Running Head: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE 1

Comparative Study of Performance of Trained VS

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Introduction

Education is a lifelong process which enhances the learning abilities of the individuals. It

prepares the individuals for future and takes part in developing of a strong economy which

has utmost social and ethical values. The success of economies is dependent upon education

as well as the educated people of the society by ensuring political stability of the country.

Teachers are the main source of attaining education as they nurture the child at the initial

levels to be the useful individual of the culture[CITATION Byn \l 1033 ].

The incorporation of English in the current educational system is possible, through

training of English Teachers by providing them required skills set for educating the future of

the country. The English teachers’ face many challenge while teaching, because of difference

of mother tongue and kids understanding levels as well as pupil’s backgrounds. When

teachers enforces English in the classroom, as the medium of learning and communication,

the disturbance is created and pupils are less willing to participate[ CITATION Mar17 \l

1033 ].

The second section of the study gives the insight of theoretical background by defining

the basic purpose of this study for identifying the factors of the performance of trained and

untrained teachers through available researches. The policies are made for the development of

educational system in Pakistan but they are not implemented due to poor

governance[ CITATION Bha14 \l 1033 ]. Untrained teachers are considered to be low

performers and are less keen for their growth opportunities. They fail to inspire and motivate

students for good performance [ CITATION Roc04 \l 1033 ].

The third section discusses the problem statement which discusses effectiveness of

training on the student performance, and the factors of training that will help in motivating

and inspiring students. The fourth section defines the research questions under study and the

fifth section give insight about the research objectives by identifying relationship between

trained teachers and students’ performance. The sixth section discusses the research

methodology of this thesis by deliberating it as a descriptive quantitative cross sectional

study, using survey method to carry out the analysis. The instrument for survey will be

questionnaire and the population will be schools of Lahore using simple random sampling

technique.

The last section debates about the significance of the study and emphasizes, that this

research will be helpful in providing schools with the insight to evaluate teacher’s

performance on regular basis and develop strategies for training of teachers. The resilience of

this study is to compare the performance of trained and untrained English teachers and find

the factors of methodology of trained teachers and their growth opportunities.

Theoretical Background

Researches reveal that the trained teachers are able to develop more interesting and

students engaging classrooms by providing quality education rather than untrained teachers.

Education is the basis for civilization and structuring of nations by enhancing individual’s

ability to think and respond. It also improves the ability of learning through confidence,

awareness and social effectiveness [ CITATION HoA01 \l 1033 ].

A linguistic teacher training is important in building and developing set of

methodological skills and learning experiences. As English is considered to be an infrequent

language as for the medium of communication and instruction would create stressful

environment and creates hindrance in learning process (Kodero et al., 2011).The private

schools of the country provide better early grade education and are able to enhance learning

abilities of the students (Alderman et al., 2001, Arif & Saqib, 2003).

There is no comparison between public and private schools due to level of education

provided and the environment and learning opportunities in developing counties (Qayyum et

al., 2015). There is need for recruiting educated and passionate teachers and their skills should

be polished with training opportunities and designing of curriculum to ensure activity based

learning involving more extracurricular activities for learning purpose (Qayyum et al., 2015)..

The Pakistani educational institutions are divided into two types, one is government and

the other is private sector. Both the institutions have different fee structures, locale,

curriculum, administration, and learning and growth opportunities (Qayyum et al., 2015).

Bressoux et al. (2005) analyzed the difference in the teaching outcomes of trained and

untrained mathematics teachers. The results of this study reveal that the group of students who

gets education by trained staff are more skilled and have high learning abilities, rather than

the untrained teachers.

The untrained teacher’s students show least interest in the subject. The untrained teachers

are more willing to leave the job and are less effective in their performance. The untrained

teachers are also least bothered about the performance of the students. This affects the overall

performance of the school and students interest in the subjects[ CITATION Ars13 \l 1033 ].
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There is need for training teachers for enhancing their intellectual abilities and behavioral

attributes. However, training plays an important role in influencing the attitudes and behaviors

in a constructive way. The undeniable fact is advancement and development of economies is

dependent upon its educational system. The importance of education is never underestimated

in any era and region, as its significance is unquestionable for the improvement of society and

its members[ CITATION Pra13 \l 1033 ].

