- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A qualitative study on prekindergarten teacher perceptions of the high/scope curriculum and its impact on the academic performance of prekindergarten students in a Georgia public school system, 2007
- Creator:
- Johnson, Lynette M.
- Date of Original:
- 2007-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to determine prekindergarten teacher perceptions of the High/Scope curriculum and its impact on the academic performance of prekindergarten students in a Georgia Public School System. The study examined the perceptions of pre-kindergarten teacher's who had received High/Scope curriculum training and teach using the High/Scope curriculum in their prekindergarten classrooms. The study was designed to assess the extent to which these educators' perceptions correlated and differed on the specific impact the High/Scope curriculum has on preparing pre-kindergarten students with kindergarten readiness skills. The findings, which were based on document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and teacher classroom observations, showed that there is a relationship between teacher perceptions of High/Scope, teacher training in High/Scope, teacher interpretation of High/Scope, and teacher implementation of the High/Scope curriculum. The conclusions drawn from the findings suggest that pre-kindergarten teachers' perceptions of High/Scope are primarily based on their High/Scope training experience, interpretation of High/Scope, and academic standards of students. Moreover, this research informed school administrators, project direclors, assistant superintendents, and superintendents of the impact of using prekindergartcn teachers' perceptions as criteria in their curriculum adoption process to improve student academic performance in prekindergarten.
Degree type: dissertation
Degree name: Education Specialist (EdS)
Granting institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: Department of Educational Leadership
Advisor: Ajo, Amos A. - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2007_johnson_lynette_m
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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