Purpose of the Study. The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes of Greek-Cypriot public school teachers toward the teaching of Greek and Turkish languages and cultures, as well as toward local Greek-Cypriot dialect and culture. Specifically, the study sought to determine if the Greek-Cypriot public school teachers favored the following educational changes suggested in this study: (1) Continuation of the teaching of the Greek language and the use of that language as the medium of instruction; (2) Introduction of the teaching of the Greek-Cypriot dialect and utilization of it as the medium of instruction; (3) Introduction of the Turkish language as a second language; (4) Teaching of the Greek culture in a more realistic form; (5) Full coverage of the Greek-Cypriot culture by the curriculum; (6) Introduction of the teaching of Turkish culture, and teaching it in an objective way. / Procedures. A cluster sample of 300 teachers was selected from the population of all Greek-Cypriot public school teachers, (elementary and secondary levels, and urban or rural). / A Likert type questionnaire consisting of six parts, one for each of the six changes suggested in this study, was constructed by the writer and distributed to the subjects in the sample. Their responses were collected and analyzed accordingly. / Analysis. A score of 68 was designated as the distinguishing point between positive (i.e., higher than 68) and negative (i.e., lower than 68) attitudes. With rejection of the null hypothesis set at p = .05 level of significance, a student t test was conducted in order to determine if the total score of the questionnaire, as a whole, was significantly higher than 68. The same method of analysis was likewise followed for each of the six parts of the questionnaire separately. / Results. (1) Statistically significant differences were yielded between the total score of the questionnaire as a whole and 68, the distinguishing line between positive and negative attitudes; the score was higher than 68, thus, the attitudes were determined to be positive. (2) Positive attitudes for all six parts of the questionnaire were likewise yielded, and indicated moderate readiness on the part of the Greek-Cypriot teachers surveyed to accept and support the continuation of the teaching of Greek language and culture, the introduction of the Greek-Cypriot dialect, and the introduction of Turkish as a culture and second language. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A, page: 2986. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74243 |
| Contributors | ZACHARIOU, ANDREAS MICHAEL., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 91 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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