Journal Screenshot

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

Open Access Journal

ISSN: 2222-6990

Teaching as Performance Studies: Exploring the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of Theater Arts

Mohd Azly Zakaria, Muhammad Faisal Ahmad

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i2/9197

Open access

This study was conducted to explore the knowledge of the acting method, pedagogical skills of acting in teaching. Therefore, by researching to understanding Pedagogy Content Knowledge (PCK) by Shulman (1986) through the Secondary School Standard Curriculum, Malaysian Arts School in the implementation of the theater arts curriculum, and how study participants make transformations into lesson plans as well as implementing teaching with the curriculum. Through the literature review discussing the general knowledge of content knowledge, teachers' pedagogical skills knowledge on the use of acting techniques in depth. This study is a qualitative case study with three art school Malaysian Arts School coaches selected as study participants who do not have a background of specialization and professional qualification of theater-specific performing arts and drama as well as basic knowledge and existing skills only through experience by themselves. Data collection was done through interview protocols, teaching observation protocols, and document content analysis. Interviews were conducted to find out the background of the study participants and their understanding of pedagogical content knowledge of curriculum, teaching observations for each study participant was conducted to explore the prior knowledge of teaching and teaching implementation skills, as well as document content analysis, was done based on the purpose of the study submitted. Contribution of this study to improve and develop teaching professionalism in education, provision of resources in curriculum development, and preparation of guidelines and references of theater programs in education at the Ministry of Education Malaysia and Ministry of Higher education.

