The Level of Adaptive Teaching Skills among Primary School Teachers in Implementing Zero Reject Policy: A Study in Rural Sarawak

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10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_3How to use a DOI?

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Adaptive teaching; SEN; ZRP; rural

Abstract

The Zero Rejection Policy (ZRP) is a proactive measure by Malaysia to ensure the rights and equal access of children to education in the country. Thus, the introduction of ZRP introduced in December 2018 brought a paradigm shift to education in Malaysia, especially special education. The admission of Special Needs Pupils (SEN) in schools without any rejection leads to the implementation of inclusive education in mainstream classrooms. Thus, this study aims to examine the level of adaptive teaching skills among primary school teachers in order to implement Zero Reject Policy. This a mix method study involving 230 primary school teachers for quantitative research and 13 teachers for qualitative research. The findings of the quantitative study show that teachers have a high level of adaptive teaching skills. However, the qualitative study found that the majority of teachers stated their level of adaptive teaching skills among teachers was only in the intermediate level. While almost half of the teachers have not been able to receive special education children in the classroom because they are still not confident to teach inclusive classes if they do not get adequate training. Therefore, it is recommended that courses and training be implemented for teachers to improve the skills and knowledge of teachers to implement ZRP in schools.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Kamariah Ensimau Abdullah
AU  - Mohd Isa Hamzah
AU  - Mohd Hanafi Mohd Yasin
AU  - Nurfaradilla Mohamad Nasri
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/04
TI  - The Level of Adaptive Teaching Skills among Primary School Teachers in Implementing Zero Reject Policy: A Study in Rural Sarawak
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Learning Innovation and Quality Education (ICLIQE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 13
EP  - 25
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_3
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-114-2_3
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