Role of Teacher Educational Institutions in Developing Personality of Student Teachers

Teacher Education is an integral part of any educational system. It should provide a platform in developing the holistic personality of a student teacher. This paper reports on personality of student teachers and the role of Teacher Educational institutions in developing it. The sample consists of 1,080 student teachers of Madurai revenue district. A Multi dimensional Personality Inventory constructed by Manju Rani Agarwal was used to get the data from the student teachers. Percentage analysis, Mean, Standard deviation and "t" tests were used for analyzing the data. The results showed that there is significant difference in personality of Government Aided and Self Finance College student teachers.