Abstract-3 (Jan 2021) Prabina Priyadarsini

PEDAGOGY OF LEARNING

International Refereed/ Peer Reviewed Journal of Education

Vol. 7 (1) Jan 2021, pp. 23-30, E-ISSN: 2395-7344, P-ISSN: 2320-9526

Title:  Teaching Efficiency and Accountability of Secondary School Teachers Exposed to Samarthya Programme of Odisha

Prabina Priyadarsini Behera, Research Scholar (Education), Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. E-mail: darsini.prabina@gmail.com

Laxmidhar Behera, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Education, Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, E-mail: behera17@yahoo.co.in

Article DOI: 10.46704/pol.2021.v07i01.003

ABSTRACT

In-service training aims updating professional knowledge and skills of teachers. The integrated training “Samarthya” comprising of content and theme based modules is one of such training programme designed by School and Mass Education Department of Odisha to develop teaching efficiency and other professional behaviour of the school teachers. The present study examined the teaching efficiency and accountability of the secondary school teachers exposed to Samarthya training. The objectives of the study were (i) To study the teaching efficiency of trained secondary school teachers with a variation in terms of their gender, academic stream, and job status of teachers and locality of schools and (ii) To study the relationship between teaching efficiency and accountability of trained secondary school teachers. The study was conducted on 100 secondary school teachers exposed to Samarthya training. They were selected randomly from four districts of Odisha i.e. Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Khordha. A descriptive survey method was followed. Two self-developed tools i.e. on teaching efficiency and accountability of teachers were used in the study. The major findings of the study are: (i) moderate but positive correlation exist between accountability and teaching efficiency of secondary school teachers (ii) No significant difference was evident between male and female trained secondary school teachers in teaching efficiency (iii) significant difference was evident between arts and science secondary school teachers, (iv) There exists no significant difference between regular and contractual trained secondary school teachers and (v) significant difference exist between rural and urban trained secondary school teachers in their teaching efficiency. The study has implications for continuing professional development of secondary school teachers in the state of Odisha and the country. The training modules need to incorporate contents on accountability and school management apart from content and pedagogic enrichment.

Keywords: Teaching Efficiency, Accountability, Professional Behaviour, Samarthya.

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