Occupational Stress of Senior Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Their Professional Commitment and Techno Pedagogical Competence

Abstract

In this era of globalization, the role of the teacher has changed and become more newlinedemanding. Teachers responsibilities have expanded in and out of the classrooms. newlineThe teacher must possess the vital skills, abilities and competencies to impact the newlinemotivation of students to learn and excel. To attain efficiency in every aspect of newlineteaching, a teacher must have a high level of professional commitment. The physical newlineeducation teacher must possess techno-pedagogical competence to make their newlineteaching effective. In today s e-world, technological competencies and raised newlineoccupational demands lead to stress on the teacher. Occupational stress on teachers newlineleads to a decrease in their quality of education and reduces their professional newlinecommitment too. The present study explored the status of occupational stress of newlinephysical education teachers working in the senior secondary schools of the newlineDirectorate of Education, Delhi with respect to their professional commitment and newlinetechno-pedagogical competency. The present study is descriptive in nature and the newlinesurvey method has been used. A census sample data of 472 physical education newlineteachers working in the senior secondary schools of the Directorate of Education, newlineGovt. of Delhi was collected. The data was collected using standardised tools viz. newlineTeacher s Occupational Stress Scale, Professional Commitment Scale for Teachers newlineand Teacher s Techno-pedagogical Competency Scale. The study showed that newlinephysical education teachers have average occupational stress, techno-pedagogical newlinecompetency and professional commitment. The technological pedagogical newlinecompetencies, professional commitment, and occupational stress of these teachers newlinewere not significantly influenced by gender and years of teaching experience. There is newlineno significant relationship between occupational stress, professional commitment and newlinetechno-pedagogical competence of physical education teachers working in senior newlinesecondary schools under the Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT Delhi. newline