LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES IN RELATION TO SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF TRIBAL STUDENTS

Abstract

The study has been conducted on learning through technological devices in relation to social behaviour of tribal students. Teaching and Learning through Technological Devices Scale (TLTTDS) and Social Behaviour Scale (SBS) constructed and validated by the Investigator have been administered to a random sampling technique sample of 597 tribal school students in Coimbatore, Kallakuruchi, Nilagiri and Thiruvannamalai Districts of Tamilnadu State, India. The statistical techniques adopted to analyse the collected data were descriptive, differential and correlation analysis. Findings revealed that the teaching and learning through technological devices of tribal students and social behaviour are average of tribal students. It is found that there is significant difference in the teaching and learning through technological devices with respect to their gender and type of management; It is found that there is no significant difference in the social behaviour with respect to their gender and there is significant difference in the social behaviour with respect to their type of management. It is found that there is a positive and significant relationship between teaching and learning through technological devices and social behaviour of tribal students.