Collegial Relationship between the Novice and Experienced English Language Teachers for Professional Development

Abstract

This research work entitled"Collegial Relationship Between the Novice and Experienced Teachers for Professional Development"has been carried out to find out the collegial relationship between the novice and experienced teacher for professional development. The study was carried out considering the significance of the collegial relationship between the teachers. The primary data was collected from the twenty English teachers, among them they were sixteen English teachers teaching in different levels in secondary school in Kathmandu valley and four were student teachers.The data were collected by using the snowball sampling procedure. The data obtained from the respondents through the interview have been transcribed analyzed and interpreted.The study shows that almost all the teachers teaching in different levels in secondary school have argued that the collegial relationship between the novice and experienced teacher was more important. They used to consult with other teachers whom they were familiar with. But most of the teachers had argued that there was a kind of gap between some teachers;the gaps between the teachers seemed harmful for the professional development of teachers. They wanted to work in group but neither theinstitute nor the teachers wanted to work collaboratively together. This thesis comprises four chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction,review of the related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter Two deals with the procedure adopted to carry out the research. It contains information about the sources of data, population of study, sampling procedure, tools, process of data collection,and limitations of the study.Chapter Three consists of the analysis and interpretation of the data.And chapter Four deals with the major findings of the study on the basis of the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. It also deals with some recommendations made, based on the major findings of the study. Finally, Chapter Four is followed by the references and appendices.