A Study of Collegiality As A Predictor of Academic Achievement Among Senior Secondary Students
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 4
Abstract
To be collegial is an important aspect in the teaching process especially among teachers. But, this is the major hurdle as felt by teachers due to their ego and complex. Sharing of knowledge and clarifying doubts among teachers are considered as threat to their professional advancement and self-esteem by many of the teachers. However, they do not know that their attitude is adversely effecting not only their development, but also the achievement of students directly and indirectly. The focus of this study was to determine the relationship, if any, between collegiality of teachers and students‟ academic achievement in schools. It also focused on the differences of collegiality of male teachers and female teachers belonging to two different senior secondary school boards, simultaneously it evaluated academic achievement of the students belonging to aforementioned boards. Mean difference analysis and correlation were the statistical technique used in the study. The sample was selected from 10 schools of XII Standard, which comprised of total 100 teachers who participated in the study. For evaluating academic achievement of students, the researcher selected 100 student‟s academic report of those particular schools only from where the teachers participated in the study. The result revealed that collegiality is having a direct positive correlation with academic achievement of students.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Noora Abdul Kader, Mr. Ansarul Hoque
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