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A. R. Bakar

University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

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Research ArticleOpen accessThey are Trained to Teach, But How Confident are they? A Study of Student Teachers’ Sense of EfficacyA. R. Bakar, S. Mohamed, N. S. ZakariaThe objective of the study was to assess student teachers’ efficacy in one of the teacher training institutions in Malaysia, with specific reference to the aspects of student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management. The sample size was 675 final-year teacher education students. The findings suggest that a majority of the respondents had a high level of teaching efficacy (M … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 12 Feb 2013 · 7,789 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessEmployability Skill Acquisition among Malaysian Community College StudentsM. K. Omar, A. R. Bakar, A. Mat RashidThe objective of this study was to assess the acquisition of employability skills among Malaysian community college students. The sample size of the present study 325 students selected randomly. Employability skills were measured using an instrument developed by the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The overall mean of employability skills among community college students was 3.63 (S.D. = … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 31 Aug 2012 · 8,929 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessWork Values of Malaysian School Counselors: It’s Implication on School CounselingA. R. Bakar, S. Mohamed, N. S. ZakariaProblem statement: Work values have been widely studied in management areas, among students and nurses. One can easily obtain literatures on these populations. One may face some difficulties when searching for literature on work values of counselors. Approach: The current study intends to explore the work values of Malaysian school counselors, specifically and to determine if their work values differ … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 7,565 accessesView PDF Cite