Volume 3, Number 3 (Summer) 1968
Yee, Albert H. 1968. "Interpersonal Attitudes of Teachers and Advantaged and Disadvantaged Pupils." Journal of Human Resources 3(3):327-345.
Analyses of teachers' attitudes toward children and pupils' attitudes toward their teacher as dependent variables by analysis of variance produced results indicating great variance between the characteristics of teachers of advantaged pupils and teachers of disadvantaged pupils. The following factors were found to be significant sources of variation: (1) pupils' social class; (2) teacher's sex; (3) grade level; (4) teacher's years of experience; (5) pupils' ethnic-social class characteristics. Also, significant interaction was found operating between (1) and (2) and between (1) and (3). In improving educational opportunities, it is essential to consider administrative-community factors and personality-pedagogical characteristics of teachers. In investigation of relevant contributors to variance in classroom operations, pupils' achievement, and teachers' effectiveness, teacher-pupil interaction cannot be overlooked.
The author is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Wisconsin, Madison. Grateful appreciation is expressed to the University Research Committee, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for supporting this work by providing a research grant and computer services. Appreciation is also due the Computation Center, University of Texas, Austin, for providing unsponsored computer services required for preliminary analyses. H. Albert Napier and Thomas Kriewell provided data processing and programming assistance.
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