Motivation and Changing Fortunes in Teachers' Output: Empirical Evidence from Selected Secondary Schools in North West Region of Cameroon

Autor/in	Kongnyuy, Patrick
Titel	Motivation and Changing Fortunes in Teachers' Output: Empirical Evidence from Selected Secondary Schools in North West Region of Cameroon
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 6 (2015) 5, S.111-118 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; Teacher Motivation; Principals; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Morale; Work Environment; Interpersonal Relationship; Teacher Promotion; Teacher Effectiveness; Models; Psychological Needs; Theories; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Teacher; Teachers; Morale; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Moral; Arbeitsmilieu; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Analogiemodell; Theory; Theorie; Kamerun
Abstract	Workers' feelings, behaviour, attached value (worth) and the environment determines the amount of effort put in for the attainment of organizational objectives. Satisfied teachers are generally productive and can influence students' achievement. This study aimed at identifying and examining the effects of motivation on teacher output in Government Secondary and High Schools in the North West Region of Cameroon. The purposive sampling technique was employed to select 75 principals to whom a 20-item self-constructed questionnaire was administered. Descriptive statistics (percentages and frequencies) were employed to answer the four research questions while inferential statistic (one sample t-test, 2-tailed) was used to test the four hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that boasting teachers' morale, promotion of teachers, good work environment and cordial interpersonal relationships positively influenced teachers' output. It was therefore recommended that principals should strengthened in-service training facilities for teachers; appointment into posts of responsibilities should consider qualification, experience and personal skills of the teacher concerned; and that trust, confidence, delegation of power and shared decision making should be encouraged amongst principals. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01