Teacher Questionnaire

(MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT,UIET,PANJAB UNIVERSITY ,CHANDIGARH)

Name *(with designation)

Field of specialization *
Age group *
Teaching experience *
1)How difficult it is to get the resources you need to teach? *

Very difficult
Difficult
Reasonable
moderately easy
o very easy

o
o
o
o

2)How much pressure do you feel from parents to change their children's grades? *

o
o
o
o

A lot
Reasonable amount
A little amount
None at all

3)How much support does the administration give to the teaching staff? *

o
o
o
o

tremendous support
moderate support
very little support
none at all

4)How reasonable are the expectations for student achievement? *

o
o
o
o
o

Extremely reasonable
Very reasonable
Moderately reasonable
Unreasonable
Extremely unreasonable

5) How much attention is given to standardized tests? *

o Too much
o Reasonable amount
o Too little

6) How much attention is given to your professional growth? *

o A tremendous amount
o A reasonable amount
o A little
o None at all
7)On the following 5-point scale,(1 being highly demotivating and 5 being highly
motivating) indicate the degree to which each of the following serve as a motivating factor or
an de motivating factor for teachers *
7-a) recognition (e.g., receiving praise from administrators, parents, students, or others)
7-b) potential for professional growth (e.g., possibility of improving one's own
professional skills) *
7-c) supervision by superiors (e.g., overall competence of superiors) *
7-d) interpersonal relationships with colleagues (e.g., interaction with other teachers)
7-e) salary (e.g., financial compensation) *
7-f) status (e.g., professional status of teaching) *
7-g) interpersonal relationships with administrators (e.g., interaction with administrators) *

7-h) sense of achievement (e.g., experiencing success)

7-i) working conditions (e.g., building conditions, amount of work, facilities available)
7-j) university policies (e.g., overall effects of the university as an organization) *
7-k) responsibility (e.g., autonomy, authority and responsibility for own work) *
7-l) work itself (e.g., aspects associated with the tasks of teaching) *
7-m) interpersonal relationships with students (e.g., interaction with students) *
7-n) sense of accountability (e.g., being held directly responsible for student learning)

8) During the last one year, have you participated in any of the professional development
activities? *(e.g. workshops,events,conferences,seminars,training programme,etc)
o Yes
o No
9) If you have answered 'yes' in above question, then rate the below questions
according to impact they had on your development as a teacher.
1

5
No impact
large impact
9-a) Courses/workshops (e.g. on subject matter or methods and/or other education-related
topics)
9-b) Education conferences or seminars (where teachers and/or researchers present their
research results and discuss educational problems)
9-c) Qualification programme (e.g. a degree programme)
9-d) Industrial visits
9-e) Individual or collaborative research on a topic of interest to you professionally
9-f) Mentoring and/or peer observation and coaching, as part of a formal college
arrangement
10) What is your overall level of satisfaction with your job as a teacher?
o
o
o
o
o

Very Dissatisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied
Neutral
Somewhat Satisfied
Very Satisfied

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