The Attitude of Physical Education Student–Teachers Towards Teaching Practice As Observed by The Supervisors

Malkeet Kaur; Vijay Kumar; Annu; Raspreet Sidhu; Dr. Dinesh P. Sharma

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

The Attitude of Physical Education Student–Teachers Towards Teaching Practice As Observed by The Supervisors

Malkeet Kaur, Vijay Kumar, Annu, Raspreet Sidhu, Dr. Dinesh P. Sharma

Abstract :

Effective and productive learning on the part of the pupils can be achieved only by the teachers of desir –able attitude, thus the purpose of the study was to determine the attitude of physical education student– teachers towards teaching practice as observed by the supervisors. The data was collected through a modified version of a questionnaire developed by A.U.Nwanekezi; N.J.Okoli and Sam A. Mezieobi, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria (2011). The modified questionnaire was validated and an internal consistency reliability of 0.95 was calculated using Crombach Alpha technique. A team of 11 experts were purposively selected from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports sciences that were present as supervisors for the observation of the teaching practice of the student– teachers admitted in B.P.Ed. (1 year) course for the session of 2011–2012. The descriptive data analysis was used followed by the percentage method to interpret the results. The attitude observed by the supervisors was found to be positive. Based on the findings, the recommendations were made that the institute should have the micro–teaching laboratory where the students will be exposed to the rudiments of the teaching and will have the proper exposure before meeting the actual teaching environment