Influence of institutional climate perception on teacher morale of teacher educators

Abstract

The present study was entitled as INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE PERCEPTION ON TEACHER MORALE OF TEACHER EDUCATORS . The dependent variable of the present study is Teacher Morale of teacher educators. The independent variable for the study is Institutional Climate Perception of teacher educators. Four component dimensions constitute Institutional Climate Perception of a teacher educator. They are Academic climate Perception , Social Climate Perception , Physical Climate Perception and Administrative Climate Perception .Sex, Locale, Nature of appointment of teacher educators and Type of managements of institutions in which they are working were treated as criterion variables for identifying the sub samples. The sample selected for the study was based on stratified cluster sampling. The teacher educators working in the B.Ed colleges, which may come under the four Universities of Kerala state were taken as the sample. The final sample of the study consisted of 244 teacher educators. Two newly constructed and standaridised tools were used for the study. For measuring the Teacher Morale , Teacher Morale Rating Scale for Teacher Educators was used. Institutional Climate Inventory for Teacher Educators was used to measure the Institutional Climate Perception of teacher educators. Institutional Climate Inventory was divided into four parts mainly Academic Climate Perception, Social Climate Perception, Physical Climate Perception and the Administrative Climate Perception. In addition to these two tools, Personal and Academic Profile for Teacher Educators was used to collect the academic history of teacher educators. Pearson s Product Moment Coefficient of correlation, Test of significance of difference between correlations, multiple regression analysis and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) were major statistical techniques used to analyse the collected data. From the analysis it was found that: 1) Relation between Teacher Morale and Institutional Climate Perceptions of Teacher Educators.