Teacher Educators’ Mental Stress towards Online Teaching in West Bengal, India
Jemima Sultana *
Department of Education, Aliah University, Kolkata, India.
Nasrin
Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study aimed to find out the mental stress of teacher educators towards online teaching in respect to their gender and type of institutions. Descriptive survey method was employed for the study. 200 teacher educators were selected as sample by random sampling from 29 different universities and colleges of West Bengal, including government and private institutions. Among the selected samples, 120 were male and 80 were female, while 103 teacher educators were from government institutions and 97 from self-financed institutions. Data were collected using “ICT Scale on Mental Stress”. Data were analyzed by percentage analysis and independent samples t-test. Results revealed that 40% teacher educators faced high mental stress towards using ICT in online teaching. Further the results revealed that female teacher educators faced more mental stress than their male counterparts. Teacher educators of private colleges showed more mental stress than the teacher educators of government institutions. Therefore, rigorous training on online teaching can be recommended for teacher educators.
Keywords: Teacher educator, mental stress, online teaching