B.Ed. College Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding the Holistic Development of Teacher Trainees: A Study in the Context of NEP 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63345/ijre.v15.i8.1

Dr. Nayna Godhani

Assistant Professor,

Aadarsh B.Ed College, Botad

Abstract— The NEP 2020 suggests an all-encompassing policy for the training of teachers, which considers the overall development of future teachers in terms of their intellectual, emotional, social, ethical, and professional development. The implementation of such a policy primarily depends upon the beliefs and teaching practices of the teacher educators. This study attempts to analyze the beliefs of teacher educators of B.Ed. Colleges related to the holistic development of teacher trainees under the NEP 2020 scenario. The study adopts a quantitative, descriptive and correlational research design, involving the use of a structured questionnaire. The participants include the teacher educators from government and private B.Ed. Colleges. Out of 320 distributed questionnaires, 298 valid responses have been collected and analyzed through IBM SPSS Statistics, including descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s Alpha, exploratory factor analysis, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions. It is found that teacher educators hold a very strong belief in holistic teacher development with the maximum level of agreement on the importance of value-based and ethical education, professional competency and intellectual development. Furthermore, this study also indicates that the awareness about NEP 2020 acts as a predictor of belief in holistic teacher development along with the other predictors like teaching experience and institutional type. It is necessary to emphasize the need for professional development of the teacher educators, curriculum changes and learner centered approaches to achieve the aims of NEP 2020.

Keywords— B.Ed. Teacher Education, Holistic Development, Teacher Beliefs, Teacher Educators, National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), Teacher Trainees

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