Abstract
This study aims to identify differences in the level of professionalism of form six teachers based on selected demographic aspects in Sandakan district, Sabah. The demographic aspects studied were gender, age, length of service, and highest academic qualification. While the dimensions of teacher professionalism studied are knowledge, skills, and values of professionalism. The number of respondents was 102 teachers from seven secondary schools with form six education in the Sandakan district. The research instrument used is a questionnaire that is divided into two parts, namely part A and part B. Part A contains questions related to the demographics of the respondents while part B contains questions related to the dependent variables of form six teacher professionalism. Data were analyzed using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Data analysis using t-test and one-way ANOVA to obtain significant differences in the level of professionalism of form six teachers based on selected demographic factors. The t-test was used to identify significant differences in the level of teacher professionalism based on aspects of teacher gender and length of service. While one-way ANOVA was used to identify significant differences in the level of professionalism of form six teachers based on age and the highest academic qualification. The results of the analysis showed that there were no significant differences in the level of professionalism of form six teachers based on gender (p=.154), age (p=.887), length of service (p=.385), and highest academic qualification (p=.230) in Sandakan district. This indicates that the form six teachers in the Sandakan district regardless of the demographic aspects studied, have shown a high level of professionalism to realize the success of the form six rebranding. Next, the researcher suggests that this study be extended to other districts in Sabah to get a true picture to represent the population of form six teachers in Sabah.
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