Teachers' Beliefs on The Qualities of Teacher
Date
2014
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Faculty of Education
Abstract
The present study entitled 'Teacher's Beliefs on the Qualities of
Teacher' has been carried out under the Department of English
Education, University Campus, Kirtipur , Kathmandu. The main
objective of this research work was to find out beliefsof English
teachers on some qualities (personal, social and professional)
required for teaching, and also to identify the challenges faced
by the teachers in their teaching language courses. To meet the
specified objectives of the study, questionnaire was used to
collect the dataand 40 English teachers from twenty different +2
schools andcollege level of Kathmandu valley were the sample
of this study. Thepurposive non-random samplingprocedure was
used to select the sample. The data obtained from the research
tools was analyzed statistically and descriptively by using graphic
presentation such as tables, graphs etc. It was identified that the
majority of the experienced teachers (35%) believedon the social
and professional qualities which are more important in
comparison to personal qualities in their learning. There are
specific challenges that a teacher faces for example, to use of
first language, lack of materials, homework assignment and
training etc.
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The whole thesisconsists of five chapters. Chapter one deals
with general background, statement of problem, rationaleof the
study, objectives, research question and operational definition of
key terms. The second chapter consists of literature review,
implication of the literature review and theoretical framework of
the study. The third chapter deals with design of thestudy,
population of the study, sampling procedures, data collection
tools, data collection procedures and data analysis and
interpretation procedure s. similarly, the fourth chapter covers the
whole discussion and last chapter incorporates summary,
conclusions and implications of the study. The final section of the
study incorporates the references and appendices.
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Keywords
Teachers, language