scholarly journals Impact of Distance Learning on the Professional Development of English Language Prospective Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 239-250
Author(s):  
Aroona Hashmi ◽  
Fasiha Altaf ◽  
Mubashara Akhar
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
One Way Anova

The present study was conducted to explore the impact of distance learning on the professional development of prospective English teachers who applied for the TEFL programme designed and organized by Allama Iqbal Open University. The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of distance learning on the professional development of English teachers. Through stratified random sampling technique (30 males and 45 females) were selected as a sample. The questionnaire was developed to assess the impact of distance learning. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques were applied to analyze the data. The independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the demographic variables. The findings revealed that the majority of the participants were satisfied with the TEFL programme as it is catering to all the required learning needs of the teachers, and they were of the view that this programme has profound effects in terms of their professional development.

scholarly journals Fostering the Teaching of English Language in Nigeria Primary Schools: the Need for Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development and Training

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Obateru, Oluwatoyin Tolu
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
And Training

This article highlights how English language teachers professional development and training programmes fosters teachers’ professional competences in the teaching of the subject. English Language is vital in developing communication and social skills in learners as it does empower learners to compete favorably with their peers around the world. The ex-post factor approach of the survey design was adopted in the study. A random sampling technique was used to select twenty primary schools in Oyo state, Nigeria, with 168 English teachers who were currently undergoing the SUBEB/UBEC teacher professional development programme (2018). Two instruments: Teacher Teaching Competence Scale (TTCS) with Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.68 and the Teachers Checklist Observation Scale (TCOS) with Scott Pi reliability coefficient of 0.71 were used for data collection. The data collection lasted for a period of fourteen weeks. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and correlation at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed that teacher’ attendance and exposure to a professional development and training programme; does enhance their professional teaching competences. It is therefore expedient that stakeholders in the education sector; especially governmental agencies, sponsor and encourage practicing primary teachers in attending and participating in professional development programmes; incentives should also be given to these teachers. This will go a long way at ensuring that these teachers look forward to attending such programmes at any time in the future

scholarly journals The Effect of Length of Service and Demographic Variables on Organisational Role Stress of Public Sector Bank Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Vijay Prakash Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Role Stress ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organizational Role ◽  
Bank Employees ◽  
The Impact

The study explores the impact of length of service and demographic variables on the organizational role stress on the public sector bank employees. The questionnaire employed in this study is Organisational Role Stress (ORS) scale developed by Prof. Udai Pareek (1983) where the length of service, gender, age, education, number of family members and income are independent variables and Organisational Role Stress (ORS) is the dependent variable. The sample for the study consist of 415 public sector bank employees. Simple random sampling is used as a sampling technique. Data were analyzed using Multiple Regression. The results revealed that length of service, age, education, and income significantly impact the organizational role stress (ORS) on the public sector bank employees.

Leveraging a Professional Development School Project to Address Students' Learning in Elementary School Mathematics

2016 ◽  
pp. 1537-1546
Author(s):  
Drew Polly
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Professional Development School ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Elementary School Mathematics ◽  
School Project ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
School Partnership ◽  
The Impact

This chapter presents the partnership between a university faculty member and an elementary school that started to address students' learning needs regarding mathematics. This chapter provides: a) an overview of learner-centered professional development as a framework for this Professional Development School partnership, b) a description of the various professional development activities, c) and a summary of the impact of the project on instruction and student achievement. The chapter closes with recommendations for establishing and maintaining PDS partnerships focused on addressing students' learning needs.

scholarly journals Oral Cancer: Awareness Among People of Biratnagar

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Durga Devi Chaulagain ◽  
Kamal Prasad Parajuli ◽  
Bhumika Khatiwada
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chewing Tobacco ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
The People ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

 Background: Increased use of tobacco and tobacco products result into increment of patients with oral cancer. Many people are still unaware of the consequences of chewing tobacco. Approximately 19% of participants had adequate knowledge of awareness, large number of participants, i.e., 73% had moderate knowledge of awareness and 8% of the participants had inadequate level of awareness about oral cancer. Methods and materials: Analytical cross-sectional research design was used for the study. Samples were selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. Frequencies, mean and standard deviations were used to describe the socio-demographic variables. Independent t-test and one-way ANOVA test were used to find the main difference of awareness scores by socio-demographic variables. Results: Among 90 participants, 18% had adequate level of awareness, 73% had moderate and 7.8% of participants had inadequate level of awareness regarding oral cancer. Conclusion: The study showed that awareness regarding oral cancer among the people of Biratnagar Metropolitan City is moderate. The study emphasizes that the effects must be made to make people aware of oral cancer.Journal of Nobel Medical CollegeVolume 7, Number 1, Issue 12, January-June 2018, Page: 60-64

The Impact of Teacher Education on In-service English Teachers’ Beliefs about Self

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwei Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Belief Change ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Teacher Belief ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
High School English ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
The Impact

This was a qualitative study carried out in the context of 2013 National Teacher Training Program for Junior High School English Teachers in Chongqing China, intending to reveal the impact of the program on four in-service English teachers’ beliefs about self (i. e., about English teachers). Rich data were collected throughout the process of training which lasted for 100 days, including semi-structured interviews, teachers’ class analysis reports, professional development plans, periodic summaries and so on. The findings were interpreted with the help of the classification framework of teacher belief change proposed by Cabaroglu and Roberts, which showed that the impact of the program on these four in-service English teachers’ beliefs about English teachers’ roles, excellent English teachers and English teachers’ professional development was considerable, however, the degree, the nature and the sources of the impact varied across individual teachers.

scholarly journals Educational Policy: Voices from Local English Teachers and Students towards National Exam in Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Laser Romios ◽  
Nindya Primandita ◽  
Novilda Angela Saragih
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
School Level ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Government

<p class="AbstractText">This study is aimed at exploring the voices of English teachers and students of a state senior high school towards the National Exam policy and its implementation in Indonesia. Several theories of psychology and language learning were applied in this study as the theoretical framework. This study used a descriptive qualitative method. The participants were chosen by purposive sampling technique. The data for this study were garnered through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) conducted to the selected twelfth-grade students and semi-structured interviews done to two English teachers. Both data were analyzed descriptively. Upon the analysis, two paramount themes prevailed: (1) the negative response towards the implementation and accuracy of National Exam (NE) policy in Indonesia; and (2) unintended impacts of NE policy on teaching and learning activity, students’ motivation, and English Language Learning and Curriculum. This study offers information for the government as the policymaker, school leaders, teachers, and researchers to understand how the NE is implemented at the school level.</p>

scholarly journals Impact of GST on MSMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S6) ◽  
pp. 688-694
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
High Compliance ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Taxation System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

MSME play a vital in the economical progress of the Countries, so the implementation of GST has had an immense outcome on the continued existence in the market. Some enterprises found it helpful however majority visage problem in adopting it. For existing enterprises, GST simplified the tax structure, unified the market thus improved among all operational efficiencies of MSME, to this point the unorganized MSMEs were growing quick than the organized ones as a result of the minimization, with GST in effect, it has made the taxation system transparent thus making the entities liable for tax payment. This paper brought out issues and challenges experienced by MSME Entrepreneur. In order to find out the impact on various aspect such as applying of GST, created the registration for taxation and High Compliance burden by using Cluster Random Sampling Technique in which 158 MSME Entrepreneur were selected in Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu for the study. The statistical tools used for the analysis is one-way ANOVA. ANOVA is used to identify the significance of the difference in the levels of impact of GST among MSMEs. It was concluded that the impact of GST on the Indian MSME sector can go both positive and negative ways

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