English Language Teachers’ Motivation in Professional Development

Abstract

This study entitled English Language Teachers’ Motivation in Professional Development was conducted to explore English language teachers’ motivation for teaching and professional development. Similarly, it also aimed to identify the role of teachers’ motivation in professional development. I used mixed methods design to carry out the research work. The population of the research consisted of all the basic and secondary level English language teachers of Dhading district. Forty English language teachers were selected as the sample for the study through purposive non-random sampling procedures. I administered questionnaire and conducted semi-structured interview to elicit the required information. The data were analyzed and interpreted statistically and descriptively to derive findings of the study. It was found that teaching is not the first choice of career for all the English language teachers. It was explored that job enrichment, flexible working hours, merit pay, and incentives were the significant strategies for motivating teachers in teaching and professional development. It was also found that improving teaching and students learning, personal and professional development, preparing plan for instruction are the major roles of teacher motivation. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the study which consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, second chapter contains of review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study; moreover, it includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study which covers design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures, and ethical considerations. In the same way, the fourth chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data. Furthermore, the fifth chapter incorporates the findings and conclusion of the study followed by some policy related, practice related, and further research related recommendation based on the study. Finally, the references and the appendices, which are necessary for the validation of the research, have also been presented.