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APPENDIX I
INSTRUCTIONS
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This is not an examination or academic test. Hence feel relaxed in answering this test. Your
answers will be kept confidential. Therefore, be FRANK and FREE in giving your answers.
You have various experiences in your classroom. Based on these experiences you form an
opinion about your classroom. Please give your true opinion in this scale. Read the statements care
fully and tick mark {*/) in the box, which is appropriate according to you.
An example is given below so that you will know to tick mark (\t) according to your opinion.
School
Investigator Guide
Adapted from Sister Marite de Sales A C's Research 'CASE' M. S. University of Baroda.
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Statements stronglv I often times rarely never
feel j feel feel feel feel
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1- There is co-operation and love for work among our teachers, p
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I feel free to express my ideas and opinions in my class.
6. We hardly get any thing else from our teachers besides the
content matter from text books.
13. I like the behaviour of our teachers and feel like imitating
them.
17. For the whole of my life my present class will have sweet
memories for me.
18. In my class each one is aloof and does not help the other.
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Statements strongly often times rarely never
feel feel feel feel feel
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21. Our teachers come to class in time and enjoy teaching us.
24 Our class teacher does not feel that our class is his own.
26. No one listens to the other when any pupil talks in my class,
27. I feel that what I learn in class will help me to face life and
its problems.
31. During any activity in my class the pupils have a great sense
of commitment.
37. Along with the lessons, our teachers tell us many things that
will be useful in life.
1 1 very 1 some 1 1
Statements strongly often times rarely never
feel feel feel feel feel
41, Our class teachers feel that our class is his/her own.
43. We not only get rich content matter in various subjects but
also general knowledge from our teachers.
44. Our teachers are not punctual and do not have any interest
in teaching us
APPENDIX II
INSTRUCTIONS
This is not an examination or academic test. Hence feel relaxed in answering this test. Your
answers will be kept confidential. Therefore, be FRANK and FREE in giving your answers.
In your class, you have various situations during which you may or may not feel free to interact
with your teacher and companions and to discuss with them day to day classroom problems.
Some situations are given below. One pupil is involved in each situation. Please read each
situation carefully and think how the pupil who is involved in that situation will react. Indicate your
answer by encircling any of the alternatives given below each situation.
School
Investigator Guide
Adapted from Sister Marite de Sales A C's Research 'CASE' M. S. University of Baroda.
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1. Sita complained to the teacher that her text book was lost. She said that she suspected Geeta
of taking her book. Without questioning Geeta who was an honest girl and who had not taken
the book, the teacher asked her to remain out of class till she returned Sita's text book. What will
Geeta do? Encircle one of the following statements .<
2. Ganeshis a clever boy who stands first in class. During the terminal test in Science, Ramesh copies
from Ganesh and both get the same marks for the test. What will Ganesh do? Encircle one of the
following statements :
3. Raju goes to participate in an inter-school debate as a representative of the school. He was a clever
boy and he comes to know that the teacher gave the class a test in Geography in his absence, which
he was very anxious to answer. What will Raju do? Encircle one of the following statements :
(AJ Raju will get angry and fight with the teacher.
(B) He will just keep quiet.
(C) He will ask the teacher to give him another test.
(D) He will request the teacher to give him marks without answering the test.
4. jagdish was a cricket player of the school team. During the cricket match held on the school day
against a neighbouring school, Jagdish played badly and his team was defeated. What will Jagdish
do? Encircle one of the following statements :
5 Hari has failed and is repeating the class. His new companions avoid his company because he is a
repeater and looks too big for the class. The teacher warns Hari before the whole class to behave
himself and to study hard this year. Hari feels humiliated. What will he do? Encircle one of the
following statements :
6. Nina is a shy and timid girl. One day, she pluck up courage and asks her teacher why she never
wore clothes of green colour. The teacher told Nina that green colour did not suit her. Nina thought
that the teacher disliked green colour and felt hurt because she herself had worn a new green dress
that day which the teacher did not notice. What does Nina think? Encircle one of the following
statements :
7. Arun was a mischievous chap and did not answer his roll call on the first day of school. On the
second day when Arun did not respond, the teacher went on with the roll call. On the third day, the
teacher purposely did not call out of his name. Arun and all his companions noticed that the
teacher had ignored Arun. What did Arun feel? Encircle one the following statements :
8. Rajesh and Shyam contested for the post of the monitor of the class, for which election was being
held. Though Rajesh was more popular than Shyam, he was not elected. How did Rajesh feel?
