A STUDY OF SELF-EFFICACY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING

The present study aims to find out the relationship between Self ? Efficacy, Achievement Motivation and Attitude towards Teaching of Prospective Teachers. For this purpose a sample of 290 Prospective teachers was randomly selected from colleges of Education in Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra state. The study reveals that there is positive co relation between Self- Efficacy and Attitude towards Teaching of Prospective Teachers. But it is not significant at 0.05 level of significance. There is negative co ? relation between Achievement Motivation and Attitude towards teaching of Prospective Teachers and also not significant. Male and female Prospective Teachers differ significantly in their Self ?Efficacy but not in their Achievement Motivation and Attitude towards Teaching.