An Analysis of Perception and Perspectives of Geography Teachers With Reference to Professional Development

The present investigation is intended to study the professional development of geography teachers with reference to professional perception and perspectives of the teachers and how far it is lead to the students for their education. The scale of professional perception and professional perspective is constructed. Samples of 444 high schools geography teachers with normative survey and purposive sampling method. Suitable statistical techniques were applied to draw the appropriate result. The personal variables were studied with respect to gender, school location; medium of instruction, type of management, age group, and length of service and qualifications of Geography teacher is compared. The significant difference is found in medium of teaching and type of the management and found no significant in locality of the institution. There is a positive, significant correlation between the profession perception and profession commitments of geography teachers.