Attitudes of Teachers and Students Towards Teaching Literature in the Faculty of Education

Abstract

The title of this research work is "Attitudes of Teachers and Students Towards Teaching Literature in the Faculty of Education". The main purpose of this study was to find out the attitudes of teachers and students towards teaching literature in FOE, TU. To accomplish this study, a set of questionnaire was prepared and distributed to 20 teachers teaching in different campuses in Kathmandu valley, in FOE and 60 students studying in different years in Central Campus, Kirtipur, specializing in English Education. The data collected from the informants were analyzed and interpreted to find out the attitudes of teachers and students towards teaching literature. It was found that most of the teachers and students showed positive attitudes towards teaching literature in FOE. They think so because it motivates learners, helps to develop language awareness, fluency and critical habit of thinking and helps to get cultural knowledge. However, they are dissatisfied towards the weight given for the English literature. The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one introduces the study in terms of general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study and definitions of the specific terms. Similarly, chapter two deals with the methodology applied to conduct the study. This consists of the sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of the raw data obtained from the informants. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tools and presented with the help of tables, charts and diagrams. Finally, chapter four deals with the findings, recommendations and pedagogical implications of this study.