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- Title
Teaching Aptitude among Primary and Secondary School Teaching Professionals.
- Authors
George, Nisha
- Abstract
The present study is intended to find out difference in level of and teaching aptitude if any, between the Primary and Secondary school teaching professionals. The basic assumption of the study is whether teaching a Primary vis-à-vis teaching a Secondary can play a role in level of teaching aptitude of teaching professionals. Also, factors like gender and teaching experience have been taken into consideration as relevant variables having a significant impact on teaching aptitude of teachers. The sample comprised of 169 Secondary School Teachers selected from total 19 schools located in Vadodara district. The medium of instruction was also varied, with schools having the medium of instruction as English, Hindi and Gujarati. 9 sample teachers were taken from each school i.e., 4 primary teaching professionals who teach subjects like Science, Math and Language (English and Hindi) and 5 secondary teaching professionals who teach subjects like Math, Science, English and Hindi. The Teaching Aptitude Test by Surendra S Dahiya and L. C. Singh was adopted as a tool for the study. Data analysis of questionnaire and demographic details were subjected through SPSS for t test. No significant difference was found among the teaching aptitude level of Primary and Secondary teaching professionals. Significant difference was found in the level of teaching aptitude of teachers belonging to GSEB and CBSE schools. Also, significant difference was observed in the level of teaching aptitude of married and unmarried teaching professionals. The results of the present study will help us to understand the factors that play an integral role in the teaching aptitude of primary and secondary school teachers of Baroda city. The findings can be shared and discussed with school principals and counsellors, who can thereby implement and bring about changes in their school policies.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL ethics of teachers; TEACHERS &; community; EDUCATORS' attitudes; DEMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY school teachers; SECONDARY school teachers; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Community Psychology, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 11, p403
- ISSN
0974-2719
- Publication type
Article