Volume : 6, Issue : 11, NOV 2020

STATUS OF LIFE SKILLS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

DR.YATEEN KUMAR CHOUBISA, MRS. ARUNA MATHUR

Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the level of Life Skills of Pre-Service Teachers. A standardized tool "Life Skills Scale" developed by Dr.Raina Tiwari, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, was used for data collection. The sample included, 53 student teachers enrolled in the first year of the two year D.El.Ed. and B.Ed. Programs (2019-2021) of Vidya Bhawan Gandhian Institute of Educational Studies (VBGIES), Ramgiri, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Data analysis was conducted using percentage and the t-test. The study results demonstrated that 5.66% of the respondents had very high level of life skills, 69.81% had high level life skills and 24.52% had moderate levels of life skills. The mean scores related to life skills of males (23) and females (30) were found to be 28.26 and 28.23 respectively and the standard deviation of these two groups was found to be 4.15 and 3.9 respectively. The 't' value was found to be .021 and no significant difference between the life skills of female and male pre service teachers was found at the .01 and .05 levels of confidence. The paper suggests the need to make life skills an integral part of the core curriculum of teacher education institutions as it would help student teachers to learn to 'live together in peace' and learn to 'be at peace'.

Keywords

PRE SERVICE TEACHERS, TEACHER TRAINING, LIFE SKILLS, PERSONAL SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS, TEACHER EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS, GANDHI, PEACE, PEACE EDUCATION, 21ST CENTURY SKILLS.

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