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CONSTRUCTIVIST WAY OF TEACHING IN ENGINEERING FIELD
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hanipah Hussin
Deputy Dean
Center of Language and Human Development
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Taman Tasik Utama, .Ayer Keroh. 75460.Melaka. Malaysia
Abstract
This paper reflects a research done on a cohort of engineering lecturers (20 new
lecturers in mechanical engineering) with the aims of emergent the effectiveness of
participatory action research and reflective practice in order to suit them to constructivist way
of teaching in engineering field. Part one pealed the participatory action research design
methodology and the reflective model used. It explored the notion of reflective practice and
participatory action research and it impact to the innovative and creative teaching and
strategies in respective engineering faculty. Part two discussed how the data was gathered.
Part three illustrates how content analysis procedure used for data analysis to improve
teaching knowledge base. Research finding, is in part four, it explained the introductory and
advanced coaching during the cycle of participatory action research. The challenges faced by
the practitioner of participatory action research were discussed on depth. All reflective
journals of the 20 lecturers were analyzed and eight teaching knowledge bases were
identified through content analysis. The fifth part, explained the most important teaching
knowledge base reflected by lecturers was self-knowledge as lecturer, knowledge of learners
and knowledge of context of industries. The role of peers, university supervisors in creating
collaborative emergent the effectiveness of educational practice is discussed widely. Part six
concluded that this study affirmed that participatory action research and reflective practice
could be applied in engineering faculty as an appropriate means to enhance professional
development among engineering lecturers.
Keyword
Constructivist
Reflective Practice
Participatory Action Research
Inquiry Method
Teaching Knowledge Base
Grounded Theory
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CONSTRUCTIVIST WAY OF TEACHING IN ENGINEERING FIELD
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hanipah Hussin
Deputy Dean
Center of Language and Human Development
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Taman Tasik Utama, .Ayer Keroh. 75460.Melaka. [email protected]
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This article show how the idea of reflective practice and participatory action research
was explicitly brought by professor and their cohort engineering lecturer in University
Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) that was volunteer to create and improve from the
conventional system of teaching and learning to initiated curriculum reforms based on their
engineering subject matter. According to Foshay (1998:110) and (Hanipah (2004:37) during
the process of reflective practice and participatory action research, the professor and new
lecturers learn together to establish a systematic, orderly procedure for exploring problems
and finding possible actions to eliminate problems or at least to make them more manageable
in nature of student and the university. Drawing on my experience as pedagogies practitioner
in engineering university since 2002, I argue that reflective practice and action research
emerged or spread as an aspect of the universities lecturers based curriculum reforms in the
integrated education system in Malaysia which is emphasis on constructivist way of teaching
in engineering field. In doing so, I attempt to counter the contemporary approach that
lecturers-as-researchers movement was initiated by academics in the higher-education sector.
The effective development of reflective lecturer or tutor is largely dependent on the
behavior of professor in the faculty and for that reason professional development of professor
is very important. Thus, it was encouraging to note that in UTeM, Centre for Teaching and
Learning Excellence (CTLE) work and innovation of the Staff Development Programs in five
faculties, teamwork was very much appreciated. Therefore, other than team coaching andteam supervision that is presently in practice, there should be more prerequisite to enable
professor to work together in pairs or in small teams during supervisory. This arrangement is
not only to facilitate peer observations and to allow the professor and new lecturer to practice
content pedagogical knowledge skills but also to accord them opportunities to discuss with
reference to content per-se and share their observations reflectively.
1.1 Statement of the Problem
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When cohort of new lecturers from (Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA, (KKTM) come over to
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka early January 2007, we have big task to do. It is about
to train new mechanical engineering lecturers for new mechanical engineering college in
Malaysia. As we are concern Engineering subject matter and many aspects of inquiry are
viewed by objectivist as means to discover this objective reality. Lecturers, from the
objectivist perspective are individuals who are acquired a sufficient engineering knowledge
based. Their role is to transmit their knowledge (fact, concepts and principles) to engineering
students.
The content and the nature of engineering lecturers thinking toward pedagogical
content knowledge are some what personal and meaning is constructed by the learner
through experience and it is known as constructivism. Learning to teach for new engineering
lecturers just a social process in which learners construct meaning, which is influenced by the
interaction of prior knowledge and new learning events.
One more importance in training new lecturers in engineering field is teaching from a
constructivist perspective. Mean, train them not viewed as telling or transmitting fixed truths
to students but rather as providing students with relevant experiences and subsequent
opportunities for dialogue so meaning can evolve and can be constructed. In this way of
pedagogical training, the engineerings curriculum from this perspective is no longer viewed
as a document of important information, but instead as a set of learning events and activities
through which new lecturers and the pedagogy trainer jointly negotiate content and meaning.
