Locus of Control and Scientific Temper of Student Teachers at the Secondary Level

Abstract

Scientific temper is a mindset that welcomes new knowledge and ideas, seeks evidence before judgment, doubts traditional practices and superstitions honestly, and employs reasoning in various situations. Even man has acquired all kinds of comforts and sophistication through the headway of science and technology; still, he goes behind superstitions. In this catastrophe, teachers have a significant role in eradicating superstitions. A random sample of 200 student teachers from secondary teacher education institutions of Ernakulam, Kerala, India, was assessed for scientific temper and the nature of their locus of control. The results indicate a significant positive association between the variables.

Nurse managers’ managerial innovation and it’s relation to proactivity behavior and locus of control among intensive care nurses

“…Proactive individuals take initiative to bring about change rather than passively reacting to situations [ 5 ]. An internal locus of control refers to the belief that outcomes are determined by one’s own actions, while an external locus of control ascribes outcomes to external factors like chance or powerful others [ 6 ]. Nurse Managers able to foster proactivity and internal locus of control among their staff may have greater success with managerial innovations [ 7 ].…”