Effectiveness of Mobile Phone Usage in Pre-Service Teachers Training Programme on Development of Elementary Teacher Competency

Abstract

The study was conducted on mobile phone usage in the Teacher Training Institute for the development of Teachers’ competency. The experimental method was adopted for the present study. A sample of 100 D.El.Ed students of one DIET were selected using the purposive sampling technique. The information schedule, questionnaire, interview schedule and pre-test & post-test were developed for the present study. The analysis of data has been made through percentage and mean analysis. The major findings of the study include (i) there is a positive effect of mobile usage on the development of teachers’ competency. There is a significant difference between male and female pre-service teachers of DIET teacher students in their mobile phone usage and enhancement of teachers’ competency.