Maximizing Primary School Teachers’ Content-Based Knowledge in English through Professional Development Training
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2023(7-IV)61Keywords:
Content-Based Knowledge, Professional Development Training, Quality EducationAbstract
The study examined the effect of professional development training on content-based knowledge in English subject using an experimental approach at primary school level. Professional development trainings develop and improve the desired abilities or skills which are required to provide the quality education. Data were obtained from 140 primary school teachers through pre-test and post-test achievement scores of teachers in English subject. To analyze the data, descriptive as well as inferential statistics were used. A training module on English content knowledge was developed by an English language, content, and assessment expert. The trainees were given 8 hours training in 5 clusters. The tests were designed from English book of class 5. The study found significant mean difference in the achievement scores of the teachers in the pretest and the posttest, which provided evidence of the effect of professional development training on teachers’ content-based knowledge in English subject. The researchers recommend to improve content-based knowledge of teachers in English through professional development training.
Downloads
Published
Details
-
Abstract Views: 47
PDF Downloads: 55
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
ORIENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSULTANCY (OSRC) & PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW (PLHR) adheres to Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License. The authors submitting and publishing in PLHR agree to the copyright policy under creative common license 4.0 (Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International license). Under this license, the authors published in PLHR retain the copyright including publishing rights of their scholarly work and agree to let others remix, tweak, and build upon their work non-commercially. All other authors using the content of PLHR are required to cite author(s) and publisher in their work. Therefore, ORIENTS SOCIAL RESEARCH CONSULTANCY (OSRC) & PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW (PLHR) follow an Open Access Policy for copyright and licensing.