There is positive impact of student’s behaviors towards the studies and achievements

under the trained teachers (Robert G. et al., 2012). The teachers productivity increases by

providing on the job training for their subject hence, the students achievements are

increased[ CITATION NHa11 \l 1033 ]. The research on the competitiveness of trained

teachers as compared to untrained shows significant results of performance of students in

mathematics of MuzzafarGarh area[ CITATION Far06 \l 1033 ].

Statement Problem

There are several studies which show the impact of training on teachers and students

performance. However, there is need to address and conduct a comparative analysis by

conducting survey on the groups of English teachers and students by using scientific research

methodology. As there are schools which don’t give any heed to qualification and training of

English teachers, as these teachers are appear to be in perplexing and unsatisfying state for the

school and students (Qayyum et al., 2015).

On the job trainings or pre service trainings will help in enhancement of teachers and

students performance. The trained teachers are willing to work whole heartedly and they take

interest in their job by inspiring and motivating students to perform well in the subject

through creative teaching methods[ CITATION NHa11 \l 1033 ]. The untrained teachers are

not interested in growth opportunities and easily leave the job, also they fail to inspire and

motivate students[ CITATION Ars13 \l 1033 ].

For comparison of the outcomes the schools will be selected in one group that provides

continuous training to the English teachers and the students’ performance is measured for

specific time period. The other group consists of schools which don’t provide any training to

the English teachers. Teachers and students performance is also studied in this group for the

specified period of time. The trained teachers’ methodology effectiveness will be analyzed

and measured through three factors, such as curriculum, teaching material and class

engagement.

Research Question

The research questions are as follows

1. What is the relationship between trained English teachers and Students performance?

2. What is the relationship between untrained English teachers and student performance?

3. What is the relationship between trained English teachers and their Performance?

4. What is the relationship between trained English teachers and their teaching skills?

Objectives
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The research objectives are given below

1. To analyze the teaching methodology of trained English teachers as independent variable

and investigating the students’ performance

2. To determine effectiveness of untrained English teachers and the performance of students

3. To identify training objective methodologies provided and the growth opportunities for

the English Teachers

4. To analyze the overall curriculum and school environment and the relationship of English

teachers with administration and other staff members of the school

Research Design

The method of gathering evidence for giving the outputs through scrutinizing of data is

research design [ CITATION Coo06 \l 1033 ]. The general formulation of the strategy for

thesis is research design. This is descriptive quantitative cross sectional research, where the

survey method is used to interpret the results and the population is studied at the specific

period of time and circumstances.

The population of the study is the schools of Lahore which provide training to English

teachers and the schools which don’t provide training by using simple random sampling. The

survey instrumental method will be used for research where questionnaire will be given to

the respondents. It’s an empirical research where the questionnaire design will be of closed

ended questions. The questionnaire design will consist of five point Lickert scale with closed

ended questions.
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Significance of the Study

The findings of this study will be beneficial for the educational system for better

designing of English curriculum, lesson plan and class room engagement activities. Schools

which don’t give training to English teachers will be get insight about the training outcomes

and learning of pupils. This study will be helpful in comparison of the institutions which

schools training of its employees rather than which do not.

The school administration will be able to analyze their overall school performance and

take the desired steps for training the English teachers. This study will provide the guideline

for the school administration for designing of curriculum for better performance in English

subject of early grades. It will give the horizon for training the other staff members of the

school for better performance.

This research will be helpful for future researches as there is no research done previously

on training of English teachers of the early grades. It will also reveal the areas of educational

systems which are neglected or given least importance. Hence the new advanced learning

ideas of English for primary schools will be explored for the betterment of educational

system of Pakistan. It will also give the insight to authorities about the neglected Pakistani

government schools and level of education provided.

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