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Research Study – Published: July 20, 2013


A Study on Thinking Styles of Prospective Teachers

Xavier, R. D. S. A., & Sherlin, S
ABSTRACT
Through this study, the investigator made an attempt to find out the thinking styles of prospective teachers in Kanyakumari revenue district. The objectives of the study were: (i) To find out the level of thinking styles and its dimensions of prospective teachers. (ii) To find out whether there is any significant difference in the thinking styles and its dimensions of prospective teachers with respect to their gender and qualification. Survey method was adopted by the investigator. The population consisted of prospective teachers of Kanyakumari revenue district. Using stratified random sampling technique, the investigator selected a sample of 900 prospective teachers from various Colleges of Education. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The findings revealed that most prospective teachers have a moderate level of thinking styles in total and across dimensions. There is no significant gender difference in idiosyncratic, flexible, scientific, consequent, and confused thinking styles, but there is a significant difference in creative thinking style. There is no significant difference in flexible, consequent, and creative thinking styles between U.G. and P.G. qualified teachers, but significant differences exist in idiosyncratic, scientific, and confused thinking styles.
Keywords: Thinking Styles, Prospective Teachers, Gender Differences, Qualification Differences, Idiosyncratic Thinking, Flexible Thinking, Scientific Thinking, Creative Thinking, Consequent Thinking, Confused Thinking.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to cite this article: Xavier, R. D. S. A., & Sherlin, S. (2013). A study on thinking styles of prospective teachers. Indian Educational Researcher, 6(2), 34–40.
Received: June 09, 2013; Revision Received: July 10, 2013; Accepted: July 20, 2013.