INVESTIGATION ON ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARDS TEACHING PROFESSION IN KOLAR DISTRICT
Author(s):
Dr. NAVEEN KUMAR L.C.
Keywords:
Teaching Profession, Attitude, Secondary School Teachers.
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation is to examine the attitude of secondary school teachers towards Teaching Profession in Kolar District. Descriptive Survey method was followed. A sample of 120 secondary school teachers working in Kolar Taluk, Kolar District, Karnataka by employing simple random sampling technique was taken. Attitude towards Teaching Profession Scale developed by Dr. Umme Kulsum (2008) was used to measure teachers’ attitude towards Teaching Profession. The collected data was analyzed utilizing independent ‘t’ test in all cases the level of significance was fixed at 0.05 confidence. The results obtained with the help of SPSS Package. It was concluded from the ‘t’ test research that there was no significant difference in the Attitude of secondary school male and female teachers towards their teaching profession and ‘t’ test results also proved that there was a significant difference in the attitude of secondary school teachers towards their teaching profession working in government & private aided; and private aided & private unaided institutions. The secondary school teachers showed lack of positive or favourable/good attitude towards their teaching profession. Attitude of teachers towards their profession influences his or her conduct in the classroom and furthermore the conduct of his or her students. Since, it is imperative and fundamental to create positive attitude among teachers. Favourable attitude of teachers towards their profession is a pre-requisite for a sound school framework.
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Unique Paper ID: 157349
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 9, Issue 6
Page(s): 727 - 731
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