A Comparative Study of the Attitude of the Male and Female Elementary School Teachers towards Teaching Profession

Autor/inn/en	Farrukh, Irshad Ahmad; Shakoor, Uzma
Titel	A Comparative Study of the Attitude of the Male and Female Elementary School Teachers towards Teaching Profession
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Educational Development, 5 (2018) 2, S.227-239 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2310-0869
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Teacher Attitudes; Gender Differences; Teaching (Occupation); Elementary School Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Inservice Teacher Education; Foreign Countries; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerfortbildung; Ausland
Abstract	The process of education is shaped and made by the teachers who play a pivotal role in web of educational system. Teaching characteristically is a moral enterprise and its function is aimed at guiding and working desirable growth in others. The need to know more about teacher and teaching stems not only from the commonness of the phenomenon, but also from the realization that our notion of teacher and teaching guides our future endeavors. There is a dearth of empirical evidence about the attitude of teachers towards their profession. Quantitative research methodology was deployed using descriptive design. The study included 160 pre and in-service elementary school teachers for which equal representative was given to pre and in-service teachers and both genders. The participants included 80 male and 80 female teachers. A three point validated and reliable attitude scale was used to gather the data which comprised 30 statements. The results of the present study revealed that the majority of teachers working in the elementary school and also the prospective one's had less or not favorable attitude towards the teaching profession. The reasons for such attitude seemed to be justifiable, because of the working conditions and academic environment in schools as mentioned by the teachers were sufficient enough to be the great source of influence, development and reinforcement of a particular type of attitude. The study recommends the induction of teachers with the positive and more favorable attitude towards teaching profession. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01