ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 7

Professional commitment of government senior secondary school teachers in relation to their attitude towards teaching

  • Author:
  • Ram Mehar, Suruchi
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 25 to 34

*Assistant Professor, Department of Education, USOL, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

**Research Scholar (JRF), Department of Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Abstract

The present study investigates the professional commitment of government senior secondary school teachers in relation to their attitude towards teaching. The study consisted of 100 government senior secondary school teachers both male and female. Data was collected with the help of professional commitment scale by Kaur, Ranu and Brar (2011) and teacher attitude inventory by Ahluwalia (1971). The data obtained was analysed statistically with the help of mean, SD, t-ratio and correlation was used to arrive at the following conclusions: (i) There was significant difference between professional commitment of male and female teachers, (ii) There was significant difference between attitude towards teaching of male and female teachers, (iii) There was positive and significant relationship between professional commitment and attitude towards teaching of male teachers, (iv) There waspositive and significant relationship between professional commitment and attitude towards teaching of female teachers, (v) There was positive and significant relationship between the professional commitment and attitude towards teaching of total sample.