• Dr K.S.Ramakrishnan

ABSTRACT: The present study viz., dimensions of teachers effectiveness among teachers of normal and specially challenged children in Chennai city is an attempt to find out if there is any significant difference in the To ascertain if there are differences between teachers of normal and special children as perceived by himself on Self-perception, Students’ relation, Teachers’ professional commitment. The investigator constructed a scale to measure the effectiveness of the teachers based on Patted G.M (1974) Majagi I.M (1982) V. Rama Chandra Rao (1984) and H.S. Jayappa (1990) was administered to The sample consisted of normal education teachers and special education teachers totally numbering 200/of these 100 are normal and 100 are special education teachers. Mean, Standard Deviation and‘t’ test were calculated to test the hypotheses. There is significant difference between teachers of the normal children and those of handicapped children in the importance given by them to self-perception in teacher effectiveness. Normal teachers give greater importance to self-perception than special teachers. There is no significant difference between teachers of the normal children and those of special children in the importance given by them to teachers-pupil relationship for teacher effectiveness. Special teachers considered students relationship for teacher effectiveness. Special teachers considered students’ relation is important for the teacher effectiveness to a greater degree than normal teachers. There is significant difference between teachers of the normal children and those of special children in the importance given by them to teachers’ professional commitment. Teachers for the normal children considered as professional commitment as more important for teacher effectiveness than special teachers. Key words: Special Education Teachers, Normal Education Teachers, Professional Commitment, Teacher Effectiveness.

"DIMENSIONS OF TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS AMONG TEACHERS OF NORMAL AND SPECIALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.435-440, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905L64.pdf

"DIMENSIONS OF TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS AMONG TEACHERS OF NORMAL AND SPECIALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp435-440, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905L64.pdf