The aim of the pilot study is to measure changes of attitudes over
a period of six months.
It is claimed that parents new to a school have only hearsay as a
basis for their opinions about the school's functioning and that this
is often detrimental to the school. It is hypothesized that these
opinions will change and reflect positive attitudes towards the school
in relation to the amount of contact experienced.
The recording of the survey begins by referring to the paucity
of research material on the subject; it continues by describing the
method of collecting data on initial opinions by means of interviews,
questionnaires and a statements of opinions check sheet; it then
analyses changes of opinion by comparing the data of the later August
statements of opinions return with the earlier February one; and
finally suggests reasons for change by analysing correlations of
parental contact and increased positive attitude. The paper
concludes with recommendations for further studies and parent education programmes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219082 |
| Date | January 1979 |
| Creators | Kedge, Judith Elizabeth, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Teacher Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Judith Elizabeth Kedge |
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