Attitudes of trained & untrained teachers at secondary level towards teaching profession & process
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Attitude of trained & untrained teachers on teaching profession & process at secondary level were compared in Agra INDIA. Sample included 300 trained and 300 untrained teachers. A survey was conducted to find out scores on Attitude Inventory. Data were statistically analyzed using standard techniques. Attitudes of trained & untrained teachers at this level towards teaching profession & process were similar. Training of teaching had no impact on attitude of teachers of both types in this regard.
- Attitudes of trained & untrained teachers at secondary level towards teaching profession & process
- Abstract:
- Introduction:
- Objective:
- Hypothesis:
- Methodology:
- Experimental findings:
- Dedication:
- References:
Attitudes of trained & untrained teachers at secondary level towards teaching profession & process
Bijendra Singh Parmar; Lalit Mohan Sharma*; Awadhesh Kishore and Rakhi Sharma**
Sarvoday Mahavidyalaya, Chaumuhan-281406, Mathura INDIA
*R.B.S. College, Agra-282002 INDIA
**Institute for Development of Technology for Rural Advancement, Mathura-281004 INDIA
Abstract:
Attitude of trained & untrained teachers on teaching profession & process at secondary level were compared in Agra INDIA. Sample included 300 trained and 300 untrained teachers. A survey was conducted to find out scores on Attitude Inventory. Data were statistically analyzed using standard techniques. Attitudes of trained & untrained teachers at this level towards teaching profession & process were similar. Training of teaching had no impact on attitude of teachers of both types in this regard.
Key words:
Attitude, Education, Secondary Level, Teacher, Teaching Process, Teaching Profession. Research, Scholarly
Introduction:
Attitude is, in a word, how you express your likes and dislikes towards particular people, things, and occurrences. Thurstone and Chave, (1946) defined an attitude as the degree of positive or negative affect associated with some psychological object. By a psychological object Thurstone and Chave mean any symbol, phrase, slogan, person, institution, ideal, or idea towards which people can differ with respect to positive or negative effect (Edwards, 1957). Education is a foundation to provide platform for all-round development of a mankind and the nation. It is a backbone of development of knowledge, science, craft, skill, industry, technology and culture etc. A school is a place where a pupil develops himself in all-round direction. Teacher is a person who plays most important role in all-round development of a child. In an education system and school environment it is the teacher who is most effective in developing a child. It is important to find out the difference between attitude of trained and untrained teacher at secondary class level.
Objective:
The objectives of present study were to compare attitude of trained and untrained teachers towards teaching profession and process at secondary level in Agra Region.
Hypothesis:
1) There was no significant difference between attitude of trained and untrained teacher towards teaching profession.
2) There was no significant difference between attitude of trained and untrained teacher towards teaching process.
Methodology:
Descriptive survey method was used during the study. All the trained and untrained teachers of Agra region were taken as the universe. A number of 300 of each of trained and untrained teachers from Agra region were randomly sampled for the study. Thus the sample size remained 600. Teacher Attitude Inventory prepared by Ahluwalia, (1978) was used as experimental tool. Observed responses from the respondents were statistically analyzed using appropriate methods to draw valid conclusions (Snedecor and Cochran, 1994).
Experimental findings:
Attitude towards teaching profession: Mean scores of attitude towards teaching profession trained and untrained teachers were 41.08 and 40.18 with SD 8.32 and 10.54, respectively. Mean difference was recorded to be 0.90 and critical ratio 1.17. Mean difference in this regards were not significant (p>0.01) Null hypothesis was accepted to make a perception that attitude towards teaching profession in trained and untrained teaches were equal. Table-1: Mean Scores of attitude towards teaching profession Type Sample size Mean Scores SD Mean difference Critical ratio Trained Teachers 300 41.08 8.32 0.90 1.17 untrained teachers 300 40.18 10.54 B. Attitude towards teaching process: Mean scores of attitude towards teaching process of trained and untrained teachers were 39.44 and 39.68 with SD 8.48 and 9.12, respectively. Mean difference was recorded to be 0.24 and critical ratio 0.33. Mean difference in this regards were not significant (p>0.01). Null hypothesis was accepted to make a perception that attitude towards teaching process of trained and untrained teaches were equal. Table-1: Mean Scores of attitude towards teaching process Type Sample size Mean Scores SD Mean difference Critical ratio Trained Teachers 300 39.44 8.48 0.24 0.33 untrained teachers 300 39.68 9.12 Conclusion: It can be concluded on the basis of the study that attitude towards teaching profession and process of trained and untrained teacher were found to be similar. Training of teachers had no impact on the attitude of teachers of both the types in this regard.
Dedication:
The work is dedicated to whom working with the commitment for development of technology for rural advancement.
References:
Ahluwalia, S.P. 1978. Teacher Attitude Inventory. National Psychological Corporation, Agra.
Edwards, A.L. 1957. Techniques to attitude scale construction. Irvington Publishers, New York.
Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.G. 1994. Statistical Methods, 8th Ed., Ames, Iowa State University Press.
Thurstone, L.L. and Chave, E.J. 1946. The measurement of Attitude. Amer. J. Sociol. 52: 39-50.
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