Relationship Satisfaction with the Level of Application of Training Knowledge in Teacher's Services in Singapore

Abstract

Knowledge and skills in various aspects of teaching are essential to improving teachers’ confidence in school. These in turn, will produce high quality teaching which gives job satisfaction to the teachers themselves. This study is a quantitative approach using a survey method through questionnaire to obtain correlation data between teachers' satisfaction with the level of knowledge and application of knowledge from in-service training. The data from the questionnaires were analyzed descriptively and inferred. This method was chosen because there were many advantages and it was in line with this study. Among its benefits according to (Mok, 2010) is a survey method suitable for measuring opinions, achievements and sample attitudes. The study was conducted at 18 branches of the Andalus Islamic Education Center (PPIA) in Singapore. Review the selection of the Andalus Islamic Education Center as it is one of the largest part-time religious education centers in Singapore. There are 18 PPIA branches in Singapore with more teachers less than 80 people. In this study, the researchers refer to Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample size tables to determine the size of the study sample. Based on the table of determinants of the sample, the appropriate number of samples was 66 people because the total population of teachers had approached 80 people. The items of job satisfaction were modified from the questionnaires used by Mat (1997). The items studied were job satisfaction, job conditions, colleagues, workplace conditions and promotion opportunities. This section contains 18 items. For the application of knowledge there are 10 items modified from the questionnaire used by Ibrahim (2008). After the questionnaire was quoted, the researcher would make an analysis of the data on the raw data obtained. The raw data will be analyzed using Statistical Package for Social knowledges (SPSS) version 20.0.