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The present study is about a critical analysis of the influence of personal and demographic variables on teacher educator’s attitude towards the existing teacher education programme. The sample of the study comprised of 20 TTI s and 120 teacher educators in and around of the Puducherry Region. For knowing the attitude of teacher educators an attitude scale was developed by the investigator. For achieving the objectives of the study a two stage stratified random sampling technique was used. Further, they found that there is little correlation between theoretical and practical aspects of training.

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Teaching is one of the most challenging and noble profession in the world. Teachers are significant in facilitating learning in more efficient and effective ways. Teachers hold the key to the success of any educational reform, and they are accountable for successful human development. Instructional strategies intend that the teacher take up the role of leading and mentoring the students. Instruction strategy stands for the creation of an appropriate teaching learning environment leading to help the students in the realization of the set teaching learning objectives. The teacher requires adopting a number of strategies so as to be able to teach successfully whether online or in class room. This study was focused to the school teachers ‘attitude towards instructional strategy on mathematics. The investigator had used normative survey method; the samples were drawn by simple random sampling techniques with the sample of one hundred and two teachers handling mathematics at ninth standard level in government, aided and private schools in Puducherry region. In the present study, the attitude of teachers’ towards instructional strategy on mathematics is at a moderate level. The male and female teachers differ in their instructional strategy attitude. The ‘experience in teaching’, ‘type of management’ and ‘locality of school’ does not play a remarkable role in teacher’s attitude towards instructional strategy on mathematics.

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Professional Commitment is a ‘passion to the work involved in teaching or a specific aspect of teaching’. It is an investment of time outside of contact hours with students as a responsibility to impart knowledge, attitudes, values and beliefs and take responsibility for passing on a core set of skills, understandings and values. Professional commitment is the willingness to engage with the school and the school community. It is a belief that teachers have a professional responsibility that reaches out beyond the four walls of the classroom and perhaps even extends beyond the boundary of the school. The present study focuses on the Professional Commitment of the teachers working in tribal area schools located in Tamil Nadu. By using the normative survey method 121 samples were drawn by the investigator under  random sampling technique from the school teachers working at secondary and higher secondary levels. The schools were located in Holli Hills (N=64) and Sitheri Hills (N=57).The findings of the study shows that, the maximum number of teachers have acquired ‘average’ and ‘Low level’ professional commitment. The male and female teachers have same level of professional commitment. The professional commitment of the school teachers is towards the welfare of students, welfare of society, human values and academic excellence.

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The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of yogasana practice on cardiorespiratory endurance and percentage of body fat among obese college women.  To achieve the purpose of this study 40 college obese women who were studying in various colleges of Salem district during the academic year 2007-2008 were randomly selected as subjects.  The age of the subjects were ranged from 17-25 years.  The selected subjects were divided into two groups of twenty subjects each. Group I considered as experimental group who underwent yogasanas practice for twelve weeks and Group II considered as control who did not undergo any special training programme.  The selected subjects were medically examined by a qualified medical personnel and certified that they were physically fit for undergoing the yogasanas practice.  Prior to and after the training period the subjects were tested for cardiorespiratory endurance and percentage of body fat.  It was concluded from the results of the study that both the training groups have improved cardiorespiratory endurance and percentage of body fat.

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Sports psychology research efforts address questions about individual behaviour as it occurs in sports and other movement setting. Modern research studies in sports psychology has made attempts in removing the myths regarding sportsman, the training procedures, learning process of the motor skill, the role of the teacher and coach etc. Psychological conditioning, psychological training, psychological preparation and psychological handling are new phrases being, used in the field of sports. Cricket is a game in which high level of confidence should be maintained since every ball bowled and there is a simultaneous fluctuation in the confidence level depending on each delivery.

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