scholarly journals A Study of Stimulating Factors in Self-Motivated Professional Development among Teachers at University Level

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (II) ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Fauzia Mushtaq ◽  
Iftikhar Ahmad Baig ◽  
Namra Munir
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
University Level

The purpose of this study is to find out the factors which stimulate university teachers towards self-motivated professional development at university level. It was a descriptive study based on survey design; a mixed methods design was selected to collect the data through mixed method techniques. 200 questionnaires were distributed with the help of the snowball sampling technique, which helped in reaching 57 teachers for interview. Thematic Analysis, Descriptive Statistics and Chi- Square Test were applied to data. The result shows the intrinsic factors of stimulation were self-thrust towards excellence, respect, acknowledgment and inner satisfaction. On the contrary, extrinsic factors were a good salary package, promotion, better social and professional status and ability to cope with the advanced educational requirements. The study recommends that action through teachers’ consideration, reflection and shared vision may include extrinsic and intrinsic factors of motivation.

scholarly journals Learning to Teach in Higher Education for Sustainable Professional Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Bibi Haroon ◽  
N. B. Jumani ◽  
Kehkashan Arouj
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Academic Management ◽  
Chi Square Test

The role of teacher in higher education is very complex. It is recognized that academicians have a greater responsibility to pursue excellence in several directions including leadership, academic management, teaching skills, pursuing scholarships, research and knowledge exchange, supervision, and many more to maintain their professional status.  Academic practice is a term to encompass all these sides. The main objective of the study is to take the views of the teachers about the participation in different learning opportunities and to see their effect for sustainable professional development of university teachers. All the teachers of public sector universities in Islamabad and Rawalpindi encompass the population of the study. Using purposive sampling technique, data was collected through questionnaires. Chi-square test through SPSS was applied to analyze the data.  Data was presented in the form of tables, percentage with graphs and the results were interpreted accordingly.

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 An Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Methamphetamine/ICE use in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Sameer Ul Khaliq Jan ◽  
Hamid Alam ◽  
Ayub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Exam Preparation ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Causative Factors ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Chi Square Test

The present study aims to analyze the causative factors which are responsible for the use of a stimulant drug methamphetamine which is commonly known as ice. For this purpose, data were collected from the two districts, i.e. Peshawar and Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A conceptual framework consists of Independent variable (ice use frequency) and dependent variables (risk factors). Data was collected through a structured questionnaire from a sample of 180 ice users by a snowball sampling technique. A Chi-square test was applied to examine the association between independent and dependent variables. The results reveal that a significant (p=0.05) association was found between various risk factors, i.e. easy availability, friends insistence, try out new experiences/curiosity, and use of ice for exam preparation with frequent use of ice. The study recommends that awareness may be created through educational, religious institution and media for the prevention and rehabilitation of ice addiction.

scholarly journals COVID-19 vaccine demand, hesitancy, and nationalism: a case of protection motivation behavior in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 1388-1395
Author(s):  
Mostafizur Rahman ◽  
Afnan Hossain ◽  
Abu Sufian ◽  
Nahida Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Protection Motivation ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Specific Health

Introduction: Immunization, as a process of fighting against the COVID-19, has gained important research appeal, but very limited endeavor has been paid for vaccine behavioral studies in underdeveloped and developing countries. This study explores the vaccine demand, hesitancy, and nationalism as well as vaccine acceptance and domestic vaccine preference among young adults in Bangladesh. Methodology: This quantitative study followed the snowball sampling technique and collected responses from 1,018 individuals from various social media platforms. The analysis covered both descriptive and inferential statistics including chi-square, F-statistic, and logistic regression. Results: The findings of the fully-adjusted regression model suggest that the individuals who had more vaccine demand were 3.29 times (95% confidence interval = 2.39-4.54; p < 0.001) higher to accept vaccine compared to those who had no vaccine demand. Conversely, vaccine hesitancy was negatively associated with vaccine acceptance. Here, the odds ratio was found 0.70 (95% confidence interval = 0.62-0.80; p < 0.001), which means that those who had higher vaccine hesitancy were about 30% less likely to accept vaccines than those who had no hesitancy. In addition, the persons who had vaccine nationalism were 1.75 times (95% confidence interval = 1.62-1.88; p < 0.001) more prone to prefer domestic vaccine. Conclusions: This study suggests that policymakers may take initiatives for making people aware and knowledgeable about the severity and vulnerability to specific health threats. In this concern, perception and efficacy-increasing programs may take part in increasing protection motivation behaviors like vaccine acceptance and (domestic) vaccine preference.

