Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Publication Date

7-17-1972

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Teacher Effectiveness Training (a human relations program developed by Thomas Gordon) on the attitudes of pre-student teachers in language arts as measured by scored on the Minnesota teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI), Rokeach Dogmatism Scale (RDS). Teaching Situation Recreation Test (TSRT), and Public Opinion Questionnaire E (E Scale).

The population for the study consisted of 29 pre-student teachers with language arts majors or minors, enrolled in the course Secondary Education 361 during the fall semester, 1971, at the University of New Mexico. These students planned to practice teach during the spring, 1972. From this population of 29, 24 subjetcs were randomly selected and administered pretests of the MTAI, RDS, TSRT, and E Scale at the beginning of the fall semester, 1971.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Secondary Education

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Alvin Wendell Howard

Second Committee Member

Robert Harold White

Third Committee Member

Miles Vernon Zintz

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