Models Followed by Secondary Level Teachers for Professional Development

Abstract

The present study entitled Models Followed by Secondary Level English Teachers for Their Professional Development aimed to find out the models employed by English language teachers of Banke district. It also aimed to give some pedagogical implications based on findings. The research study was mainly based on the primary sources of data which was collected from secondary schools of Banke district.The schools were selected by using non-random purposive sampling procedure.Open-ended questions were used as tool to collect data.The open-ended question consisted of 27 questions on three different models. The systematically collected data have been analyzed and interpreted descriptively and analytically. This study shows that almost all the secondary level English language teachers had positive attitude towards different models. It also shows some models were employed by secondary level English language teachers of Banke district. The craft model was mostly used model because the teachers considered craft model to bean effective means for their professional development. This study consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background of the study, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology used in the study, i.e. sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools of data collection,process of data collection, and limitations of the study. The third chapter is the main part of the study. This chapter presents the systematically collected data which have been analyzed and interpreted descriptively and analytically. The fourth chapter deals with the major findings, and recommendations which have been derived on the basis of analysis and interpretation of data. The fourth chapter is followed by the reference and appendices.