CORRELATES OF JOB MOTIVATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN NORTHERN GHANA SECONDARY SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT

The study w," conducted to determined the extent to

which selected fact ors such as opportunities for promotion,

salaray level, status, -rudents response to the physical education

programme. provision of incentives. and opportunities for

professional growth would influence the job motivation of

physical education teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in the

Upper East. Upper West. and Northern Regions of Ghana,

A sample nl 40 trained m.ile and female physical

education teachers irorn the school- was drawn by stratified

random sampling method The sample represented SO,?, of the

target population,

Data were ~athered throug h the administration of

questionnaire to the 'ample selected lor the study, Frequencies

and percentages \ el e used to descn he the biodata The chisquare

statistic was u-ed to test the SIX null hypotheses and the

findings were presented and discussed

Results on hi: «lata confirmed that there were more male

than female physic ..l education teachers in Northern Ghana

Secondary Schools, lhe same results also revealed that majority

of the respondents I ere quite young (860/,;), held the diploma

certificate (SOo/,;), and were in the senior ",-,perintendent rank,

The findings "I' the study showed that opportunities for

promotion. salary level, status, student response to the physical

education programme' and opportunities for professional growth

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were significant factors in the job motivation of respondents.

The extent of provision of incentives was. however. not a

significant factor of the job motivation of respondents.

The conclusion for this study was that. giving the factors

investigated. physical education teachers in Northern Ghana

Secondary Schools were motivated to a large extent in their

jobs.