Attitude of Student Teachers towards Teaching Profession

Autor/inn/en	Bhargava, Anupama; Pathy, M. K.
Titel	Attitude of Student Teachers towards Teaching Profession
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 15 (2014) 3, S.27-36 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1302-6488
Schlagwörter	Student Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Teaching (Occupation); Student Characteristics; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Majors (Students); Hypothesis Testing; Science Education; Social Sciences; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Predictor Variables; Teacher Effectiveness; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Prädiktor; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Indien
Abstract	Teaching being a dynamic activity requires a favourable attitude and certain specific competencies from its practitioners. Teachers' proficiency depends on the attitude she possesses for the profession. The positive attitude helps teacher to develop a conductive learner friendly environment in the classroom. This also casts a fruitful effect on learning of the students. Attitude being a social construct is influenced by many factors like gender social strata, age, stream of education and previous experience of the job. What bearing the gender and stream of education has on the attitude of student teachers towards teaching profession to throw light on this a study was conducted using a ready made tool. Study of different categories like Non-tribal male and female science stream, nontribal male and female social science stream, Tribal male and female science stream, Tribal male and female social science stream was undertaken. In a sample of hundred students ninety six students responded. The mean scores were considered and "t" value was calculated to find the difference in the attitude of different categories towards teaching profession. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10