International Journal of Social and Allied Research (IJSAR)
RELATIONAL EFFECT OF TEACHER COMMITMENT ON TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS INTO PROFESSIONAL ACTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Abstract
The paper highlights the effect caused by various areas of Teacher Commitment especially attaining excellence for professional actions on the betterment of Teacher Effectiveness. As discussed by Mohanty (2003)(12), in educational process, a good and effective teacher occupies a place of tremendous importance. In present day system of high sophistication and specialization, there is an unprecedented demand for effective teachers to lead multitudes of school children on the path of enrichment and progress. Teachers have to be conscious of their role as a model, through their conduct, action and adherence to human values.
Martinez-Pong (1990)(10), Kushnan (1992)(9), Reyes and Fuller (1995)(15), Rosenholtz (1989)(16), Fresko et al (1997)(7), Singh and Billingsley (1998)(17) have shared the importance of Teacher Commitment in effective teaching through their findings. The present problem was delimited to government and private secondary school teachers only. Random selection technique was applied with the help of which investigation was carried out on 800 teachers to whom teacher effectiveness and teacher commitment questionnaires were administered. Finally, the study was restricted to 616 teachers only. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and Karl Pearson’s correlation were employed. However, the correlation found by the researcher between both the variables being significant at 0.01 level of significance also suggests that teacher effectiveness is positively correlated with teacher commitment to attaining excellence for professional actions only.
As per present investigation, the programmes and policies should be framed keeping in mind the growth of teachers professionally as well. The existing structure needs to be modified to help maximize the fruitful results in turn to be obtained by students. The effectiveness and commitment of a teacher cannot be relied merely upon the school authorities, but constant and proper nurturing of teachers should also be emphasized which is clearly reflected through the relationship between teacher effectiveness and teacher commitment.
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