Ahmad, M. F. (2012). Teknik Seni Lakon Dalam Pengajaran: Satu Kajian Kes Di Negeri Selangor. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Ahmad, M. N. (2008). Seni Lakon Mencerminkan Sikap Masyarakat. Bangi: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Amir, M. (2019). Kaedah Teater Membaca Dalam Pengajaran Dan Pembelajaran Genre (Drama). Jabatan Bahasa Dan Kesusasteraan Melayu, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris.
Azmi, M. N., & Kamarudin, N. (2017). Penerapan Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT): Kesediaan Guru dalam Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Reka Bentuk dan Teknologi (RBT) di Sekolah Rendah. International Research Journal of Education and Sciences, 1(1), 1–5.
Bujang, R. (1997). Drama Sebagai Satu Bidang Pengajian di Sekolah. Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, 7, 92-103.
Bujang, R. (Penys.) (1982). Drama Melayu 25 Tahun. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Cathrine, M. (2019). Pengetahuan Pedagogi Kandungan (PPK) Guru Bukan Pengkhususan Reka Bentuk dan Teknologi (RBT) di Sekolah Menengah. Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 4(6), 64 – 67
Corbin, J., & Strauss, A. (1990). Grounded Theory Research: Procedures, Canons, and Evaluative Criteria. Qualitative Sociology, 13(1), 3–21.
Creswell, J. (2013). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design. London: SAGE.
Creswell, J. (2014). Research Design. London: SAGE.
Creswell, J. W. (2012). Educational Research (Planning, Conduction, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research) (4th Ed). Boston: Pearson.
Elizabeth, A., & Plessis, D. (2019). Barriers to the effective management of diversity in classroom contexts: The out-of- fi eld teaching phenomenon. International Journal of Educational Research, 93(November 2017), 136–152.
Faulkner, F. (2016). A CPD Programme for out-of-field mathematics teachers: Programme Outline and Preliminary Evaluations by Participants A CPD Programme for ’out-of-field’ mathematics teachers in Ireland: Programme outline and initial evaluations by ... In Science and Mathematics Education Conference, Dublin City University (pp. 1–7).
Griggs, T. (2001). Teaching as acting: considering acting as epistemology and its use in teaching and teacher preparation. Teacher Education Quarterly, 28, 2, 23-37.
Hanning, R. W. (1984). The classroom as the theater of self: some observations for beginning teachers. Retrieved December 7, 2008, from www.ade.org/ade/bulletin/N077/077033.htm
Hart, R. (2007). Act like a teacher: Teaching as a Performing Art" Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for UMass Amherst.
Iberahim, A. R., Mahamod, Z., & Mohamad, W. M. R.W. (2017). 21st Century Learning and the Influence of Attitude, Motivation, and Achievements Malay Language Secondary School Student. Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Melayu, 7(2) , 77 - 88
Kam, K., Chan, H., Hin, B., & Yung, W. (2018). Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching a New Topic: More Than Teaching Experience and Subject Matter Knowledge. Res SciEduc, 48, 233–265.
Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. (2012a). Pendidikan di Malaysia – Memartabatkan Kecemerlangan Pendidikan Negara. Bahagian Perancangan dan Penyelidikan Dasar Pendidikan.
Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. (2012b). Laporan Awal Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013-2025. Bahagian Perancangan dan Penyelidikan Dasar Pendidikan.
Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. (2013). Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia 2013 - 2025. https://www.moe.gov.my/images/dasar-kpm/PPP/Preliminary-Blueprint-BM.pdf.
Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. (2017). Dokumen Standard Kurikulum dan Pentaksiran. Seni Teater, Tingkatan 1.
Kim, E. (2011). Out-of-field secondary school teachers in Korea: Their realities and implications. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, 1(8), 29–48.
Kriek, J. (2016). A modified model of TPACK and SAMR in teaching for understanding. In G. Chamblee & L. Langub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 23-28). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Lakshmi, P. & Abdul Rahman, M. K. (2020). Aplikasi Teknik Teater Kreatif Dalam Meningkatkan Kesedaran Kognitif Murid-Murid Berkeperluan Khas (Mbk). Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 3 (3), 9-14.
Mohd, S. U. M., & Hutagalung, F. (2016). Comparisons of Out of Field and In-Field History Teacher: Teachers’ and Students’ Characteristics. Advanced Science Letters, 22(8), 1952–1956.
Nixon, R. S., Luft, J. A., & Ross, R. J. (2017). Prevalence and Predictors of Out-of-Field Teaching in the First Five Years. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 54(9), 1197–1218.
O’Neill, C. (1995). Drama worlds: A framework for process drama. Portsmouth, England: Heinemann.
Özmen, K. S. (2010). Fostering Nonverbal Immediacy and Teacher Identity through an Acting Course in English Teacher Education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 35 (6).
Özmen, K. S. (2011). Acting and teacher education: The BEING model for identity development. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 2(2), 36-49.
Palmer, P. J. (2003). The heart of a teacher: Identity and integrity in teaching. In The Jossey-Bass reader on teaching (pp. 3-25). San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Paolini, A. (2015). Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning Outcomes, 15(1), 20-33.
Rives Jr., F. C. (1979). The teacher as a performing artist. Contemporary Education, 51(1), 7-9.
Rodgers, C., & Scott, K. (2008). The development of the personal self and professional identity in learning to teach. In M. Cochran-Smith, S. Feiman-Nemser, D.J. McIntyre & K.E. Demers (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education: Enduring questions and changing contexts (pp. 732–755). New York: Routledge.
Saleh, B. Rasul, M. S., & Affandi, H. M. (2018). Pedagogical Practices of Design and Technology Teacher Trainees Pedagogical Practices of Design and Technology Teacher Trainees. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences, 8(5), 319–329.
Sarason, S.B. (1999). Teaching as performing art. New York: Teachers College Press.
Shing, C. L., Mohd, S. R., & Loke, S. H. (2015). The Knowledge of Teaching - Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). The Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Science,3(3), 40–55.
Shulman, L. S. (1986). Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching. American Educational Research Association, 15(2), 4–14.
Shulman, L. S. (1987). Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform. Harvard Education Review, 57(1), 1–22.
Sikana, M. (2005). Pengajaran dan Pembinaan Bahasa dalam konteks Pendidikan Drama. Jurnal Aktivis, 1(5), 116-138.
Stake, R. E. (2010). Qualitative Research Studying How Things Work (1st Ed, Vol. 136). New York: The Guilford Press.
Suyanto, S. (2017). A Reflection on the Implementation of a New Curriculum in Indonesia: A Crucial Problem on School Readiness. In The 4th International Conference on Research, Implementation, and Education of Mathematics and Science (Vol. 100008, pp. 1–9).
Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. (2007). Acting lessons for teachers: using performance skills in the classroom (2nd ed.). Westport, Conn: Praeger.
Tauber, R. T., Mester, C. S., & Buckwald, S. C. (1993). The teacher as an actor: entertaining to educate. NASSP Bulletin, 77 (551), 20-28.
Timpson, W. W., & Tobin, D. N. (1982). Teaching as performing: a guide to energizing your public presentation. Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc.
Travers, R. M. W. (1979). Training the teacher as a performing artist. Contemporary Education. 51(1), 14-18.
Van Hoose, J., & Hult Jr., R. E. (1979). The performing artist dimension ineffective teaching. Contemporary Education, 51(1), 36-39.
Vandivere, A. H. (2008). An investigation of the nonverbal communication behaviors and role perceptions of pre-service band teachers who participated in theatre seminars. Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. University of North Texas, Texas.
Yin, R. K. (2009). Case Study Research Design and Methods (4th Ed). Sage Publications, Inc.

In-Text Citation: (Zakaria & Ahmad, 2021)
To Cite this Article: Zakaria, M. A., & Ahmad, M. F. (2021). Teaching as Performance Studies: Exploring the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of Theater Arts. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(2), 1213-1226.