A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ATTITUDE OF PUPIL TEACHERS TOWARDS INTEGRATED COURSES RECOGNISED BY NCTE REGULATIONS 2014

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Attitude is concerned with an individual way of thinking, acting and behaving. NCTE Regulations 2014 stands for improvement of teacher education in all dimensions to address the educational needs of pupil teachers. The study aimed to assess the Pupil Teachers’ Attitude towards integrated courses recognized by NCTE Regulations 2014 in NCR Delhi. NCTE Regulations 2014 is a new regulation for improvement of learning environments for all pupil teachers in order to make them a competent and effective teacher which requires change in the curriculum and modification in teaching and learning which can be helpful for all the students in an active and effective class system. The basic need of integrated courses recognized by NCTE Regulations 2014 is to create infrastructure for teacher education colleges in order to inculcate the feeling of expert teacher and a significant member of society. The B.Ed. integrated course starts after completion of senior secondary education. A pilot study was carried out selecting a sample of 200 (100 male and 100 female) Pupil Teachers studying in teacher education colleges located in NCR Delhi. The finding revealed that majority of the pupil teachers indicated moderate level of attitude towards integrated courses recognized by NCTE Regulations 2014. The male and female pupil teachers do not differ significantly in their attitude towards NCTE Regulations 2014. Female pupil teachers were found to be more positive in comparison to male pupil teachers. There exists a significant difference of attitude towards integrated courses recognised by NCTE Regulations 2014 between the urban and the rural pupil teachers as the calculated t- value is 2.94 is greater than the tabulated t -value (1.96) at 0.05 level of significance. The mean score of attitude of pupil teachers of urban teacher education colleges towards integrated courses was found to be greater than the mean score of pupil teachers of rural Teacher Education colleges.

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