scholarly journals Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Influencing Employee Motivation: Lessons from AMREF Health Africa in Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Morangi Nyambegera ◽  
Caroline Njambi Gicheru
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Intrinsic Factors ◽  
Salary Structure ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Correlation Statistics ◽  
Extrinsic And Intrinsic Factors

<p>The purpose of the study was to determine the factors that influence employee motivation in Kenyan Organizations. The study was guided by the following research questions: (i) what are the extrinsic factors that influence employee motivation in AMREF Health Africa in Kenya? (ii) what intrinsic factors influence employee motivation in AMREF Health Africa in Kenya? A descriptive research design was adopted. Stratified random sampling technique was used to draw a sample size of 96 respondents. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire developed by the researchers.  A set of descriptive and correlation statistics were adopted for analysis. The study identified several intrinsic factors that influence employee motivation. These included employee achievements, recognition, work itself, responsibility and advancement, salary structure, the level to which the employees feel appreciated, and the employee perception of their jobs among other factors. The study further, established that the intrinsic factors that influence employee motivation include empowerment and autonomy, employees’ view of their work, organization trust, skill variety requirements among others. The study recommends that the organization should acknowledge and make use of a proper mix of extrinsic and intrinsic factors in their human resource management practices to ensure that employees are well motivated to perform their tasks.</p>

Leadership training and delivery prospects of team leaders in Communication Network Support Services Limited, Ilorin

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulahi G. Olatunji ◽  
Ademola Ojelabi ◽  
Abdulwaheed A. Isiaq ◽  
Issah Moshood ◽  
Amali S. Ewaoda
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Training ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Team Leaders ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Network Support

Training and development of staff has been one of the key focuses of every human resources department of any formal work organisation. This is as a result of the realisation that training is an important determinant of people’s behaviour as well as their general delivery ability at work. In realisation of this, intellectuals and researchers in industrial relations generally have put vested interest in the phenomena of training and work delivery ability. However, despite the enormous volume of literatures available in this regard, very few among them have specifically examined the importance of leadership training as a possible determinant of work delivery. Thus, this study is an attempt to cover this gap. In order to achieve this objective, survey design was used as the research design for the study. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents, while simple random sampling technique was used to select the study sample. Frequency distribution and percentage were used as descriptive tools, while chi-square was used as an inferential statistical tool in the study. The study found out that leadership training has a significant relationship with the identified work delivery elements measured in the study. The study concluded that leadership training has a significant effect on delivery ability of team leaders and thus recommended that leadership training should be given utmost priority in work organisations so that work delivery prospects of the employees could be realised.

scholarly journals The Influence of Service Convenience towards Consumer Continuance Usage Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3936-3945
Author(s):  
Narehan Hassan Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Service Convenience ◽  
Continuance Usage ◽  
Post Purchase ◽  
Continuance Usage Intention

This research was conducted to examine the effects of service convenience dimensions (search convenience, evaluation convenience, transaction convenience, possession convenience and post purchase convenience) towards consumer continuance usage intention when using mobile shopping (m-shopping) application. In this study, data was collected using questionnaire as the instrument. Snowball sampling technique was applied distributed to mobile shoppers vie e-survey (google forms) within the period of one month. After the period, four hundred and twenty questionnaires were collected, but only three hundred and ninety-nine were found usable for further analysis. The findings revealed that service convenience dimensions (search convenience, evaluation convenience and possession convenience) had positive influence on consumer continuance usage intention, whereas the other two sub-dimensions, which were transaction and post-purchase convenience did not influence future continuance intention. This research also suggests several recommendations for future research. Among others, future researchers could explore demographic and psychographic elements as the moderating variables, and to include extrinsic factors like buying situation to investigate if these variables could influence consumer continuance usage intention. Besides, it is suggested that future researchers to expand the theoretical framework by adding mediator or moderating variables.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Bank Products Appeal across Demographic Consideration: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5(J)) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Binuyo Binuyo ◽  
Aregbeshola . ◽  
Rafiu Adewale .
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Low Probability ◽  
Good Number ◽  
Snowball Sampling Technique

Influence of demographic variables on banking has continued to attract the interest of researchers over the years with a good number focussing on impact of demographic variables on choice of banks by customers. This study however differs from previous studies in that its focus is on the evaluation of bank products appeal across demographic variables in South Africa and Nigeria. This descriptive study made use of primary data collected by administering validated and pre-tested questionnaires to 3,684 bank customers within selected strategic locations across Nigeria and South Africa using the snowball sampling technique. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data generated. High Chi-Square statistics (corroborated with cross – tabulation and correlation analyses) coupled with very low probability values indicate highly significant associations between demographic variables and the dependent variables. The study recommends customer-centric approach on the part of banks to be able to provide customers with effective and unique value offers for various customer segments. Also, policy intervention is required to promote infrastructural upgrade for better product and service delivery. A more inclusive regulatory framework is required to draw more of the unbanked self – employed populace in the interest of boosting the economic performance of both countries.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN STATUS GIZI DENGAN MENSTRUASI DINI

