The relationship between classroom climate and academic dishonesty in prospective teachers

Abstract

The teaching profession has been improvised day by day in order to make our learners updated because teachers are the ones who give knowledge and update the information of the learner about the changes, requirements, objectives, and up gradations in the society. Learning is dynamic in nature so as the process of teaching and learning, so teachers have to get updated for their students. “Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual” (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam). The present study was conducted to know the relationship between classroom climate and academic dishonesty of prospective teachers. The investigator used purposive sampling to select the sample from two institutes of Bihar state and selected 243 prospective teachers. For the purpose of data collection, two separate tools were used -Academic Dishonesty Rating Scale developed by Mohammed Y. A. Rawwas, Jamal A. Al-Khatib, and Scott J. Vitell (2004) and Classroom Climate Scale developed by J.M. Muthee (2009) and for analysing the data descriptive statistical techniques, t-test and Pearson product moment correlation were used. Results showed that there is a moderate, negative, and significant relationship between classroom climate and academic dishonesty.

Keywords: Classroom Climate, Academic Dishonesty, Prospective teachers