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Abstract

The investigator examined the teaching styles of government and private secondary school teachers of Odisha. The study was conducted on a sample of 128 teachers from Balasore district. Teaching Styles Questionnaire (TSQ) developed and standardized by the investigator was used for the collection of data. Findings indicated that; the government secondary school teachers of Balasore in particular have distinct styles of teaching. The researcher compared the teaching styles of government and private, rural and urban secondary school teachers. It was found that there exist significant differences in government and private & urban and rural secondary school teachers. Implications for the teachers, administrators, policy -makers, were also reported by suggesting organization of different programs like seminar, webinar, workshop, orientation program etc. at school, college and university level and the provisions like good salary, healthy working conditions, ideal class size, and promotion of the teachers effect on their notable teaching styles.