Research Methodology

1.9       RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1.9.1      Restatement of objectives

(1) to examine teachers’ perception towards the features of TQM in Integrated Islamic School, Shah Alam (ISSA), SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20;

(2) to examine the level of teachers’ organizational commitment in ISSA,SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20; and

(3) to find out the relationship between teachers’ perception of TQM and their organizational commitment in ISSA, SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20.

This research  applies a descriptive correlational research design. It consist of a quantitative research. The quantitative  research consist of a survey questionnaire which investigate the  teachers’ perception towards the features of TQM in Integrated Islamic School, Shah Alam (ISSA), SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20 and to examine the level of teachers’ organizational commitment in ISSA, SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20.

 1.9.2      Population

The target population for this study is primary school teachers in Shah Alam district in Selangor state. There are 56 primary schools in Shah Alam district with approximately 4776 teachers.

 1.9.3      Sample

For the survey, the random sampling method was used to select different schools from the list of primary schools in Shah Alam district. In this study, Integrated Islamic School, Shah Alam (ISSA), SK Seksyen 19 and SK Seksyen 20 will be selected. Total 356 teachers (n=356) in the schools selected are respondents in this research.  

My Proposal

Relationship between Teachers’ Perception of Total Quality Management and Their Level of Organizational Commitment

1.0       BACKGROUND OF STUDY

1.1       TQM in Education 

In order to improve educational quality, highly developed countries have constantly implemented educational changes. The quality philosophy and principles have become central to international educational reform efforts in nations such as Canada, Australia, Japan, the United States and the

United Kingdom (Weller, 1996) as cited in  (Idris, 2009). The attraction of TQM philosophy is mainly because of its successful record in the world of business in producing quality products and services. In fact, TQM provides a structured and comprehensive delivery system which may lead improvements in education (Weller and Hartley, 1994) as cited in (Idris, 2009).

In Malaysia, in order to build a world-class education system the Ministry of Education (MOE) had started introducing the TQM in 1995. In 1995 the MOE had launched the ISO 9000. A "customer charter" had been launched by MOE on April 1, 1996. The Ministry formed a policy and quality section to monitor the education policy at all levels based on the TQM principles. Within 6 months of the launching of the customer charter, the National Higher Education Council was established in September, 1996 to monitor standards in the government HEIs and a "grading system" was laid down to assess the effectiveness of each academic department and its faculty. In the basic education, primary and secondary schools, the implementation of TQM had been introduced and implemented as well. After two decades of the implementation of TQM in schools, several scientific studies had been done to examine the success of TQM of the extent to which quality management (QM) has been effectively implemented in schools. The features of QM improvement implemented in secondary and primary schools include values and duties, system and teams, resources and changes and meeting pupil needs and empowering staff. 

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.