Volume 7 : Issue 1 (2020)

Teaching Effectiveness of English Language Teachers at Primary School Level in Maharashtra

This study was aimed to check the teaching effectiveness for English Language of Zillha Parishad primary school teachers in Maharashtra. The objectives of the study were to check teaching effectiveness of English Teachers at primary level in Maharashtra, to compare teaching effectiveness of English Teachers at primary level in Maharashtra with respect to their gender, qualification and teaching experience and to check the four aspects of teaching effectiveness of English teachers at primary level in Maharashtra. Survey of 588 Zillha Parishad primary teachers was conducted from eight regions of Maharashtra by ‘teaching effectiveness scale’. It was found that, teaching effectiveness of English Teachers at primary level in Maharashtra is at medium level, teaching effectiveness of primary teachers of Maharashtra with respect to gender, qualification and teaching experience is not significantly different, it is at medium level and teaching effectiveness level with respect to four aspects i.e. Planning, Instruction, Management and Interpersonal relationship of primary teachers was found medium.

Teaching effectiveness, English language, primary school.

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