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PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT TEACHERS, SUPERVISING TEACHERS, AND PROFESSORS OF EDUCATION TOWARD SELECTED ISSUES IN STUDENT TEACHING
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PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT TEACHERS, SUPERVISING TEACHERS, AND PROFESSORS OF EDUCATION TOWARD SELECTED ISSUES IN STUDENT TEACHING.
Creator
GLASGOW, DOROTHY D., Florida Atlantic University, Urich, Ted R.
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of student teachers, supervising teachers, and professors of education toward selected issues in student teaching. Fifty Florida Atlantic University student teachers and forty supervising teachers from Palm Beach County and Broward County, Florida, as well as forty professors who taught undergraduate education courses at Florida Atlantic University responded to the survey. The procedure used in the study included a review of...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of student teachers, supervising teachers, and professors of education toward selected issues in student teaching. Fifty Florida Atlantic University student teachers and forty supervising teachers from Palm Beach County and Broward County, Florida, as well as forty professors who taught undergraduate education courses at Florida Atlantic University responded to the survey. The procedure used in the study included a review of literature. Data was obtained from parallel opinionnaires and demographic forms appropriate for each population. The opinionnaire consisted of thirty-five statements with a Likert-type scale for the participants to indicate their perception as to the level of importance each statement had to student teaching. The two hypotheses tested were (1) no significant differences existed among the perceptions of the populations toward selected issues in student teaching, and (2) no significant differences existed among the perceptions of the populations toward the selected issues when grouped into the areas of personal relations, self-interests, classroom performance and organization, and teaching concerns. Chi-square distribution analysis was used to determine significant differences of perceptions among the populations. Significant statistical differences existed on more than 30 percent of the student teaching issues presented on the opinionnaire. The hypothesis for six statements were rejected at the .05 level of significance and five statements were rejected at the .01 level of significance. The hypothesis for one grouped topic was rejected at the .05 level of significance, and three topic areas were rejected at the .01 level of significance. There were enough differences among the populations' perceptions toward the selected issues of student teaching presented in the research that attention should be given to these issues by those people that structure teacher education programs. It is not necessary for the populations to be in total agreement on all the issues, but future study should be given to the impact these differences have in the process of preparing college students to be teachers.
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Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11878
Subject Headings
Student teaching--Florida--Palm Beach County, Student teaching--Florida--Broward County
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An Analysis of Discourse Present in Sex Education Literature from Palm Beach County Middle Schools: Are Kids Really Learning?
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An Analysis of Discourse Present in Sex Education Literature from Palm Beach County Middle Schools: Are Kids Really Learning?.
Creator
De Avila, Elizabeth, Durnell-Uwechue, Nannetta Y., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description
Issues of sexual assault have become pervasive across all social strata in American society. Citizens need to start having conversations regarding these issues. To combat the issue of sexual assault, children need to be educated regarding the multifaceted aspects of sex through sex education in order to understand consent and resources they have available to them. Utilizing grounded theory methodology, this thesis analyzes sex education literature provided to Palm Beach County Middle School...
Show moreIssues of sexual assault have become pervasive across all social strata in American society. Citizens need to start having conversations regarding these issues. To combat the issue of sexual assault, children need to be educated regarding the multifaceted aspects of sex through sex education in order to understand consent and resources they have available to them. Utilizing grounded theory methodology, this thesis analyzes sex education literature provided to Palm Beach County Middle School students. Using Burke’s theory of terministic screens and Foucauldian theories of power and control; an understanding of the ideological underpinnings of this literature and discourse were acquired. After analysis, suggestions for disclosure and sex education programs are provided.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004842, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004842
Subject Headings
Sex instruction for youth--Florida--Palm Beach County., Middle school education--Florida--Palm Beach County., Middle school teaching--Florida--Palm Beach County--Evaluation., Middle school students--Attitudes., Sex differences in education.
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Document (PDF)