Teaching aptitude of prospective teachers pursuing B.Ed. course through distance mode Topno Ignatius PhD St. Xavier‘s College of Education, Dighaghat, Patna, Bihar, India. Email id: itopno@gmail.com Online published on 17 September, 2018. Abstract The performance of a teacher is dependent to a great extent on his aptitudes and beliefs. The aptitude of teacher influences the performance as well as behaviour of the student. Teaching aptitude is one important criterion for success in the teaching profession as a teacher. In order to respond to the new and increasing pressure of 21st century digital society, there is a need of a competent and committed skilled teacher who can truly materialize the dream of the Kothari Commission Report(1964–66) that the destiny of India is being shaped in her classrooms. Therefore, it is essential to accept teacher-trainees having high level of teaching aptitude and so to train them according to the signs of time. Keeping this in mind, the importance of teaching aptitude as an important criterion, the present study was undertaken by the investigator with the objectives to study the Teaching Aptitude of Prospective Teachers Pursuing B. Ed. course from the Distance Mode based on the basis of gender, marital status, degree and relationship among teaching aptitude and teaching effectiveness. Data was collected from 50 prospective teacher-trainees of from Magadh University in regular as well as distance mode through the administration of a standardized tool called as Teaching Aptitude Test Battery (TATB). Mean, median, t-test and chi square were executed to analyze the data. The study revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of prospective-teachers of distance mode in their teaching aptitude on the basis of gender, marital status and degree they posses. The study also revealed that there is no significant relationship among the same variables in their teaching aptitude as well as teaching effectiveness. Top Keywords Criterion, Skilled Teacher, Materialize, Prospective Teachers, Aptitude, Pursue. Top |