The Development of Teacher Professionalism Towards the Self-Effectiveness of Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

The development of teacher professionalism (PPG) is needed to boost the excellence of school institutions towards continuous and systematic improvement. The process of transformation and innovation desired by the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013-2025 (PPPM) is able to realize the world-class Malaysian education system. The study aims to identify the level of PPG practice of secondary school teachers in the state of Selangor (Malaysia) and the implications for teachers' self-efficacy. Data were collected using a questionnaire adapted from the Malaysian Teacher Standard. Stratified random sampling according to the ratio was used in the selection of 384 respondents in this study. Data analysis methods use Statistical Package for the Social Science Version 25 (SPSS) software and descriptive analysis, t-test, variance analysis test (ANOVA), and pearson correlation to determine the influence of teacher professional development on teacher self-efficacy. This study proves that the development of teacher professionalism can increase the level of teacher self-efficacy to a high level. The findings of the study also found that the development of teacher professionalism can be implemented continuously and systematically in schools. The study also proves that there are differences in the level of professional development of teachers according to demographic factors and the findings of this study will be used as a guideline for all stakeholders to implement the development of teacher professionalism in order to increase teacher self-efficacy to a very high level.