A STUDY ON TEACHING APTITUDE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS

Abstract

Teaching is a valuable and demanding job. Teachers who possess strong professional competencies can carry out the significant obligations of nation-building as long as they are well-prepared for their roles. Teaching aptitude is crucial for teachers to effectively perform their duties and responsibilities in educational settings. The main aim of this paper is to identify the teaching aptitude of prospective teachers. The researcher adopted descriptive survey method and simple random sampling technique to collect samples from the government aided and private Colleges of Education from Salem district. A self-made tool was used to collect the data from the chosen samples. Descriptive, and differential statistics were applied to analyze the data. The study indicates that the prospective teachers are having high level of teaching aptitude, and no statistically significant difference was noted in the demographic variables such as gender, age, educational qualifications, stream of study, type of institutions, and locality. The study suggests that the teacher education programmes should be provided in such a way to enhance the teaching aptitude of prospective teachers.