A study on confidence among teacher educators in Madurai district

Authors

  • N. Vivekananda Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
  • R. Meenakshi Assistant Professor & Head (I/C) Department of Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

Keywords:

confidence, teacher educators, Madurai district

Abstract

The teacher confidence can have a greater impact on student achievement than student-teacher relationships, home environment, or parental involvement. So much of why teachers lack confidence, however, is the result of what they say to themselves. For this study, the method adopted in the present study is the Normative survey method. The population for the present study is teacher educators in Madurai district. The sample size is 250 teacher educators from 10 schools in Madurai district. The investigator has decided to construct and validate an inventory to measure the confidence.  The data was collected and subjected to statistical analysis. 48.8% of confidence have low, 35.2% of them have moderate and 16.0% of them have high level of teacher educators. The finding of result revels that there is significant difference between male and female Teacher educators in their confidence. While comparing the mean value of female (112.90) are higher than male teacher (106.40) in their confidence. This is may be due to fact that female teacher educators have more confidence in their emotional balance, adjustment patient, perseverance, will power, goal orientated skill than male teacher educators.

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Published

19-10-2022

How to Cite

Vivekananda, N., & Meenakshi, R. (2022). A study on confidence among teacher educators in Madurai district. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S10), 399–407. Retrieved from https://sciencescholar.us/journal/index.php/ijhs/article/view/13489

Issue

Vol. 6 No. S10 (2022)

Section

Peer Review Articles
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