Relationship between Training Content and Skill Development of Teachers at Elementary Level

Abstract

Effective training content for teachers should focus on pedagogical strategies, classroom management, and subject expertise, tailored to their specific teaching contexts. Skill development should emphasize critical thinking, communication, and adaptive teaching methods to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. The purpose of the study to find the relationship and effect of Training Content on Skill Development of teachers at elementary level, as well as to check the difference between male and female regarding Training Content and Skill Development of teachers at elementary level. The design of the study is descriptive in nature. The philosophical paradigm of quantitative research is positivism. The population was comprised off all elementary school teachers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The instrument of the study was questionnaire. Inferential statistics (Pearson r, a regression analysis and independent sample t-test) was used. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that there was moderate positive significant relationship between Training Content and Skill Development of teachers at elementary level. The t-value 13.032 and p-value 0.004 shows that there was highly significant effect of Training Content on Skill Development of teachers at elementary level. Also, the results shows that there was significant difference between male & female teachers regarding Training Content, while there was no significant difference between male and female regarding Skill Development of teachers at elementary level.

Keywords:  Training Content, Skill Development of teachers, elementary level