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ERIC Number: ED146980
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1977-Dec
Pages: 24
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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The Views and Values of Harcum Faculty.
Blai, Boris, Jr.
These five studies compile institutional research on the faculty of Harcum Junior College. Four of the studies compare 1977 responses to those obtained on identical surveys in prior years, thus reflecting faculty attitudinal changes in the 1970's. "Perceptions of 'Effective' Teachers" compares ratings of Harcum faculty on 14 teacher effectiveness criteria to those in a study of 264 public school teachers in Delaware. "Bases for 'Deficiency' Grades Assignments" reveals differences in rank-order judgements in reasons for assigning 'D' and 'NC' grades between 1970 and 1977. "Collective Values and Attitudes" notes substantial shifts in the views of Harcum faculty, staff, and administrators in 1970 and 1977 relating to eight areas of contemporary society. "Attitudes Regarding Teaching" analyzes the responses of Harcum faculty in 1967, 1969, and 1977 regarding the greatest sources of teacher satisfaction and discouragement, with a decade of inflation reflected in the "inadequate salary" response of the 1977 group as the greatest source of dissatisfaction. "Innovation Readiness Attitudes" demonstrates that the 1977 faculty are more oriented toward traditionalism than their 1970 counterparts, feel conditions are less favorable to instructional research, and feel less adequately prepared to conduct instructional research. (LH)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Authoring Institution: Harcum Junior Coll., Bryn Mawr, PA.
Identifiers: Conservative Attitudes; Liberal Attitudes