Improvement of Creativity Through The Development of Self-Efficacy and Personality

Abstract

This study aims to find efforts to increase teacher creativity through the development of self-efficacy and personality. This research method uses a survey method with a correlational approach expressed by the magnitude of the correlation coefficient statistically. The measuring instrument in this study is a questionnaire with a list of positive and negative statements compiled based on indicators that are following the research variables. This research was carried out in state elementary schools throughout Gunungguruh District, Sukabumi Regency. The population of this study was civil servant teachers totaling 125 people and the total sample was 95 people. The data analysis techniques used in this study are partial correlation and double correlation. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy and teacher creativity (ry1 = 0.372), there was a positive and significant relationship between personality and teacher creativity (ry2 = 0.370), and there was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy and personality together with teacher creativity (ry12 = 0.575). This research is useful for scientific development, especially in educational management, especially in the material of self-efficacy, personality, and creativity.

Keywords: teacher’s creativity, self-efficacy, personality