A Study on Teachers Perceptions towards Co-curricular Activities

Respected teachers,

I am Mohd Shahreez Johari, a Part 8 Bachelor in Education (TESL) student from the Faculty of Education, UiTM Seksyen 17, Shah Alam. I am conducting a study on Teachers Perceptions towards Co-curricular Activities. This study aims to investigate what are secondary school teachers perceptions towards the co-curricular activities, what are the effects of co-curricular activities, how teachers perceive co-curricular activities and how the activities affect the students.

Your participation in this study is highly appreciated. All the information given will be treated as confidential and will be used solely for the purpose of this study.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Section A: Demographic Data and Co-curricular Activities Instruction: Please write your answers on the spaces provided and/or tick (/) in the appropriate box. 1. Age: _________

2.

Gender:

Male

Female

3.

Teaching experience: 1-3 years 4-10 years 11-20 years 21 years and above

4.

Co-curricular activities (You can tick more than one in an item):

4.1 Uniform Bodies Scouts Kadet Remaja Sekolah (KRS) PBSM Kadet Polis None Other, please state ________________

4.2 Club and Societies Kelab Pencinta Alam Kelab Rekreasi Persatuan Bahasa Malaysia/Inggeris/Cina/Tamil Kelab Kebudayaan Science Club None Other, please state ________________

4.3 Sports Club Football Club Rugby Club Track & Field Club Badminton Club Tennis Club Chess Club None Others, please state: ______________________

Section B: Perceptions towards Co-curricular Activities Instruction: Please tick (/) in the appropriate box. You can tick more than one answer for each question. 1. How do you feel about co-curricular activities? Unimportant Slightly unimportant Important Very important Neutral

2.

Do you feel that the co-curricular activities benefit the students? Yes (proceed to question 3a) No (proceed to question 3b)

3a. The co-curricular activities benefit the students because Students became more disciplined and well behave. It exposes students to good leadership skills. It teaches the students about cooperation and teamwork. It can avoid students from getting involved with delinquency and crime. Others, please state: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

3b. The co-curricular activities did not benefit the students because It affects students performance in class negatively. The teacher involved did not have much experience in managing the club/societies. The activities in the club/societies are not irrelevant and have no benefits to students. Students left behind in class as they had to skip classes to participate in the activity Others: ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

Section C: Effects of Co-curricular Activities on Students Performance

i) Instruction: Read the statement carefully and tick (/) in the appropriate box on the yes/no section. Then proceed to the subjective question.

No 1. 2. 3.

Statements I believe co-curricular activity provide the students with soft skills. Participating in co-curricular activities made the student more disciplined. I encourage the students to participate in co-curricular activities.

Yes

No

No 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Statements Students learn to work in groups or teams via co-curricular activities. Co-curricular made the students to skip classes. Students who participate in co-curricular activity behave well in class. Joining clubs/societies made students academic achievement to decrease. Students learned good leadership skills in co-curricular activities. Parents encourage students to join in the co-curricular activities. Co-curricular activities are not as important as academic achievement.

Yes

No

Personally, what do you think of the effects of the co-curricular activities?

__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

ii)

Instruction: Read the statement carefully and circle on the answer based on the scale given. 1 - Disagree 2 - Not Sure 3 Agree

No.

Statements

Not Agree

Not sure 2

Agree

1.

Co-curricular activities offer things that students cant get in class.

2.

Co-curricular activities made the students more disciplined.

3.

Students can acquire good leadership skills from participating in co-curricular activities.

4.

Students involved in co-curricular activities also involved in delinquency and crime.

5.

Students performance in class is not affected by co-curricular activities.

6.

Students who active in sports also excel in academic performance.

7.

Uniform bodies and sports clubs made students to honor the institution.

No.

Statements

Not Agree

Not Sure 2

Agree

8.

Students behavior did not change at all even participating in co-curricular activities.

9.

Students waste time when participating in cocurricular activities.

10.

Students get left behind in class and they sometimes lost track of what being learn in class.

Personally, what do you think of the students who are active in co-curricular activities? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

Section D: Suggestions/Recommendations 1. Do you have any suggestions/recommendations on how to make the students to get full benefits from co-curricular activity? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ -THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUABLE TIME-