A STUDY OF ADJUSTMENT AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF ADOLESCENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT OF BAREILLY DISTRICT
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2020
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Allahabad School of Education Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences Allahabad India
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Adolescence is the most important period of life. Adolescence is considered as crucial and significant period of an individual‘s life.Adolescence is an age of emotional upheavals. Emotional development during adolescence, the individual faces a wide range and variety of emotions. These include both positive as well as negative emotions. Their emotions are very intensive. In the present circumstances the children and youth are facing difficulties in life. These difficulties are giving rise to many psychosomatic problems. To attain the high level of performance a regular guidance is required by the teachersand parents therefore at a certain step of life a proper motivation and training is required which can only be given by matured parents. In this way home environment, adjustment and educational achievement are also very important in our lives. They dominate our lives. They add colour and variety to our lives, which otherwise would be dull.The first important requisite condition is affection and love of parents and other member of the family. The adolescentsshould feel secure and loved in his home. Parents should meet the legitimate needs of their child proper and conductive environment should be providing in childhood and during adolescents stage. Pleasant and satisfaction giving experiences should be provided for the harmonious development of the personality of the adolescents.
An attempt has been made by the investigators to study the adjustment and educational achievement of adolescents in relation to their home environment of Bareilly District. The researcher has also studied adjustment, educational achievement and home environment of adolescents with respect to area, types of scools and gender. The main objectives were to study the adjustment,educational achievementand home environment of adolescents,to study the adjustmentof adolescents with respect to area, to study the adjustmentof adolescents with respect to types of schools, to study the adjustmentof adolescents with respect to gender,to study the educational achievement of adolescents
with respect to area,to study the educational achievement of adolescents with respect to types of school, to study the educational achievement of adolescents with respect to gender, to study the home environment of adolescents with respect to area,to study the home environment of adolescents with respect to types of school, to study the home environment of adolescents with respect to gender,to find out the relation between adjustment and home environment of adolescents,to find out the relation between educational achievement and home environment of adolescents.The sample consisted of 299 adolescents of rural areas and 299 adolescents of urban areas studying in class XIth. The multi stage sampling technique was used to collect the data. The data was drawn from 8 government schools and 16 private UP Board Schools of Bareilly. To measure adjustment the adjustment scale was used, constructed by the A.K.P.Sinha and R.P.Singh. To measure home environment the home environment inventory was used, constructed by the Karuna Shanker Mishra. To measure the educational achievement percentage obtained in the Board examinations were taken. The statistical measures mean, SD, t-test and One-way Anova were used to analyze the data.
The results revealed that (i)there was significant difference in adjustment of adolescents of rural and urban higher secondary schools,(ii) there was significant difference in adjustment of adolescents of government and private higher secondary schools, (iii) there was significant difference in adjustment of boys and girls of higher secondary schools, (iv) there was significant difference in educational achievement of adolescents of rural and urban higher secondary schools, (v) there was significant difference in educational achievement of adolescents of government and private higher secondary schools, (vi) there was significant difference in educational achievement of boys and girls of higher secondary schools, (vii) there was significant difference in home environment of adolescents of rural and urban higher secondary schools, (viii) there was significant difference in home environment of adolescents of government and private higher secondary schools, (ix) there was significant difference in home environment of boys and girls of higher secondary schools, (x) there is significant relation between the home environment and adjustment of adolescents Higher Secondary School students, (xi)that there is significant relation between the home environment and educational achievement of adolescents Higher Secondary School students(xii) Urban students had higher adjustment, educational achievement and home environment than students of Rural areas, (xiii) private schools students better in their adjustment, performed better in educational achievement and perceived better home environment than government
schools students, (xiv) Female students scored better than their male counterparts in adjustment educational achievement and home environment and (xv) Significant relation exists between adjustment and home environment and also between educational achievement and home environment of adolescents
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