Influence of Teaching Experience, Work Motivation and their Interaction on Teaching Effectiveness of Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

The present study was conducted to examine the influence of teaching experience, work motivation and their interaction on teaching effectiveness of secondary school teachers. The sample for the present study consisted of 195 secondary school teachers from higher secondary schools of District Baramulla of Kashmir Division of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir affiliated with the J&K Board of School Education. The sample of secondary school teachers was drawn through stratified random sampling after selecting schools from the district. These teachers were from Government and Private schools. Further, the secondary school teachers were divided into Male as 134 and Female as 61, Government as 124 and Private as 77, and High experienced as 88 and Less experienced as 113. For measuring Teaching Effectiveness and Work Motivation, Varma and Gangrade’s and Aggarwal’s scales were used. The findings revealed that there was no significant influence of Work Motivation or Teaching Experience on Teaching Effectiveness of secondary school teachers of District Baramulla of J&K. Further, it was also revealed that there was no significant influence of the interaction of Work Motivation and Teaching Experience on Teaching Effectiveness of secondary school teachers of District Baramulla of J&K.