The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of three different types of in-service or preservice training on the attitudes of sixth-grade teachers in selected Texas school districts toward the "new" social studies. The types of preparation compared are the following: completion of a social studies methods course within the last two years, attendance at a social studies in-service training session at least three hours in length within the past year, a major or minor in one of the social science disciplines, or combinations of these. Additional variables such as age, teaching experience, classroom organization, degrees held, and textbooks being used are also considered. Three hundred twenty-four respondents from thirteen school districts completed a two-part questionnaire. Part A seeks biographical, educational, and experiential information. Part B contains thirty-nine statements about social studies education to which the participants respond on a six-point Likert-type scale. Data are treated with a one-way analysis of variance, and hypotheses are retained or rejected at the .05 level of significance. When a significant F-ratio is found on data having more than two groups, the Fisher's t for multi-type comparisons is applied to determine where the significant differences occur.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500739 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | McIntosh, Carolyn Jo Johnson, 1938- |
| Contributors | Tanner, Fred W., Black, Watt L., Halstead, Francis E., 1930- |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | 3, vii, 162 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, McIntosh, Carolyn Jo Johnson, 1938-, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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