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Patrick, Michael David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine which, if any, specific factors are deterring male teachers from pursuing elementary education. The number of male elementary teachers in America's public school systems had continued to decline, and this survey sought to discover what specific factors had contributed to this. This study surveyed 231 male…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Education, Employment Opportunities, Public Schools
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Baker, Bruce D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2008
This article addresses the design and application of cost adjustments in state school finance policies intended to compensate local public school districts for differences in the costs of recruiting and retaining teachers. Broadly speaking, the state policy objective for including cost adjustments to state aid for such things as teacher cost…
Descriptors: Wages, State Schools, Public Schools, Educational Finance
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; RANKIN, EARL F., JR. – 1961
THE HYPOTHESIS THAT TEACHERS, PARENTS, PUPILS, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS VIEW TEACHER ROLES DIFFERENTLY WAS TESTED. NINETEEN CONCEPTUAL DISTINCTIONS USED IN THE STUDY WERE DEFINED. THE DATA ANALYZED CAME FROM EARLIER ROLE STUDIES SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL DATA ACQUIRED FOR THIS STUDY. FINDINGS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA WERE REPORTED AND DISCUSSED.…
Descriptors: College Students, Parents, Public Schools, Role Conflict
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; GREEN, PAUL F. – 1964
CONFORMITY TO PERCEPTIONS AND ROLE COGNITIONS ATTRIBUTED BY TEACHERS TO PUPILS, PARENTS, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AND OTHER TEACHERS WAS STUDIED. PROBLEMS INVESTIGATED INVOLVED THE ACCURACY OF SIGNIFICANT TEACHERS' SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS AND PROBABLE BEHAVIOR OF TEACHERS IN ROUTINE SCHOOL SITUATIONS. A SELF-EXPLANATORY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PRESENTED…
Descriptors: College Students, Parents, Public Schools, Role Conflict
BIDDLE, BRUCE J.; AND OTHERS – 1961
A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS WAS CONDUCTED TO COLLECT DATA ABOUT TEACHER ROLE COGNITIONS. ROLE COGNITIONS STUDIED INCLUDED TEACHER ROLE COGNITIONS HELD AND COGNITIONS ATTRIBUTED TO OTHERS. INITIALLY DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM A PILOT STUDY OF OVER 100 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN AN URBAN UNIVERSITY. ADDITIONAL DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM APPROXIMATELY 700…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Community Attitudes, Parents
Podgursky, Michael; Watson, Donald; Ehlert, Mark; Walker, Michael; Foster, William – 2000
This report presents data on the Missouri teacher labor market, using existing administrative records about the state's public schools, teachers staffing them, and students attending them from 1994-95. Data are presented on: enrollment growth (size and distribution of public school enrollment changes); Missouri's teaching workforce (size and…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Steffensen, James P. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
The purpose of this publication is to focus attention upon a rapidly growing development in public school administration--the increasing interest in personnel administration as a process which can be identified through a description of certain formal functions which every school district must perform. The existence of adequate personnel policies…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Administration, Public Schools, School Districts