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PERCEPTION OF NEWLY JOINED TEACHERS TOWARDS SOCIAL AND MORAL VALUES

Morality is some thing that applies to all people universally. It is concerned with such questions as do’s and don’ts, right and wrongs. The standards of morality determine the conduct of individual members of society. The infant immediately after birth is no different from any other animal at the time of birth. But the child  rapidly develops into a human being .As the child grows physically it acquires motor skills along with social skills by social environment. In this process of growth and development into human being, a sort of metamorphosis also takes place which is referred to as moral development. Moral devepment results from one’s increasing ability to perceive social reality and to organize and integrate social experiences. The philosophy about value is that, value should help any one to seek the real knowledge and goal of life in a righteous manner. It is equally important to ensure that the youth are equipped with core values needed to live as responsible citizens in complex democratic societies. The need for value education has been stressed by all the commissions. So the teachers, especially the newly joined teachers as they are in growing up in teaching profession, their perception  towards moral and social values places significant role. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1.	To examine the perception of newly joined teachers towards social and moral values. 2.	To find out whether any difference exists in the perception of newly joined teachers towards social and moral values with respect to their sex, age, qualification, community, marital status and management. HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY: 1.	There is no significant difference in the perception of newly joined teachers towards social and moral values due to variation in their Sex, Age, Qualification, Community, Marital status and Management. The research design in the present study is descriptive in nature. Hence survey method is used to obtain information. Survey involves describing, recording, analyzing and interpreting conditions or contrasts and attempts to discover relationships between existing non-manipulated variables (Best 1989).This study involves survey method of research which includes selection and development of tool, data collection sampling, scoring procedure and statistical treatment.

SAMPLE OF THE STUDY: A sample of 60 newly joined teachers working at kuppam in chitoor district of Andhra Pradesh were considered for the present study. The obtained data was analyzed by using appropriate statistical techniques such as mean, SD, t-test and f-test. By using mean+1SD, the perception of teachers have been divided into 3 levels i.e., low moderate and perceptions. EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS: 1.	Value oriented education system cultivates the basic values of humanism, democracy, socialism and secularism. 2.	If ethical teachings of all religions are included in the value based education, it definitely helps in national unity. 3.	Value oriented refresher courses for teachers equips them with better skills .In these courses even teachers under private management are to be considered. 4.	Special concentration at pre-service level on value education definitely works at professional level. Due to liberalization and globalization rapid changes are occurring in the world. In this process moral and social values are ignored and this is the reason for disequilibrium in the society. This is the hour to think about social and moral values to strengthen the social fabric. And it is possible only with the help of teachers the architects of nation.