A study on self-efficacy among novice and experienced teachers in teaching and learning practices at Johor State religious schools in

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of self-efficacy (teaching strategies, classroom management and student engagement) and its influence on the level of teacher education and teaching experience among teachers at Johor State Religious Schools in Johor Bahru District. This study was a quantitative research using a survey approach, involving 50 randomly selected teachers at Johor State Religious Schools in Johor Bahru. The instrument used in this study was Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (SES) developed by Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy (2001). It comprised 24 items, covering all the three constructs of self-efficacy (classroom management, teaching strategies and student engagement) with a 9-point Likert scale. The overall Cronbach's Alpha value found was 0.96, while the individual values were 0.92, 0.86 and 0.85 for the classroom management construct, the student engagement construct and the teaching strategy construct, respectively. All the data and information obtained from questionnaires answered by teachers were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0. Analysis of this data involved statistical analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found that, the overall mean for the level of self-efficacy among teachers at Johor State Religious School in Johor Bahru was 6.36, which was at a moderate level. The highest mean value among the 3 constructs was 6.48, for teaching strategies, followed by the mean value of 6.48 for classroom management, while the lowest mean value was 6.22 for the student engagement. In addition, the results showed that, there was no significant difference between the levels of self-efficacy and the level of education among teachers at Johor State Religious Schools. However, it was found that, there were significant differences between the levels of self-efficacy and teaching experience among teachers at Johor State Religious Schools.