Strategies used by basic level english teachers for their professional development

Abstract

This study entitled Strategies Used by Basic Level English Teachers for their Professional Development attempted to find out the strategies used by basic level English teacher for their professional development, to explore the issues faced by schools teachers while applying those strategies and to suggest some pedagogical implications. In this research, all the English teachers of basic level were population for this study. Among them thirty-three Basic level English language teachers teaching in different schools of Darchula district were sampled. I used non-random purposive sampling procedure to select the sample. I used questionnaire as the major tool of the research. The collected data have been presented in tables, pie-charts and columns; and analyzed and discussed quantitatively. The main findings of the study show that the highly practiced strategies of TPD were carrying out an action research, consulting with seniors, discussing about professionalism with colleagues, participating in workshops and video conferences. The main issues, challenges, and problems they noticed were lack of access and knowledge of ICT, strategies of TPD, support from school administration, the culture of discussing about professionalism among the co-workers, the knowledge of finding the helpful sites and managing large classes and time for professionalism. The thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter. It includes background of the study, statement of the problem, rationale oof the study objectives of study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of theoretical as well as empirical literature. It also consists of implication of review of the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with methodology which incorporates research design and method, population, sample and sampling strategies, field/site of the study, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedure and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter deals with rigorous analysis of data and interpretation of results. The fifth chapter presents summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations based on this research.