TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON FACTORS AFFECTING EXPERIENCED TEACHER ATTRITION
Abstract
- The main aim of the study was to find out teachers’ perception on factors affecting experienced teachers attrition in Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon Region. The specific aim was to find out the teachers’ perception on human, social, structural and psychological capital factors, and the most important factors for attrition. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The questionnaire were developed by Mason, S., & Matas, C.P (2015). It consists of 35 items about teachers’ perception on factors affecting experienced teacher attrition with two open-ended questions. Cronbach’s alpha value was 0.80. The 90 Senior teachers and 201 Junior teachers were selected by using proportionate sampling method. Descriptive Statistics, Independent Samples t-test and One-way ANOVA were conducted to analyze the data. One to One Interviews were conducted. In this research, teachers’ perception on Human Capital Factor was low (Mean=2.23, SD=0.57), perception on Social Capital Factor was low (Mean=2.48, SD=0.52), perception on Structural Capital Factor was high (Mean=2.93, SD=0.58), and perception on Positive Psychological Capital Factor was low (Mean=2.37, SD=0.62). According to overall findings, inadequate salary, excessive workloads and over unnecessary workloads were considered as the most important factors for experienced teacher attrition in the priority level.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Htet Paing Oo
Subject
- Educational Theory
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)