Publication: Factors affectng students` motivation towards learning Islamic Education subject in secondary school
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Motivation in religious education
Motivation (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islamic education, Higher -- Malaysia
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The purpose of this study is to examine the factors affecting students’ motivation towards learning Islamic Education subject at the secondary level of the International Islamic School (IIS) in Malaysia. An instrument consisting of self-constructed questionnaire was designed to obtain data for this study. This questionnaires using 5-point Likert scale, has 32 items measuring demographic information and four constructs which are; Students’ Motivation (SM), Parental Influence (PI), Pedagogy in Teaching (SM) and Teachers’ Morality (PM) which are theorized could influence students’ general motivation in learning the subject. The questionnaires were distributed to 170 respondents who were determined using non-probabilistic quota sampling. The data findings of this study suggested that the respondents’ motivation towards learning Islamic Education subject is influenced by all the four constructs above; Students Motivation (SM), Parental Influence (PI), Pedagogy in Teaching (PT) and Teachers. Morality (TM).