- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Principals' perceptions of the effectiveness and performance of traditionally trained teachers and nontraditionally trained teachers in the DeKalb County school system, 1999
- Creator:
- Francoeur, David R.
- Date of Original:
- 1999-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This quantitative study examined the principals' perceptions of the effectiveness and performance of traditionally trained teachers and nontraditionally trained teachers. The study was longitudinal in nature and involved a population of 284 teachers who were employed in a large metropolitan school system in Georgia. The sample of the population was analyzed during a three-year period that extended from the 1994-95 academic year through the 1996-97 academic year. There were ten dependent variables, two independent variables, and three moderating variables in the study. The statistical procedures involved �. tests for equality of means, analysis of variance, and Scheffe tests. The findings of the study were as follows. The principals' perceptions of the traditionally trained teachers were significantly different from those of the nontraditionally trained teachers. The mean rating scores for eight of the ten variables were significantly higher for the traditionally trained teachers. Principals' perceptions indicated that teachers who were less than 30 years of age and had three years of teaching experience or less were found to be more effective as measured by 33 effective teaching practices on the Teacher Performance Observation Record criteria.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1999_francoeur_david_r
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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