SEVEN YEARS ON‐‐A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF TEACHER BEHAVIOUR

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The behaviour of a group of teachers, who did not differ significantly in college grades in educational theory and in practical teaching from their parent population nor in their distributions on sex and type of school from the national population of teachers, was monitored in 1965, in 1967 and in 1972 ‐‐ seven years in all. In 1965 the year they entered teaching data on the group was collected in the form of #opa#cp variables from an extensive series of psychological tests, #opb#cp biographical variables, #opc#cp college examination variables. In 1967 and again in 1972 ratings of their own satisfaction and dissatisfaction with teaching were obtained, together with the ratings of their head teachers on various aspects of teaching ability. An analysis of the data suggests that higher ratings of teaching ability at the initial stage persist over the seven year period as do levels of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with teaching. Those of higher verbal ability tended to have lower ratings of practical teaching ability over the whole period. Between 1967 and 1972 a new behavioural dimension was revealed concerned with more frequent changes of job.

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