A Study on Social Intelligence of Pre-service Teachers

Social intelligence acts as a tool in the method of socialisation of the person. It makes a person mature socially. The research study was undertaken to investigate the social intelligence of pre-service teachers. The sample of 100 pre-service teachers (B. Ed Student Teachers) from Shimoga city was selected by adopting Stratified random sampling technique based on the independent variables namely Gender and Stream. Specific objectives formulated were: 1. To assess the level of Social Intelligence among pre-service teachers. 2. To compare the social intelligence among Male and female pre-service teachers. 3. To compare the social intelligence among Arts and Science Stream Pre-Service teachers. Descriptive research methods were used in the study. The data obtained from the survey was analyzed by using Percentage analysis and t-test. Findings of the study were: 1. It was found that majority of teachers that is 64% of pre-service teachers possess average level of Social Intelligence. It is also seen that only 28% possess high level of Social Intelligence and 8% of pre-service teachers possess low level of Social Intelligence. 2. No Significant difference was found between male and female pre-service teachers with respect to their Social Intelligence. 3. No Significant difference was found between Arts and Science Stream pre-service teachers with respect to their Social Intelligence.