Attitude Towards Teacher Education

STUDENT TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS TWO YEAR B.ED. PROGRAMME

Dr.Shirley Moral.C.,

Assistant Professor,

Department of Education,

Madurai Kamaraj University,

Madurai- 625 021. email id:[e-mail]

ABSTRACT:

All streams of education and teacher education in particular is undergoing tremendous changes in the last two decades. Moreoever, after the enhancement of the teacher education programme to two years based on the Justice Verma Commission, there are still various controversies arising everyday . It is in this context that the present study is undertaken to measure and find out the significant differences in attitude towards teacher education among student teachers of select B.Ed. colleges of Madurai district in terms of certain

Education is a process and acts also as an instrument to bring out the innate behaviour of the individual. The strength of our nation depends on the teacher’s ability to rear well educated, responsible, well adjusted youth who will step forward when the adult generation passes on the retirement. The students of today are the youths of tomorrow and future citizens of the country, therefore it is the responsibility of teachers, society and government to see that they are physically, mentally, emotionally and educationally healthy. The needful steps taken at this period ensures a healthy democracy in the country.

It is found that the Student teachers’ attitude towards the two year B.Ed. programme is found lower among males, whose medium of instruction is Tamil and from rural govt. & govt. aided colleges. Though the NCTE has also brought out four National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education during 1978, 1988, 1998 and 2009 to improve the quality of B.Ed. programme yet it would yield fruitful results only if there is a right perspective and attitude among the student

It boldly opined, ‘’No people can rise above the level of its teachers.’’ It states that the ‘’status of the teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of a society.’’ It has been recommended that: ‘’’the government and the community should Endeavour to create conditions which will help to motivate and inspire teachers on constructive and creative lines. Teachers should have the freedom to innovate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community.’’ So Seminars, workshops, conferences and exchange programmes must be organized so that it would bring to light the necessity of enhancing the duration to two years and the nuances which could be introduced to yield such fruitful results as teaching is the mother of all professions and “the empires of the future are the empires of the mind”. Policy makers should bear in mind the needs of the nation and it should always be reframed such that it would serve the noble cause of nurturing the youth who are ultimately the stakeholders of any innovation.

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