Gender and Occupational Tenure as Correlates of In-Service English Language Teachers’ Interest in their Professional Development in Selected Nigerian Schools

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dc.contributor.authorOlatunji, Samson Olusola
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T13:18:07Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T13:18:07Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.descriptionPeer revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractNo educational system can rise above the quality of its teaching force. Teachers lacking in enthusiasm for professional development cannot be expected to perform their duties satisfactorily in the face of the myriad of challenges of and rapid changes in the characteristics of the 21st Century students. Among the factors found in literature to influence language teachers' interest in their professions are gender and occupational tenure. This study therefore investigated the relationship between each of the two selected variables (gender and occupational tenure) and the interest of the English Language teachers in Ibadan metropolis in pursuing professional development. A multistage sampling procedure was employed to get a total of one hundred and thirty-three teachers served with copies of a fifteen-item questionnaire titled Teachers' Perception of Teaching adapted from Faniran and Olatunji 2011. Frequency Counts, percentages and chi-square statistical tools were employed to analyse the data collected in testing the two null hypotheses formulated. Findings from this study have shown that though more of the male English Language teachers than their female counterparts have higher degrees, the former are less enthusiastic about professional development. Also, most of the teachers lose more interest in their jobs as they grew older in the profession.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOlatunji, S.O. (2015). Gender and Occupational Tenure as Correlates of In-Service English Language Teachers’ Interest in their Professional Development in Selected Nigerian Schools. Journal of Capital Development in Behavioural Sciences 3(1&2), 35-47en_US
dc.identifier.issn2449-0679 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn2354-3981 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/949
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 3, Nos. 1&2;
dc.subjectIn-serviceen_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectprofessional developmenten_US
dc.subjectoccupational tenure,en_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language teachers occupational tenureen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language teachersen_US
dc.titleGender and Occupational Tenure as Correlates of In-Service English Language Teachers’ Interest in their Professional Development in Selected Nigerian Schoolsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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