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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2018)
Moral values of secondary school teachers
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Nagendra Rao Howji, Vijaya Kumar Chavan
Abstract
Values are considered as standards of code and conduct which are conditioned by ones cultural tenets, guided by conscience, according to which one is supposed to conduct himself/herself and shape his/her life pattern by integrating beliefs, ideas and attitudes with a view to realize the cherished ideals and aims. Our lives high values lead to objective, fair and correct decision and actions to ensure the welfare of all concerned. Whereas low values do exactly the opposite. Objectives of the Study: To find out the moral values of secondary school teachers and classify them and to find out influence of Gender, Residence, Type of School and Teaching Experience variables on moral values of secondary school teachers. Hypothesis: 1. Significant differences would occur between the Moral Values of Male and Female teachers. 2. There would be a significant difference between moral values of rural and urban teachers.3. Moral values of teachers of Government, Private and Residential Schools would differ significantly. 4. Teaching Experience would certainly influence the moral values of secondary school teachers. Tool: largest number of items pertaining to value system have collected from different sources and scrutinized by the expert teacher indicators. After thorough scrutiny of 40 important values which are very essential inculcations of school children through secondary schools. These 40 items have been arranged in questionnaire from the likerts 3-point scale model. Each item contains 3 responses i.e. Agree, Undecided and Disagree. Sample: Stratified random samples of 60 teachers are being selected from the secondary schools of Mahabub Nagar District. The main strategies have been taken from 5 schools of the urban and rural. Each one of them is selected randomly. All the teachers teaching academic subjects such as Telugu, English, Hindi, Maths, Physical Science, Natural and Social Sciences are included in the sample. Data Analysis: The following statistical techniques were employed in the analysis of data collected Mean, S.D., skewness, kurtosis, t-Test (**significant at 0.01 level,* 0.05 level & @not significant at 0.05 level.). Findings: The present study is focused on moral values of secondary school teacher in Mahabub Nagar District most of the moral values of secondary school teachers are found to be high. There would be no significant difference between the moral values of rural and urban, male and female, type of school and teaching experience of secondary school teachers. The study will be useful to know the level of moral values of secondary school teachers. It opens the new avenues for further study. Suggestions: Teacher should set a role model to inspire the students to develop their morality. There is always a room for the improvement of moral values in each individual. Hence, the teacher should be sensitive and pragmatic to improve moral values among students. The teacher must be approachable to the students and should maintain intimacy in order to develop interaction with the students.
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Pages:301-307
How to cite this article:
Nagendra Rao Howji, Vijaya Kumar Chavan "Moral values of secondary school teachers". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 301-307
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