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Editorial Dr Laxmi 02 Parenting Styles Retold Deepti Redhu and Asmita 03 Social Work Perspective of Parenting Style Sasikala S and Dr Florance Shalini J 07 Social Work Intervention forAcademic Excellence John Packiaraj M 11 Attitude of Student-Teachers towards Teaching Profession Pachiyappan P and Dr Ushalaya Raj D 15 Parental Choice in Selecting Schools for Their Wards Dr Ramakrishnan N 21 Parenting Styles: Research Openings Dr Suman K Murthy 27

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Introduction: A teacher can never truly teach, unless he is still learning himself. A Lamp can never light another lamp, unless it continues to burn its own flame ~Rabindranath Tagore The teacher is the most important component in the educational system. A teachers role is crucial in educational institution. Quality of education is directly linked with quality of teacher. Teaching profession involves dedication. It can be seen as a part of a learned behaviour or attitude associated with the professional behaviour of teachers. Nobility of teaching profession: Teachers are the sculptors who shape the young ones into individuals of potential and worthy character. Professionalism is a combination of serious commitment to the task at hand, competence and a measure of self-directedness with a high concern for exclusive self-interest. Teaching is often said to be the noblest profession

among all the professions teachers should realize that the work they are doing is the noblest. The functionary who renders this service to enable the individual to be his best self is doing the greatest good and hence the noblest work. Teachers attitudes: Attitude can be defined as an organization of beliefs, habits and motives associated with a particular object. An attitude is a readiness to respond in such a way that behaviour is given a certain direction. According to Whittaker An attitude is a predisposition or readiness to respond in a predetermined manner to relevant stimuli. According to Sorenson, An attitude is a particular feeling about something. It therefore involves a tendency to behave in a certain way in situations which involve that something, whether person, idea or object. It is partially rational and partially emotional and is acquired not inherent, in an individual. Student15

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Volume X teachers will be the future teachers and Teacher Attitude of B.Ed. and if their disposition is bored, it would Trainees, used tools like TAI-Ahuwalia also influence childrens living socially and Baroda General Teaching and morally upright. Good teachers Competence Scale. The major are models of social and moral findings of this study were that there leadership which not only influence was no significant difference between their students but also generate force the attitude of teacher trainees before for all-round growth of country. and after exposure to technique of Review of related literature : teaching. Parvati S.Ghanti & Nayar (1977) studied about the Jagadesh (2009) conducted a study teacher attitude of Mysore city on attitude of secondary school constructing a standardized tool. On teachers towards their teaching the administration of the test, the profession. In this study the attitude scores of 100 teachers identified by towards teaching profession of their Headmasters and colleagues as secondary school teachers is highly having very good professional favourable. The teachers working in attitudes were compared with those secondary schools do not differ of 100 teachers identified as having significantly in their attitude towards poor professional attitude. Bhandarkar teaching profession with respect to (1980) studied about the polytechnic gender and type of school. teachers attitude towards teaching Amirtha Gowri and Mariammal profession and its correlates. The (2011) conducted a study on college study revealed that the attitude teachers attitudes towards teaching towards the teaching profession was and job satisfaction .The study reveals not significantly related to the that the college teachers had qualifications of the teachers. The favourable attitude towards teaching. trained teacher mean attitude score The level of attitude towards differed was significantly higher than the mean significantly so far as the job attitude of the untrained teachers. The satisfaction of teachers of aided job mobility and family problems were colleges and self-financing colleges not significantly related to teachers was concerned. Selvaraj Gnanaguru attitude towards the teaching (2008) conducted a study on profession. A project financed by underachievement of B.Ed., students NCERT titled, Effect of Microteaching in relation to their home environment and General Teaching Competence and attitude towards teaching. The 16 Journal of SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK December 2013

Issue 07 study reveals that the underachievers have satisfactory home environment and unfavourable attitude towards teaching. There is a no significant relationship found between the underachievers home environment and their attitude towards teaching. Male and female students differ significantly in their home environment and attitude towards teaching but not in their achievement score and intelligence score. Objectives of the study: To find out the government and private college student-teachers attitude towards teaching profession. To find out the attitude of male and female student-teachers of government colleges towards teaching profession. To find out the attitude of male and female student-teachers of private colleges towards teaching profession. To find out the Tamil and English medium student-teachers attitude towards teaching profession. Hypotheses of the study: There is no significant difference in government and private college student-teachers attitude towards teaching profession. There is no significant difference in male and female government college student-teachers attitude towards teaching profession.

