Mental health's effecton private B.ED. College-Teachers’ teaching effectiveness in Murshidabad Districtof West Bengal, India Bhattacharyya Kaustuv1, Rahaman Mostafijur2 1Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, The West Bengal University of Teachers ’Training, Education Planning and Administration (Erstwhile David Hare Training College) 2M. Phil. Research Scholar, Department of Teacher Education, WBUTTEPA Online published on 20 June, 2019. Abstract Teacher's training program at the Bachelor of Education i.e., B. Ed. level-is a scheme to develop the functional skills of the teacher-trainees to attain the teaching objectives which, in turn, are directly associated with the educational aims of the society to assure all round development of the students in schools. Now, the norm based term ‘teaching effectiveness’ represents the quality of teaching in general. There have been so many aspects by which teaching effectiveness gets influenced. Sound mental health is one of such important and desirable aspects to make any sort of teaching effective. In the present study, on the bases of the sampled teachers’ responses, it was intended to characterise the significant effects of the mental health of the teachers of private B. Ed. colleges on their teaching effectiveness, with special reference to the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. A quantitative descriptive research design had been developed and properly utilised for this purpose. Top Keywords Teaching effectiveness, Mental health, Private B. Ed. colleges, Gender, Locale. Top |