The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative / Joharry Othman...[et al.]

Othman, Joharry and Abdullah, Nabilah and W. Marzuki W. Jaafar and Sidek M. Noah and Jamaludin Ahmad and Tajularipin Sulaiman and Abdul Malek Abdul Karim and Sapon Ibrahim and Mohd Yusop Ab. Hadi and Abdul Malik Abdul Rahman and Syed Mohamed Shafeq Syed Mansor and Norlena Salamuddin and Mohd Taib Harun and Zulkifli Mohamed and Munirah Ghazali (2008) The construction of the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI): a large scale assessment initiative / Joharry Othman...[et al.]. Asian Journal of University Education (AJUE), 4 (1). pp. 113-126. ISSN 1823-7797

Abstract

of a nation’s human resource is undeniable. In Malaysia, teaching has always been perceived as a financially secure and relatively easy job by many, resulting in mass application for entry into teacher education programmes. Many of those who aspire and opto to go into the teaching profession however do so regardless of their personal interests, potential, and values. Pursuing a program that does not fit a person’s personality and interest – despite initially having good academic credentials and excellent co-curricular involvement in school – may result in unsatisfactory academic performance, frustration, change of program and even withdrawal at college level. Hence, in the quest for selecting suitable teacher trainee candidates, a psychometrically sound instrument known as the Malaysian Educators Selection Inventory (MEdSI) was developed as a screening measure to filter the large number of teacher hopefuls. This paper specifically describes the theoretical basis and the constructs of the instrument developed.

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Creators	Email / ID. Num
Othman, Joharry	UNSPECIFIED
Abdullah, Nabilah	nabila626@yahoo.com
W. Marzuki W. Jaafar	UNSPECIFIED
Sidek M. Noah	UNSPECIFIED
Jamaludin Ahmad	UNSPECIFIED
Tajularipin Sulaiman	UNSPECIFIED
Abdul Malek Abdul Karim	UNSPECIFIED
Sapon Ibrahim	UNSPECIFIED
Mohd Yusop Ab. Hadi	UNSPECIFIED
Abdul Malik Abdul Rahman	UNSPECIFIED
Syed Mohamed Shafeq Syed Mansor	UNSPECIFIED
Norlena Salamuddin	UNSPECIFIED
Mohd Taib Harun	UNSPECIFIED
Zulkifli Mohamed	UNSPECIFIED
Munirah Ghazali	UNSPECIFIED