Political roles of social studies teachers and principals, 1965
By: principal investigator, M. Kent Jennings
Series: ICPSR -- 7241; ICPSR (Series) -- 7241
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Social science teachers; Attitudes; School superintendents; Social sciences; Study and teaching; Public opinion; Political socialization; School principals
Description: During the spring of 1965, these two datasets were collected in conjunction with the Student-Parent Socialization Study, 1965. The principals and the most relevant social studies teachers in the 97 schools used in the sampling of the high school students comprise these two datasets. With these data the investigator sought to explore the effects of school-related factors on the formation of citizenship perspectives among high school students. The questionnaire administered to the teachers covered the areas of methods and materials used in courses, job satisfaction, political values and orientations, attitudes toward students and teacher-student relationships, work time devoted to social studies, and community political roles of teachers. The questionnaire administered to the principals focused on political values, attitudes toward students, and handling controversial issues in class.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: spring 1965.

United States.

Separate codebooks for principal and teacher data.

Teachers: 317 respondents weighted to 385, 10 cards of data per respondent; 325 variables. -- Principals: 97 respondents weighted to 118, 7 cards of data per respondent; 240 variables.

Related files: Student-parent socialization study, 1965 / M. Kent Jennings (ICPSR 7286)

Jennings, M. Kent, and Harmon Zeigler. ''Political Expressivism Among High School Teachers: The Intersection of Community and Occupational Values,'' R. Siegel (ed.), Learning About Politics. New York: Random House, 1969.

Jennings, M. Kent, and Harmon Zeigler. ''The Politics of Teacher-Administrator Relations,'' Education and Social Science, 1(April 1969).