Teaching Aptitude of teachers
Who are the future teachers of government schools? Do they
have the aptitude to teach?
Gurgaon
Mewat
Teaching Aptitude
Research Question: What is the teaching aptitude of pre-service pupil-teachers in DIETs of
Haryana?
Researcher: Divyanshi Chugh
(Red: To be done; Purple: Done)
Plan of Action:
Define Aptitude.
Warren’s Dictionary of Psychology: “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.”
A: Test Selection
Browsed through the various Teaching Aptitude Tests, Multiple Aptitude Tests in the NCERT
Library and record the construction and development of the test, validity, reliability,
standardization sample, norms, sub-tests.
Shortlisted the tests apt for the study
Looked for references for each of the test.
Rated the tests, based on review of literature
Accessed the test: Visit North Campus Library, NCERT Library for procurement
Contacted NPC and PPC for availability of Aptitude Tests
Figured out the Funding for the research Project; Order for the test
______________________________Done____________________________________
B: Review of literature, Background Research.
Till the test is procured
DONE:
Sought permissions from Director, SCERT
Background Research/Review of Literature
_____________Done______________
C: Methodology:
[Subjects: From Multiple DIETs of Haryana
Instrument: Administer the teaching aptitude test for the research on D. Ed. Students]
DONE:
The Test has been procured.
Studied the test in Detail
Administered the test in DIETs, Gurgaon
Sought permission to go to DIET, Mewat
TO DO: 10 DAY ACTION PLAN:
Aim: Score and Analyse the Data: 1st, 2nd year D ed students; Male Vs Female, Inter-state and
rural urban Aptitude, Part Scores Analysis
2nd July: Administer test in Mewat,
3rd July: Data Entry
4th July: Found out techniques to decontaminate data affected by mildly unstandardized
conditions so as to maintain internal validity of the data
Qualitative Methods of Research in Aptitude: Interview Schedule
5th July: Learn STATA; Use STATA to find out the validity of the data;
(Made Parameters for Delhi Helplines Research)
6th July: Refine Paper; Read Theory of Regression
7th, 8th: Paper Writing; Read theory of Prediction, Significance Testing
9th July: Practice STATA; Mewat Analysis;
10th July: Paper Summary: Last stage refining; Mewat Analysis
11th July: EPW Format the paper; Write down Gurgaon Analysis
12th July: Write down Mewat Analysis
13th July: Mewat Vs. Gurgaon Analysis (Rural Vs. Urban)
16th July: Male Vs. Female Analysis; Achievement-Aptitude Correlation
_______________In Process_______________
D: Results and Discussion
Aim: Rural-Urban Comparative Study; Inter-state Comparative Study; Male-Female
Comparative Study; Correlation between Aptitude and Achievement
Interpret the data
Graphical representations of data
Final Output: Graphical Representation of Teaching Aptitude of Teachers of DIETS
_________Done interpreting Gurgaon, DIET_________