Professional Competence in Teaching

Contents: I. Use of ICT in Teacher Education: 1. Attitude of teachers towards educational technology/M. Selvam and Mohini Tiwari. 2. Digitalization in teacher education: an insight/K. Nachimuthu and G. Vijayakumari. 3. ICT mediated learning initiative in pedagogical practices/Dhanya Kirshnan. 4. Infusing ICT in teaching learning process/Angel Rathnabai. 5. Enhancing teacher competence using ICT/K. Jayaraman. 6. ICT among B. Ed. Colleges/T. Pradeep Kumar and P. Nakkeeran. 7. Attitude towards IT among pre-service teachers/P. Jayaraman. 8. Resources related to ICTs/Felix. A. and Kannagi. 9. Web-based CAI package for teaching mathematics/J. Master Arul Sekar. 10. Web based instruction in learning mathematical education/K. Thiyagu and Vivek Bhargava. 11. Strengthening teacher education with ICT trends/Amita Bhargava and Garima Tyagi. II. Psychological Application in Teaching: 12. Use of psychological principles for student teachers awareness/Sajna Jaleel and Linet Jacob. 13. Attitude of teachers towards disabled children/R. Nagalakshmi and Priya V. 14. Teaching aptitude among teacher (DTE) trainees/B. Kanchana and N. Nagarajan. 15. Professional competence through emotional intelligence/T.V. Thulasidharan and Varughese P. Peter. 16. Problem solving action through self monitoring/E. Ramganesh. 17. Hemisphere preferences among PG students/A. Jahitha Begum and S. Mohan. 18. Leadership style and creativity/Afrassiabi, Rayae. 19. Occupational stress and personality factors of teachers/H.R. Jayamma and Suhas and Talwar Nagaraj. 20. Neurotic behaviour of teachers/M. Balamurugan and K. Gowdhaman. 21. Teachers attitude towards children's learning difficulties/M. Vakkil and A. Jahitha Begum. 22. Self instructional material on specific learning diabilities/V. Mrunalini. 23. Early home experiences of children with and without learning diabilities/Jatinder K. Gulati and Jasvinder Kaur. 24. Autism : a cognitive perspective/B. Manoharan. 25. Life skills of CBSE students/Roy Thomas. 26. Problem solving ability in mathematics/C. Baskara Rassou and S. Singaravelu. 27. Abstract reasoning among commerce students/R. Arumugarajan and F.L. Antony Gracious. III. Effective Teaching Strategies for Better Learning: 28. Qualitative chemistry teaching/S. Devanathan. 29. Impact of demonstration on developing functional English skills/V. Elangovan and Rajshree Bhargava. 30. Multiple coordinated strategy in teaching English/G. Singaravelu and T. Devathal. 31. Effectiveness of tomatis and structural teaching/Celina Pereira, Sheeba Krishnan and Anilakumari M.C. 32. Scholastic achievement and study habits of achievers/R. Mallika and A. Pushpavalli. 33. Metacognitive orientation and attention activation/A.R. Saravanakumar and S. Mohan. 34. Learning science through observation/A. Prabakar Devaraj. 35. An effective instructional strategy-accelaration/Minikutty A. and Rekha T.S. 36. Futures for disabled children/Keisham Shitaljit Singh. 37. Impact of teaching practice upon the self concept of pupil techers/M. Thambi Dorai and I. Muthuchamy. IV. Quality Perspective and Teacher Behaviour: 38. Self-appraisal of B.Ed trainee/M.N. Krishnankutty Nambeesan and P. Padma. 39. Students perception on teacher qualities/D. Silambu Selvi and Flora Jennifa. 40. Teachers attitude towards imparting sex education/Shashi Malik and Jaya Singh. 41. Teacher student relationship/S. Balasubramaniyan. 42. Quality expectation among teachers training institutions/M. Rajalakshmi and K. Anandan. 43. The quality assurance in schools/K. Govindarajan. 44. Quality perspectives in teacher education/K. Anandan and G. Manimaran. 45. Enhancement of quality in teacher education/Jasmine Kumar, Sugantha Esther and Mumtaz Begum. 46. Developing awareness on consumer rights/A. Selvan. 47. Changing values in Indian higher education/S. Rajendran, M. Vimala, J. Arockia Selvi and A. Rosaly Therese Mary. 48. Problems encountered by the research scholars/V.P. Matheswarran. 49. A comparative study of department of humanities of Indian and Iranian Universities/Tabbodi, Meimanat Lonita and N.N. Prahallada. 50. Post retirement life style of retired women/Pritishri Parhi, Arti Sinha, Nidhi Sinha and Reeta Mehta. Author Index.

"The present book is an edited book covering fifty very useful articles which are broadly divided into four parts (i) Use of ICT in teacher education. (ii). Psychological applications in teaching. (iii). Effective teaching strategies for better learning and (iv). Teacher behaviour and quality perspectives. All articles are written by a number of educationists and scholars throughout the country. The book seems to be very important for promoting teachers competence. The book is useful for teachers, educationists, policy makers, educational administrators and planners and be kept in every library. Now, this is a serious problem in modern education, how we can enhance professional competence in teaching. This book is the answer and solution in many ways."