A Structural Model of Teacher Learning, Satisfaction, Attitude and Confidence in Faculty Development Programmes

Abstract

Owing to the dynamic requirements of today’s teaching–learning environment, teachers’ training has emerged as an important policy question. The Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching is an important step taken by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in this direction. The current study seeks to analyse the interactions among different aspects of Faculty Development Programmes and the overall outcomes. Using data ( n = 375) from programmes conducted under the mission, the study employs structure equation modelling to find that relevance has a positive effect on the change in attitude, which subsequently has a positive effect on the satisfaction of the trainees. Satisfaction further positively affects the change in confidence of the trainees. However, once this positive effect is controlled for, satisfaction and change in confidence correlate negatively. The estimation of the structural relationships is a novelty of this study, paving the way for further exploration.