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International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

 Vol. 2(3), pp. 56-63, April , 2014.

 ISSN: 2360-7866

 DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2014.012

 

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An Investigation into the Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Teaching Profession in Purulia District of West Bengal, India.

 

*1Srijita Banerjee and Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera

 

1Student, M.A. in Education, Dept. of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, India, Pin-723101, *1Correspondence author’s email address: srijitabanerjee2014@gmail.com,  Mobile No. 919851343925.

    

Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, India, Pin-723101, Email: santoshbehera.jkc@gmail.com

 

Accepted 3 April 2014

Abstract

 

Teacher was compared to a God and treated as a combination of the Trimurty (Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswar) as well as the supreme one. The teacher occupies a pivotal position in the system of education. The teacher is the backbone of the educational system, maker of the mankind and architect of the nation. Teaching is a scared profession. The society places high hopes on a teacher. Keeping the importance of Teaching Profession an attempt has made through this study by the investigators to know the attitude of secondary school teachers towards Teaching Profession in Purulia District of West Bengal. The present study was based on survey method, particularly, the normative survey research method. One hundred eighty teachers (both male and female) teaching in Social and General Science streams were taken as representative sample of the whole population. An attitude scale was used for collecting the data. The means of both groups were tested for significance of difference by using ‘CR’ test. It was found that, the attitude of secondary school teachers of Purulia district of West Bengal is neither more favourable nor unfavourable towards Teaching Profession i.e., satisfactory or average in attitude towards Teaching Profession.

Key words: attitude, teaching, teaching profession.


 

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