STUDY ON EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATION AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION IN RELATION TO THE HOME ENVIRONMENT OF TRIBAL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF IDUKKI DISTRICT.

 Heredity and environment plays a vital role in determining the personality of a child. The term "aspirations" is one which is often used synonymously with goals, ambitions, objectives, purposes, dreams, plans, designs, intentions, desires, longings, wishes, yearnings, cravings or aims. Educational Aspirations refer to the early impressions of one's own academic abilities and the highest level of education an individual expects to attain has also been linked to academic achievement. Aspiration change throughout childhood and shaped by the characteristics of young people and their families, peers, and neighbourhood. It varies for different sections of the population both in terms of parents educational and occupational goals for their children and the ambitions of the pupils themselves. Parental educational attainment and income both exert significant influence on educational aspirations. So the home environment is one of the major influencing factor determine the educational aspiration.

Achievement motivation is expectancy of findings satisfaction in mastery of difficulty and challenging performances. Where us in the field of education it stands for the pursuit of excellence. It is a goal set by the pupils with the influence of home environment and other related factors. This study attempted to find out whether the differences in academic achievement motivation among pupils can be attributed to differences in their home environments.

So home is the most important influencing factor of students. It is an agency which is responsible for imparting early education and lying down the basics of further education. In this study it was assumed that children’s home environments could be a possible determinant of their variations in academic achievement motivation. The value that different families attach to education could affect the child’s attitude to school and eventually affect his motivation for success in school work. Many homes differ on factors such as family size, availability of learning materials, the parent’s level of education, parents’ occupation, income, parental encouragement and involvement.  Motivation is the basic drive for all of our actions and it refers to the dynamics of our behaviour, which involves our needs, desires and ambitions in life. It is based on reaching success and achieving all of our aspirations in life. Both are set in the childhood but aspiration change with the entire time of students with influencing his or her environmental factors.

Major Objectives of the Study

1.      To find out the difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their educational aspiration, achievement motivation and home environment.

2.      To find out the difference in educational aspiration, achievement motivation and home environment among various tribes of tribal secondary school students  of Idukki district.

3.      To find out the association between educational aspiration, achievement motivation and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

4.      To find out the association between educational aspiration, achievement motivation and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

5.      To find out whether there is any significant correlation between educational aspiration and achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students.

6.      To find out whether there is any significant correlation between educational aspiration and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

7.    To find out whether there is any significant correlation between achievement motivation and home environment of tribal secondary school students of  Idukki district.

   Hypotheses of the Study

1.      There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their educational aspiration.

2.      There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their achievement motivation.

3.      There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their home environment.

4.      There is significant difference in educational aspiration among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

5.      There is significant difference in achievement motivation among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

6.      There is significant difference in home environment among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

7.      There is significant association between educational aspiration of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

8.      There is significant association between achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

9.      There is significant association between home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

10     There is significant association between educational aspiration of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

11.    There is significant association between achievement motivation home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

12.    There is significant association between home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

13.    There is significant correlation between educational aspiration and achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

14.    There is significant correlation between educational aspiration and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

15.    There is significant correlation between achievement motivation and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

          

 Methodology

   The present study is normative survey titled “study on educational aspiration and achievement motivation in relation to the home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district”. The sample for the study consists of 200 tribal secondary school students from five tribal secondary schools in Idukki district.

 Tools Used for the Study

1.          Educational aspiration inventory prepared and standardised by Dr. T. Pradeep Kumar.

2.          Achievement motivation scale prepared and standardised by the investigator.

3.         Home environment inventory prepared and standardised by the investigator.

Major Findings of the Study

1. There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their educational aspiration

2. `There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their achievement motivation.

3. There is significant difference between male and female tribal secondary school students of Idukki district in their home environment.

4. There is no significant difference in educational aspiration among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

5. There is no significant difference in achievement motivation among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

6. There is no significant difference in home environment among various tribes of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

7. There is no significant association between educational aspiration of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

8.  There is significant association between achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

9. There is significant association between home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their mothers’ educational qualification.

10. There is significant association between educational aspiration of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

11. There is no significant association between achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

12. There is significant association between home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district and their fathers’ educational qualification.

13. There is significant correlation between educational aspiration and achievement motivation of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

14. There is significant correlation between educational aspiration and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

15. There is significant correlation between achievement motivation and home environment of tribal secondary school students of Idukki district.

CONCLUSION

The findings of the study can be much useful in educational planning and could also be helpful for education and curriculum frames to modify the method of teaching for the tribal students. And also it indicates the importance of developing the educational aspirations during school age.