Abstract

• The main purpose of this study is to investigate attitude towards teaching profession and selfconcept of basic education school teachers. Moreover, the present study was to examine the relationship between attitude towards teaching profession and self-concept of basic education school teachers in terms of gender, position and teaching experience. The quantitative research design and survey method were used in this study. A total of 445 (PAT=140, JAT=221, SAT=84) basic education school teachers were chosen from Depeyin Township, Sagaing Region by using simple random sampling technique. In this study, Questionnaire on Teachers' Attitude towards Teaching constructed and standardized by Sujata Mishra (1999) consisting of 46 items was used to measure the basic education school teachers’ attitude and Self-Concept Inventory constructed and standardized by Beena Shah (1991) consisting of 64 items to measure self-concept of teachers. The reliability coefficients of Teachers’ Attitude towards Teaching questionnaire and SelfConcept Inventory were 0.902 and 0.907 respectively. According to the descriptive statistics, basic education school teachers from Depeyin Township were satisfactory on attitude towards teaching profession and self-concept. The result of independent samples t test showed that there were significant differences in attitude towards teaching profession and self-concept by gender. The result indicated that female teachers showed better attitude towards teaching profession and more favorable self-concept than male teachers. The result of ANOVA showed that there were significant differences in self-concept by position. The result indicated that junior assistant teachers possessed more favorable self-concept than senior assistant teachers. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in attitude towards teaching profession and self-Concept by teaching experience. The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation result revealed that there were significant positive relationships between attitude towards teaching profession and self-concept.