Impact of Digital Learning on Teaching Competency Among B.Ed. Trainees

R.Ravi

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Teaching Competence refers to a set of knowledge, abilities, beliefs teacher possess and bring to the teaching situation. It defined as adequacy for a task of required knowledge skills and abilities. It emphasizes on the ability haw to demonstrate knowledge. In the present scenario we need a competent teachers may sustain and the progression to facing challenges of teaching-learning process. So, with the intention of this, the investigator indents to carry out a research on impact of digital learning on teaching competency among B.Ed. trainees. The data were collected from 182 B.Ed. trainees from private colleges of education in Coimbatore District using Attitude towards Digital Learning scale adopted from Paula Mae Bigatel et. al. (2017). The simple random sampling method was adopted to select the sample. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and one way anova. The study concludes that there is no significant mean score difference in teaching competency between the groups based on attitude towards digital learning among B.Ed. trainees in Coimbatore District. Key Words: Digital Learning, Teaching Competency, B.Ed. Trainees, Teacher Education

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