Reactions of Primary School Teachers Towards Training through Interactive
N.K. Dash
Abstract
This paper is about a research work conducted to study the reactions of primary school teachers of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh towards training through interactive television. Twentysix teachers from four Blocks of G walior district participated in the experiment. The training programme, namely, Special Orientation Programme for Primary School Teachers (SOPT) was conducted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), using interactive television technology from August 2-8, 1996. The researcher developed a questionnaire comprising four major components, namely, contents and theirpresentations, interaction between the experts and the participants, technology related matters and activities at the training centres, to measure the reactions of the participants towards training through interactive television. Data collected from the participants were analysed by Chi-square technique. Based on the analysis and interpretation, it was concluded that primary school teachers expressed favourable reactions towards training through interactive television.
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Published by Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India.