Perceptions' of Working Secondary School Teachers about Professional Knowledge and Its Practices

The study was aimed to investigate the teachers' professional knowledge and its practice at secondary level. Teachers' professional knowledge strengthens their knowledge and skills about their professions. The objectives of the study were to investigate the teachers about their professional knowledge and to know about the hurdle faced by the working teachers in acquiring the professional knowledge. Population of the study was comprised all the 18683 (SST) male teachers at secondary level of boys Government Secondary Schools in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Samples of 600 teachers were randomly selected as respondent of the study. Questionnaire was used as research instrument for collection of data from the sample teachers. A non parametric test i.e. Chi-square was used to analyze the collected data. It was found that majority of the respondents were in favor of home assignment. Therefore, it is recommended that, the heads of schools must have a proper check in this regard. The study indicates the fact that the teachers can improve the student's results by the regular addition of additional material and suggesting additional study to students. Therefore, the teachers must be rich in additional knowledge and guide their students to study subject related books. The study results showed that, the troika of the teaching learning process is teachers, students and parents. Therefore, it is recommended that the heads should facilitate their interactions regarding the progress of the students.