Abstract:

The major aim of the study was to explore the teacher immediacy among secondary school teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and followed quantitative and survey type research design for the exploration of teacher immediacy. The population of the study comprised all male and female students of Federal Government Secondary schools of Islamabad Capital Territory. The stratified random sampling technique was used to draw the sample of the study: total 56 (40% of total) Government secondary schools of boys and girls and1680 students were included in the sample. Teacher Immediacy Scale comprising twenty-six items was developed by the researcher for collection of the data. A pilot study was conducted to find out the reliability of the items of the research instruments which displayed that Cronbach’s Alpha value was .87 which means that the reliability value of the instrument was high. The findings of the study highlighted that majority of the teachers were rated high in exercising immediacy behaviours with students. It was revealed that male teachers exercised immediacy behaviours more than female teachers. The comparison of practicing the immediacy behaviours of urban and rural teachers displayed that there was no significant difference between their mean scores. It is proposed that teachers should practice immediacy behaviours in classroom while teaching and dealing students. This will enable them to improve their teaching and gain academic excellence by engaging students in classroom.

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