Professional Commitment and Teaching Competency as Psychological correlates of Teaching Effectiveness and major predictors of Teaching Effectiveness

PSYCHOLOGY

Education is the key which helps to eradicate all kinds of social evils. Secondary education is as necessary for the development of the country as much is the requirement of bread, cloth and home. To make secondary education foundation of the education system there is requirement of competent and committed teachers and this is possible only when society and state makes an effort to provide conducive working environment and a good Social support for school teachers. A committed employee is an asset of any Institution and occupies the most important place in an educational institution because they are in charge of the future of the nation. Need of the nation is not only to attract but also to retain committed teachers. Provision of facilitating working conditions for teachers will help in the enhancement of their commitment to the profession. Need of strong and empowered secondary education system is well defined for a developing nation like our’s. To prove the strength of our educational system we require teachers who are trained, and who are aware of their duties thus they will perform their jobs with the best they can afford. This is the reason that the researcher decided to explore Teaching Competencies and Professional Commitment among school teachers. In this regard there is a need of systematic study on teaching effectiveness and professional competency among higher competency exhibited by teachers. The role of teacher is to concentrate on the facilitation of learning and development of all students to the practical abilities of the teacher. They should have deep understanding of the students, the subject they teach, the nature of learning and the world around them. Teachers shouldn’t bore, demean or confuse students but they should be brought to interact with important knowledge. Conceptions should be developed and misconceptions should be avoided. The emergence of a globalised world in a frame work of competitions together with the pressure of an exploding knowledge base has given rise to new challenging roles for the secondary teachers. The study will help to know how far they are equipped and trained themselves so as to cope with the challenges in modern education system especially in the final stage of schooling. Therefore, the present study reveals the existing status of teaching effectiveness and professional competency among 200 secondary school teachers working under Government in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, state in India.

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