Office of Academic Quality Management

Fostering a culture of continual self improvement and professional self-accountability for academic excellence at NIE.

Projects

A Longitudinal Study of Teacher Values and Competencies in the Initial Years of Teaching (2009 - Present)

The purpose of this research project is to examine how effective the degree and diploma initial preparation programmes (ITP) at NIE have been in equipping our graduates with the appropriate values, skills, and knowledge as beginning teachers in the first 3 years of their teaching career.

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Longitudinal Study - A longitudinal study of Teacher Preparation and Professional Development: Pre-service to Beginning Teacher (2004 - 2009)

The purpose of the research project is to provide the baseline information that will contribute towards the efforts of Office of Teacher Education (OTE) in improving the Initial Teacher Preparation (ITP) programmes, and the planning of professional development programmes for novice teachers...

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International English Language Test System – Investigating the Use of IELTS as a Predictor of Academic Success at NIE

The Office of Academic Quality Management has been commissioned by MOE to pilot a research study on profiling the language skills of student teachers. The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) has been selected as the evaluation instrument...

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Programme Evaluation Survey (Online) 

The Programme Evaluation Survey is administered to graduating student teachers from NIE's Initial Teacher Preparation (ITP). The objective of this survey is to seek our graduating student teachers' views on issues relating to programme content,...

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Graduate Preparedness Survey (Online)

The GPS Survey aims to obtain baseline evidence on the beginning teachers’ level of preparedness for their role as a teacher in schools as well as the level of school support they received to help them settle into their new role. The target respondents for the GPS are BTs who have taught for less than 3 years.

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Stakeholder Survey (Online) 

The SS, is administered to school Principals (or their appointed representative), to obtain cross-validating feedback to the BTs’ self-reported data collected via the GPS. The triangulation of GPS data against the SS data provides for a balanced approach in...

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Mid-Programme Experience of Undergraduates in the BA/BSc (Education) - July 2008 & 2009 Intake (Online)

In July 2008 and 2009 NIE saw a big increase in enrolment into its four-year degree programme. Given this spike in enrolment a study was undertaken to seek formative feedback from the students on their learning experiences and growth at mid-programme. The main objective of the Student Experience Survey (SES) is to assess...

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