Report on Research and Development of Science, Mathematics, and Computer Teachers through English for Integrated Studies Leading to International Standard of the Schools within EIS (English for Integrated Studies) Networks

Abstract

        This research project is called the Project for Development of Science, Mathematics and Computer Teachers through English for Integrated Studies (EIS) Leading to International Standard of Schools within the EIS Network. This teacher development project aims to develop teachers’ competencies in managing student’s learning abilities through EIS via the use of electronic communication system. The target group participated in this research were teachers from the school under guidance of the Office of the Basic Education Commission. The selected schools are those that use English for Integrated Studies as part of the lessons. There were 528 participants which are teachers from 3 different subjects, namely, mathematics, sciences and computer. The research procedure was divided into 4 phases: Phase 1: Development of EIS system via electronic communication, which included revision of relevant documents for designing the e-CLIP system by 14 experts; Phase 2: Readiness preparation for implementation of teachers’ competencies development projects, which focused on development of an implementation handbook, and assessment and evaluation instruments; Phase 3: Implementation of teachers’ e-CLIP competencies development project; and Phase 4: Results reflection and evaluation of the implementation, which contained the following up of results by the research team. A combination of methods of quantitative and qualitative research approaches were carried out from September 2014 to March 2015. The research results revealed that the development of learning management system through content and language integrated pedagogy via electronic communication system consist of 5 steps. 1) team building 2) establish common goals 3) design and plan activities to achieve the set goals 4) implement the planned activities and observes lessons and 5) conclusion of action plans and reflection. More importantly, evaluation of learning management implemented in classroom had contributed to practical policy recommendation that lead to future use and study of English for Integrated Studies (EIS) via electronic communication system.