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1401-1407
Author(s):  
Tutin Marlia
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Nutrition Status ◽  
P Value ◽  
Hormonal Changes ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

ABSTRAKMenarche merupakan menstruasi pertama yang biasa terjadi pada seorang gadis pada masa pubertas, yang biasanya muncul usia 11 sampai 14 tahun.Banyak hal yang mempengaruhi menarche pada remaja putri, antara lain adanya perubahan hormon yang mempengaruhi kematangan sel dan asupan gizi yang dikonsumsi saat menjelang datangnya menarche. Akhir-akhir ini, remaja putri sering mengalami menstruasi dini, dimana usia rata-rata saat menstruasi dimulai adalah antara 12-13 tahun, tetapi pada sebagian kecil remaja putri yang tampak normal,menarche mungkin muncul pada usia sedini 10 tahun atau selambat 16 tahun. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui Hubungan Status Gizi dengan Menstruasi Dini. Jenis Penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan desain survei analitik dengan menggunakan rancangan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswi SMPN II Indramayu yang berjumlah 137 orang, teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan sampel random sampling secara acak sistematis dengan kriteria inklusi siswa yang sudah menstruasi yaitu sejumlah 97 orang. Tehnik analisa data menggunakan uji Chi Square.Hasil penelitian ini adalah terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara status gizi responden dengan menstruasi dini dengan nilai P value 0.003.Kata Kunci: Status Gizi, Menstruasi Dini ABSTRACTMenarche is the first menstruation that usually occurs in a girl at puberty, which usually appears at aged 11 to 14 years old. Many things affect menarche in young women, including hormonal changes that affect cell maturity and nutritional intake consumed just before the arrival of menarche. Lately, young women often experience early menstruation, where the average age when menstruation begins is between 12-13 years old, but in a small proportion of adolescent girls who appear normal, menarche may appear as early as 10 years old or as late as 16 years old. The purpose of this study was to determine the Relationship of Nutrition Status and Early Menstruation.This type of research used in this research is quantitative with analytic survey design using cross sectional design. The population in this study were 137 students of SMPN II Indramayu, the sampling technique in this study used systematic random random sampling with the inclusion criteria of 97 menstruating students. Data analysis techniques using the Chi Square testThe results of this study show that there is a significant relationship between the nutritional status of respondents with early menstruation with the P value of 0.003.Keywords: Nutrition Status, Early Menstruation

scholarly journals How COVID-19 is Affecting Apprentices

BioMedica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2S) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
Shamaila Hassnain ◽  
Naureen Omar
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
World Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The World

<p><strong>Background and Objective:</strong> Coronavirus induced disease (COVID-19) is affecting people all around the world. The rising number of deaths due to COVID-19 is not only harassing people but also causing strong emotions in adults as well as in children due to anxiety, fear and stress. The objective of this study was to assess the fears, anxiety and stress due to COVID-19 pandemic and related issues among the apprentices at various levels in different parts of world. <strong>Methods: </strong>It was a cross sectional survey design to assess the students/trainee&rsquo;s immediate psychological response during COVID-19 outbreak by using an anonymous online questionnaire. A snowball sampling technique was conducted focusing general public all around the world from 3rd April 2020 till 7th April 2020. A total of N=354 participants filled the form completely. The structured questionnaire collected information on demographic data and psychological aspect of this outbreak, including extreme fear and uncertainty. <strong>Results:</strong> A total of N = 354 participants completed the questionnaire; majority were from the age group of 21&ndash;30 years. Approximately 66.4% were females and 33.6% males. Participants from Asia were 83.6% while 9.9%, 3.4%, 2.8% and 1% from America/Canada, Europe, Africa and Australia respectively. Out of n = 354 participants 59.3% were relying on health professionals for authentic source of information regarding COVID-19 while 16.4%, 15% and 5.4% considered social media, television and World Health Organization (WHO) website respectively as their authentic guide. Out of the (n = 354) participants 80.5% were afraid about health status during COVID-19 most predominantly females (66.3%) (P = 0.000). A total of 65.8% participants felt agitated or irritated in this outbreak. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> COVID-19 lockdowns are affecting both physical and mental health of students and apprentices enrolled at different levels of education. Females are more affected and concerned to their loved ones and themselves. Working norms are being maintained and responsibilities are being fulfilled despite this grave situation.</p>

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