Encircle one of the following statements.
(A) Rajesh will feel cheated by his friends and suspected that they did not vote for him.
(B) He will feel that he should not have stood forelection.
(C) He will feel sorry, but take the result in a sporting way.
(D) He will feel that in spite of his friends having done their best, he had lost.
9. Ranjit's mother had requested his teacher to allow him to take his arithmetic workbook home, in
order that he might catch up with his work. Permission was granted. On the way home, Ranjit
threw his workbook into a ditch and went home and said that a boy had snatched the workbook
from his hand and run off with it. When Ranjit's mother asked his friend Kamal if he knew any
thing about Ranjit's workbook, Kama! told her what had really happened. Ranjit was whipped by
his mother for not speaking the truth. How will Ranjit react? Encircle one of the following
statements :
(A) Ranjit will hit Kamal for telling his mother the truth.
(B) He will bully Kamal to tell his mother that what Kamal had said was not true.
(C) Ranjit will ask his mother to buy a new arithmetic book
(D) He will promise his mothor to do his home-work regularly.
10. On Independence Day, a noted speaker was invited to address the students. As the speech was not
understood, the students felt bored and whispered among themselves. John was the one who
whispered the most. The teacher scolded all the pupils for not behaving themselves. What will
John do? Encircle one of the following statements :
(A)John will resolve to make noice whenever the teacher was not looking at him during a
function.
(B) He will feel happy and tell his companions that fhe teacher did not catch him.
(C) He will blame himself and think that he should not have whispered.
(Dj He will iell his teacher that the speech was boring and uninteresting.
11. The foot-ball team from Mohan's school went to play a match against another school. During the
match, a quarrel arose between the team and Mohan took a laading part in the fight. A complaint
was sent from the other school to Mohan’s Principal that one of the boys quarrelled during the
match. Mohan's teacher enquired about the cause of the fight and wanted to know who took the
leading part in the fight. How will Mohan feel? Encircle one of the following statements ;
(A) Mohan feels that the teacher did right in making the enquiry in order to avoid future
quarrels
(B) He feels sorry that he took part in the fight and hopes that the teacher will not find out
that he was the leader of the fight
(C) He feels that the teacher will scold him and that he will keep quiet.
(D) He feels that he should explain to the teacher the cause of the fight and admit that he had
taken the leading part.
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12. Sarika was praised by the teacher for having solved a difficult problem in arithemetic which was
given for home assignment. Sarika had taken the help of her elder sister in solving that sum and
feels that the teacher should know this What will Sarika do? Encircle one of the following
statements;
(A) Sarika will not tell the teacher that her sister helped her to solve the problems.
(B) She will like to tell the truth to the teacher, but feels shy to approach her.
(C) Since she completed the home work Sarika feels that she deserves the praise and keeps
quiet.
(D) She will tell the teacher that she had sought the help of her elder sister to work out the sum
13. The teacher was distributing the English answer books after having corrected them. Deepak who
was the best boy in English was disappointed that he obtained only 60% even though his marks
were the highest in class. How will Deepak react? Encircle one of following statements :
(AJ Deepak wili throw out his answer book out of the window.
(B) He will tell the other students that the teacher was unjust in her corrections
(C) He will ask the teacher for more marks.
(B) He will remain silent because he obtained the highest marks.
14. Dilip was a playful boy and obtained very low marks in most of thesubjects. He was afraid to
show his report card to his daddy in order to obtain his signature. So Dilip signed the report
card himself. The teacher suspected Dilip and asked him if his daddy had signed the report card.
