Fine motor skill is the basic component of motor skills development. The skill will affect not only one’s capability in academics but also the ability in performing daily tasks, if early interventions are not done. It is imperative that teachers are aware of the importance of the fine motor skill. Awareness is should then be followed with formal knowledge development or the teachers’ initiatives in gaining knowledge and ensued by the teachers’ ingenuity and creativity in developing avtivities on par with students’ abilities and capabilities. The Iceberg Competency Model by Spencer & Spencer (1993) is used as the basis to develop the concepual framework in this study. The conceptual framework is focusing on two layers – the visible layer which consists of knowledge and skills, and the hidden layer layer which consists of awareness. By combining awareness, knowledge and skills, a conceptual framework is designed to develop and increase teachers’ professionalism in applying and practicing fine motor skill component in teaching and learning of students with special education needs (learning disabilities).
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To Cite this Article: Musa, F. C., & Ahmad, N. A. (2019). Conceptual Framework of Teachers’ Competence in Teaching and Learning of Fine Motor Skills to Students with Special Education Needs (Learning Disabilities). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(11), 1180–1186.
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