Professional Commitment of College Teachers in Relation to Continuous Professional Development
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Abstract
Present paper aimed at studying the relationship between professional commitment and continuous professional development of college teachers of Assam. Professional commitment of a teacher nurtures the spirit performing good in the classroom with effectiveness and continuous improvement in his knowledge. Continuous professional development can be termed as a personal aspect related to updating of knowledge, experience in participation, competencies in teaching and innovative training. A sample of 100 college teachers, out of which 50 male and 50 female from colleges of Assam was selected. Sample was selected by using stratified random sampling technique. Data were analyzed by using statistical technique like Mean, t-test and Product Moment Correlation. The result revealed that there is significant relationship between professional commitment and continuous professional development of college teachers of Assam. As the study deals with a serious and recent issues of education the result would be highly beneficial for different stakeholders of higher education like teacher, student, administrator, policy maker etc.