Tahap Grit dalam Kalangan Guru di Negeri Johor

Abstract

Teachers' profession these days is a challenging profession because teachers not only need to carry out substantive as educators but saddled with side tasks. Hence, this study is conducted to identify grit levels among teachers in Malaysia to ensure quality effectiveness and retention of work performance for long-term goals. Respondents of the study consisted of 296 teachers from different school categories, national primary schools, national secondary schools and vocational colleges. Overall, the results of the study showed that the mean grit score of the respondents was 4.04 (most gritty). The study on the differences in grit level among teachers based on the teaching field showed that there was no statistically significant difference. The respondents’ mean score of the grit level differences among the teachers based on the level of teaching showed that there were statistically significant differences with p = 0.017. In conclusion, the results of the findings expected to create awareness regarding the importance of grit to educators in order to measure the quality of their work performance and retention.