A Study on Techno Pedagogical Skills of College Teachers in West Bengal

Abstract

and inexpensive to everyone. The use of TPS can make teaching and learning enjoyable because it alters how teachers and learners engage with one another. When teachers acquire technological pedagogical skills, they may try to apply them frequently in their instruction to improve the teaching-learning process. This study attempts to find out and compare the techno-pedagogical skills of college teachers with reference to gender, locality, stream, caste, and types of jobs. The descriptive survey method was used. One hundred forty college teachers were selected through simple random sampling techniques as samples from the Bankura district of West Bengal, India. Techno Pedagogical Skills scale consisting of 40 items based on four aspects: Technological Skills, Pedagogical Skills, Skills related to Subject or Content and Planning and Decisionmaking Skills was used in the present study as a tool for data collection. The data of the study were analysed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 21 software. It was also found that there is no significant difference in the TPSs of college teachers with respect to their gender, locality, and caste. It is revealed that the TPSs of college teachers are at an average level. The study also discovered that there are statistically significant differences in the TPSs among the college teachers with respect to the type of jobs and stream. The study has implications for college principals, university administrators, and policymakers in providing training on TPSs to college teachers so that their capacity can be built.