Ecology of Learning in Polytechnic in Increasing the Professionalism of Malaysian Polytechnic Lecturers

Abstract

This study aims to review the perspective of polytechnic lecturers towards learning ecology in polytechnics. The research instrument used by this quantitative study was a questionnaire distributed to 1490 lecturers from polytechnics, and the data obtained was managed and analyzed using the SPSS version 22. For the item reliability, the Cronbach's alpha value was 0.917. The results showed that according to the polytechnic lecturers, the level of learning ecology in polytechnics in terms of facilities, social interactions, colleagues’ support and training are not yet at a satisfactory level to strengthen their professionalism, particularly in terms of facilities involving Wi-Fi and academic materials