A STUDY OF BEGINNING TEACHERS’ CHALLENGES IN BASIC EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLS
Abstract
- The main aim of this study is to study the beginning teachers’ challenges in Basic Education High Schools in Thaton, Belin and Paung Townships. Quantitative method and qualitative method were used in this study. All beginning teachers were selected as subjects from Thaton, Belin and Paung Townships (37 Basic Education High Schools), using the census method. This questionnaire included demographic data, work-related challenges items, social challenges items and openended questions. The Cronbach’s alpha (α) of the whole scales of beginning teachers’ challenges was 0.89. Descriptive statistics, Independent Samples t test, One-way ANOVA and Post Hoc Tukey HSD were used to analysis the data in this study. Interview was conducted for 12 beginning teachers (four beginning teachers from each township). In this study, beginning teachers’ challenges in Basic Education High Schools were determined by mean scores responses on the questionnaires items. Beginning teachers’ challenges in Basic Education High Schools in this study was moderately low challenge (mean=2.23, SD=.24). Beginning teachers’ work-related challenges was moderately high challenge (mean=2.58, SD=.26) and beginning teachers’ social challenges was moderately low challenge (mean=2.02, SD=.29). There were no significant differences in beginning teachers’ challenges grouped by gender, grade, subject, school size and teaching experience. There was significant difference in beginning teachers’ work-related challenges grouped by township. According to qualitative data obtained by open-ended questions, the ways to overcome the challenges of beginning teachers were expressed. Other besetting challenges of beginning teachers in their first positing were overcrowded class and shortage of teacher, transportation, difficulties related with livelihood and health, and insufficient school plant.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Nan Su Myat Thin
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)