Professional Ethics of Teacher Educators in Relation to Value Pattern

Professional ethics possessed by teacher educators largely infuence the performance of their pupils. It is also believed that teacher educators with high value patterns are likely to possess more professional ethics. The purpose of this study was to fnd out whether there exists any relationship between professional ethics of teacher educators in relation to their value pattern. One hundred teacher educators from Agra and Firozabad districts of Uttar Pradesh were selected on the basis of simple random sampling method. Descriptive survey approach was followed to conduct the study. "Professional Ethics Scale for Teachers (PEST) by Jasmeen Kaur# and "Teachers Value Inventory (TVI) by H.L. Singh and S.P. Ahluwalia# were used to collect data. Results of the study revealed that gender is not a factor in determining the professional ethics of teacher educators, whereas the value pattern of teacher educators differs signifcantly on the basis of gender. It also indicates that there exists a positive co relationship between professional ethics and value pattern of teacher educators.