What will Dilip say ? Encircle one of the following statements :
(A) Dilip will say that his daddy had signed the report card.
(B) He will confess to the teacher that he himself had signed the report card because he
was afraid of his daddy.
(C) He will say sorry and ask the teacher for another report card.
(Dj He will admit his fault and plead with his teacher not to tell his daddy.
15. Emile was dozing in class as he had gone for the last film show the previous evening. The
teacher warned Emile to be more alert in class. Emile felt ashamed. What will he do? Encircle
one of the following statements :
(A) Emile will tell his friends that the lesson was boring and therefore he was dozing.
(Bj He will tell his teacher why he was feeling sleepy.
(C) He will make an effort to keep himself awake.
(D; He will say to himself that the teacher was right in giving him the warning.
LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR DESCRIPTION QUESTIONNAIRE(LBDO)
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24. Teaching by subject area is the most
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2 programme design and evaluation
A functioning m unbar of society follows
rules of c nduct
2 7. Reality is .rational
28. Schools shou .d reflect the society they serve
29„ The teacher should set an example for
the same
30. The most effective learning does not take
place in a highly structured, strictly
disciplined environment
31. The curriculum should be based on
unchanging spiritual truths
32. The most effective learning is non-
structured
33. Truth is a constant expressed through ideas
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PHILOSOPHY PREFERENCE SCALE
For each item beicw reap*-'ml occoiOiny to the strength of your belief, indicating strength of belief on a five
point scale? strong agreement, agreement, neither agreement nor disagreement, dijagreement, strong aisagreemen
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Agr ce m^nt Disagree-
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1. Ideal trachrrs are constant questionnaires
2. Schools exist for societal improvement
3. Teaching schould canter around the inquiry
techniaue
4. Demonstration and recitation •-•'e essential
components for learning
5. Students should always be permitted to determine
their own rules in the educational process
6. Reality is spiritual and rational
7. Curriculum should be based on the laws of
natural science
8. The teacher should be a strong authority
figure in the classroom
9. The student is a receiver of knowledge
10. Ideal teachers interpret knowledge
CLASSROOM CLIMATE SCALE (KEY)
Tools
below.
Construct : Authenticity
Components Items
Components Items
Construct : Productivity
Components Items
General Statement
four responses each. These four responses have scores ranging from
by the pupils.
of each situation.
Score Value
A B C D
1 2 3 14
2 12 3 4
3 13 4 2
4 12 3 4
5 12 3 4
6 12 4 3
7 12 3 4
8 12 3 4
9 2 13 4
10 12 3 4
11 3 12 4
12 13 2 4
13 12 3 4
14 14 3 2
15 1 4 3 2
LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR DESCRIPTIVE QUESTIONAIRRE (KEY)
Each of the keys to the dimensions contains 15 items and each item
Negative Statements
3,7,20,22,23,24.
EGO STATE INVENTORY SCALE (KEY)
4. He is very rational
5. He is excessively polite
2. Moderately
3. Mildly
4. Not at all
quantified. All the statements in the Ego State Inventory are positive
2. Moderately 2 Scores
3. Mildly 1 Score -
Each Sub-groups :
3. Adult 2,10,13,21,29,34,38 7
TOTAL 42
PHILOSOPHY PREFERENCE ASSESSMENT SCALE (KEY)
The tool is enclosed in the appendix section and the scoring key
is given below :
Perennialism 6,8,10,13,15,31,34,37
Idealism 9,11,19,21,24,27,29,33
Realism 4,7,12,20,22,23,26,28
Experimentalism 2,3,14,17,25,35,39,40
Existentialism 1,5,16,18,30,32,36,38 .
