The Usage of Counselling Skills to Increase Motivation in Teaching Among Trainee Teachers in Malaysia
Keywords:
Counselling skills, personality development, trainee teachers, motivation in teachingAbstract
Motivation in teaching is a significant factor in improving
teacher-students’ relationship, students’ academic performance and
students’ well-being. However, the use of counselling skills to increase
motivation in teaching is still minimal. Therefore, a university course,
Personality Development, which encompasses counselling skills is made
compulsory for trainee teachers in Malaysia. This study discussed how
counselling skills in the Personality Development course can be used to
enhance motivation in teaching among trainee teachers. This study
employed the ex-post facto survey design. A sample of 596 participants
from a population of 1350 trainee teachers were selected randomly for
the study. They consisted of 496 trainee teachers who had passed the
course and another 100 trainee teachers who were never exposed to
Personality Development course. The research instrument titled
Motivation in Teaching was used to gather information from the
sample. The instrument was developed based on Person Centred
Theory (Rogers, 1998) and Motivational Framework for Culturally
Responsive Teaching (Wlodkowski, 2003). The instrument has been
validated by experts and results show a high score of validity. The
reliability of the instrument is also high. The results show a difference
between trainee teachers who were exposed to Personality Development
course and those who were not exposed to the course (t=3.4, df=594,
p<.05). Trainee teachers who were exposed to Personality Development
course exhibited higher motivation in teaching than those who were not
exposed to the course. It was concluded that students who were
exposed to the course were better disposed to resolving challenges in
teaching.
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