LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13 : 2 February 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Attitudinal Incompatibility between Teachers and Students in a Classroom

V. Kalpana, M.A., M.Phil.
Princy Sunil, M.A., M.Phil.

No More Deification

The age of deifying teachers has passed by. No learning can be achieved unless strategic changes are adopted by the teachers. In this age, Information and knowledge is available at the click of a button. So where is the need for a teacher and his/her knowledge? The teachers are not the only torch bearers of knowledge. It is easy to imagine a class without a teacher but not without students. Every student enters a classroom with at least a basic knowledge in the subject. It is therefore imperative for a teacher to come down from his pedagogic throne and reach out to the students more empathetically. This is where the attitudinal compatibility, that is more often a chimera, comes into picture. Attitudinal compatibility, a major determinant factor in the teaching –learning process, helps both the teacher and the taught to work in sync. It also projects a realistic belief in one’s own ability to adopt the most appropriate approach to deal with people in the real world.

Attitudes

“Attitudes are seen as cognitive and effective orientations or dispositions towards an object, idea, person or situation” (Fiske & Taylor, 2008). Self-concept which includes attitudes, behaviours and beliefs about one’s ability to learn and perform tasks and Anxiety which includes feelings of tension that hinder learning processes and performance are an integral part of acquisition of knowledge. An individual’s attitude affects their experience in learning situations. This in turn influences the perception of competence in both teachers and students.

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V. Kalpana, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Velammal Engineering College
(Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Velammal Nagar
Surapet
Chennai - 600 066
Tamilnadu
India
tellconfer@gmail.com

Princy Sunil, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Velammal Engineering College
(Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Velammal Nagar
Surapet
Chennai - 600 066
Tamilnadu
India
princysunilagape@gmail.com
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