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- Title
CHANGING PRESERVICE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF MINORITY SCHOOLS.
- Authors
Groulx, Judith G.
- Abstract
This study compared education students' attitudes toward working in urban schools as they entered teacher preparation and later after student teaching. Given descriptions of four schools differing in demographic makeup, students rated interest and comfort levels for teaching in each situation. Respondents also ranked 14 school characteristics according to importance when considering a teaching position. Attitudes shifted more favorably toward urban school teaching among students whose field placements provided positive urban teaching experiences. School security and parental support ranked as highly important both initially and later. Socioeconomic and ethnic diversity became more important later. Written comments illuminated students' ratings and helped inform a professional development school project.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STUDENT teachers; STUDENT attitudes; URBAN schools
- Publication
Urban Education, 2001, Vol 36, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0042-0859
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0042085901361005