Teaching Proficiency in Diverse Landscapes of Locality: A Study

Abstract

The paper deals with proficiency in teaching among teacher trainees in relation to locality. All the government and private colleges of teacher education in Jammu province was the population of the study. The data was collected from 120 teacher trainees of different Colleges of Education in the Jammu Province. The data was randomly collected from 5 districts of Jammu province including Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Reasi through survey method. The self constructed rating scale for teacher trainees’ proficiency in teaching was used to collect the data. Statistical techniques used for the analysis were Mean, Standard Deviation and T-test. Results show that there is no significant difference in proficiency in teaching and various dimensions of proficiency in teaching of teacher trainees with reference to Locality. This study, therefore, aims to provide insight into educational community at large about the significance of teacher training for proficiency in teaching as well as to clear their understanding regarding the locale of the teacher has nothing to do with the proficiency in teaching of the teacher.