Effect of Constructivist Teaching Training on Teachers’ Attitude and Students’ Achievement

Abstract

Aim- The aim of the study was to study the effect of constructive based training approach on teachers’ attitude and students’ achievement. Method- The study comprised70 students of class VII from Nagar Palika Girls Middle School Balmiki Basti New Delhi and Nagar Palika Girls Sr. Sec. School, Havelock Square, New Delhi. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design was applied in the present study. A pre and post -test design was applied on students’ learning in English subject. A training of 180 hours of constructive teaching training was given to one group of 20teachers, whereasa conventional teaching training was given to another group of 20 teachers. The training for both the groups was completed in 10 weeks. After receiving the training both the groups used the approaches in their classes in which they had been trained. Therefore, one group of students was taught the English Subjects by using constructive approach where as another group was taught by using conventional approach of teaching. Teacher-made test with multiple-choice objective type questions was used to assess the learners’ achievement in pre-test, and post-test was carried out just after two months of the experiment. Similarly, teacher’s attitude scale of S P Ahluwalia (1990) was administered before the training of teachers and also after completion of the training. Result- The t values obtained revealed that constructivist method enhances the academic achievement of the pupils. It was also found that both the group of teachers differs significantly on the teaching attitude.