A Study of Professional Commitment of Teacher Educators

Abstract

True education provides us the tools to improve the quality of education. Only a skilled teacher can impart right education so there is a need of teacher educators who are professionally committed. The teacher plays an important role in promoting and nurturing this profession and also plays a crucial role in educating and teaching the future teachers of the society. The major purpose of this research was to understand the professional commitment on the basis of teaching experience among the teacher educators teaching in the different B. Ed. and D. El. Ed. colleges of education in Hamirpur Bilaspur and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh. The data was collected from 100 teacher educators according to their sex, locality, qualification, NET qualification, teaching experience, & marital status. The convenient sampling technique was used for data collection. In the present study, Professional Commitment scale for teacher educators (PCSTE) prepared by Dr. Vishal Sood (2011) was used.