For that reason this study take place in participatory action research form and used reflective
journal to encourage new lecturers in engineering field to practice a constructivist during
their training to be lecturer. And we will come to see that a constructivist perspective will
require drastic changes in lecturers behaviour.
This study also takes in account the predictions and changes in future education that
emphasizes the need of lecturers that are knowledgeable in general pedagogy and content
pedagogy, innovative and use the practice and application oriented education at UTeM. This
awareness has brought all professor and lecturers from every faculty to continue the effort of
the organization to implement the education approach. Reflective practices and participatory
action research in teaching process is one of the tool that has been chosen as an engine to
move the educational approach in to practice in every faculty through participatory action
research design. Lecturers have to learn new skills during teaching that we know as reflective
writing. To persuade that learning to be reflective has been in line with application
orientation during teaching my cohort and I develop a serial design of participatory action
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research. The serial design included two cycles in order to answer the process of practicing
the reflective writing and to take an action to new teaching and learning techniques
collaboratively between me as a pedagogies expert and my student as a new lecturer in their
engineering field.
1.2 Why reflective practice and participatory action research is needed inconstructivist way of teaching?
i. To increase lecturers competence in pedagogical reasoning .ii. To increase the awareness of giving a meaning to classroom experience.
iii. To produce lecturers those are able to think and take action without being asked to do soin increasing their professionalism.
iv. To produce lecturers those are innovative and proactive in order to increase the skill ofassessing their strength and weakness as a lecturer.
1.3 The objective of the research / what prompted it to be constructivist?
i. To explore the experience of the implementation of reflective practice throughparticipatory action research in teaching engineering subject matter.
ii. To analyze the teaching and learning problems of lecturers through their writings in thereflective journals.
iii. To identify the trust and values of lecturers towards their colleagues, supervisor andprofessor that influences their pedagogical way of thinking.
The study focuses on the content of reflective writing in helping lecturers to develop their
pedagogical reasoning in classroom during field experiences. At last this study brings
forward these research questions clearly:
1.4 Research Questions
1. Does teaching philosophy and pedagogical reasoning constructed toward respectiveengineering field by reflective writing?
2. Does the reflective format facilitate lecturers to think reflectively in engineeringcurriculum practice?
3. What do lecturers report about the influence of the university community (colleagues,
mentors and professor) in developing pedagogical reasoning
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
Background of the Action Research
1990s in Malaysia, EPRD cooperation of the schools, Kim Paik Lah (1994),
Syarifah Bee Abu Bakar (1998) Hanipah Hussin (1999) used Action Research
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to increase the professionalism level of student teachers in Teachers Training
Devision.
1980s in Australia, Europe and America, Action Research is used as an
empirical and systematic tool to increase the schools performance.
1991, in Europe, John Elliot use this method in Ford Teaching Project as an
approach to help lecturers combine inquisitive effort in teaching and learning
in the classroom.
Kurt Lewin a social psychologist emphasize collaborative effort to further
improve work performance in his department (Kemmis and Mc Taggart),
(1981)
1953, Lewins idea is used in Lecturers College, Colombia University, New
York as a research approach in schools.
The introduction of learning to be reflective on the right track with contemporary issues and
these issues are complimentary with Malaysian Conceptual Model of Education.
The central points are Teaching Knowledge Base (Shulman:1987). In this
matter, the researcher uses reflective as the effective tool to create the awareness in
beginner lecturers of a lecturers role and their accountability toward organization and
Allah/God. This is clearly the main root towards building lecturers professionalism in
Malaysian ways of philosophic.
Figure 1: Conceptual Model of Educators in Malaysia
Figure 1 shows the conceptual model of educator in Malaysia. The model stresses the
importance of God, the self as Man, and society and their inter-dependent
relationships. Besides the areas of knowledge, skills and values that are given equal
ALLAH/GOD
SELF AS
LECTURESOCIETY
Knowledge
Skills
values
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and balanced emphasis, the spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual
development of the new lecturer is also taken into consideration.
3.0 METHOD AND PROCEDURE IN PARTICIPTORY ACTION RESEARCH
The research design that is used by the researcher is Participatory Action Research Design as
in Table 1
TABLE 1: PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH DESIGN
Type of Action
Research
Aim Head
Researcher/Professor
Roles
The Relationship
between facilitator
and subjects
Participatory
Action ResearchIn Service
Lecturer
Formatted the reflective
writing to help lecturer reflecteffectively.
