Perception of Adolescent about their learning Environment: A Comparative Study

Pages: 400-405
Parvinder Kaur (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science ,PAU, Ludhiana)
Sarita Saini (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science ,PAU, Ludhiana)

The environment experienced or perceived by students and teachers of an institution is termed as the Learning environment of an institution. It helps in making students’ learning more effective and comfortable. The current study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Moga and Ludhiana district of Punjab.The aim of the present study was to investigate the difference in the perceptions of males and females regarding their learning environment. With respect to the learning environment, adolescent males as compared to females had better perceptions of their ‘learning’ as well as ‘atmosphere’ of the school and student social self-perceptions. Urban males as compared to their rural counterparts exhibited better perceptions of their ‘learning’, ‘teachers’, and ‘atmosphere’, ‘academic’ as well as social self-perceptions