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SELF-CONCEPT OF WOMEN TEACHERS WORKING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

Self-concept in teaching, as a powerful determinant of teacher behavior, is developed by the way in which teacher experiences and interprets things that happen. The quest for understanding oneself plays a vital role in orienting the teacher to the world around him and enabling him to behave with confidence so that he can maximize his pleasure and minimize his pain in his professional area. A considerable amount of research has been conducted to study the relationship between self-concept in teaching and the major determinants of effective teaching. A research work was conducted on A study of self-concept of women teachers working at different levels of education in the district of Coochbehar, West Bengal with the objectives like, to assess the perception of self of women teachers in respect of their physical, social, temperamental, moral and intellectual values, to determine, the differences, if any in the self-perception of women teachers according to different levels of their education, to compute the significant difference in self-perception of women teachers at different levels totally. The investigation was done with a sample of 120 women teachers of differences in their level of education, age and training. For the study a standardized tool was used and analysis was made with the help of statistics. The findings reveal differences in the self-concept of women teachers with regard to different components of self-concept and intervention.

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