ATTITUDE OF B.Ed. STUDENTS’ TOWARDS ODL INSTITUTIONS IN TAMIL NADU OPEN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The present study aims to probe the attitude of B.Ed. students’ towards ODL institutions in Tamil Nadu Open University. Survey method was employed in the present study. A sample of 293 B.Ed. students studying in Tamil Nadu Open University was selected by simple random technique. The data was collected by Students’ Attitude and Perceptions Rating of Open and Distance Learning Institutions Inventory (SAPRODLII) developed by Ojo, D. O., & Olankulehin, F. K. (2006). SPSS-17 Package was used for analysis of the collected data. The Percentile analysis, mean, standard deviation, level, t-test, ANOVA and chi-square were employed as statistical techniques to analyse the data. The findings show that  The attitude of B.Ed. students towards ODL institutions in TNOU is neutral,  there is no significant difference in the attitude of B.Ed. students towards ODL institutions in TNOU in terms of  gender,  locality and  teaching experience,  English medium students are having favourable attitude towards ODL institutions in TNOU than Tamil medium students,  Language subject students are having favourable attitude towards ODL institutions in TNOU than arts and science subject students, and  There is significant association between age of the B.Ed. students and their attitude towards ODL institutions in TNOU.

Keywords

• Attitude of B.Ed. students, ODL institutions, TNOU, Tamil Nadu Open University

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