The effectiveness of reflective
practice in developing
professionalism
Co-researcher /
Principles Researchercoaching and
scaffolds and
encouraging self
reflection
Co-operation
(Consultation)Coach
Scaffold
Source: Zuber-Skerrit,Ortrun. (1996:4), Hanipah Hussin . (2004:50)
Although the study included some faculty but then, this research has a few limitations in
these areas:
1. It was a 20-acceptance reflective journal, which was, involves one Asst. Professor(researcher) and 20 lecturers that share the clinical supervision during micro-teachingsession
2. Based on the small number of participant the research findings can only show theprocesses of reflective practice are successfully done in engineering subject matter with
interesting content and nature.
3.1 Cohort
An interesting point that the researcher wants to highlight is the researcher has choose
content pedagogy and general pedagogy based on cohort study that is those that are directly
under the researchers supervision. The good point about this is coaching and scaffolding can
be done directly to the participant during field experience in all spirals planed by the
researcher. Below is one of acknowledgment given by Australian professor when the
participatory action research strategies used in one of my previous work back in 1998:
Although Hanipah rightly pointed out that her finding of her study are not intended
to be broad-spectrum, after reading her thesis, I suspect that there may be many
commonalties in the difficulties experienced by lecturer and professor in the Malaysian
context, and those experienced by many Australian lecturer and professor. These
commonalties suggest that they may be considerable potential for cross-cultural differences
between the two contexts. I found the study valuable in that it alerted me to this possibility.An additional strength of the study, in my view, is that it very clearly demonstrates the
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usefulness of participatory action research in addressing the ongoing challenges in
developing professional lecturers in university.
(Dr.Jennifer Sumsion, Professor in Faculty of Education, Macquarie University, Australia-
November 1998)
3.2 Method and Participatory Action Research Procedures
Qualitative approach used in this research. Participatory Action Research Model and
Reflective Model have been used as a technique to gather data. Figure 2 below show that
Action research model that is used has two cycles (reflect 2 phases) where every cycle has
fives smaller spiral (reflect 5 element in teaching: plan, implement, evaluate, reflect and re-
plan to improve teaching knowledge base). The reflective practice that is used moves two
cycles and smaller spiral simultaneously. This technique is called second order action
research where the researcher as a pedagogy professor and new lecturer subject matter
involve in coaching and scaffolding, to construct teaching knowledge base together,
exchange information, reflective and re-plan teaching and learning to improve the current
practice in engineering field. Figure 2: Reflective Practice on Participatory Action Research
Figure 2: Reflective Practice on Participatory Action Research Model
3.3 Triangulation technique
Triangulation technique has been used to make sure the data is valid. The triangulation
process is repeated until the 5th
spiral in the participatory action research model as shown in
Figure 3 below.
There are ways that has been used by the researcher to gather data that is.New Lecturers weekly reflective journal.
8 weeks length of micro-teaching
Advance
Coaching
2
3
4
5
2
3
Cycle 1 shown researchers spiral in
introductory coaching.
Cycle 2 shown researchers spiral
in advance coaching
Introductory
coaching
Reflective
Practice
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Transcript from video tape of feedback session
Researchers weekly reflective journal
Feedback forms of clinical supervision from supervisor/professor
As summary of the techniques used by the researcher for data gathering is that 4 techniques
has been used. The console on the validity of the data using the triangulation technique
shows the maturity of the researcher. The continuous analyses of data is planned from one
spiral to the other thus the data is vital and generative. This means the data from one spiral
stimulate data in the next spiral.
FIGURE 3: TRIANGULATION TECHNIQUE IN DATA GATHERING
3.4 Data Analysis
Data analysis in this study followed the Strauss and Corbin (1990) procedures called
Reflection on Data Analysis in ParticipatoryAction Research. Researcher used the
participants data entry or data collection (for example interview, journal, observational
forms) and followed
4.0 FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH
The findings of this research, the thinking pattern of the trainees can be detected by the
content of reflective writing journal during reflective practice after micro-teaching session.
