scholarly journals ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHES IN EAST JERUSALEM TOWARDS EMPLOYING ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES IN TEACHING

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (05) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
lubna NASRALLAH ◽  
Mirvat ABU ASABBIGBARIEH
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Years Of Service ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
East Jerusalem

The study aimed to identify the attitudes of secondary school teachers in East Jerusalem towards employing alternative assessment strategies in teaching, according to gender variables, years of service, educational material, and the classes they teach. In order to verify the objectives of the study, the researchers used the descriptive analytical approach by adopting a questionnaire (Bani Khalaf, 2019) with some modifications to be made in line with the current study, and the number of its paragraphs reached (32) paragraphs distributed over three areas. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of (143) teachers male and female, from the study community consisting of (780) male and female teachers. The results of the study concluded that the attitudes of secondary school teachers in East Jerusalem towards employing alternative assessment strategies were positive and to a large extent, with the overall tool obtaining an arithmetic mean of (3.74), as well as the presence of statistically significant differences due to gender variables, years of service, educational material, and grades that were taught. The results showed positive statistical differences in favor of females with the variable of gender and for those with longer experience among teachers of the twelfth grade, The results showed positive statistical differences in favor of females with the variable of gender and for those with longer experience among teachers of the twelfth grade and in favor of teachers of other subjects over teachers of science, mathematics and languages. Keywords: Attitudes, High Schools In East Jerusalem, Alternative Assessment Strategies

scholarly journals ATTITUDES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN EAST JERUSALEM TOWARDS EMPLOYING THE PORTFOLIO AS AN ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL IN TEACHING

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Mirvat Abu ASABBIGBARIEH ◽  
Lubna NASRALLA
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Years Of Service ◽  
East Jerusalem

The study aimed to identify the attitudes of secondary school teachers in East Jerusalem towards employing the achievement file "Portfolio" as an alternative assessment tool in teaching, according to gender variables, years of service, educational material, and the classes they teach. To verify the objectives of the study, the two researchers used the descriptive analytical method by constructing a questionnaire whose number of paragraphs was (15) paragraphs. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of (143) male and female teachers, from the study community consisting of (780) male and female teachers. The results of the study concluded that the attitudes of secondary school teachers in East Jerusalem towards employing the achievement file "Portfolio" as an alternative assessment tool were positive and to a medium degree, and that the overall tool obtained an arithmetic mean of (3. 40), as well as the presence of statistically significant differences due to the variables of gender, years of service and subject education and the classes they teach, came for the benefit of female teachers, long-serving teachers, 12th grade teachers, and also for teachers of subjects other than science, mathematics and languages.

scholarly journals Hardiness Behavior and Organizational Loyalty of Government Secondary School Teachers in Palestine

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Ghassan H. Hilo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The West ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Organizational Loyalty ◽  
Behavior Domain

The purpose of this study was to a) investigate hardiness behavior and organizational loyalty levels among secondary school teachers in the northern districts of the West Bank in Palestine and b) determine the effect of teachers’ gender and years of experience. The sample consisted of 396 male and female secondary school teachers, which were selected randomly from the target population. The questionnaire used in the study contained 42 items on hardiness behavior domain and 28 items for organizational loyalty domain. The results indicated that there was a moderate level of hardiness behavior among teachers (68.6%). Also, the results revealed that there were statistically significant differences due to gender and years of experience in commitment and participation items in favor of longer teaching experience. There were also statistically significant differences due to gender, and interaction between gender and years of experience, in control items in favor of males with longer teaching experience. There were significant differences due to years of experience, and interaction between gender and years of experience in the overall degree of hardiness behavior, in favor of longer teaching experience. There were significant differences due to gender and years of experience in the overall degree of organizational loyalty domain in favor of females with longer teaching experience. The researcher recommended the reinforcement of hardiness behavior and organizational loyalty levels among Palestinian teachers.

A Study of Teacher Effectiveness, General Intelligence and Creativity of Secondary School Teachers

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
Kamalpreet Kaur Toor
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Male Teachers ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Government School ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference

The present study attempts to compare teacher effectiveness, general intelligence and creativity of secondary school teachers in relation to gender and type of school. The sample for the study consisted of 850 secondary school teachers of Punjab. The findings of the study revealed that there is no significant difference in teacher effectiveness of male and female secondary school teachers. The significant main effect of type of school is independent of gender groups, i.e. government school teachers are effective both in case of male and female groups of school teachers. There is significant difference in general intelligence of male and female secondary school teachers, female teachers being more intelligent as compared to male teachers, both in case of government and private schools. The results also show that male teachers of private secondary schools are more creative than female teachers of private secondary schools but not in case of government secondary schools. Government school teachers are significantly high on creativity than private school teachers only in case of female group and not in case of male teachers. Teacher effectiveness is positively and significantly related with general intelligence and creativity among secondary school teachers.

scholarly journals Identification of the Problems Faced by Secondary School Teachers in District Karak (Pakistan)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
Qaiser Suleman ◽  
Ishtiaq Hussain ◽  
Sarfraz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Critical Position ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Pilot Testing ◽  
Teaching Learning

