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Factors Affecting Teachers’ Engagement in Continuing Professional Development

Table 7: Correlations between teacher engagement factors and eight CPD activities

Teacher CPD Engagement Factors Courses/Workshops Education conference Qualification program Mentoring/Coaching Peerobservation PD network Informal dialogue Professional literature
Intellectual Factors
CPD trainer’s integration of research and practice 0.211** 0.129* 0.247** 0.172** 0.128* 0.252** 0.064 0.172**
Consistency between PD content and individual needs 0.236** 0.195** 0.200** 0.155** 0.143** 0.271** 0.051 0.173**
CPD trainer’s expertise and experience in the area 0.144** 0.142** 0.164* 0.198** 0.094 0.330** 0.109* 0.075
CPD form focussing on demonstration of knowledge 0.190** 0.109* 0.139* 0.223** 0.174** 0.241** 0.153** 0.190**
CPD content focussing on teaching curriculum 0.149** 0.160** 0.196** 0.242** 0.190** 0.237** 0.138** 0.205**
Self-Actualizing Factors
Student feedback 0.191** 0.191** 0.166* 0.242** 0.163** 0.267** 0.167** 0.200**
Peer feedback 0.137** 0.146** 0.105 0.200** 0.279** 0.226** 0.187** 0.165*
Student parent feedback 0.183** 0.180** 0.099 0.212** 0.152** 0.209** 0.114* 0.174**
Student test score 0.148** 0.203** 0.197** 0.289** 0.250** 0.295** 0.239** 0.293**
Student other learning outcomes 0.223** 0.229** 0.162* 0.273** 0.248** 0.348** 0.236** 0.297**
Public Recognition for contribution 0.192** 0.230** 0.154* 0.253** 0.241** 0.302** 0.191** 0.229**
Instrumental Factors
A change in salary level 0.001 -0.036 -0.03 0.058 0.028 0.038 0.045 0.003
Monetary rewards for achievements 0.018 0.022 0.022 0.070 -0.005 0.071 0.037 -0.004
Likelihood of career advancement 0.105* 0.021 0.033 0.112* 0.076 0.084 0.058 0.091
Work responsibility and role duty 0.133** 0.149** 0.044 0.164** 0.193** 0.202** 0.087 0.157*
Cultural Factors
Collegial community climate 0.166** 0.170** 0.144* 0.205** 0.157** 0.230** 0.136** 0.084
School leadership and mechanism support 0.078 0.119* 0.099 0.198** 0.202** 0.150 0.139** 0.105
CPD leader’s passion and influence 0.117* 0.104 0.056 0.193** 0.150** 0.294** 0.143** 0.137*
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