The relationship between teachers’ perception on creative teaching and their competency, self-efficacy and environmental encouragement in ESL classroom

Abstract

Creative teachers develop original teaching materials and accept something new in their teaching. They like to discover something new and design the lesson plan in different way. They always bring something fresh to the teaching approach such as implement creative activities in their lesson. This study investigated the relationship between teachers’ perception on creative teaching and their competency, self-efficacy and environmental encouragement in ESL classroom. This is a quantitative research. The questionnaires were distributed to 140 teachers from Pontian District, Johor. The data was analysed by using SPSS version 26. Descriptive analysis showed that the levels of teachers’ perception, teachers’ competency, teachers’ self-efficacy and environmental encouragement on creative teaching were at the moderate level. Based on the analysis using Spearman’s correlation test, there were significant relationships between teachers’ perception on creative teaching and their competency, self-efficacy and environmental encouragement in the school. As a conclusion, teachers’ perception contributes in implementing creative teaching among primary school teachers in ESL classroom.