Re-Searching Secondary Teacher Trainees In Distance Education And 
Face-To-Face Mode: Study Of Their Background Variables, Personal Characteristics 
And Academic Performance

Year 2011, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 155 - 180, 01.09.2011

Mamta Garg Sudesh Gakhar

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to describe and compare the background variables, personal characteristics and academic performance of secondary teacher trainees in distance education and face-to-face mode. The results indicated that teacher trainees in distance education differed from their counterparts in age, marital status, sex and socio-economic status. Distance trainees outperformed the on-campus trainees on their preference for left-hemispheric styles of learning and thinking, budgeting time, learning motivation, overall study habits, academic motivation, attitude towards education, work methods, interpersonal relations, and on their perception about relevance of course content of theory papers in B.Ed., but on-campus trainees outperformed distance trainees on preference for right-hemispheric learning styles, need for achievement, motivation for sports, attitude towards teaching profession, child-centered practices, teachers, overall attitude towards teaching along with their perception for development of teaching skills and attitude, personality development during B.Ed. course. In academic performance distance trainees lag behind the on-campus trainee in their marks in theory papers, skills in teaching and in aggregate.

Keywords

Teacher Education, Distance Education, Secondary Teacher Trainees, Learning Styles, Achievement Motivation, Study Habits, Attitude Towards Teaching, Academic Performance