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School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences

Associate Professor Ts Dr Tan Kian Lam (Andrew)

Dr. Siti Fairos Binti Saffardin

Lecturer (Early Childhood Education)

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Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Educational Management and Leadership) University Science Malaysia, 2024
  • Master in Early Childhood Education, University Science Malaysia, 2019
  • Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Major ECE, Minor Special Needs), University of Malaya,2013

Notable Experience: 

  • Programme Leader for the Diploma in Early Childhood Education (DECE)
  • APEL Assessor for Diploma in Early Childhood Education (DECE)
  • Appointment as an assessor for the Pre-Viva Voce Defence

Area of Research Interest:

  • Early Childhood education
  • Special needs
  • Educational Leadership
  • Educational Management

Professional Highlights:

  • External Examiner for the Bachelor in Early Childhood Education
  • Invitation as Speaker for Empowering Educators for Young Scientists Workshop, 2025
  • Malaysia International Conference of Project Management (Session Chair),2024
  • Penilai Pakar Bidang (UM Press/penerbit Universiti Malaya), 2024

Published Work:

Published more than 10 academic works, including articles in refereed and Scopus-indexed journals and conference proceedings. These publications focus on key areas such as leadership in early childhood education, teacher self-efficacy, workplace spirituality, and burnout among preschool educators.

Publication Highlights:

  • Siti Fairos. (2025). The mediating effect of spirituality on the relationship between principal leadership and teacher efficacy in open distance learning (ODL). Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 19(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAOUJ-10-2024-0138
  • Siti Fairos, & Mydin, A.-A. (2023). Hubungan kepimpinan pengetua terhadap tahap efikasi kendiri guru tadika swasta. JuPiDi: Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 10(1), 32–40.
  • Siti Fairos, Mydin, A.-A., & Abdullah, A. G. K. (2022). Transformational leadership of principal in private preschool: A relationship to workplace spirituality. Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 1(1), 48–53.
  • Siti Fairos, & Mydin, A. A. (2022). The influence of transformational leadership by the principal on teachers’ self-efficacy in a private preschool. Journal of Management & Marketing Review, 7(3).
  • Siti Fairos, Mydin, A. A., & Abdullah, A. G. K. (2022). Hubungan antara gaya kepimpinan transformasional pengetua dengan spiritualiti di tempat kerja. Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISEd), 7(44), 65–72.
  • Mydin, A. A., & Siti Fairos. (2022). The relationship between leadership style and teacher’s spirituality: The context of early childhood education. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(10), 3108–3117.
  • Ahmad, J., Siti Fairos, & Teoh, K. B. (2021). Job demands-resources model and burnout among Penang preschool teachers: The mediating role of work engagement. Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 25(3), 6679–6691.
  • Ahmad, J., Siti Fairos, & Teoh, K. B. (2021). Do job demands-resources model affect burnout among Penang preschool teachers? Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences, 7(1), 60–63.
  • Ahmad, J., & Siti Fairos. (2020). How does job demands and job resources affect work engagement towards burnout? The case of Penang preschool. [Scopus indexed]24, 1888–1895. (Note: Journal name missing—please provide.)
  • Ahmad, J., Siti Fairos, & Teoh, K. B. (2020). How does job demands and job resources affect work engagement towards burnout? The case of Penang preschool. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24(2), 1888–1895.
  • Siti Fairos, & Mydin, A. A. (2019). Pengaruh kepimpinan autentik di tadika swasta Pulau Pinang. JuPiDi: Jurnal Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 6(3), 17–31.
  • Mariani, M. N., Siti Fairos, Norhashimi, S., Jain, C., Nor Mashitah, M., Seri Banun, R., Nur Zahirah, M., Che’mah, Y., & Yusof Hafiza, S. (2016). Developing a systematic assessment system for the LINUS program. Economics, Social Sciences Proceedings.
  • Mariani, M. N., Seri Banun, R., Norhashimi, S., Siti Fairos, Nor Mashitah, M., Jain, C., Nur Zahirah, M., Che’mah, Y., & Yusof Hafiza, S. (2016). School readiness among indigenous children. Economics, Social Sciences.

Awards and Recognition: 

  • Graduate on Time (PhD, USM)
  • Best Presenter for e-Penang International Conference of Education and Social Science (e-PICESS)