LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 11 November 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Analysis of the Training Needs of Secondary School Teachers
of District Kohat, Pakistan

Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Dr. Naushaba Atta, Ph.D.
Maqsood Ahmed, M.Phil. (Education)
Sarfraz Ahmad, M.Phil. (Education)
Dr. Tasneem Fatima, Ph.D.
Farzana Sardar, M.Phil. (Education)
Mukhtar Ahmed, M.Phil. (Education) Scholar

ABSTRACT

The research was conducted to analyze the training needs of secondary school teachers of district Kohat. The main objective of the study was to identify the pedagogical training needs of teachers of secondary schools and to identify the mode of in-service training suitable for the teachers’ professional development and to identify the general framework of in-service professional development programs. It was basically a survey study in which opinion of teachers and head teachers were collected on a three point Likert scale along with some of the open ended questions. All secondary school teachers for boys of district Kohat were constituted the population of the study. From the entire population of 42 schools, 16 schools were selected through simple random sampling technique. In these schools, 16 Heads and 64 teachers from government secondary schools of District Kohat were selected as sample of this study.

After pilot study, the research instrument was finalized and data was collected from the sample. Data was analyzed with the help of SPSS. The results indicated that teachers should be trained in pedagogical skills especially in lesson planning, use of technology, problem solving skills, professional grooming, management of classroom, dealing with conflict at individual and group levels, delegating of task, dealing with behavioral issues, communication skills and so on. The research was significant as the results of the study will be used to effectively develop a qualitative professional development in-service program for teachers at secondary level institutions in order to make them effective in their instructional leadership skills.

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Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Education and Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat, Pakistan
dr.ishtiaqhussain@yahoo.com

Dr. Naushaba Atta, Ph.D.
Government College for Elementary Teachers
Islamabad-Pakistan
dr.naushaba@yahoo.co

Maqsood Ahmed, M.Phil. (Education
Assistant Director Schools
Federal Directorate of Education
Islamabad, Pakistan
maqsood517@yahoo.com

Sarfraz Ahmad, M.Phil. (Education)
Institute of Education and Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat, Pakistan
sarfraz206@yahoo.com

Dr Tasneem Fatima, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Federal Urdu University
Karachi, Pakistan
drtasneemsadiq@yahoo.com

Farzana Sardar, M.Phil. (Education)
District Education Officer
District Kohat, Pakistan
farzana_sardar@yahoo.com

Mukhtar Ahmed , M.Phil (Education) Scholar
Institute of Education and Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat, Pakistan
gcckohat@gmail.com

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