Open AccessA STUDY ON COGNITIVE STYLE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WORKING IN TRIBAL SCHOOLS
Author(s) -
V. Vasudevan U. Narayanasamy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 0033-3077
DOI - 10.17762/pae.v58i2.2658
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive style , style (visual arts) , simple random sample , cognition , mathematics education , sample (material) , significant difference , geography , sociology , population , demography , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , chromatography , neuroscience
The present study has been conducted to find out the patterns of cognitive styles among high school teachers working in tribal schools. The sample for the investigation was drawn from the high school teachers to working in tribal schools located in thiruppathur district, Tamilnadu state by using simple random sampling technique. It comprises 120 high school teachers. Cognitive Style Inventory (CSI) developed by Praveen Kumar Jha in this Standardized tool was used in the present study. The study revealed that there is a significant difference in the patterns of cognitive styles among high school teachers working in tribal schools with respect to their gender. The study also revealed that there is no significant difference in the patterns of cognitive style among school teachers working in tribal schools with respect to their locality and academic streams.