Pre-school teachers are largely demotivated. This is due to various reasons, such as, prevalence of low level training among them. The profession is still viewed as a job for women. They are unhappy with their salaries and many are not in welfare groups. This book contributes insights into this significant areas that greatly affect the provision of pre- school level education.It points out that immediate changes need to be put in place in order to give the profession a human face and to better motivate the teachers.

One of the most intriguing phenomena in the education field has been the persistent differences in math achievement between boys and girls especially at high school level. Previous studies had attributed this to the learners negative attitude among other factors. This book presents findings of a study that investigated how a students locus of control interacted with other variables to consolidate the negative attitude leading to learned helplessness. Insight is provided into how the students previous performance in math would lead to a particular attitude which interacted with the societal...