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Article Name :
IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE COMPETENCIES OF THE TEACHERS: A STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA.
Author Name :
PRAKASH S ALALAGERI , SADANANDA HALAGERI , P. VIKKRAMAN
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ROR-619
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Abstract :
When we look to improve the overall growth and performance of the primary school going children in a systems approach, it is evident that the most important determinants comprise several entities like parents, teachers, peers, school environment and the child itself. Improvement in the quality of primary education, to a large extent, is linked to the quality of teaching and this in turn depends on the competencies possessed by the teachers. This research endeavor is an attempt to explore the relationship between the socioeconomic/demographic factors and the competencies possessed by the teacher. For the purposes of the present study, the necessary data was collected from 76 primary school teachers drawn from different schools in Davanagere district of Karnataka state. A pretested structured questionnaire was personally administered by the researcher during the period September 2013 to November 2013. The results show that teachers assign very high ratings to the need for 'acting as role models for their students' and gender does not play a significant role in determining this perception. Further, it was found that the variables like experience, gender, religion and the place of residence have no impact on the teachers' perceptions about their own roles and the competencies they possess. The study also reveals that place of residence of a teacher has no impact on the way they perceive the importance of demonstrating the experiments in the class. Further, the study reveals that religion has no bearing on teachers' perception about 'understanding the learning speed of a student and modifying teaching methodology accordingly'.
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