MOHD SHAHZUAN BIN GHAZALAN GB130017 Nur Hasliza i want to give feed back towards Ili Ayuni Tun Ili Ayuni Bt Ahmad Hariri jurnal.... Title : Enhancing Teachers’ Questioning Skills to Improve Children’s Learning and Thinking in Pacific Island Early Childhood Centres SUMMARY This paper outlines an action research study with 20 Pacific Island teachers held in 6 different Pacific Island early childhood centres. The participants of the study were trained on a modified model of ‘Questioning and Understanding Improves Learning and Thinking’ (QUILT) that focused on different teacher behaviours and skills in the process of questioning. Important changes in beliefs and practices were found after the intervention particularly in relation to the fostering of divergent thinking through the type of questions teachers asked and how they undertook the questioning episodes. This paper concludes that it is important to focus on promoting novice teachers’ knowledge and skills in questioning so that they can support children’s higher levels of thinking. This is especially relevant for teachers in Pacific Island early childhood centres. CONCLUSION i can conclude from the jurnal is This research has highlighted the importance of carefully planning appropriate questions before implementation as well as the facilitation of child- initiated learning experiences. If children’s learning is to be promoted in ways consistent with contemporary learning theories then training teachers to ask high-level questions in appropriate ways is essential. To become effective teachers, we need to re-evaluate our values andbeliefs and respond to the ever changing world without compromising our essential values. Teachers need to keep their strong Pacific identity but adapt to the needs of the 21st century. As the knowledge society dominates the new millennium, teachers need to make more informed decisions pertaining to children’s learning so that Pacific Island children can gain better outcomes and achievement. After all, we do not want to reinforce and promote similar learning environments and experiences to the one Black (2001) referred to at the start of the article.
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