APPENDIX NO.11 DISTRIBUTION OF TEACHER SAMPLING
1 Government H.S.School
Asokapuram Govt. Boys Urban 2 1 3
2 Govt. H.S.School
Asokapuram 1! Girls II
2 2 4
3 Govt. H.S.School
II II
Kuniamuthur Mixed 2 1 3
4 Govt. H.S.School
II ft
Vellakinar Mixed 3 2 5
6 Govt. H.S.School
II II
Karamadai Boys 1 1 2
12 Corporation H.School
II
Ramanathapuram Boys Urban 2 1 3
13 Corporation H.School
Ramakrishnapuram II
Girls 11 2 2 4
14 Corporation H.School
n II
R.S. Puram Boys 2 1 3
15 Corporation H.School
Ranganathapuram m If II 1 1 2
(1) (2) ( 3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
17 Corporation H.School
Anuparpalayam
It M II
2 1 3
18 Mani H.S.School
Coimbatore Aided Mixed II
2 2 4
20 Sarvajana H.S.School
Peelamedu If
Girls II
3 2 5
21 Suburban H.S.School
Coimbatore - 9. II
Boys
II
2 2 4
23 Kikani H.S.School
Coimbatore (North) II
Boys 1! 2 1 3
24 Sri Rarnakrishna
Mission Vidyalaya
High School, Peria-
naickenpalayam II II
Rural 2 2 4
27 Sri K. Rangaswamy
Naidu H.S.School
Perianaickenpalayam II II 2 2 4
Girls
29 Swami Sivananda
H . S . S., Perianai
t! tl 3 2 5
ckenpalayam Boys
30 Sowdeswari Matricu
lation H.S.School
R.S. Puram 2 1 3
Private Mixed Urban
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
31 Nehru Vidyalaya
Matric H.S.School
Coimbatore Private Girls Urban 2 2 4
32 Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Matric H.S.School
Vadavalli Boys Rural 2 1 3
33 Bharathiya Vidya
Bhavan Matric
II
H . S . S . . R.S. Puram Mixed Urban 2 2 4
34 Sri Ramakrishna
Steel Industries
Matric H.S.School
II II
Karamadai Rural 1 1 2
35 Immaculate Heart of
St. Mary's Matric.
ft M
H.S.S., Veerapandi Girls 0 2 2
33 K.V.S. Central
ft ft
School, Sowripalayam Urban 2 2 4
1 Government H.S.School
Asokapuram Govt. Boys Urban 52 52
2 Govt. H.S.School,
tf ff
Asokapuram Girls - 37 37
3 Govt. H.S.School,
Kuniamuthur H Mixed ft
25 19 44
4 Govt. H.S.School,
Vellakinar H Mixed ft
27 24 51
6 Govt. H.S.School,
Karamadai M Boys tl
46 —
46
12 Corporation H.School
ft ft
Ramanathapuram Girls 42 42
13 Corporation H.School
ft
Ramakrishnapuram « Girls - 41 41
14 Corporation H.School
ff ff
R.S. Puram Boys 33 33
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
17 Corporation H.School
M H If
Anuparpalayam 22 16 38
20 Sarvajana H.S.School
Peelamedu ti
Girls It - 51 51
21 Suburban H.S.School
Coimbatore - 9 it
Boys It
43 - 43'
23 Kikani H.S.School
M II
38 38
Coimbatore (North) Boys -
• 24 Sri Ramakrishna
Mission Vidyalaya
High School, Peria-
M H
naickenpalayam Rural 30 30
27 Sri K. Rangaswamy
Naidu H.S. School,
Perianaickenpalayam II
Girls 11 _ 36 36
30 Sowdeswari Matricu
lation H.S.School,
R.S. Puram Private Mixed Urban 14 18 32
3i Nehru Vidyalaya
Matric H.S.School,
tt tt
Coimbatore Girls 30 30
32 Chinmaya Vidyalaya
Matric H.S. School,
M
Vadavalli Boys Rural 28 28
33 Bharathiya Vidya
Bhavan Matric H.S.
H
School, R.S. Puram Mixed Urban 15 19 34
34 Sri Ramakrishna Steel
Industries Matric H.S.
tt
School, Karamadai " Rural 16 10 26
35 Immaculate Heart of
St. Mary's Matric.
H.S.S., Veerapandi If
Girls tt _ 27 27
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