Problems Faced by Female Mathematics Teachers at Basic Level
Date
2020
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Faculty Mathematics Education
Abstract
Mathematics is essential in many fields including natural science, engineering
Medicine, finance and the social science .it is a way of thinking, a way of organizing a
logical proof. Since ancient time, Mathematics has been a very useful tool for
disciplines other than itself.
The study was carried out to study of the problem faced by basic level female
mathematics teachers in teaching mathematics. The purpose of the study was to
identify the problems being faced by female mathematics teachers at basic level in
Kaski District and to compare these problems in Rural and Urban areas. This study
was survey type, analytic descriptive and comparative in nature. The population for
this study was all female mathematics teachers who teach mathematics at basic level
of Kaski District. 14 female teachers were chosen from the population as a purposive
sampling. In which 7 were from Urban and 7 were from the school of Rural areas in
the district. Among them fourteen teachers were untrained. For the analysis of data
statistical tools like mean weightage were used. While comparing those problems
between Urban female teachers and Rural female teachers. One instrument was used
for data collection, a questionnaire for the teachers. The sample were drawn
exclusively from the teachers of Kaski district of the basic schools. The schools
included only government schools. The questionnaire consist of forty statements
related to the problems faced by basic level mathematics teachers. The questionnaire
were personally given to the teachers of this schools to fill it.
Analysis of data was carried out on the responses received on the questionnaire from
the teacher were organized, tabulated and interpreted. For the analysis of data,
weightage of 5, 4 ,3,2,1 was assigned a statements and which means Agree, Strongly
agree , Disagree , strongly disagree, Undecided respectively. The obtained data were
analyzed and interpreted with the help of mean weightage.
Mean weightage =
total rank score of statements
Number of teachers
It was found that there is a significant different between the problems faced by urban
and rural female teachers. It was found that there were so many problems faced by
female teachers. There is different in the pattern of the problems faced by Rural
teachers and Urban teachers.
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Delimitation, Oxford dictionary