ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING OF DISTANCE EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHERS
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- 1. Research Scholar, Department of Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu
- 2. Professor, Department of Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu
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Attitude, knowledge and skills are the basis a long-lasting professional success, and of these three determinants it is the attitude that holds the first place. It is the attitude that directs and motivates the process of gaining knowledge and development of skills. Attitude is a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. This study investigates the attitude of distance education student teachers towards teaching profession that they aspire to practice after the completion of their B.Ed. training course. A sample of 1000 student teachers doing B.Ed. training course in the distance mode of education in the 3 selected universities in Tamilnadu were selected using simple random sampling technique and they were provided with ‘Attitude towards Teaching Scale’ prepared and validated by the investigator. The collected survey was statistically analysed using IBM-SPSS software and the results reveal the following: The level of attitude towards teaching of distance education student teachers is average.Significant difference was found in the attitude towards teaching of distance education between the arts and science subject Student teachers. Distance education student teachers studying Science subjects have a higher level of favourable attitude than the Arts subjects’ student teachers. But no significant difference was not found in the attitude towards teaching between the male and female; the rural and urban resident; and the UG and PG qualifieddistance education student teachers.
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