Research Practices Among the School Teachers to Foster the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Theschool Students of Tamilnadu

Abstract

Researches carried out to profusely unearth the subtle challenges that would throw light into redesigning the ways and means to achieve the précised expected outcomes from every filed of expertise. The modern technologically driven educational environment poses opportunities as well as equal or a greater number of challenges for the stakeholders of the field upfront. The study here proposes tounderstand the research practices undertaken by the school teachers/administrators to foster the psychosocial wellbeing of the school going students of Tamilnadu. Data collected with the help of a questionnaire that contains the details of number of case works, group works, cases reported for counselling and guidance, remedial plans, diagnosis of learning difficulties and management, number of poor school performers among the students and the nature of problems reported. 12 schools from 12 different districts of Tamilnadu were consulted and interviewed the administrators and senior teachers, conducted a focus group discussion on the activities undertaken by the teachers to foster the psychosocial wellbeing of the students studying in these schools. The findings suggest better reflective and scientific research practices are yet not been a custom in the schools of Tamilnau and invite the concentrated attention of the authorities to orient and train the teaching community.