BALA HUSSAIN REDDY, P.KENANAO NTSUAPE2022-05-132022-05-132022-12-22D6137https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810184721A STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYTeaching and learning environment refers to the diverse locations, contexts, and cultures in which students learn. The definition of teaching and learning environment recognizes that students learn in many ways and very different contexts. Since learners must undertake the learning process, the aim is to create a total environment for learning that optimizes the ability of students to learn. To investigate the quality of the teaching environment, it is important to capture relevant dimensions of this environment. Teaching environment dimensions include instructor, subject matter, teaching equipment and physical facilities. Components of a learning environment include: Student Cohesiveness, Teacher support, Involvement, Task orientation and Cooperation. Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University is a State Agricultural University with its headquarters located at Guntur City of Andhra Pradesh. The Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University offers various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes besides the polytechnic courses. There are 13 colleges (8 Agricultural Colleges, one Home Science, two Agricultural Engineering, two Food Science & Technology) & 12 Polytechnics. Exploratory research design was adopted in the present investigation after considering objectives set forth, variables considered and the phenomenon to be studied. The state of Andhra Pradesh was selected purposively for the study. Rayalaseema region comprising of four districts viz., Kurnool, Chittoor, Anantapur and YSR Kadapa districts was purposively selected for the study. Two Agricultural colleges of Rayalaseema region i.e., S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, Chittoor district and Agricultural College, Mahanandi, Kurnool district were selected purposively for the study. After xv obtaining the total number of undergraduate students studying third year B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture from both the selected agricultural colleges of a total of 120 students were selected following proportionate simple random sampling procedure. The results of the study revealed that majority i.e. 56.7 per cent respondents belonged to age group 21 years and female students were slightly higher in strength than male students. Majority of 77.5 per cent of the students had an excellent academic performance i.e. they got first class. A good number of students i.e. 47.5 per cent participated in only one extracurricular activity. The study revealed that slightly more than four fifth (41.70%) of students of belonged to open category. It was found that in immovable assets, majority of students’ parents fell under low immovable assets category by 50.8 per cent and that majority (58.30%) of students’ parents owned 3 or 4 movable assets. A majority of 79.2 per cent of parents belonged to medium income category. The findings of the study clearly indicate that slightly more than four fifth (45.00%) of third year B.Sc. (Hons) undergraduate students had medium level of academic interest and most (96.70%) of students resided in college hostel. Majority (45.83%) of the respondents got their financial assistance from Parents. Both poor and good learning styles were practiced by 35 per cent of the students. Majority of students i.e. 45 per cent of the students had neutral attitude towards the university. Slightly less than half (48.30%) of the students had a neutral perception towards teaching environment. The study revealed that perception towards teaching environment was not significantly related to age, academic performance, participation in extracurricular activities and economic status of parents. Hence there was significant relationship between academic interest, learning style and attitude towards university and perception towards teaching environment. Majority (44.20%) of students had a neutral perception towards learning environment. The study revealed that perception towards learning environment was not significantly related to age, academic performance, participation in extracurricular activities and economic status of parents. Hence there was significant relationship between academic interest, learning style and attitude towards university and perception towards learning environment. The study revealed that 30 per cent of the students reported that field visits and practicals are less due to shortage of transportation facility, 19.17 per cent of undergraduate students were facing constraints regarding professor-student relationships hard to build, 18.3 per cent mentioned that hostel environment not conducive for learning, 14.17 per cent undergraduate students had financial problems, 10 per cent undergraduate students had a problem of college timings unfavourable, 8.33 undergraduate students were facing constraint of time management, 5.83 were facing a constraint of xvi homesickness, 4.17 per cent of respondents were facing a constraint of ill health, 1.67 per cent had social problems and 1.67 per cent of the respondents had complications using college library. Majority of the students (22.50%) suggested to increase in number of field visitations and practical as they give them exposure to the real-world situation, 15.8 per cent of undergraduate students suggested that college should initiate programmes that will promote healthy student-student as well as professor-student relationships, 15 per cent undergraduate students suggested for college timings should be suitable, 14.2 per cent suggested the reduction of number of students per room in hostel.EnglishThesis