Determinants of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching

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dc.contributor.authorKinuthia, F. N.
dc.contributor.authorKombo, D. K.
dc.contributor.authorMweru, M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-29T11:09:27Z
dc.date.available2013-11-29T11:09:27Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to investigate determinants of pre-school teachers’ attitudes towards teaching in Thika Municipality, Kenya. The concern to stakeholders was the negative attitudes of the pre-school teachers towards teaching. Such a concern called for investigation. To accomplish this task, a descriptive survey design and Ex-post facto design were used. A total of 53 pre-school teachers and 12 administrators participated in the study. A simple random technique and purposive sampling were employed to identify study samples. In addition, questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. The statistical procedures were carried out using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed in order to analyse the obtained data. The study revealed there were still low levels of training among pre-school teachers, teachers with few years of teaching experience were the ones involved in teaching in the pre-schools and teachers in public pre-schools were more positive towards their job than their colleagues in private schools. Among the recommendations were that pre-school teachers work under the Ministry of Education and an attempt be made to improve the retention level of teachers. Administrators should also work on modalities of motivating their teachersen_US
dc.identifier.citationAfrican Journal of Teacher EducationVol 3, No 1 (2013)en_US
dc.identifier.issn1916-7822
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7714
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Teacher Educationen_US
dc.subjectpreschool teacher attitudesen_US
dc.subjectteacher attitudesen_US
dc.subjectKenya educationen_US
dc.subjectKenya preschoolen_US
dc.subjectKenya early childhood educationen_US
dc.subjectpreschoolsen_US
dc.subjectteachers attitudes and determinantsen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes towards Teachingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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