Achievement motivation of special education student teachers in Tamil Nadu

The aim of the present study is to find the achievement motivation of special education student teachers in Tamil Nadu. The present study was conducted under survey method. Sample of the study were selected using purposive cluster sampling technique which includes 350 special education student teachers from 12 Special Education Teacher Training Colleges and institutes from 7 districts of Tamil Nadu, India. Data from the selected sample was collected using Achievement Motivation questionnaire developed by the researcher which consisted of 25 items with each having two alternatives “a” and “b” with score of 1 for the positive alternative and 0 score for negative alternative. The tool was modified and validate. The reliability co-efficient for the above tool was found to be 0.75 using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Quantitative analysis of data revealed that majority of the selected sample had moderate level of Achievement motivation. The result of the present study indicates that the student teachers with age above 27 have high Achievement Motivation than their counterparts and urban based samples showed high level of motivation which was reflected on their learning outcomes. Also it is found that the student teachers from Semi Urban/Hill Station area have low level of Achievement Motivation and the student teachers from the Urban area have the high level of Achievement Motivation.