Differences of Islamic Education Teachers Quality at Secondary School Based on Selected Demographic Factors

This study was designed to examine self-efficacy (se) teachers of islamic studies (tis) in national secondary schools in peninsular malaysia. a research on the differences of se based on a number of demographic factors was also carried out. the study also aimed to assess the relationship between teaching experiences with se. this study used a quantitative approach and the questionnaire was the main instrument. multi stage cluster sampling technique was used to determine the sample. the sample size involved in this research were 544 tis representing a population of 8562 tis national secondary school in peninsular malaysia. the results showed that se of tis were very high (min=4.32). two ways anova analysis showed there was no difference in the se of tis based on gender and school location. pearson analysis showed that there were weak and positive correlations between teaching experience with se (r=0.098). in addition, this study has also seen to have implicationsfor thepolicy andpractice ofteaching among tis.