An Attempt To Measure Pre-Service Teacher Attitude Utilizing An Empathy Towards Poverty Scale.

Autor/inn/en	Sciara, Frank J.; Jantz, Richard K.
Institution	Ball State Univ., Muncie, IN. Teachers Coll.
Titel	An Attempt To Measure Pre-Service Teacher Attitude Utilizing An Empathy Towards Poverty Scale.
Quelle	(1973), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Change; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Empathy; Poverty; Preservice Teacher Education; Rating Scales; Teacher Attitudes; Test Construction; Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Empathie; Armut; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Rating-Skala; Lehrerverhalten; Testaufbau; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	Eighty items taken from three different sources were utilized to construct an instrument designed to ascertain the attitudes of pre-service elementary teachers. Three groups were utilized as subjects--students in a special program for preparation as teachers of the disadvantaged; students who were not in this program, but who were enrolled in an inner-city education class on an elective basis; and elementary education majors on the regular teacher preparation program at Ball State University. The instrument was further refined through an item analysis procedure so that fifty items with the highest discrimination power were retained. This instrument, the Sciara-Jantz Empathy Towards Poverty Scale, was utilized on a pre-test/post test basis with students and found to measure attitudes towards the disadvantaged, showing a score increase at the end of the inner-city education course. Included in the appendix is the finalized instrument. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC