Teacher Centered Teaching Strategies in Malaysia Rural Primary School

Abstract

This study aims to identify teacher -centered teaching strategies for BM primary
school teachers in rural areas. Strategies include teacher -centered teaching, student
-centered teaching, and material -centered teaching. Strategies focus on teaching
techniques and teaching materials. The limitation of this study is only the teacher -
centered teaching strategy. The respondents of the study consisted of 100 Malay
language subject teachers in rural primary schools, namely 40 male teachers and 60
female teachers. The researcher conducted the study by collecting information based
on the questionnaire that was formed. The findings of this study explain that a large
number of Malay language teachers have a positive perception of the centralized
teaching strategy of Malay language teachers in rural primary schools. They found that
teacher-centered teaching strategies have benefits both to teachers, as well as
students if used correctly and in accordance with the content of the lesson to be
delivered. In relation to the implementation of Malay language teaching with teachercentered teaching strategy, more than 80% of the teachers involved also gave a
positive response. Teachers agree that teacher-centered teaching strategies still need