Pencapaian Profesionalism Keguruan Dalam Kalangan Guru Agama Alumni Academi Pengajian Islam Dan Bahasa Arab, Princess of Naradhiwas University (AIAS-PNU) (The Achievement of Teacher Professionalism among Religious Teachers Alumni of the Academy of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Princess of Naradhiwas University (AIAS-PNU)

Abstract

Profesionalisme keguruan adalah suatu pencapaian yang sangat penting yang perlu dicapai oleh setiap guru agama. Hal ini mempunyai kaitan yang rapat dengan pembentukan kualiti dan kecemerlangan guru dan pelajar.Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk meninjau konsep profesionalisme keguruan dalam perspektif Islam dan tahap pencapaiannya dalam kalangan guru agama alumni Academy of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Princess of Naradhiwas University AIAS-PNU.  Bagi mendapatkan maklumat tersebut, dua pendekatan digunakan dalam kajian ini iaitu pendekatan kualitatif dan pendekatan kuantitatif. Kajian kuantitatif dijalankan secara temubual terhadap responden yang terlibat secara langsung dengan guru agama iaitu guru besar dan ahli akademik di sekolah menengah agama swasta di wilayah Selatan Thailand seramai 16 orang responden. Dalam mengukur pencapaian profesionalisme keguruan ini, lima item digunakan iaitu moral dan amalan positif, kemahiran intelektual, sosial dan komunikasi, ilmu pengetahuan dan amanah dan tanggungjawab. Hasil kajian memnunjukkan bahawa item moral dan amalan positif paling tinggi berada pada tahap baik dengan peratusan 40 peratus diikuti tahap sederhana 35 peratus dan tahap rendah 25 peratus. Item kemahiran intelektual dapati penilaian paling tinggi ialah tahap rendah dengan peratusan 42 peratus diikuti tahap sederhana 32 peratus dan tahap baik 26 peratus. Item sosial dan komunikasi dapati penilaian paling tinggi ialah tahap baik dengan peratusan 60 peratus diikuti tahap sederhana 26 peratus dan tahap rendah 14 peratus. Item ilmu pengetahuan dapati penilaian paling tinggi ialah tahap sederhana dengan peratusan 55 peratus diikuti tahap baik 23 peratus dan tahap rendah 22 peratus. Akhirnya item amanah dan tanggungjawab dapati penilaian paling tinggi ialah tahap sederhana dengan peratusan 43 peratus diikuti tahap baik 35 peratus dan tahap rendah 22 peratus.  Hasil kajian secara amnya menggambarkan kedudukan guru agama kelulusan AIAS-PNU berada pada tahap yang sangat membimbangkan. Demikian berpunca daripada beberapa faktor sama ada aspek dalaman mahupun luaran.Dalam usaha meningkatkan pencapaian kualiti guru agama adalah tanggungjawab setiap pihak harus bekerjasama dalam memastikan pencapaian kualiti guru agama berada pada kedudukan yang memberangsangkan.

Kata kunci: professionalism keguruan; kualiti; cemerlang; alumni; intelektual

Abstract

Teacher professionalism is very important achievement that isnecessary to achieve by every religious teachers. It has a close connection to quality formation and excellence of teachers and students.The purpose of this article is to review the concept of teacher professionalism in Islamic perspective and its level of achievementamong alumni religious teachers of the Academy of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Princess of Naradhiwas University. Hence, both the qualitative and quantitative approaches are utilized. The quantitative study was obtained through interviewswith respondents who were directly involved with religious teachers, namely headmasters and school administrator committee member as many as 16 respondents.There are five items to measure the achievement of this professionalism including moral and positive practice, intellectual skills, social and communication, knowledge, trust and responsibility. The results show that the highest ratingofthe moral and positive practices item was found good levels of 40 percent and followed by a moderate level of 35 persent and a low level of 25 percent. The highest rating of the intellectual skills item was found low level of 42 percent and followed by a moderate level of 32 percent and a good level of 26 percent. The highest rating of the social and communication item was found good level of 60 percent and followed by moderate level of 26 percent and a low level of 14 percent. The highest rating of the knowledge item was found moderate level of 55 percent and followed by good level of 23 percent and a low level of 22 percent. Finally, the highest rating of the trust and responsibility item was found moderate level of 43 percent and followed by good level of 35 percent and a low level of 22 percent. The results of this study generally show the position religious teachers alumniof the AIAS-PNU are very alarming level. This is due to several factors, both internal and external to the pursuit of improving the quality of religious teachers it is the responsibility of each party to work together to ensure that the quality of religious teachers is in a satisfying position.

Keywords: teacher professionalism; quality; excellence; alumni; intellectual