Mahes Gajurel
To
conduct this investigation, this study Utilized survey research with
questionnaires. This study investigated the following questions: 1. What is the
level of job satisfaction among the Higher Secondary School health and physical
education teacher central Development Region of Nepal? 2. To what extent do
demographic factors, preferred leadership attributes and preferred teaching
practices affect the degree of job satisfaction expressed by the Higher
Secondary Level health and physical education Teacher?
The responses to these questions elicited a
base of knowledge and allowed the researcher to determine the level of teacher
job satisfaction among Higher Secondary Level health and physical education
school teachers on the central Development Region of Nepal, to identify
teachers as being transactional or transformational in their leadership
attributes to identify teachers as being didactic or constructivist teaching Practice
with regard to their teaching, to examine the relationships between leadership
attribute and teaching practice and to determine whether there is any influence
between those relationship and teacher satisfaction and to determine whether
age, gender, years of experiences degree level and native Nepali speaking
abilities.
To
address this question, surveys were used to collect the requisite data and the
techniques of ordinary least squares multiple regressions were used in the
analysis. Because the researcher was seeking single data point information on a
group of subjects, a survey- based research design was chosen as most
appropriate for this study (drew, 1976). Information gathered was both nominal
(demographic) and ordinal (strength of beliefs/frequency of practices).
Data were analyzed by grouping related survey items according to
categories, using linear transformations to convert each group’s raw scores
into a zero to 100 ranges, and then assigning respondents into categories
according to their scores. A multiple regression analysis was then conducted on
those categories both to describe and to make inferences about the data. These
research techniques are discussed in detail in the next three sections.
Sample Demographics
Five
demographic variables were included in this study; those variables were age,
gender, years teaching native language and highest degree earned. In the
sample, the age of the respondents ranged from 20 to 65, with four cases
unreported (see Table 2). The mean age of the respondents was 37.4 (see Table
7). The gender of the subjects was reported in all but four of the cases; 150
of the respondents, or 81 valid percent, which accounts for the missing cases,
were Male (see Table 3). Respondents to the survey ranged from first year teachers with 36 years of experience (see
Table 4); the mean teaching experience of the respondents was 8.4 years (see
Table 7).
Ninety-seven
teachers, or almost 53 valid percent of the respondents, identified themselves
as non-native speakers of Nepali, with missing cases (see Table 5). Not
surprisingly, the most frequent native language listed by non-native speakers
was the Nepali, with 37 respondents listing it, and the remaining languages
identified as being native included Tamang, Gurung, Magar, Tharu, Maithili,
Bhojpuri, and Newari etc.
Because
only one respondent listed having a doctoral degree, for the purpose of the
study the category for degree was broken into two: baccalaureate and graduate.
Excluding the five missing cases, 157,or 85 valid percent, of the respondents
identified an Med or B. Sc./B. Ed their current degree, with 27,or15 valid
percent, listing a graduate degree(see Table 6).
Table 2 Demographic Frequency Data-Age
|
Age
|
N
|
Percent
|
Valid Percent
|
|
20-29
|
45
|
23.8
|
23.8
|
|
30-39
|
76
|
40.2
|
40.2
|
|
40-49
|
45
|
23.8
|
23.8
|
|
50-59
|
12
|
9.6
|
9.6
|
|
60 and over
|
5
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
|
Total
|
189
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Table 3Demographic frequency Data-Gender
|
Gender
|
N
|
Percent
|
Valid Percent
|
|
|
|
Male
|
150
|
79.4
|
81.1
|
|
|
Female
|
35
|
18.5
|
18.9
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
185
|
97.9
|
100.0
|
|
|
Missing
|
4
|
2.1
|
|
|
Total
|
189
|
100.0
|
|
|
Table 4Demographic Frequency Data-Years Teaching
|
Years Teaching
|
N
|
Percent
|
Valid Percent
|
|
1-5
|
90
|
47.5
|
47.5
|
|
6-10
|
45
|
23.7
|
23.7
|
|
11-15
|
23
|
12.2
|
12.2
|
|
16-20
|
17
|
9.0
|
9.0
|
|
21-25
|
3
|
1.5
|
1.5
|
|
26-30
|
5
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
|
31-35
|
5
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
|
36
|
1
|
.5
|
.5
|
|
Total
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
|
Table 5Demographic Frequency Data-Language
|
Language
|
N
|
Percent
|
Valid Percent
|
|
Non-native speaker
|
87
|
51.3
|
52.7
|
|
Native speaker
|
97
|
46
|
47.3
|
|
Subtotal
|
184
|
97.4
|
100.0
|
|
Missing
|
5
|
2.6
|
|
|
Total
|
189
|
100.0
|
|
Table 6Demographic Frequency Data-Degree
|
Degree
|
N
|
percent
|
Valid percent
|
|
Masters/M.Ed
|
157
|
83.1
|
85.3
|
|
B.Ed/B.sc
|
27
|
14.3
|
14.7
|
|
Subtotal
|
184
|
97.4
|
100.0
|
|
Missing
|
5
|
2.6
|
|
|
Total
|
189
|
100.0
|
|
Table 7Summary Descriptive Statistics – Mean Age and Years Teaching
|
Age and Years Teaching
|
N
|
Mean
|
Std. deviation
|
|
Age
|
189
|
37.4
|
9.69
|
|
Years teaching
|
189
|
8.4
|
8.10
|
Findings of the Study Respondent Demographics
Out of 245 surveys distributed to what was
at the time all of the Higher Secondary health and physical education school
teachers on Central Development Region of Nepal, the researcher received 189
responses. In the sample, the age of the respondents ranged from 25 to 65, and
the mean age of the respondents was 37.4, which indicates that the Central
Development Nepal employs a younger teaching population than most school in the
Nepal. The gender of the subject was reported in all of the cases; 150 of the respondents,
or 8%t, were Male and 35, or 19%, were Female. Respondents to the survey ranged
from first-year (or, first-semester) teachers to those with 36 years of
experience. The mean teaching experience of the respondents was 8.4 years, but
90 teachers, or almost 48 percent of
the respondents, had five years or fewer of experience. In addition, 37
percent had three years or fewer of experience, and 30 percent had two years or
fewer of experience, indicating that teachers in the Central Development Region
are largely inexperienced have fewer experienced teachers upon whom they can
relay as role models.
Ninety-seven, or 51 percent, of the
respondents identified themselves as non-native speakers of Nepali,. The most
frequent native language listed by non-native speakers was the Newari language,
with 37 respondents listing it. The remaining languages identified as being
native included Tamang, Gurung, Magar, Tharu, Maitheli, Bhojpurin Newari etc.
All of them 157, or 85 percent, of the respondents identified a M.Ed. or as
their current degree, with 27, or 15 percent, listing a graduate degree, and
only one of those listing the doctorate.
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