Is In-Service Training A Determinant for Changing the Teaching Attitude of Teachers? An Experiment in Indian Schools

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the difference in the teaching attitude of teachers using traditional teaching and constructivist teaching approach in the class. Method: The experiment for the present study was carried out in the two government schools of Delhi. These schools were selected by using ‘draw of lots’ technique of sampling. Twenty teachers were selected from each sampled school. One group of 20 teachers was given orientation in traditional teaching and other group was trained in constructivist approach of teaching. The training of this constructivist group was provided for 8 week which was divided into training and practice phase. After completion of this 8-week phase of training and practice, the data was collected and compared using Ahulwalia (1999) teaching attitude inventory. Findings: The study revealed a significant difference in the attitude of teachers in pre- and post-mean and S.D scores on Teaching Attitude Inventory. Empirical findings also showed that training brings a favourable change in the attitude of the teachers.