The Effects of Islamic Teachers Education Training on Teachers Human Capital Quality among Novice Teachers

Abstract

This study was aimed determining the effectiveness of Islamic education training teachers in higher education institutes on the quality of human capital quality among novice Islamic education teachers. Quantitative approaches with a cross-sectional survey design had been used in this study. The selection of samples was conducted in a cluster random sampling involving 314 novice Islamic education teachers in Malaysia. PLS-SEM was used to analyses the effects of Islamic education teachers training effectiveness on human capital quality according to Ibn Khaldun’s Malakah Model and Kirkpatrick Training Model. The PLS-SEM analysis showed that Islamic education teacher training has an impact on novice teachers’ quality of human capital, especially in terms of organizational performance (β = 0.447, p <0.05). The conclusions showed that the effectiveness of Islamic education teacher training in Malaysia is still less influential than the five qualities, especially to quality of content knowledge and quality of faith. Implications of the study showed that the existing Islamic education teacher-training system should be revised so that the training of Islamic education teachers to be formulated emphasizes the Islamization of knowledge-based on Tauhidic-based (faith-based) education.