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Implementation Of A Year-Round High School Program, David James Mussatti
Implementation Of A Year-Round High School Program, David James Mussatti
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to identify the feasibility of implementing a year-round high school program. Specific attention was given the following topics: (1) The process used in considering the feasibility of implementing a year-round program; (2) The steps taken in implementing such a program; (3) The effect of year-round operation on potential areas of concern. The study further identified the reasons why certain high schools dropped year-round programs. Procedure. The basic technique employed for this study was a descriptive approach utilizing a questionnaire completed by school districts implementing year-round high school programs. Questionnaire items were developed based on …
The Effectiveness Of Administrative Pre-Service Training As Perceived By Public School Principals Trained Under The Ryan Act, Paul Michael Hewitt
The Effectiveness Of Administrative Pre-Service Training As Perceived By Public School Principals Trained Under The Ryan Act, Paul Michael Hewitt
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of administrative pre-service training under Ryan Act programs. The study was concerned specifically with (1) determining the competencies considered most important by principals, (2) determining the adequacy of training on identified competencies, (3) determining if principals from the elementary, junior high, and high school levels had different competency needs, and (4) determining if principals from the elementary, junior high, and high school levels view the adequacy of their training differently. Procedure. A survey instrument containing thirty-seven competencies organized into six general categories was developed through a review of the …
Attitudes Towards Public School Teachers Strikes, Kenneth Harold Arnold
Attitudes Towards Public School Teachers Strikes, Kenneth Harold Arnold
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Problem. Teacher strikes have increased from a single strike in the late fifties to approximately 180 in the past year, 1980. This has presented quite a dilemma for the public school sector. The problem in this study was to investigate the attitudes held towards teachers' strikes by public school Teachers, administrators, board of trustee members, and members of the general public. The study also attempted to determine if there was a significant difference in the attitudes, held by these groups in communities which had experienced a teacher strike and those who had not. Finally, the variables of sex, age, marital …
Influence Of Education Journals On The Classroom Practice Of California Public High School Department Heads, Jonathan Pearce
Influence Of Education Journals On The Classroom Practice Of California Public High School Department Heads, Jonathan Pearce
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
Problem. Whether high school department heads were stimulated by professional journals to effect classroom change was an unanswered question. Needed was description of the effects of journal literature on the practice of leader-teachers in high school classrooms. Purpose. The study had companion purposes. The first was to discern the impact of journal reading on classroom practice as perceived by the high school department head practitioners themselves. The second was to describe the characteristics of the high school department heads whose practice had been influenced by the journals. Procedures. One thousand two hundred sixty-four California high school English, mathematics, physical education, …