A Role Of Attunement In The Teaching-Learning Process Among Prospective Teachers

Abstract

Attunement refers to the process of becoming aware, receptive, or in harmony with something. It involves developing a deep understanding, connection, or alignment with a particular person, object, situation, or environment. Attunement often entails tuning in to subtle cues, energies, or vibrations, and adjusting oneself to resonate or synchronize with them. It can be related to empathy, intuition, or a heightened sense of awareness. The teaching-learning process is a dynamic interaction between a teacher and a learner that aims to facilitate the acquisition and understanding of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Prospective teachers are individuals who are undergoing training in the field of education to become teachers. The present study deals with the study of the role of attunement in the Teaching-Learning Process among Prospective teachers. The study was conducted on Prospective teachers belonging to Government, Government Aided and Private colleges of education in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu.    Keeping in view the aim of the study 450 Prospective teachers were randomly selected from different colleges of education in Tamil Nadu.      A sample of 100 Prospective teachers from the colleges of education was chosen for a pilot study. The reliability of the Attunement scale was calculated using Cronbach's alpha method and the coefficient of reliability is obtained to be 0.887. The statistical measures employed in processing and analyzing data and to test the hypotheses were measures of central tendency, students t-test, and One-way ANOVA.