A Study of Personality Characteristics and Values of Secondary School Teachers in Relation to their Classroom Performance and Students' Likings

Teachers are called nation builders in every country and in every society. The role of teachers is of great importance. It is left to the teachers to inculcate personality characteristics, right values - the values of good citizenship producing law abiding and nation loving citizens. India has made considerable progress in school education since independence with reference to overall literacy, infrastructure and universal access and enrolment in schools. Two major developments in the recent years form the background to the present reform in teacher education - the political recognition of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) as a legitimate demand and the state commitment towards UEE in the form of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The country has to address the need of supplying well qualified and professionally trained teachers in larger numbers in the coming years. At the same time, the demand for quality secondary education is steadily increasing. It is recommended that the aim should be to reach universal secondary education within a maximum of ten years. Given the problems of inadequate quality in most secondary schools due to poor infrastructure and insufficient and poorly equipped teachers, the need for addressing the professional education of secondary teachers acquires great importance. The education of teachers should be such that teachers should set an example and provide for their pupils the ideal of the citizens who is conformist, conservative and cautions. As for their moral character, righteousness, wisdom, honesty are among the adjectives which might be ascribed to them. Teachers should assist the students in their physical, intellectual, religious, social, emotional, spiritual development in the well balanced and harmonious manner and imbue them with human values, which is why teacher education today is an integral part of any educational system. In this study, personality traits of teachers will be analyz

Dr. Nasreen Bano is a resource person in the Department of Education (DIET) Sgr. She received her education from University of Kashmirbefore pursuing her Doctorate Degree at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is also a resource person of the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir. She has a good number of publications to her credit and has delivered numerous lectures in different institutions of higher learning. Dr. Nasreen has attended a number of workshops, seminars and conferences in her field of study.

Dr. Mehnaz Ansari is presently working as Associate Professor (Social Science) at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has 18 years of experience at teaching in institutions of higher education. She has completed her Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) in Education and subsequently guided many M.Phil and Ph.D Scholars. She is a member of many committees and is also the coordinator for M.A Education and B.Ed Nursery. During her career, she has attended many seminars and workshops and international conferences. Furthermore, she is the author of 3 books and 10 research papers which were published both by national and International journals.

Dr. Mohammad Yousuf Ganai was born in Onagam village in the District Bandipora of Jammu & Kashmir in the state of India. He received his early education in a nearby primary school and pursued his Master of Education degree from University of Kashmir. From the same university he also got master’s degree in History, besides an M.Phill and Ph.D in Education. He started his carrier as Assistant Professor in Department of Education, University of Kashmir. Presently he is working Associate Professor in the same university. Dr.Mohammad Yousuf has guided number of M.Phill students and Ph.D students to their graduation. He is the author of 5 books and has 60 research papers to his credit, which were published both at national and international journals. Alongside this, he is a resource person for numerous educational institutions. He has delivered several extension lectures in various Teacher Training colleges. Dr. Mohammad Yousuf has attended multiple workshops, seminars and conferences in his field of study.