ATTITUDE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARDS ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGY (ALM) IN THENI DT, TAMILNADU

Abstract

The present scenario of Education system, all people are under pressure to use the innovative strategies in the teaching and learning process, to teach students the knowledge and skills that are required for the 21st century. It has been suggested that students whose activity is engaged with the material are more likely to recall information. Mayer (2004) emphasized that the learners should be cognitively active. Active Learning is a term used to identify teaching methods that require students to be actively involved in the Learning Process. The Method of the study adopted for the present study is normative survey method. The Attitude of Active Learning Methodology consists of 30 items given to 100 Male and Female teachers in the selected schools at Theni (DT), TamilNadu using random sampling technique. The results of the study found that Active Learning Methodology has significant impact on students learning. Among the hypothesis, there was no significant difference with respect to Gender, Age, Qualification, type of schools,
experience of Teachers. But it differs significantly in terms of Locality and Teacher’s handling the Subject taught in Tamil and English.
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