The result of construction knowledge teaching base can be shown as below:
Reflective by new lecturer Reflective by researcherFeedback
Feedback from professor, peers and supervisor
Planning
Teaching
Reflective
Adopted Hanipah Hussin 2004:66
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Category Sub category Property
1. Self knowledgeas a lecturer
Look at the self aspect as a lecturer
Self trust and values
Aims and commitment
Balance between work requirement and personal needs
152
56
48
4
2. Knowledge ofstudents
Students behavior
Handling students behavior
Motivating student to study
The students intellectual level and study style
Likes / dislikes of the student
Interaction of the student
65
24
25
20
13
1
3. Knowledge ofeducation
School
Schools community
Personal matters of the lecturer
Lecturer
Community
49
32
10
6
2
4. Knowledge ofgeneral pedagogy
Structuring activities
Techniques in teaching
Teaching aids
Time control of activities
Controlling classroom
Lesson plan
18
17
15
6
2
4
5. Knowledge ofpedagogys
content
Choosing of assignments
Examples of pictures / resources
16
4
6. Knowledge ofthe curriculum
Evaluation
Objective
Schools curriculum
National curriculum
11
6
3
1
7. Knowledge ofvision/ mission
of education
Aims of education
Malaysia Educational Philosophy
8
2
8. Knowledge ofcontent
Concept in subject 10
TABLE 2: SUBJECTS THINKING PATTERN BASED ON REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
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5.0 THE IMPLICATION OF THE STUDY
5.1 Researcher Reflects on Their Experienced
I learned, as a pedagogies professor, theories can be explicitly practices, and that theorizing
consisted of articulating those tacit theories and subjecting them to critique in free and
open professional discourse. I also learned that high-quality professional discourse depends
upon the willingness of everyone involved to tolerate a diversity of views and practices.
Reflection on Action (Hanipah:April, 2007)
5.2 Peer Acknowledgement?
As a summary, the researcher as truly made the effort to produce a quality article based on
action research that can drive the reader and future researchers in Universiti Teknikal
Malaysia Melaka to do further research on engineering lecturers professional development.
Cyclical nature of experiential learning demonstrated by hanipah is a comprehensive
learning process which indicates that personal experiences in teaching, observation, analysisand reflection drive new lecturers to formulate of conceptions and principles. The most
important that hanipahs work worth to engineering lecturer is developing personal theories
and conceptions to be tested in new situation. Coaching through reflective writing is a new
way of improve our daily work in faculties This means the basis of reflective practice and
participatory action research should be used as one of the method of educational future
research in mechanical engineering .
(Dr.Hamdan Abd. Kadir-Senior Leturer in Human Resourse-Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
5.3 What Are the External Practitioner Report on The Study?This study makes a welcome contribution to the research literature about reflective
practice in lecturer education by moving beyond the Western focus of much of the existingliterature. As a Western reader, I found the Malaysian context of this study most interesting,
and in my opinion, this focus gives a number of strengths.
This document provides Western readers with insights into Islamic beliefs and their
relevance to the professional preparation of Malaysian lecturer. More specifically, it
highlights how religious beliefs can be instrumental in fostering a commitment to reflection.
The role of religion, and spiritual aspects of reflection in general, are rarely mentioned in
the contemporary Western literature about reflection, so the thesis makes a particularly
worthwhile contribution in this respect
I also found the discussion of issues and implications arising from the study very
thorough and perceptive. In my view, this chapter demonstrated Hanipahs ability to critique
socio-cultural and political influences impacting on the Malaysian lecturer educationcontext, and to engage, herself, in critical reflection
(Dr.Jennifer Sumsion, Lecturer in Faculty of Education, Macquarie University, New South
Wales, Australia,)
5.4 Senior Professor Perspective
A very good report in which she has incorporated a long list of up to date relevant
references. In Malaysia, there has not been that many research projects on action research
and reflective teaching. Although reflective teaching is a familiar concept to most has been
done to promote it seriously. Similarly, clinical supervision became popular especially in
lecturer training colleges of Education Ministry in the 80s. Hanipahs study should be able
to revive the interest of Malaysian educators in those two areas, which if taken seriously,
may be able to contribute to effective teaching. All educational systems need more reflective
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practicing lecturers. The report is well written and presented. Research questing were stated
clearly and all have been answered generally in quite a comprehensive, organized and well-
structured manner. The research methodology was also quite appropriately chosen for the
kind of study she had undertaken. She also took measures to control the reliability and
validity of instruments used in her study. The theoretical framework and model on which her
study is based is clearly explained and rationalized. The title of the study describes the workdone accurately
(Prof. Dr.Zaiton Sidin, Dekan Fakulti Pendidikan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)
5.5 Participant Feedback
Second session is practical knowledge in machine for three months. In the session of
pedagogy, I learnt the methods and techniques how to teach the students effectively. I also
learnt to create a teaching portfolio given by Associate Professor Dr. Hanipah Hussin. From
this portfolio I learn how to develop lesson plan, I create my learning output and I can
differentiate the behaviourial and non behaviourial aspect among learners, I can plan my
lesson individually. My reflective writing getting better and I have my own philosophical
terminology that I believe could be drive me to be a great lecturer in engineering field.
