Teachers’Perceptionson Teacher Training and its Usefulness

Abstract

The study entitled Teachers’ Perceptions on Teacher Training conducted by NELTA and its usefulness in terms of professional development, critical thinking, lesson planning,teaching grammar through games, classroom management strategies,and classroom language. I used non-random purposive sampling procedure to select thirty-five teachers teaching in community schools in Kathmandu district. I used questionnaire including both closed and open-ended questions as the research tool. The major findings of there search showed that the teachers viewed that the teacher training provided by NELTAisthe most essential and inevitable for their professional growth. Most of the teachers responded that professional development training enhanced their professional qualities. Some teachers viewed that training on critical thinking was useful to develop critical thinking on their students. A good majority of the teachers responded that lesson planning training was fruitful to design effective lesson plan. Most of the teachers viewed that classroom managements trategiesem powered their classroom management skills.A large numbers of teachers responded that training greatly improved their confidence and skills to teach grammar through games. Similarly,almost all of the teachers viewed that training was applicable to use language based on students’ level,need and interest in classroom. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter introduces background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions,significance of the study, and delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with review of the or etical literature, review of related empirical literature,implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework for the study.The third chapter incorporates design and method of the study,population,sample and sampling strategy, research tools,sources of data, data collection procedures, data ix analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of data. The fifth chapter presents the findings, conclusion and recommendations of this research indifferent areas such as policy related, practice related and further research related. References and appendices are included in concluding part of the thesis.