Study Of Intelligence As Predictor Of Teaching Efficiency

Abstract

Intelligence is an ability of a person to act purposefully, to adjust with his environment, to learn and to carry on abstract thinking. Whether, all intelligent teachers are always able to prove themselves as an efficient or competent teacher? This is  the significant question to study the intelligence as the predictor of teaching efficiency. The relationship between teaching efficiency or effectiveness and intelligence was also the subject of study for many researchers. Several studies have been conducted to explore the relationship between intelligence and teaching efficiency. There are some studies, which reported  positive and significant co-relation between the two, but there are also a number of other studies, which do not bear out evidence of such relationship.  Reudiger and Strayer (1910), Knight (1922), Hart (1934), Eliassen and Martin (1940), Kaul (1972), Sathyagirirajan (1985), Kukreti (1990), Vasanthi and Anandhi (1997)and Kukreti(2004) investigated the characteristics of efficient or successful teachers had established the conclusion that intelligence was the paramount factor associated with teaching efficiency, the efficient teachers distinguished themselves as more intelligent in comparison to less efficient teachers. On the other hand, in some studies (Major 1938; Seagoe 1945; Deva 1966; Nair 1974; Vyas 1982) very weak relationship was reported by the investigators between teaching efficiency and intelligence. Keeping in view the inconsistent findings of the previous researches in this paper an attempt has been made by the researchers to find out the role of intelligence in teaching efficiency. The sample of the study consisted of 205 efficient and 195 less-efficient (total 400) teachers of 25 secondary schools of Bareilly district in UP-India. The sample was drawn through multi-stage stratified random sampling technique. For collection of data, Teacher Efficiency Scale (TES), and Group Test of Intelligence (GTI) have been used. Data were analyzed by using ‘t’ test technique. The results of the study indicate that, the intelligence of the teachers was found significantly and positively co-related with their teaching efficiency.