Article review

Hussain, W., Ahmed, B. S., Dahir, O. A., Abdul Rahman, A. D. (2011). Collaborative Web-based Teacher Professional Development system. A new direction for Teacher Professional Development in Malaysia. The Special Issue on Behavioural and Social Science. Vol.1 No 7. Centre of Promoting Ideas, USA

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            The issue investigated in this article is the teacher's professional development in terms of  technology leverage. Specifically, the study is  intended to propose a collaborative web-based system to enhance  the professional development of teachers in Malaysia. The literature review  which mentioned as 'related work' for this concept paper are sufficient in giving overall picture of the research where the section consist of the current situation of the  collaborative learning environments, the existing collaborative teachers professional development systems and  teachers readiness for collaborative professional development systems. Consequently, the issue that being studied are relevant to the existing gap of literature as mentioned by the authors that 'the current professional development for in-service teachers is being done using the very manual approach'.

            In order to overcome the problem, this concept paper proposed  two design models that can be the based or referred theory for the sake of upgrading the teachers development systems towards the future. Additionally, the author does listed and explained about the advantages of using a web-based collaboration technology as a learning tool for teachers which emphasized on the transfer of knowledge, working as a team, expanding creativity and innovation, improving instructional strategies and  improve teacher's professional image.

            The conclusion made by the author are relevant enough as this is just a concept paper. However, the recommendations are a bit vague as the researcher suppose to add the suggestion for future research. As the paper explained the significant of applying the proposed system compared to the current system, it is recommended that further complete research paper should be published by the researchers in the future.