand novice teachers’ knowledge development during mentoring by examining their development of knowledge in terms of their pedagogical content knowledge when they are being mentored by the SISC+ mentor. A qualitative descriptive study approach was adopted in this research to explore and understand the influence of the SISC+ mentor on the novice teachers' development of knowledge in rural schools. The researcher chose 3 novice ESL teachers who participated in the School Specialist Improvement Coach Plus programme to study the influences of the program on the pedagogical content knowledge of novice teachers and their roles in developing novice teachers’ knowledge on students and the curriculum in the current study. The analysis of the findings in the study revealed that the influence of the SISC+ helped novice teachers to make connections between practise and pedagogical content knowledge, align novice teachers’ knowledge of pedagogy with the content, tap on novice teachers’ PCK knowledge and the mentoring sessions was a platform for novice teachers’ engagement in reflective practise on their PCK. In addition, the SISC+ also played a crucial role in developing the knowledge base of novice teachers’, as an enriching learning experience, in integrating knowledge bases of material adaptation according to students’ characteristics and as a facilitator. Thus, it can be concluded that the mentoring of the SISC+ on the novice teachers pedagogical content knowledge development and the roles of the SISC+ on the development of students’ knowledge and the knowledge of curriculum are vital for novice teachers.