An investigation of prospective teachers’ perceptions about research training environment at university level in Pakistan
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Public sector universities, research training environment, Pakistan, Teachers, PerceptionsAbstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceptions of prospective teachers about their research training environment. The prospective teachers enrolled in B.Ed. four years program studying in public sector universities of the Lahore city were the population of the study. The data were collected from 200 students using census sampling technique. The researchers collected the data by personal visits to the selected universities. The researchers adapted a questionnaire measuring research training environment and it was originally developed by Gelso, Mallinckrodt, & Judge (1996) developed on 5- point likert scale. Data were analyzed by using average and independent sample t-test and ANOVA. No significant difference was found between male and female Prospective teachers’ perceptions about research training environment, but a significant difference was found in the PTs perception about research training environment with different ages and area of specialization. It was recommended that the faculty members should give the prospective teachers’, knowledge about various type and methodologies of research studies to overcome their research related difficulties. Prospective teachers should be provided opportunity to involve in research before actually undertaking a research project for writing research thesis. Further in order to reduce the anxiety of research in prospective teachers, to overcome research difficulty, and to develop better research training environment; research seminars, conferences and workshops should be arranged. The prospective teachers should also be taught relevant statistics that they have to use in their research rather than teaching statistics as a whole subject.
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