Institutional Climate Perception Of Post Graduate Students In Relation To Their Information Literacy

Amruth G. Kumar*, K. Rajesh**
* Assistant Professor, School of Education, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.
** Lecturer, Bhavan's Ramakrishnan Institute of Teacher Education, Calicut, Kerala.
Periodicity:January - March'2010
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.6.4.1110

Abstract

In this paper the investigators focus on the relationship between ‘Information Literacy’ and ‘Institutional Climate Perception’ of post graduate students. The study was conducted on four hundred Post Graduate Students' from four districts of Kerala, India. Instruments used were; ‘Information Literacy Inventory’ and ‘Institutional Climate Perception Questionnaire’. The study revealed that there exists positive and significant relationship between ‘Information Literacy’ and ‘Institutional Climate Perception’. The study also proved that there is no significant difference in correlations between Institutional Climate Perception and Information Literacy for the comparable sub samples based on Gender and Locality of the Institution

Keywords

Information Literacy, Institutional Climate Perception, Academic Climate Perception, Social Climate Perception, Physical Climate Perception, Administrative Climate Perception, Post Graduate Students

How to Cite this Article?

Amruth G Kumar and K. Rajesh (2010). Institutional Climate Perception Of Post Graduate Students In Relation To Their Information Literacy. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 6(4), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.6.4.1110

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