Patterns of Cognitive Styles among School Teachers Belonging To Tribal Community

Abstract

The present study has been conducted to find out the patterns of cognitive styles among school teachers belonging to tribal community. The sample for the investigation was drawn from the school teachers belonging to tribal community working in different schools located in RangaReddy district, Telangana state by using simple random sampling technique. It comprises 310 school teachers. Standardized tool was used in the present study, Cognitive Style Inventory (CSI) developed by Praveen Kumar Jha. The study revealed that there is a significant difference between patterns of cognitive styles among school teachers belonging to tribal community with respect to their gender. The study also revealed that there is no significant difference between patterns of cognitive style among school teachers belonging to tribal community with respect to their age.