A Study on Attitude towards Professional Development among High School Teachers in Tribal Areas of Warangal District

Abstract

Professional development is the continuous process to increase teaching efficacy of teachers and helping students for their improved learning and thinking and it is also facilitating progress of teachers. The results reveal that significant difference exits amid gender and age of high school teachers and their attitude towards professional development and also significant difference prevails amid education, medium of instruction and type of institution of high school teachers and their attitude towards professional development. The attitude towards professional development among high school teachers is positively, substantially and significantly related with their utilization of ICT. Therefore, high school teachers should be encouraged to attend professional development programmes and they must also attend technological oriented interactive progrmmes for their professional development.