Academic Qualification and Teaching Experience on the Level of Use of Innovative Teaching Strategies among Arabic Primary School Teacher

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the level of innovation in teaching and learning strategies among primary school Arabic teachers. Data were collected using a questionnaire on 109 Arabic teachers in all primary schools in Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of 15 items with 5 options of Likert scale and descriptively analyzed using SPSS software. The findings show that the use of innovative teaching strategies in teaching and learning among primary school Arabic teachers is at a moderate level (mean = 3.15, SP = 0.480). Meanwhile, ANOVA analysis found that there was no significant difference in the level of innovative teaching strategy among primary school Arabic teachers based on academic qualification and teaching experience. Overall, this study is expected to generate action plans to promote the improvement of innovation practices in teaching and learning of teachers especially for Arabic subjects in schools.