Inter-correlation among Factors Contributing to Empathetic Instruction at Secondary School Level

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate and analyze the inter-correlation among factors contributing to empathetic instruction at secondary school level. To achieve this objective, a self-developed rating scale, comprising seven factors representing teachers’ empathetic behavior towards students, was administered to respondents to determine the inter-correlation among factors. All the secondary school teachers of government high schools of Southern Punjab constituted the population of the study. One hundred seventy six secondary school teachers representing male and female, urban and rural, arts and science, and less & highly experienced groups were selected randomly from 27 schools of four Tehsils of Southern Punjab. Matrix Correlation was computed to find the relationship between different factors representing different aspects of teachers’ behaviors in the scale. Matrix-correlation revealed that all the seven factors were positively correlated with one another (‘r’ between 0.30 to 0.66) which determined the intercorrelation and internal consistency between different factors or components in the scale. It was inferred that all the factors included in the scale were inter-correlated and contribute positively to empathetic instruction at secondary school stage.