Study of Human Rights Enjoyed by Student-teachers for their development in Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme
Abstract
The human rights declaration is the most important step in the cultural evolution of man. It is a great achievement for mankind and so protecting these acceptance of human rights is the responsibility of the entire human race. Merely giving a person rights will have no meaning if the person himself is not aware about that. So our study has been an attempt to know whether teacher-student are given proper rights to develop their teaching skills in Pre-service teacher education. The data were collected using the opinionnaire constructed by the researcher. It has thirty five statements to check their human rights. Two hundred teacher -students from four pre-service teacher education institutes were selected as a sample by random sampling technique. The statistical techniques of percentage and chi-square were used for the analysis and interpretation of the data. And it reveals that teachers-students enjoy their human rights in most of the cases. But they also disclosed the things where they felt their human rights are violated. Analysis of the data No. Total Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Total Disagree Chi-square % % % % % 1 171 85.5 13 6.5 6 3 10 5 0 0 538.65 2 104 52 73 36.5 7 3.5 16 8 0 0 211.25 3 101 50.5 64 32 18 9 15 7.5 2 1 171.25 4 78 39 65 32.5 46 23 7 3.5 4 2 112.25 5 173 86.5 21 10.5 4 2 2 1 0 0 559.75 6 79 39.5 14 38.5 28 14 16 8 0 0 130.25 7 160 80 29 14.5 7 3.5 0 0 4 2 462.65 8 10 5 6 3 4 2 35 17.5 145 72.5 360.05 9 80 40 76 38 26 13 10 5 8 4 125.4 10 70 35 46 23 41 20.5 21 10.5 22 11 40.55 11 60 30 63 31.5 2 1 35 17.5 40 20 59.95 12 107 53.5 63 31.5 4 2 24 12 2 1 200.35 13 80 40 62 31 30 15 5 2.5 23 11.5 92.45 14 4 2 6 3 4 2 35 17.5 151 75.5 402.35 15 104 52 38 19 17 8.5 18 9 23 11.5 135.05 16 108 54 71 35.5 5 2.5 8 4 8 4 221.45 17 181 90.5 17 8.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 626.35 18 101 50.5 57 28.5 20 10 12 6 10 5 152.35 19 16 8 40 20 18 9 57 28.5 69 34.5 54.75 20 78 39 72 36 36 18 6 3 8 4 116.6 21 123 61.5 53 26.5 3 1.5 6 3 15 7.5 255.2 22 155 77.5 37 18.5 2 1 3 1.5 3 1.5 435.4 23 90 45 56 28 20 10 15 7.5 19 9.5 105.55 24 118 59 64 32 12 6 2 1 4 2 254.6 25 124 62 60 30 4 2 6 3 6 3 276.6 26 156 78 39 19.5 5 2.5 0 0 0 0 447.05 27 130 65 44 22 24 12 10 5 0 0 279.8 28 121 60.5 45 22.5 24 12 10 5 0 0 233.55 29 107 53.5 55 27.5 18 9 8 4 12 6 175.15 30 128 64 39 19.5 9 4.5 8 4 16 8 257.65 31 9 4.5 39 19.5 11 5.5 68 34 73 36.5 91.9 32 116 58 68 34 2 1 4 2 10 5 255 33 133 66.5 55 27.5 8 4 4 2 0 0 319.85 34 68 34 64 32 56 28 3 1.5 9 4.5 98.65 35 144 72 48 24 0 0 4 2 4 2 376.8
Analysis of the above data shows that most of the student-teachers had taken up this course without any pressure. The fact the data reveals that most of the student-teachers enjoyed their human rights. Student-teachers were allowed to to take part in the activities of their choice. Most of the student-teachers also feel that in their college they were entitled to enjoy the public holidays. They also felt that they were free to discuss any teaching point in the classroom. Most of them agreed on the statement that they could enjoy their right to earn after college hours. They agreed that all the student-teachers were given equal guidance regarding lesson-planning, the student-council was formed in a democratic way, they were allowed to use teaching aid of college during lessons. References:
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Dr. Gayatri Rameshbhai Patel,
Introduction
The term ‘human rights’ denotes all rights which are inherent in our nature & without which we cannot live as human beings . Human rights are those basic, inherent, fundamental, natural & inalienable rights of human beings. They are considered indispensable for dignified human life. The global task of promoting & protecting all human rights & fundamental freedoms so as to secure full & universal enjoyment of these rights cannot be fulfilled without mass awareness and sensitivity to human rights issues. The grand agenda of global peace & prosperity is possible only with people understanding & imbibing the human rights values. Peoples’ participation is a must in resolving human rights conflicts. This matured participation can be a possibility only with human rights education. Teacher is the person who can reach to society. In order that teachers effectively inculcate human rights in students, we need to focus on teacher education. For that student-teachers must enjoy human right in the first place. In this research paper, the researcher tried to find out for how far student-teachers are enjoying their human rights in teacher- education institutes.
Problem of the study
Study of Human Rights Enjoyed by Teacher-Students to Develop their Teaching Skills in Pre-Service Teacher Education.
Objectives
To construct an opinionnaire to study human rights enjoyed by student-teachers.
To know how far student-teachers are enjoying their human rights.
To know the awareness of student-teachers regarding human rights.
Importance of the study
It will be helpful to the teacher educator to know how far the student-teachers are enjoying human rights in teacher- education.
It will also throw light on the knowledge of trainees regarding human rights.
Limitation of the study
Only the Gujarati medium teacher- education colleges of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University were taken . Only self-constructed opinionnaire was used to collect the data.
Design of the study
Sample: The universe of the present study included all the Teacher –education colleges of Veer Narmad South Gujarat. 200 student-teachers from 4 colleges were taken as a sample. The name of the colleges are as under ;
1- Shri Rang Shikshan Mahavidyalay, Bilimora
2- Sardar Patel college of Education, Navsari
3- Vivekanand College of Education, Surat
4-Mahavir Vidyamandir , Pandesara
Tool: An opinionnaire was constructed by the researcher (taking help of the experts) keeping in mind the various aspects of Human rights. There were total 35 statements to check the human rights of teacher-students.
Statistical technique: After the collection of data , the statistical technique of percentage and chi-square were applied for the analysis.
The data also reveals the darker side of the situation . It is unfortunate that many of the student-teachers were not happy for the matter that they were criticised in public for that work. They accepted the fact that they were treated according to their achievements. They could also not discuss about the grades they obtained for the practical lessons. The data also shows the fact that all student-teachers were not allowed to present the prayer of any religion. They were not allowed to use ‘suggestion box’ for their suggestions and complaint. They were not free to wear any civilised dress in the college. The chi-square of the all statements were significant at the level of 0.01.
Conclusion
Assistant Professor,
Shrirang Shikshan Mahavidyalay,
Bilimora, Dist. Navasari.
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