26, February 2025

The Personality Status of Teacher’s Trainee Students

VOLUME-9; ISSUE-2; FEB-2025

Author(s): ANIMA SARKAR

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Assistant Professor, Central Modern College of Education, Kolkata.

DOIs:10.2017/IJRCS/202502014     |     Paper ID: IJRCS202502014


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Objectives: The purpose of the study is to find out how personality differs in teacher trainee students of rural & urban and male & female. Sample: A total of 78 teacher-trainee students participated from North 24 pgs, Kolkata, and Howrah districts. Sampling Technique: Online and offline both methods were used to collect the required data by Incidental sampling technique. Tools: According to the objectives, the researcher adapted and applied the BFPI tool by D. Basu & S. Paul (2018). Results: The researcher found the result from analysis, that only neuroticism, and agreeableness are significantly differed due to gender but other traits (extraversion, openness to experiences, and conscientiousness) did not. And also found, that there is no significant difference between rural and urban locations among teacher trainee students in regard to their five traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experiences, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness.) of personality.

Big Five Personality, Teacher Trainee Students, Status.

ANIMA SARKAR(2025); The Personality Status of Teacher’s Trainee Students,  International Journal of Research Culture Society,    ISSN(O): 2456-6683,  Volume – 9,   Issue –  2.,  Pp.84-97.        Available on – https://ijrcs.org/

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