Date of Award
4-1992
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Educational Leadership
First Advisor
Dr. Uldis Smidchens
Second Advisor
Dr. Terre Davis
Third Advisor
Dr. Patrick Jenlink
Abstract
This study compared specific induction-year support variables that might affect the attitudes that first-year teachers have about their jobs. Forty-eight first-year teachers from randomly selected school districts in western Michigan participated by completing the Teacher Attitude Inventory (TAI) as a pretest-posttest measure. Each participant also submitted a professional activity checklist which determined the level of support they experienced. All subjects were then divided into a high, medium, and low support group to locate any differences in attitude among the groups. No differences in attitude toward their job among the groups was found.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Longcore, John G., "Teacher Induction: An Investigation of Factors that Affect First-Year Teachers' Attitudes Toward their Jobs" (1992). Dissertations. 1984.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1984
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