Are the future
teachers apt for
teaching?
Teachers’ Aptitude Testing
WHAT IS APTITUDE?
Intelligence
Intelligence
Personality
Personality
Achievement
Achievement
Exam
Exam
• Warren's Dictionary of Psychology
defines aptitude as a
• “condition or set of characteristics
regarded as symptomatic of an
individual’s ability to acquire to acquire
training in some (usually specified)
knowledge, skill, or set of responses
such as the ability to speak a language,
to produce music etc.”
Choice of test
Choice of Test
Occupational Aptitude Survey
Vs.
Teaching Aptitude test battery
• ->Mental Ability
• ->Attitude Towards Children
• ->Interest in profession
• ->Professional Information
• ->Adaptability
What are DIETs?
• District Institutes of Education and Training
Teacher Training Institutes, set up under National
Policy on Education ‘86
Focus on
1. Resource Support
2. Training
3. Action Research
Teaching Aptitude predicts
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Effectiveness
Competency
Students’ achievement
IQ
Input  System Output
Teachers  Schools Students’
Outcomes
AIM
•Comparative Analysis
1.Rural-Urban
2.UP Vs. Haryana
3.Male Vs. Female
Are the future teachers
really apt to teach?
A Case Analysis: DIET, Gurgaon
DIET, Gurgaon
Sample Size: 154
Instrument: Teaching
Aptitude Test Battery by Singh
and Sharma
Methodology: Quantitative
and Qualitative Analysis
Number of Students (%)
Where do pupil teachers want to teach?
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Gov. Schools Private Schools
Others
Schools
Others:
Total Number of Students
1. Social Worker
who responded: 135
2. “Whichever PAYS more”
Mostly in Government run schools, few in
Government Specified Schools
Why?
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More Pay
No Incentive for performance; No accountability
Hindi Speaking Population
Job Security
• Modeling
• Teaching Motive
• To give back to where I come from
Field Visit
1.Efficient Functioning
2.Interview Answers: “Proud
to be in DIET, Gurgaon”
DIET, Gurgaon:
Academic Achievement
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Admission on Merit; Cut off: 80%
That’s why
43% of the students are from outside Gurgaon
120
100
%
80
% of students from
gurgaon
% of students from
outside gurgaon
60
40
20
0
Students of DIET, Gurgaon
Frequency Distribution of
TEACHING APTITUDE of Students of DIET, Gurgaon
Y AXIS
1 UNIT=
20 STUDENTS
-2.01
(z scores)
-1.25
-0.50 0 0.50
1.25
2
Aptitude is positively
correlated with
Academic
Achievement. Is it?
Oh, well. There is something called
“reservation”!
SCORES IN SUB
AREAS
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MENTAL ABILITY
ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDREN
ADAPTABILITY
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
INTEREST IN PROFESSION
Frequency Distribution of
Mental Ability of Students of DIET, Gurgaon
(z scores)
-2.01 -1.25
-0.50 0 .50
1.25
2.01
Y AXIS
1 UNIT=
10 STUDENTS
Questions arise
• What is the kind of teacher training in Haryana’s
one of the best DIETs?
• Does achievement tests in India make you able?
• If teachers aren’t mentally able, how will they
teach the children?
Adaptability of DIET, Gurgaon Students
60.00
Relative frequency
50.00
40.00
30.00
Adaptability
20.00
Mean: 16.25
S.D: 2.09
10.00
0.00
-2 -1.25 -0.5 0.5 1.25
z scores
2
3
'Attitude towards
Children'
Professional Information
z scores
NEGATIVE SKEWNESS
Interest in Profession
z scores
z scores
ST
ND
1 VS. 2 YEAR
STUDENTS
•More 2nd years in the above average range OF
Teaching Aptitude
•But no such trend in Mental Ability.
Subjects Taught in D ed.
•Education Philosophy – Education in Emerging
-> Concentrated Experience (Lack of multiplicity of
India
experiences)
•Education
Psychology
Study of Child
Psychology and Teacher Function
•Teacher Function (Role of teachers in primary
education)
-> Infation in
•Hindi
teaching aptitude
•English
through
•Mathematics
•Social Science (EVS I)
“Coaching”/Social
•Science (EVS II)
Desirability
•Physical Education (Games)
-> TET Coaching
•Art Education
couldn’t affect
Mental Ability
BOYS
VS.
GIRLS
RELATIVE FREQUENCY
Frequency Distribution of
TEACHING APTITUDE of
boys and girls of DIET, Gurgaon
-2.01 -1.25 -0.50 0 0.50 1.25
(z scores)
Female
Male
Girls: Boys Ratio=1: 5
Average:
Female: 82.01
Male: 81.84
2
Sample Size:
Female: 120
Male: 24
RELATIVE FREQUENCY
Frequency Distribution of
MENTAL ABILITY of
boys and girls of DIET, Gurgaon
(z scores) -2.01 -1.25
Female
Male
Average:
Female: 18.12
Male: 17.27
-0.50 0 0.50
1.25
2
BOYS > GIRLS
Are they?
More boys are mentally superior. Why?
Why?
Age Distribution (DIET, Gurgaon)
80
% of students
70
60
50
40
BOYS (%)
GIRLS (%)
30
20
10
0
17-19
20 above
age
Why?
Educational Qualification of the students
20 years or above (DIET, Gurgaon)
120
% of students
100
80
60
40
?
20
0
12th Pass
HOLDS A DEGREE/DIPLOMA
Educational Qualification
BOYS (%)
GIRLS (%)
Male Vs. Female
Part Scores
Girls>Boys
Interest in Profession
Professional Information
Boys>Girls
Mental Ability
Adaptability
BOYS=GIRLS
Interest in Profession
To Do
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Rural-Urban Comparative Study;
Inter-state Comparative Study;
Male-Female Comparative Study;
Correlation between Aptitude and Achievement
• ANSWER: ARE THE TEACHERS REALLY APT TO TEACH?
• RECOMMENDATIONS: POLICY REFORMS
1. RTE’S TET: IS IT THE BEST INSTRUMENT?
2. TEACHING AS LEADERSHIP