Open Access
The measurement model of geo-education among trainee teachers in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Mat Rahimi Yusof,
Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob,
Aliff Nawi,
Hapini Awang,
Dayang Rafidah Syariff M. Fuad,
Aizuddin Md Rami
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of evaluation and research in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2620-5440
pISSN - 2252-8822
DOI - 10.11591/ijere.v10i2.20706
Subject(s) - curriculum , context (archaeology) , psychology , discriminant validity , medical education , mathematics education , validity , data collection , reliability (semiconductor) , pedagogy , geography , sociology , medicine , psychometrics , social science , physics , archaeology , internal consistency , clinical psychology , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
This study conducted to develop a measurement model for measuring Geo-Education in Malaysia context. This cross-sectional survey involved 245 trainee teachers in Universities and Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia (IPGM). The data collection was made through a set of questionnaires and analyzed using SEM-AMOS. There are four main elements measured, which are loading factors, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and composite reliability. The findings indicated that Geo-Education had a significant contribution to the proposed constructs, namely primer, issues, ecosystem, lifestyle, and cross-curricular elements. A model of Geo-Education was successfully developed in this study using these five constructs, namely primer, issues, ecosystem, lifestyle, and cross-curricular elements. This study also identified twenty-five behaviours of Geo-Education among the trainee teachers in Malaysia. The findings of this study are essential as a guideline for Malaysian teachers to implement the concept of Geo-Education in Malaysia. Additionally, the application of this subject as cross-curricular elements in the Malaysian curriculum is essential to ensure the success of the implementation of Education Sustainable Development (ESD) in the school environment.