A STUDY OF STUDENTS’ LIKING TOWARDS THEIR TEACHERS’ BEHAVIOUR IN REFERENCE TO STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT MEDIUM AND GENDER

In order to motivate a child a harmonious relationship between teacher and a learner is essential for the growth of the learner and the development of his/her personality .This relationship has to be positive. It is characterized by mutual acceptance, understanding, warmth, closeness, trust, respect, care and co-operation. The presented study provides some guidance to know about teachers' behaviour liked by students through their daily interaction. It has been designed to study the significant difference (if any) among four groups of secondary school students of different gender and medium in reference to their liking towards teachers' behaviour inside the class, teachers' behaviour outside the school, teachers' behaviour with colleagues and teachers' behaviour with school management. To achieve the objectives null hypotheses were formed. The presented study has been delimited to male & female students of Hindi and English medium secondary schools of Bareilly city only. “Descriptive survey method” has been applied by the researchers. Through “Stratified Random Sampling Technique” finally 110 students were selected “Students Liking Scale” constructed and standardized by Dr. S.P. Malhotra and Dr B.K. Passi. Was used for data collection. The data was analyzed by using analysis of variance (ANOVA) Presented study reveals that -in reference to Students' liking towards their teachers' behaviour with them inside the class & and with their colleagues, the gender and medium of instruction of students play significant role as they have shown significant difference on these dimensions while in reference to students' liking for their teachers' behaviour with them outside the class & teachers' behaviour with school management, the gender and medium of instruction of students don't play any significant role. But overall , secondary school students of different gender and medium of instruction keep highly significant difference on their liking towards teachers' behaviour variable