• Dr. Shail Dhaka

Attitudes are key to improving the quality of education. Teachers’ attitude towards their profession have a great influence on students' learning. There is no doubt about the fact that teachers' attitude affects quality of teaching. Teacher’s positive attitude drives positive results. This is important as teachers are the nation builders and the development of a nation to a large extent actually depends on the teachers. It is important to know whether teachers have positive or negative attitude towards teaching profession. The present study focusses on prospective teachers’ attitude towards teaching profession. Data were collected from sample of 100 prospective teachers (50 undergraduates & 50 postgraduates) studying in B.Ed. & M.Ed. courses in self-financed colleges of district Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Teaching Attitude Inventory prepared by Dr. S.P. Ahluwalia (2009) was used for the collection of data. The statistical techniques mean, standard deviation, and t-test were used for the analysis and interpretation of the data. It is found that postgraduate prospective teachers differ significantly from undergraduate prospective teachers in their attitude towards teaching; postgraduate prospective teachers have more favourable attitude as compared to undergraduate prospective teachers. The present study was conducted dimension wise and it was concluded that both the sub samples were non-significant in their attitude with regards to dimensions: teaching profession and teachers. It was also revealed that both the sub-samples differ significantly in their attitude with regards to dimensions: child centered practices, pupils, classroom teaching and educational process.

Key words: Prospective teachers, Teaching attitude, Teaching profession.

"PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING PROFESSION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.b55-b61, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309108.pdf

"PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING PROFESSION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppb55-b61, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309108.pdf