• VICTORIA ROCHE
• Dr.PUSHPA M

The present study aims to find out the thinking styles of secondary school prospective teachers. 110 prospective teachers studying in various Colleges of Education of Mandya city affiliated to University of Mysore were selected using Random sampling technique. The data was collected using the Thinking Style Inventory. The findings of the study revealed that 73.11% of prospective teacher’s most preferred thinking style was Executive and 65.61% of prospective teacher’s least preferred style of thinking was Judicial. The Male prospective teacher’s found to possess External style of thinking as the dominant style of thinking followed by Executive and Liberal thinking styles and the least preferred thinking style was found to be Judicial. Female Prospective teacher’s, dominant thinking style was found to be Executive followed by External and Hierarchic Thinking styles and the least preferred was Judicial thinking style. The t-test value showed that there was no significant difference in Thinking Styles of Male and Female Prospective Secondary school Teachers.

Thinking Styles, Prospective Teachers.

"A STUDY ON THINKING STYLES OF PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 2, page no.b604-b612, February-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2302178.pdf

"A STUDY ON THINKING STYLES OF PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 2, page no. ppb604-b612, February-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2302178.pdf