Effect of Higher Qualification Teachers’ Personality, Teachers’Attitude and Teaching Effectiveness on Academic Achievement in Social Science Among Secondary School Students

Authors: [1] Hussainmiya D. H. [2] Dr. R. H. Naik

Pages: 87-90

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to analyze Independent and Combined effects of Variables viz., Higher Qualification Teachers’ Personality (Introversion and Extroversion), Teacher’s attitude (Favourable and Unfavourable) and Teaching Effectiveness (Effective and Ineffective) on Academic Achievement in Social Science. The sample of the present study includes 52 teachers teaching Social Science subject who were rated by the total number of 156 students selected randomly from 81 morarji desai residential secondary schools. The study revealed that, (i)The higher qualification teachers with Favorable attitude will influence more on academic achievement of students in social science than the higher qualification teachers with Unfavorable attitude towards the teaching profession; (ii) The higher qualification teachers with Favorable attitude towards profession and Effective teaching will influence more on academic achievement of students in social science than the higher qualification teachers with Unfavorable attitude towards profession and Ineffective teaching; and (iii) The higher qualification teachers with Introversion personality type, Favorable attitude and Ineffective teaching will influence more on academic achievement of students in social science than the higher qualification teachers with Extraversion personality type, Favorable attitude towards profession and Ineffective teaching.