Correlates of job motivation of physical education teachers in Northern Ghana secondary schools

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the extent to which selected factors such as opportunities for promotion, salary level, status. Students’ 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 of 40 trained male and female physical education teachers from the schools was drawn by stratified random sampling method. The sample represented 80% of the target population. Data were gathered through the administration of questionnaire to the sample selected for the study. Frequencies and percentages were used to describe the bio-data. The chi-square statistic was used to test the six null hypotheses and the findings were presented and discussed. Results on bio-data confirmed that there were more male than female physical education teachers in Northern Ghana Secondary Schools. The same results also revealed that majority of the respondents were quite young (86%), held the diploma certificate (80%), and were in the senior superintendent rank. The findings of the study showed that opportunities for promotion, salary level, status, student response to the physical education programme and opportunities for professional growth 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.