ARTICLE

PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS REGARDING ONLINE INSERVICE TRAINING IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN

06 Pages : 52-63

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-I).06      10.31703/gesr.2020(V-I).06      Published : Mar 2020

Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    The present study was conducted to find out the perceptions of teachers regarding online in-service training in development of their professional skills in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study was descriptive in nature. The population of the study consisted of selected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Five hundred respondents were selected as a sample from the population, which is 8073, in which female population is 1828 and male population is 6245, the researcher was taken female from Urban which is 22% and 387 from male which is 88% of both the populations respectively. Data was collected through questionnaire having five points for the agreement level of the respondent 'strongly agree','agree', 'undecided', 'disagree' and 'strongly disagree' carrying values 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. Data was entered into SPSS (Version 22.0). The size of sample was taken according to John Curry (1984) formula. Simple linear regression was used for data analysis.

    Teachers Perceptions, Online In-Service Teachers Training, Professional Skills Development
    (1) Irfan Ullah Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Saif Ullah Khan
    Lecturer, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Mati Ullah Khan
    Lecturer, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Khan, I. U., Khan, S. U., & Khan, M. U. (2020). Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, V(I), 52-63. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-I).06
    CHICAGO : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. 2020. "Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, V (I): 52-63 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2020(V-I).06
    HARVARD : KHAN, I. U., KHAN, S. U. & KHAN, M. U. 2020. Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, V, 52-63.
    MHRA : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. 2020. "Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, V: 52-63
    MLA : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. "Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, V.I (2020): 52-63 Print.
    OXFORD : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Khan, Saif Ullah, and Khan, Mati Ullah (2020), "Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, V (I), 52-63
    TURABIAN : Khan, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah Khan, and Mati Ullah Khan. "Perceptions of Teachers Regarding Online In-Service Training in their Professional Development in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review V, no. I (2020): 52-63. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2020(V-I).06