Pema Tshewang* and Cheten Gyeltshen

Ministry of Education and Skill Development, Royal Government of Bhutan, Bhutan

*Corresponding Author: Pema Tshewang, Ministry of Education and Skill Development, Royal Government of Bhutan, Bhutan.

Received: March 14, 2023; Published: March 23, 2023

Abstract

Teachers are regarded as the basic tools in education and curriculum implementations, (Folashade, 2009) [8]. The quality of any nation’s education is determined by the qualities of the teachers and their attitude towards the profession and their learners. This paper intends to examine teachers’ attitude measured by 15 questionnaires on a point-point scale (as shown in appendix 1). Further, the responses are sub-categorized to examine attitude of both male and female teachers and has analyzed attitude variations between young and old teachers based on their teaching experiences. The result indicated that there exists a significant positive attitude of teachers in teaching mixed ethnics students. The result also indicated that there exists no significant relationship between male and female teachers, however in some indicators, female teachers are found to be more positive compared to male teachers. Teachers above 10 years in teaching service displayed more positive attitude than teachers less than 10 years of teaching experience. There is no significant relationship between teachers’ attitude and their qualification. In general, the study revealed there is positive attitude in teaching mixed ethnic students with 37 percent male and 34 percent female teachers chose ‘Agree’ in the Likert scale. Subsequently, the study revealed that male teachers are more comfortable to teach mixed ethnic students than female teachers. Besides, teachers with more experiences showed slightly greater positive attitude compared to less experienced teachers.

 Keywords: Attitude; Gender; Mixed Ethnic Students; Teachers

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Citation

Citation: Pema Tshewang and Cheten Gyeltshen. “Assessment of Teachers’ Attitude in Teaching the Mixed Ethnic Students of Yoeseltse MSS and Peljorling HSS". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 6.4 (2023): 16-28.

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