M.S. RAHUL*, S.V. PRASAD, P.V.S. GOPAL, I. BHAVANI DEVI and G. MOHAN NAIDU

Department of Agricultural Extension, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati

ABSTRACT

Instructional Technology is not merely a knowledge area that contracts only with audiovisual instructional materials. It is
an approach to think about complications of teaching and learning to discover workable solutions. The study was conducted in
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Lam, Guntur. A comprehensive personal interview schedule was used for collecting
information. All the teachers available at the time of study from five constituent agricultural colleges of ANGRAU were selected
as sample for the study. The respondents were asked to express their profile characteristics. The frequency and percentage were
calculated for each profile characteristics. Majority of teachers were middle age, male, Ph.D. Degree holders, had 6 to 10 years
of professional experience, assistant professors, taught 2 to 4 courses, and prepared course manual/ practical manual, had not
published any books, had not published book chapters, had not guided any masters degree student, had not guided any doctoral
degree student, had not handled any project, had no project in progress, had not attended any international seminars/ conferences/
symposia, had not attended any national seminars / conferences / symposia, per cent had not published any full length article,
research notes and review articles in international journals , had published 6 to 10 full length articles in national journals, had not
published any research notes and review articles in national journals, above half of teachers had undergone1 to 3 national
seminars had not undergone any of international trainings, had medium achievement motivation and medium empathetic ability.

KEY WORDS:

Empathetic, instructional technology and profile.