TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TO EDUCATIONAL CONTROVERSIES
- 1 June 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Research
- Vol. 13 (3) , 204-209
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0013188710130306
Abstract
This study is based on the expressed attitudes of practising teachers; it is claimed that this procedure may be more valid than the usual one of testing the attitudes of students or teachers on advanced courses. ‘Educational controversies’ refers to teachers’ attitudes to streaming, 11 plus selection and corporal punishment; scores on these scales were correlated with scores on the Oliver ‘Survey of Opinions’ scales and the ‘Study of Values’ scales. Suggested interpretations of the matrix of relationships are offered. A small group of teachers on a full‐time in‐service course completed the ‘educational controversies’ scales at the start and completion of their course: the scores changed to what is interpreted as a more ‘progressive’ pattern.Keywords
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