For pedagogy and teaching skill, I want to use Problem Base Learning (PBL) and Project
Oriented Problem Base Learning (POPBL) in my classes. For my subject KMEM 4344
Internal Combustion Engine, the PBL and POPBL is very useful where many assignments
and projects will be given to the student. Also for each lecture, I will make a minimum
guideline and reiterate core examples so that many students can understand. Plain and
comprehensible terms will be used with simple examples to clarify key points. To stimulate
advanced students, challenging problem is issued in exams and quizzes. Each class begins
with a short review for last class and finalized with summary. I will check students reaction
very carefully, even the smallest detail, in order to improve my lecture.
I hope I can deliver the knowledge to my student clearly and make it to simply understand.
Also, after applying the techniques and methods learning, I hope my students can think
logically, critical thinking, communication skills, team work and self independently.
Reflection on Action (Azizul KKTM 07)
5.6 Students Rating on Diagnostic Questions in HoTSOver the years, I have worked hard to improve my teaching. For the first semester (Sem II
2003/2005), I used active learning in my DMV1042 class. I had been quite fortunate to receive
good overall ratings from students evaluation, Figure 1. I thought I will receive lower than that
since it was my first semester teaching that subject. Nevertheless, I have used my students
evaluation to my advantage, mainly to find feedbacks to improve my teaching effectiveness. I
have carefully studied my students comments and considered their suggestions. Many have been
quite generous to give me good comments. The majority of the students find that active learning
to be effective, fun and dynamic. Some of their comments and critics are listed below.
"Even though I found the course material very difficult and sometimes tedious, Sir Ihfan
enthusiasm made the course very enjoyable. I felt camaraderie in the class which made it fun and
interesting. Sir Ihfan was very helpful and always available outside of class and I think most
students took advantage of this.The information was clearly presented, Sir Ihfan was available
to discuss problems at least 1 hour every day, and I know that he did everything he could to
encourage my success. "The lecturer taught very well and clearly. Lots of homework and
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assignments but now that the term is going to end, I think I learned the material very well.""The
group discussion and assignments were helpful. It allowed me to understand problems better."
After finished pedagogy course at UTeM in Jun,2007, I realize engineering graduate like me
could become a great engineering lecturer. I come to a point that my schemata and my prior
engineering knowledge about any topic greatly influence what can be learned.And it isthrough reflective practice. Writing and identify the problem and try to solve it in a very
systematic way of doing. Researcher such as Asst. prof. Dr. Hanipah show me how
knowledge teaching base store and organized in my memory through knowledge structures
or what we call scemata
Reflection on Action (Muhammad Ihfan Suparman KKTM 07)
6.0 CONCLUSION
The researcher has discussed this study in two main parts that is:1. How the researcher does participatory action research and the process that is faced.2. Discussion on Knowing How and application on constructivism strategy in teaching.Some difficulty in every spiral had discussed analytically. Grounded Theory and inquiry
method had shown clearly. All data used by the researcher and participants to develop new
data in their new cycle of action research. The processes carried for two and the half-month.
A few obstacles has been identified like getting the co-operation from 20 participants to write
reflectively in time.
Nevertheless the main matter that was discussing in the thinking pattern is the self-
knowledge of being a reflective lecturer where by new lecturers does have more of this. They
are also reported to emphasize values and self-trust, aims and commitment in the subject
matter. The researcher has made description about the thinking pattern. The second matter
that was discussed by the lecturers is their knowledge about their students. The research has
made detail comparison of each sub category. Thus, the terms reflective thinking,
reflection and reflective practice are used interchangeably throughout this study to refer to
the process lecturers employed as they reviewed, reconstructed, and critically analyzed issues
of concern that arose from their field experience. The process is defined as active and critical.
Careful consideration is given to knowledge, beliefs, values, feelings and interesting events
in light of the grounds, which support them, and in light of their consequences. In summary,
the problems that prompted this study include the background of contemporary issues in the
professional development of lecturers in Malaysia and the need to explore of how reflection
can be facilitated in early profession.
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8.0 BIOGRAPHIES
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hanipah Hussin is a senior lecturer and head researcher in education and
training at the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. She has over 23 years teaching
experience in a range of schools, Teachers Training College and Universities. She is
currently a Dean of Center for Language and Human Development. She is one of the key
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personal and Associate Fellow at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, supporting various
Teaching Knowledge Base courses among new lecturers in engineering field.