International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 5

Attitude of Elementary School Teacher Towards Teaching in Himachal Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Hem Raj, Mamta Garg
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 605 to 613

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

** Assistant Professor, Department of Education (USOL), Panjab University

Online published on 28 July, 2016.

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to assess the attitude of elementary school teachers’ towards teaching. A sample of 125 teachers was drawn by using stratified random sampling technique from three district of Himachal Pradesh namely: Chamba, Kangra and Hamirpur. Attitude towards teaching was assessed by Teacher Attitude Scale(Goyal, 2012). One way ANOVA and t-test were used for analysis of the data. Research finding revealed that the most of the teachers’ had favourable attitude towards teaching. No significant differences were found between attitude towards teaching in relation to gender, locale, type of school and teaching experience. But teachers’ attitude towards teaching was found to be related to the perceived problems ofteachers.

Keywords

Attitude, elementary school teachers, teachers’ problems and teachers’ attitude