Measuring primary science teachers self-efficacy beliefs in Batang Padang, Perak with "Primary science teachers self-efficacy beliefs scale"

This research was aimed to measure the primary science teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs by using “Primary Science Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs Scale”. Causal comparative was used as the research design of this study. The questions of this instrument were adapted from three different instruments and modified for the purpose of this study. Exploratory factor analysis was used to extract the components of the subscales, namely “Pedagogical Knowledge”, “Content Knowledge”, “Teachers’ Effort” and “Student Engagement”. The study examined the scores of teachers’ self-efficacy by gender, major, years of teaching experience and education qualifications. The weblink of online survey was sent out by email to schools. The sample consisted of 144 primary science teachers in Batang Padang, Perak. T-test and ANOVA were used to compare the mean differences of different groups. There was a statistically significant difference between male teachers (M=4.08, SD=0.42) and female teachers (M=3.93, SD=0.39). The t-test result also showed statistically significant difference between science major teachers (M=4.09, SD=0.31) and non-science major teachers (M=3.91, SD=0.31), t (142) =3.34, p