Replication & Guildford

The journal that I upload in this post is the one that I replicate.
Principals' and teachers' perceptions of quality management in Hong Kong primary schools



Correlation Strength based on Guilford’s Rule of Thumb (Guilford, 1956)
The rule of thumb for interpreting the relationship in a correlation is based on Guilford(1956).
r < 0.20 : Very Weak Correlation ; 0.20 < r < 0.40 : Weak Correlation ; 0.40 < r < 0.70 : Moderate Correlation 0.70 < r < 0.90 : Strong Correlation; 0.90 < r : Very Strong Correlation

Proposal

Salam all,
It had been almost a month i didn't put up anything here...Sorry Dr Aziah..
Actually, as a novice, there are so many input that I got to write a proposal for my thesis ..Thanks a lot to all the classes, assignments and seminar that lead me to the thesis..
In the 'Bengkel Penyediaan Thesis Pelajar Pasca Siswazah' last week, we have a great collection of thoughtful, uplifting and inspiring speech from the presenter, Dr Aziah and Prof Gurnam. Thank you very much!!!
Below are the links that I am using to write my proposal:

Strategies for writing a high quality research thesis

Literature Review 1

Lit. Review 2

Organizational Commitment

Education Mgmt

Organizational Commitment 2

Other References
http://myjurnal.um.edu.my/filebank/published_article/2034/360.pdf

Excursion to Institut Aminuddin Baki

Get ready to watch their corporate video 

Smile ladies!!

In the library

Listen to the briefing by one of IAB officer

Le Tour de IAB

In front of the famous caption

Last Thursday, 26 November 2011, a group of students from ED775 Faculty of Education, UiTM had an excursion to Institut Aminuddin Baki, Genting Highlands accompanied by our respected lecturers, Prof Gurnam and Prof Chan. The institute is the place to train the principals and the deputy on module of educational management and leadership. As a student of Master in Educational Management and Leadership, UiTM, we felt that this visit is very relevant with our course.

Quiz 1

Assalamualaikum..
Tomorrow will be Quiz 1. Basically, we have to prepare with our research problem consists of problem statement, research question, significance of the research and etc.


To recap, i attached here some notes for revision.
With permission from Dr. Aziah, the lessons of week as follows:


Research is the formal systematic application of the scientific and disciplined inquiry approach to the study of problems.


The purpose of scientific research:

•To Describe - describe the shape, colour, change over time, relation to other constructs and so on..

•To Predict - given what is known the scientist attempts to predict what might happen..

•To Control - by manipulating certain variables the scientist is interested in determining whether it will lead to controlling a particular condition.

To Explain in the form of a Theory - ultimately the scientist is interested in forming a theory to explain the phenomena being investigated. 


An educational research is...

• A systematic, and organized effort to investigate and provide trustworthy information about educational problems, issues and topic

4 key steps involved in scientific method of problem solving :

Step 1: Developing the problem (define and delimiting)

Identify constructs, independent variable, dependent variable.

This is my problem statement:

There is no research done on examining the perceptions of  teachers towards QM in primary schools in Shah Alam. This study will fill this research gap. By applying organizational commitment theory in education, this study regards teachers as service provider to the customer; students and parents.
Constructs : Quality Management and Teachers' Commitment
Independent Variable: Perception Of TQM
Dependent Variable : Level of Commitment

Step 2: Formulating the hypothesis

Hypothesis is the anticipated result of your research and is usually based on previous research. Hypotheses must be testable and your study should be planned in a way that allows you to support or refute your hypotheses.

Is there any relationship between teachers' perception of TQM in school and their organizational commitment?

Step 3: Gathering the data

You need to collect data to support or refute your hypotheses. Collecting data is part of your experimental design. Select appropriate data collecting methods and to avoid measurement errors.

During this stage, maximize internal and external validity.

I am using quantitative method to collect data. Sample will be at least 30 teachers of a primary school near Shah Alam.

Step 4: Analyzing and interpreting results

Decide what type of analysis to perform, then later making sense of the figures the machine spews out!

At this stage, you begin to examine the extent to which your data supports or refutes your experimental hypotheses.

Phew!! Let me stop here. To be continued. All the best for the quiz tomorrow!!!

Iqra'

Assalamualaikum...
It has been a long long time since I last wrote in this blog. Actually, I personally think I was left behind in my research. I hope Dr Aziah will understand my poor time management. I should ask your apologize, Dr..
Anyway,Alhamdulillah, I have gone through the first phase which is in identifying a problem of my research. Dr. Aziah kindly had accepted my proposal.Thank you Dr..To be on the right track, I should read, read and read for the literature review as stated in Surah Al-Alaq->>> "IQRA'!" May Allah ease everything for us.Amin.

Assalamualaikum..
Welcome to my blog! This blog is fully dedicated to my beloved lecturer, Assoc Prof Dr Nor Aziah Alias for the research methodology course- EDU 702. Basically this course introduces learners to the basics of educational research. To Prof and all my colleagues, I welcome your feedback or any comment on my blog.