Secondary Level English Language Teachers' Motivationfor Professional Development

Abstract

This study isentitled asSecondary Level English Language Teachers' Motivation for Professional Development.It aimed to explore English language teachers' motivation forprofessional developmentin the in stitutional schools and identify the challenges for professional development in the institutional schools. I used qualitative method adopting a narrative inquiry design to carry out the study.The population of the study included all thesecondary level English language teachers of the institutional schools of Kathmandu district and four teachers were selected as the sample for the study by using non-random purposive sampling. Required data was elicited conducting an open-endedin-depth interview. The data were analyzed by using the matic approach. From the dataanalyzed,it was found that some English teachers were motivated for professional developmentas their institution supports them to be involvedin different professional development activitiessuchasteacher training, conference, seminar, workshops, action research, and so on butsome ofthe teachers were not motivated because they were not sent to be involved inprofessional development activities though they were interested,school does not supportthem and administration just want them to teach and be regularin the school as well as they pay from their own pocket to be involved in trainings.Different sub-themes were generatedtogetthe results about teacher motivation for professional development such as opportunities to participate in professional development activities,relationship betweenteacher motivation and teacher professional development,teacher motivation and TPD during Covid-19,teachers' job satisfaction,demotivating factors and also identified thechallenges likelack of explicit policy and guidelines for teacher professional development,limited knowledgeamong teachers,predominance oftraditional approach,lack of robustpolicy and strategic plansand so on. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first introduction chapter consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, rationale of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions ofthe key terms. Similarly, second chapter deals with the review of theoretical as well asempirical literature and its implication for the study.Moreover, it also includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology of the study which covers design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, vii research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures, andethical considerations. Similarly, the fourth chapteri ncludes results and discussion. Finally,the fifth chapter in corporates conclusion and recommendations of this research