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An Assessment Of The Self-Actualizing Education Program, Kathleen Pope
An Assessment Of The Self-Actualizing Education Program, Kathleen Pope
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Elementary school teachers enrolled in the Self-Actualizing Education training course were tested prior to and following the ten-week in-service course to measure to what extent teachers improved interpersonal communication skills in discussions with students. Teachers' positive responses (e.g., listening, owning personal feelings, offering choices to students), teachers' negative responses (e.g., judging, lecturing, rescuing), teacher talk vs. student talk, and the frequency of student misbehaviors were considered. Audio tape recordings were made of teachers as they dealt with student problems in a group discussion and in an individual discussion. Also, student misbehaviors were recorded during a 15-minute observation time.
The data …