Awareness of teachers regarding self-learning in lower primary schools of Assam with special reference to Kamrup district, Assam, India

Self-learning is comparatively a new concept based on constructivism theory of learning. Self –learning engage the students to apply their existing knowledge and real world experiences. By apply it, teachers can able to encourage the students to constantly assess how the activity is helping them to gain understanding. Self-learning is better than being taught—it is well known fact, but in our system of education scope for self-learning is very less and the teacher still plays the vital role to put his knowledge and ideas on students’ mind. The study was conducted with the objective to know the better concept and understanding about the awareness of the teachers of lower primary schools regarding self-learning of the students. 90 teachers were selected as sample for this study by using purposive sampling method from Kamrup District of Assam. To collect the relevant data, a self structured awareness interview schedule was prepared by the investigator. The present paper is tried to highlight the need and importance of self-learning method, specially in lower primary classes. Statistical techniques like- percentage, chi-square test etc were used to test the hypotheses of the present study.