are the future teachers apt for teaching? teachers aptitude testing
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Are the future teachers apt for teaching? Teachers’ Aptitude Testing
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WHAT IS APTITUDE?
IntelligencePersonalityAchievement Exam
IntelligencePersonalityAchievement Exam
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•Warren's Dictionary of Psychology defines aptitude as a • “condition or set of characteristics
regarded as symptomatic of an individual’s ability to acquire to acquire training in some (usually specified) knowledge, skill, or set of responses such as the ability to speak a language, to produce music etc.”
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Choice of test
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Choice of Test
Occupational Aptitude Survey Vs.
Teaching Aptitude test battery• ->Mental Ability• ->Attitude Towards Children• ->Interest in profession• ->Professional Information• ->Adaptability
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What are DIETs?
• District Institutes of Education and Training
Teacher Training Institutes, set up under National Policy on Education ‘86
Focus on1. Resource Support2. Training3. Action Research
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Teaching Aptitude predicts
• Effectiveness• Competency• Students’ achievement• IQ
Input System OutputTeachers Schools Students’
Outcomes
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AIM
•Comparative Analysis1.Rural-Urban 2.UP Vs. Haryana3.Male Vs. Female
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Are the future teachers really apt to teach?A Case Analysis: DIET, Gurgaon
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DIET, GurgaonSample Size: 154Instrument: Teaching Aptitude Test Battery by Singh and SharmaMethodology: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
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Others: Total Number of Students1. Social Worker who responded: 1352. “Whichever PAYS more”
Mostly in Government run schools, few in Government Specified Schools
Gov. Schools Private Schools
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Where do pupil teachers want to teach?
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Why?
• More Pay• No Incentive for performance; No accountability• Hindi Speaking Population• Job Security
• Modeling• Teaching Motive• To give back to where I come from
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Field Visit
1.Efficient Functioning2.Interview Answers: “Proud
to be in DIET, Gurgaon”
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DIET, Gurgaon: Academic Achievement
• Admission on Merit; Cut off: 80%• That’s why
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43% of the students are from outside Gurgaon
% of students from gurgaon% of students from outside gurgaon
Students of DIET, Gurgaon
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-2.01 -1.25 -0.50 0 0.50 1.25 2
(z scores)
Y AXIS1 UNIT=20 STUDENTS
Frequency Distribution of TEACHING APTITUDE of Students of DIET, Gurgaon
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Aptitude is positively correlated with Academic Achievement. Is it?Oh, well. There is something called “reservation”!
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SCORES IN SUB AREAS• MENTAL ABILITY• ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDREN• ADAPTABILITY• PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION• INTEREST IN PROFESSION
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-2.01 -1.25 -0.50 0 .50 1.25 2.01
Y AXIS1 UNIT=10 STUDENTS
Frequency Distribution of Mental Ability of Students of DIET, Gurgaon
(z scores)
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Questions arise
• What is the kind of teacher training in Haryana’s one of the best DIETs?
• Does achievement tests in India make you able?
• If teachers aren’t mentally able, how will they teach the children?
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-2 -1.25
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Adaptability of DIET, Gurgaon Students
Adaptability
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Mean: 16.25S.D: 2.09
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'Attitude towards Children'
z scores
Interest in Profession
z scores
Professional Information
z scoresNEGATIVE SKEWNESS
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1ST VS. 2ND YEAR STUDENTS•More 2nd years in the above average range OF Teaching Aptitude•But no such trend in Mental Ability.
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Subjects Taught in D ed.
-> Concentrated Experience (Lack of multiplicity of experiences)Study of Child Psychology and Teacher Function
-> Infation in teaching aptitude
through“Coaching”/Social
Desirability-> TET Coaching couldn’t affect Mental Ability
•Education Philosophy – Education in Emerging India•Education Psychology•Teacher Function (Role of teachers in primary education)•Hindi•English•Mathematics •Social Science (EVS I)•Science (EVS II)•Physical Education (Games)•Art Education
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BOYSVS.
GIRLS
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Frequency Distribution of TEACHING APTITUDE of
boys and girls of DIET, Gurgaon
-2.01 -1.25 -0.50 0 0.50 1.25 2
FemaleMale
Girls: Boys Ratio=1: 5
Average:Female: 82.01Male: 81.84
Sample Size:Female: 120Male: 24
RELA
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EQU
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(z scores)
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Frequency Distribution of MENTAL ABILITY of
boys and girls of DIET, Gurgaon
RELA
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EQU
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(z scores) -2.01 -1.25 -0.50 0 0.50 1.25 2
FemaleMale
Average:Female: 18.12Male: 17.27
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BOYS > GIRLSAre they?
More boys are mentally superior. Why?
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Why?
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Age Distribution (DIET, Gurgaon)
BOYS (%)GIRLS (%)
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Why?
12th Pass HOLDS A DEGREE/DIPLOMA
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Educational Qualification of the students 20 years or above (DIET, Gurgaon)
BOYS (%)GIRLS (%)
Educational Qualification
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Male Vs. FemalePart Scores
Girls>BoysInterest in ProfessionProfessional Information
Boys>Girls Mental AbilityAdaptability
BOYS=GIRLSInterest in Profession
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To Do• Rural-Urban Comparative Study; • Inter-state Comparative Study; • Male-Female Comparative Study; • Correlation between Aptitude and Achievement
• ANSWER: ARE THE TEACHERS REALLY APT TO TEACH?
• RECOMMENDATIONS: POLICY REFORMS
1. RTE’S TET: IS IT THE BEST INSTRUMENT?2. TEACHING AS LEADERSHIP