摘要：This research aims at investigating the reasons behind the decline in the teaching profession in Oman as well as to examine whether the motivational factors may have some effects on the decline in the Omani teaching profession. In addition to this, the research also tries to explore the possibility of whether it is the teacher’s professional development or the lack of this that has seriously contributed to the teacher leaving the profession, as well as to pinpoint the main factor that contributes to the decline in the Omani teaching profession. To accomplish this research, samples for this study were taken from a sample population consisting of 200 teachers from various schools in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Measurement Model from the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to determine if there were any significant relationships between the salary, promotion, teaching overload, and non-teaching workload with the teacher’s professional development that consequently resulted in the decline of the Omani teaching profession. The results of this study show that being promoted due to professional development does not determine an increment in the salary in Oman but in order to obtain a promotion, one needs to have a professional development. The nature of the work itself or the teaching loads may have led to the teachers decline in the teaching profession. In this aspect, salary, promotion and professional development can be gainfully used to reduce the teachers’ decline in the teaching profession.
关键词：teachers; decline; profession; education system; schools; Oman