Teachers possess the most important and critical position in the entire education system. Successful and effective teaching learning process depends upon the quality of a teacher. The purpose of this research study was to identify the problems which affect the performance of secondary school teachers. The objectives of the study were: (a) to identify the problems faced by male and female secondary school teachers in District Karak (b) to make workable recommendations to enhance the performance of male and female secondary school teachers. All the male and female secondary school teachers in District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) constituted the population of the study. The study was delimited to only 60 female and 80 male Govt. High Schools. In order to ensure adequate representation of the population, only 120 female and 160 male secondary school teachers were selected as sample randomly. The study was descriptive type and the researchers designed a questionnaire on five likert rating scale for the collection of data. Pilot testing was conducted to remove the misconceptions, ambiguities and weakness of the questions in the questionnaire. After pilot testing the questionnaire was revised and its final version was prepared in the light of suggestions given by the experts. In order to collect data, the researchers personally visited to the respective participants and distributed questionnaires among them and data was collected. Then it was organized, tabulated and analyzed. For the statisitcal analysis of the data, the percentage, means, standard deviations, and differences of means were computed for each male and female SSTs. Significance of difference between the mean opinions of both the male and females SSTs were tested at 0.05 level by applying t-test. After statistical analysis of the data, the researchers arrived at the conclusions that there are various problems which negatively affect the performance of secondary school teachers. These problems are: unattractive pay package; lack of basic facilities; overcrowded classes; misbehaviors of students; financial crises of teachers; overwork load; long distance to school; autocratic environment inside school etc. In the light of the findings and conclusions, it is recommended that teachers should be given attractive salaries and pay scale. Educational facilities should be provided to them. Heads of the institutions should be democratic minded and adopted the principles of equality. KEYWORDS: Identification, problems, secondary school teachers, secondary school level

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction of Teachers In Relation to Professional Commitment

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liyaqat Bashir
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Meaningful Interaction

Teaching is a highly noble profession and teachers are always a boon to the society. The ultimate process of education could be simplified as a meaningful interaction between the teacher and the taught. The teacher thus plays a direct and crucial role in molding a pupil towards education. Since a teacher is a role model for the students, job satisfaction and professional commitment of teachers become very vital in the fields of education. Thus the researcher felt the need to investigate the job satisfaction in relation to professional commitment of secondary school teachers. The sample of this study consisted of 300 teachers selected from Punjab in India. Job Satisfaction Scale standardized by Dr. (Mrs.) Meera Dixit (1993) and Professional Commitment scale developed by Dr. Ravinder Kaur and Sarabjit Kaur (2011) was administered to collect the data. The result indicates that there exists a significant difference between male and female secondary school teachers in their job satisfaction and there exists no significant difference between male and female secondary school teachers in their professional commitment. Further result shows that there exists positive significant relationship between job satisfaction and professional commitment. This proves that job satisfaction and professional commitment are significantly related to each other.

scholarly journals The Degree of Practice Educational Islamic Methods by Secondary School Teachers from Male and Female Students Viewpoints in Taif: درجة ممارسة معلمي ومعلمات المرحلة الثانوية للأساليب التربوية الإسلامية من وجهة نظر الطلاب والطالبات بمدينة الطائف

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (40) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhlid Srih Alqethami
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Educational Methods ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Training Courses

This study aimed to identify the degree of secondary school teachers' practice of Islamic educational methods in Taif. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire consisting of (42) items was built and developed, covering five areas: Method of Education in (good example, the story, proverbs, reward and punishment, dialogue). The validity and reliability were verified, and the study sample was (500) male and female students. The most important results of the study the degree of secondary school teachers' practice of Islamic educational methods in Taif is moderate in all areas with a total mean of (3.35). The researcher recommends holding training courses for male and female teachers to use and enhance Islamic educational methods in the educational process and sensitize them to the positive effects of using Islamic educational methods in order to raise the degree of practice of these methods.

scholarly journals Professional Commitment of Secondary School Teachers in relation to their Self-Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Hadiya Habib
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
The Self ◽  
Professional Commitment ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Relationship

In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to study and compare the Professional Commitment of secondary school teachers, to study and compare the Self-efficacy of secondary school teachers and to find out the relationship between Professional Commitment and Self-efficacy of secondary school teachers. A sample of 100 teacher educators working in government schools of district Ganderbal was selected through Purposive sampling technique. Professional Commitment Scale for teacher educators by Sood (2011) and Teacher Self-efficacy scale by Ralf Schwarzer, Gerdamarie S.Schmitz and Gary T. Dayter (1999) were used for data collection. Mean, SD and t-test were used to compare the professional commitment of male and female secondary school teachers and to compare self-efficacy of male and female secondary school teachers. Pearson’s correlation was applied to find out the relationship between Professional Commitment and Self-efficacy of secondary school teachers. The findings of the study revealed that female secondary school teachers have higher professional commitment as compare as to male secondary school teachers. No significant difference was found in the Self-efficacy of secondary school teachers and significant positive correlation was found between Professional Commitment and Self-efficacy of secondary school teachers.

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (46) ◽  
pp. 11230-11237
Author(s):  
Sipra Ray
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Professional Attitude ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Role Of Teachers

The role of teachers in society is vital. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan said, "Teacher's place in society is of vital importance." He acts as a pivot for the transmission of intellectual, traditional and technical skills from generation to generation and helps to keep the lamp of civilization burning and shining. He not only guides individuals, but also decides the destiny of the Nation. The status of teachers reflects the socio-cultural ethos of the society. It is said that no pupil can rise above the level of its teachers. The present article is an attempt to find out the dependable answer to the question raised previously. Adjustment and professional attitude are two interdependable variables which influence behaviour of male and female teachers.

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