Professional Commitment and Attitude towards Teaching of Effective Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

This study examined the Attitude towards Teaching of effective and less effective secondary school teachers in Kashmir valley. The sample of the study consisted of 800 secondary school teachers which were collected by random sampling. Attitude towards teaching scale developed by using S.P. Alullwalia’s was used. . Professional commitment scale developed by Ravinder Kaur and Sarbjit Kaur was used. The results of the study revealed that the effective secondary school teachers have a favorable attitude towards teaching as compared to less effective secondary school teachers. The results also revealed that effective teachers are more competent in their jobs and also show a positive attitude and are more cooperative to the students and heads of institutions. Citation: Rayees Ahmad Dar (2019).Professional Commitment and Attitude Towards Teaching of Effective Secondary School Teachers. International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR ) ISSN:2581-4281, 2 (1), January, 2019, # Art.1111, pp 1-9 International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281 Volume 2, Issue 1, January, 2019 IJAMSR 2 (1) www.ijamsr.com CrossRef: https://doi.org/10.31426/ijamsr.2019.2.1.1111 IJAMSR 2(1) www.ijamsr.com January 2019 2 International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281 Attitude means the individual’s prevailing tendency to respond favorably or unfavorably to an object, person or group of people, institutions or events. Attitude can be positive (values) or negative (prejudice). The attitude has been defined in many different ways over the years. The attitude of the teacher has an impact on the behavior of the student in the classroom as well. The teacher spends most of the school day in the close association with his students and as a result of this; his basic attitudes and actions, his tastes and mannerism have great influence on the students. The teachers create the emotional climate in the classroom just by being friendly calm or nervous. This directly affects the children because children learn attitudes and behavior mostly by example. The effectiveness of education depends upon the quality of teachers working in an institution. The quality of teachers in turn depends upon the quality of training received by them in different training institutions. The teacher spends most of the school day in close associations with his students and as a result of this, his basic attitudes and actions, his tastes and mannerism have great influence on the students, the teacher creates the emotional climate in the classroom just by being friendly, calm and nervous. This directly affects the children because children learn attitudes and behavior mostly by examples, emotion, tension, For example, is contagious; a teacher who is fear full and generally hostile can induce fear, worry, and insecurity in his students. The effectiveness of teacher, mainly depends upon the character, ability and his attitude towards his profession teaching. It is true that the attitude of a person towards his profession plays an important role in achieving desirable success. The attitude of a person depends upon his emotions and feelings. Renu and Nand, ( 1999) conducted a study on the attitude of effective teachers towards teaching profession .The main findings of her study were the effective teachers possess better teaching skills than less effective teachers. Their academic scores are high. They are more cooperative with students (Panday, R and Tripathy, 2006) conducted a study on the attitude of efficient school teachers. The findings indicate that there are good results of education by effective teachers. They have direct influence on the personality of students. The effectiveness of education depends upon quality teachers working in institutions. The quality of teachers in turn depends upon the quality of training received by them in different training institutions. As we know that qualitative and quantitative improvements of elementary and secondary educations has raised problems of solutions of right type of teachers and enriching program of teacher preparation.Thus necessities, but also to inculcate in them desirable teacher like qualities. We know the teaching profession is one of the most important art of guiding students through a variety of methodologies selected teaching methods, and it should therefore, attract the brightest minds, finest personality and most commitment young people as a profession, it requires people who have the right type of attitude for teaching is bound to be a successful teacher in future. A professionally committed teacher educator should possess all the attributes of a professional teacher. As a profession, teaching has been considered as the noblest profession from times immemorial. In this regard the National Policy on Education (1986) has also observed that the status of the teacher reflects the social cultural ethos of a society. Besides, Kothari Commission (19641966) has put forth that of all the different factors which influences the quality, competence and character of teacher are undoubtedly, the most significant International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281 Volume 2, Issue 1, January, 2019 IJAMSR 2 (1) www.ijamsr.com CrossRef: https://doi.org/10.31426/ijamsr.2019.2.1.1111 IJAMSR 2(1) www.ijamsr.com January 2019 3 International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Scientific Research (IJAMSR) ISSN:2581-4281