Achievement motivation and academic achievement of secondary school students in relation to perceived pedagogical competence and leadership style of their teachers

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to explore the predictors of Techno- Pedagogical Competence among senior secondary school teachers, therefore Perceived/Techno Pedagogical competence scale was constructed and standardized by the investigator and was used to determine the Perceived/techno Pedagogical competence of teachers. A descriptive survey approach was followed to conduct the present study. The accessible population of the study consisted of students studying in 9th class of the Government and Private secondary schools of Haryana affiliated to Board of School Education, Haryana. Education, Haryana. The important findings of Descriptive Analysis in case of total sample of Haryana Government and Private Schools produced that the total sample of 9th class secondary schools of Haryana exhibited average to good level of academic achievement and achievement motivation. It was found that the mean score of Govt. secondary school students was high than the private school students with context to the variables of achievement motivation, academic achievement, leadership style and perceived/techno pedagogical competence of their teachers. The findings of the study that variables of Leadership style and perceived/techno pedagogical competence significantly contributed to the total variance in the achievement motivation of secondary school students of Haryana. Hence, Leadership style and perceived/techno pedagogical competence contributed conjointly as well as independently towards the prediction of achievement motivation of students of Haryana. The presence of a significant interaction among the levels of variables on the scores of academic achievement and achievement motivation. newline newline newline