Gender Wise Comparison of Teachers’ Professional Characteristics at Secondary School Level

Abstract

This study investigated the gender wise comparison of teachers’ professional characteristics at Secondary School level. All secondary school students of district Bannu was population of the study.  The sample was drawn by using the Stratified Random Sampling technique. The sample size was 600 10th class students. A self-developed questionnaire was used for data collection. Collected data was entered in SPSS-24. Independent samples t-test was used for data analysis. The results of this study indicate that there was no discernible alteration between the professional characteristics of male and female educators in various areas, including subject-matter expertise, teaching ability, student-teacher relationships, and communication skills. The commitment parameter of teachers' professional traits was shown to differ significantly. This is recommended that school administration set up a workshop or training to help teachers’ become more proficient in using A.V. aids in the classroom. The teacher education textbook ought to include a special chapter on teacher commitment.

Key words: Academic Achievement, Characteristics, Teacher, Profession, gender