RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL COMPONENTS AND INVENTIVE SKILLS AMONG MALAY LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Abstract

Technology use in classroom can improve teachers’ ability to deliver effective and relevant content. Teachers should be more prepared to apply technology to ensure that students will have more fun and have a high interest in continuing to learn in the era of globalisation which is based on the use of these information communication technology elements in the classroom during the teaching and facilitation process. This study identifies the relationship between technological knowledge, technological content knowledge, technological pedagogical knowledge, technological pedagogical content knowledge, and inventive skills for teachers. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed to teachers who taught Malay language subjects in secondary schools in Malaysia. To test the hypothesis, the structural equation using the PLS-SEM framework was used. The results showed that technological knowledge, technological content knowledge, technological pedagogical knowledge, and technological pedagogical content knowledge have a positive relationship with inventive skills for teachers.

Keywords

• Technological knowledge; technological content knowledge; technological pedagogical knowledge; technological pedagogical content knowledge; inventive skills