The Relationship of Teachers' Creativity Fostering Behaviour with 21st Century Classroom Management

• Main Authors: Jaggil Apak, Muhamad Suhaimi Taat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24046/1/The%20Relationship%20of%20Teachers%20%20Creativity%20Fostering%20Behaviour%20with%2021st%20Century%20Classroom%20Managemen.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24046/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

This study was aimed at identifying the relationship of teachers’ creativity fostering behaviour with 21stcentury classroom management among teachers in normal daily government-aided secondary schools in Sabah, Malaysia. The non-experimental study utilised the observation method by combining several variable sampling techniques to obtain samples. Data was collected through a set of adapted questionnaires administered to 439 teachers. The data were analysed using the IBM SPSS Statistical 21.0 software. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and Pearson correlation were used to analyse the data to answer the research questions. Descriptive analysis teachers’ creativity fostering behaviour and 21stcentury classroom management being practised at a high level. Findings of the study also showed a significant difference in the min score of teachers’ creativity fostering behaviour and 21stcentury classroom management according to gender. Pearson correlation test indicated a moderate positive linear relationship for teachers’ creativity fostering behaviour with 21stcentury classroom management. The implications and suggestions for further study are also discussed.