Teacher Commitment Essay

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Impact of Teacher Commitment on Teacher Freezing of Secondary School Teacher

ABSTRACT
The present paper aims to find the relation between teacher commitment and teacher freezing in order to enhance teacher effectiveness. It also determines the effect of teacher commitment and stream on the teacher freezing of secondary school teachers of Himachal Pradesh. Teacher Freezing Scale (TFS) developed by Haseen Taj (1998) and Teacher Commitment Scale (TCS) by Dr. T. Pradeep Kumar (2012) were administered on a sample of 180 secondary school teachers selected through random cluster sampling technique from secondary schools of Himachal Pradesh. Statistical technique of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation & t-test were applied to the collected date
It is related to: (1) the organization, (2) the profession, and (3) students. Teacher commitment to the organization a sense of community, affiliation and personal caring among adults within the school and facilitates integration between personal life and work life. Commitment to teaching refers to the commitment and degree to which teachers are satisfied and enjoy what they are doing. Commitment to students is a form of commitment that may motivate teachers to interact with students on more sensitive level, such as adolescent development issues or extracurricular activities. It involves teacher dedication to helping students learn regardless of academic difficulties or social of Teachers Coefficient of Pearson Product Correlation (df=178)
Teacher Commitment Teacher Freezing 180 -0.356*
* Significant at 0.01 level of significance A perusal of Table-1 shows the coefficient of Pearson Product Correlation came out to be -0.356 at df 178 which is higher than critical value of Pearson Product Correlation even at .01 level of significance. Thus the hypothesis no. 1, “there is no significant relationship between teacher commitment and teacher freezing of secondary school teachers” was detained. Thus it may be interpreted that a negative significant correlation exists between Teacher Commitment & Teacher Freezing.

Teacher Commitment in relation to Gender
To study the teacher commitment in relation to gender ‘t’-test was applied to teacher commitment scores of male and female secondary school teachers and the results has been tabulated below:

TABLE-2
‘t’-Values showing significance of difference in Teacher Commitment Scores of Male & Female Secondary School Teachers
Gender N Mean SD SED ‘t’-value

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