The Level and Dimensions of Resilience of Trainee Teachers at Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia Md Shah Kamarul1,*, Mukhtar Farah2 1Lecturer, School of Social and Economic, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia 2Lecturer, Teacher Education Institute of Malaysia, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia *Corresponding Author: Kamarul Md Shah 1Lecturer, School of Social and Economic, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia Email: kamarul.shah@umt.edu.my
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Resilience is one of the important aspects that can improve a person's ability to handle stress and adapt to a situation. Resilience brings many advantages, especially for the students at the Teacher Education Institute (TEI) and the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in particular to improve academic achievement and personal skills. However, there were not many studies done on resilience in Malaysia. This research is conducted to identify the resilience level and dimension among trainee teachers and their differences based on gender. The respondents consist of 172 semester eight students and this study uses purposive random sampling. This study used the Dispositional Resilience Scale Questionnaires to answer the research questions. The results showed that the overall mean score of resilience is at high level. Apart from that, the findings also showed that respondents have moderate level of dimension of control and challenge than the dimensions of commitment which is at moderate level. The findings also found that there were significant differences according to gender. This study has implications on the teacher training and also teaching and learning methods practiced in the TEI in order to develop the attitude of perseverance among future teachers towards the quality of novice teachers. Top Keywords Resilience, Stress, Trainee teachers, Novice teachers. Top |