Teacher Demotivating Factors in Nepalese ELT Context : A Narrative Inquiry

Abstract

This study entitled Teacher Demotivating Factors in Nepalese ELT Context: A Narrative Inquiry was conducted to explore the factors causing for job quitting among Nepalese English Teachers. Similarly, it also aimed to examine the job motivation among Nepalese English teachers. I used qualitative research design and adopted narrative inquiry as the method to carry out this research work. The population of the research included all the secondary level English language teachers from Kathmandu valley. Four English language teachers were selected as the sample for the study by using non- random purposive sampling. I conducted open ended in-depth interview to elicit the required data. The data were analyzed by using thematic approach. From the analysis and interpretation of the data, it was found that the participants were motivated towards teaching before entering into teaching profession but gradually their interest started decreasing day by day. Low salary, heavy workload, political interference, lack of passion in teaching were found as the factors motivating for job quitting among Nepalese English Teachers. However, they expected to be provided better payment, effective environment for teaching, justifiable workload and for evaluation on the basis of their performance in order to be involved in teaching for a long. 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 is about the review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study. Moreover, it also 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. Finally, 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. The references and the appendices are also included for the validation of the research at the end of the study.