Human Relations in School
COURSE: MBA -Decision Making Tools
LECTURER: Human Relations in schools
Interpretation and Discussion of the results
Frequencies.
Table 1: How many of your teachers you consider as good educators | | Frequency | Percent | None | 7 | 3.4 | Few | 25 | 12.3 | Some | 73 | 35.8 | A lot | 67 | 32.8 | Almost all | 26 | 12.7 | Missing | 6 | 2.9 | Total | 204 | 100.0 | Mean=3.40, SD=0.986
There were 204 questionnaires given and 198 pupils answered the question “How many of your teachers you consider as good educators?”. A percentage of 2.9, meaning 6 pupils, decided not to answer this specific question.
From the pupils answering the question, 35.8% believe that “some’’ teachers can be considered good educators while 15.7% stated “few” and “none”.
A percentage of 45.5 of the respondents (93 respondents) stated that “a lot” and “almost all” of their teachers they consider as being good educators.
Looking at the results, we can see that pupils do not really believe that their teachers are good educators, as on average, pupils believe that ‘’some’’ and ‘’ a lot’’ of their teachers are good educators since the mean is 3.40. An explanation might be their teen-age and the fact that there is a tendency in criticism at this stage and seriousness imposed by teachers can be misunderstood by pupils.
The conclusions of Shavelson (2007), after studies on the reaction of adolescents on teachers “teaching styles” were that they tend to compare teachers with their parents’ behaviour and as parents become more flexible with their children, teachers’ seriousness is seen by most pupils with negativity.
Teachers may see with interest such findings and try to explain and prove at their best ability to the pupils the exact reasons seriousness and respect are important tools in education. Also, teachers should understand the need to be
LECTURER: Human Relations in schools
Interpretation and Discussion of the results
Frequencies.
Table 1: How many of your teachers you consider as good educators | | Frequency | Percent | None | 7 | 3.4 | Few | 25 | 12.3 | Some | 73 | 35.8 | A lot | 67 | 32.8 | Almost all | 26 | 12.7 | Missing | 6 | 2.9 | Total | 204 | 100.0 | Mean=3.40, SD=0.986
There were 204 questionnaires given and 198 pupils answered the question “How many of your teachers you consider as good educators?”. A percentage of 2.9, meaning 6 pupils, decided not to answer this specific question.
From the pupils answering the question, 35.8% believe that “some’’ teachers can be considered good educators while 15.7% stated “few” and “none”.
A percentage of 45.5 of the respondents (93 respondents) stated that “a lot” and “almost all” of their teachers they consider as being good educators.
Looking at the results, we can see that pupils do not really believe that their teachers are good educators, as on average, pupils believe that ‘’some’’ and ‘’ a lot’’ of their teachers are good educators since the mean is 3.40. An explanation might be their teen-age and the fact that there is a tendency in criticism at this stage and seriousness imposed by teachers can be misunderstood by pupils.
The conclusions of Shavelson (2007), after studies on the reaction of adolescents on teachers “teaching styles” were that they tend to compare teachers with their parents’ behaviour and as parents become more flexible with their children, teachers’ seriousness is seen by most pupils with negativity.
Teachers may see with interest such findings and try to explain and prove at their best ability to the pupils the exact reasons seriousness and respect are important tools in education. Also, teachers should understand the need to be
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