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Competency and interpersonal ratings of teacher specialties: What teachers think of each other
Author(s) -
Watkins Marley W.,
Brown Robert D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198001)17:1<102::aid-pits2310170118>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - psychology , generalizability theory , interpersonal communication , mentally retarded , semantic differential , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , school teachers , scale (ratio) , mathematics education , clinical psychology , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
The perceptions of 135 teachers of elementary, secondary, and mentally retarded students on the competency and interpersonal skill characteristics of teachers within their teacher subgroup and toward the two other subgroups were assessed by a semantic differential instrument. Two‐factor (3×3) analysis of variance indicated that teachers of mentally retarded students and teachers of elementary students were rated higher than secondary teachers on the Competency and Interpersonal scales. Teachers of mentally retarded students were rated higher than elementary teachers on the Interpersonal scale. Professional self‐esteem of teachers and its implications for school psychologists was discussed in light of these findings, and additional research was urged to determine the generalizability of the results.