Analyzing Teacher's Training Effectiveness: A Case of Government of Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

Aims of the Study: The current research was conducted to investigate the factors influencing teacher training effectiveness. The threefold research objectives were to determine perception of trainees towards learning, to study influences on transfer of learning back at workplaces and to discover existence of strategic alignment between trainings and organization's vision and mission.

Methodology: It is a qualitative, descriptive study in which cross-sectional research design was used. The target population comprises of 883 teachers employed all over Punjab and Directorate personnel. The sample of 19 professionals was drawn from G.I.T.T.C for the Teachers of Disabled Children, Lahore. Proportional quota sampling was employed to draw the sample of teachers whereas purposive sampling for administrators. Data is collected through in-depth interviews and non-participant observations of training sessions. Thematic analysis was used to explore and understand data.

Findings: The findings described how perceptions and attitude towards training affects the learning graph of the trainees as well as the effect of the social and task environment surrounding the participants during training and back at their institutions.

Conclusion: The research concludes four main factors that depict the positive attitude of trainees towards the trainings: organizational commitment, personal goal, self-esteem and self-efficacy.