A study on Emotional Skills among Prospective Teachers”

Abstract

This study deals with the investigation of Emotional Skills among prospective teachers. The study aims to investigate the level of Stress resistance, Optimism, Emotional control. For this purpose, a descriptive survey model of the Emotional Skills Scale was developed by research scholar, and it was used to gather the data from prospective teachers. The scale consisted of 35 items were divided into three components. The factors are randomly mixed. The researcher takes a random sample of 102 prospective teachers from Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh). This study was limited to the Srikakulam district only. The data were evaluated by Statistical software to calculate t-test, Standard Deviation and Mean tests. The final result revealed that 15.68% of the prospective teachers have a low level of Emotional Skills. 65.68 % of the prospective teachers have an average level of Emotional Skills. Only 18.62 % of the prospective teachers have a high level of Emotional Skills. The Emotional Skills of prospective teachers in all factors is around 82%. The variables area, course of the Prospective Teachers doesn’t play any significant role in their Emotional Skills. Educational tours experience variable play a significant role. According to this study, the investigator concluded that different type of educational tours experience of prospective teachers differs in their Emotional Skills.