Teachers in Classroom : The Perceptual Roadblocks

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. AN introduction to framing issues. 2. Dimensions of teacher perception: determinants, dichotomies and linkages. 3. Perspective and paradigm: exploring teachers\' perception. 4. Perceptions in action: teachers in classrooms. 5. Problem, perspective and prospect. 6. Devising strategies. Bibliography. Index. 

"The issue of teachers\' perception and its impact upon students is of vast significance in the highly stratified as also complicated Indian society which leaves vast room for the formation and operation of perceptions emanating from caste-class-community based determinants of unscientific description. The author has found the predominant majority of teachers have poor perception of, unfavourable attitudes towards and low expectations from the students coming from poor and disadvantaged groups/ families, and its impact on them is devastating.

The book critically analysis three aspects of teachers\' perception of the low SES children\'s exhibited behaviour: the Value Orientation, Will to learn, and Intelligence; and teachers\' consequential behaviour towards them in the classroom and presents equally critical views on the operative determinants of the status of education of such children.

Grounded in theoretical framework the book makes appreciable use of studies both national and international. It makes a strong plea and presents relevant inputs for reforming teacher education. The work is of considerable significance for teacher educators in particular and other teachers in general, the planners and policy makers."