RELATIONSHIP AMONG ATTITUDE, SELF-EFFICACY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF TEACHER TRAINEES OF B.ED. COLLEGES

It is assumed that education is an instrument for bringing out the potentialities of human beings while effectiveness of a education system is mainly dependent upon its teachers. Teaching is an art and the quality of teaching depends on the love, dedication and devotion of the teacher towards the subject of the knowledge. The quality of any teaching programme cannot rise above the quality of its teachers. In the professional preparation of teachers, the study of attitudes held by them is very important. The attitude of teacher is a teacher's characteristic and component of teacher's personality. How a teacher performs his duty as a teacher is dependent, to a great extent, on his attitudes values and beliefs. A positive favourable attitude makes the work not only easier but also more satisfying and professionally rewarding; rather a negative attitude makes the teaching task harder, more tedious and unpleasant. Self-efficacy belief is of paramount importance in the transfer of the information and skills that prospective teachers acquire during their prospective education to the students. Mental health is a concept that refers to individual emotional and psychological well-being. Feeling capable and competent; being able to handle normal level of stress, and lead an independent life; and being able to "bounce back" or recover from difficult situations, are all signs of mental health. The researcher used survey method for present study. The population of the present study was all the B.Ed. Trainees of Patna. Random sampling technique was used to select 400 prospective teachers studying in 8 B.Ed. Colleges run by government and private management in Patna town. . There is no significant correlation between attitude and self – efficacy of teacher trainees while there is significant correlation between attitude and mental health & self – efficacy and mental health of teacher trainees.