There is no significant difference in male and female private college student-teachers attitude towards teaching profession. There is no significant difference in Tamil and English medium studentteachers attitude towards teaching profession. Methodology: Survey method was adopted to collect the relevant data for the present study. Randomly selected 125 student-teachers in and around Chennai were considered as the sample. Out of them 71 studentteachers were from Government B.Ed., College and 54 were from Private B.Ed., College. Tools used: 1. Personal data sheet developed by the investigator. 2. Attitude towards Teaching Profession Scale (2008) developed and standardized by A.Selvaraj Gnanaguru. This scale consists of 48 items with five choices (strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree). The maximum score for this scale is 240 and the minimum score is 48. The reliability of the tool was found to be 0.77 by split-half method and 0.65 in testretest method. To analyze the data Mean, Standard deviation, t-test have been computed which are tabulated. 17

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Volume X Table: 1 Mean, S.D andt value of Government and Private College StudentTeachers Attitude towards Teaching Profession Organizational Sector N Mean S.D. t value LOS Government 71 182.90 30.242 0.218 NS Private 54 183.50 28.658 Table: 2 Mean, S.D. and t value of Attitude towards Teaching Profession of Male and Female Government College Student-Teachers Gender N Mean S.D. t value LOS Male 33 184.39 30.121 0.385 NS Female 38 181.61 30.691 Table: 3 Mean, S.D. and t value of Attitude towards Teaching Profession of Male and Female Private College Student-Teachers Gender N Mean S.D. t value LOS Male 24 184.29 27.503 0.180 NS Female 30 182.87 30.002

Table: 4 Mean, S.D. and t value of Tamil and English Medium StudentTeachers Attitude towards Teaching Profession Medium of N Mean S.D. t value LOS Instruction Tamil 85 183.16 30.586 0.003 NS English 40 183.15 27.257 Analysis and interpretation: B.Ed., college student-teachers The obtained statistics for attitude exhibited no significant difference. The towards teaching profession of data was analyzed using thet- test government and private college from the table 1. It is clear that there student-teachers have been given in is no significant difference between the table 1. Here the government B.Ed., government and private college college student-teachers and private student-teachers in their attitude. In 18 Journal of SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK December 2013

Issue 07 this study the government and private college student-teachers showed similar attitude towards the teaching profession. From table 2 it is inferred that the government college male and female student-teachers exhibited no significant difference. It is clear that there is no significant difference between male and female government college student-teachers in their attitude towards teaching profession. So the null hypothesis was accepted. In this study the male and female student-teachers from Government College have shown similar attitude towards teaching profession. From table 3 it is inferred that the private college male and female student-teachers exhibited no significant difference. It is clear that there is no significant difference between male and female private college student-teachers in their attitude towards teaching profession. So the null hypothesis was accepted. In this study the male and female student-teachers from private college have shown similar attitude towards teaching profession. From table 4 it is inferred that the Tamil and English medium studentteachers exhibited no significant difference. It is clear that there is no

significant difference between Tamil and English medium student-teachers in their attitude towards teaching profession. So the null hypothesis was accepted. In this study the Tamil and English medium student-teachers showed similar attitude towards teaching profession. Major findings of the study: The government and private college student-teachers do not differ significantly in their attitude towards teaching profession. Government college male and female student-teachers do not differ significantly in their attitude towards teaching profession. Private college male and female student-teachers do not differ significantly in their attitude towards teaching profession. In general male and female student-teachers do not differ significantly in their attitude towards teaching profession. Attitude of student-teachers towards teaching profession is highly favourable. Educational implications: The teacher who has a positive attitude towards their teaching profession can only bring the desirable changes in the learning behaviour of the children. The teacher should 19

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always use their classroom environment as a well-organized structure for attitude development. Conclusion: A teacher is always a student; a seeker of knowledge. A teacher is not merely a teacher but he is a more effective demonstrator through his personal life of values, attitude, outlook, behaviour and performance. The teachers should being desirable and essential changes in their method of instruction for developing favourable

Volume X attitude towards teaching. They should also learn how to change their own behaviour according to the needs of the situations. The quality education should be given to the teacher trainees by appointing qualified teacher educators. If all the facilities are good, automatically the attitude towards the teaching profession will be favourable to the student-teachers. So, those whom are involved in this profession must follow the value system with sanctity and devotion.

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References: Amirtha Gowri.P and Mariammal. K (2011). College Teachers Attitudes towards Teaching and Job Satisfaction. Journal of Community Guidance & Research, Vol.28 (1) PP.99-106. Bhatt, D.J. (1993). Job Satisfaction of College Teachers. Indian Journal of Behavior, Vol.17 (4): 5-13. Bhandarkar, B.G (1980). A study on polytechnic teachers attitude towards teaching profession and its correlates. Abstract: 1126, III Survey Report, Govt.Polytechnic, Jalgaon. Gnanadevan.R (2010). Teachers Professional Ethics for Sustainable Future. Edutracks: A Monthly Scanner of Trends in Education, Vol.9 (9). Parvati S.Ghanti and Jagadesh (2009). Attitude of Secondary School Teachers Towards their Teaching Profession. Edutracks: A Monthly Scanner of Trends in Education, Vol.9 (3). Prasad Babu.B. & Raju.T.J.M.S (2013). Attitude of Student Teachers towards their Profession. International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 2(1). Selvaraj, Gnanaguru. A and Suresh Kumar.M (2008). Underachievement of B.Ed students in Relation to their Home Environment and Attitude towards Teaching. Edutracks, Vol.7 (12). Nayar, P.R. (1977). Mysore Teachers Attitude Scale, Abstract: 708, III Survey Report, Dept. of Edu, Mysore University. Niyaz Ahmad (2011). Attitude of Student Teachers towards Teaching in relation to Academic Achievement. All India Khilafat Committee College of Education, Mumbai. Shashi Prabha Sharma (2003). Teacher Education: Principles, Theories & Practices. New Delhi, Kanishka Publishers.

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