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The relationship of pupil control ideology and innovative classroom practices
Author(s) -
Jones Paul L.,
Blakenship Jacob W.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660090316
Subject(s) - pupil , ideology , mathematics education , humanism , control (management) , psychology , checklist , classroom management , pedagogy , test (biology) , ecology , computer science , biology , political science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , politics , law , cognitive psychology
Pupil control has been described as the major problem facing our schools. Teachers have been described as reluctant to adopt innovative practices in the classroom for fear of being charged as soft on discipline. This paper reports on research designed to test the relationship of biology teachers' pupil control and their classroom practices. A sample of 68 biology teachers was selected by a stratified randomized process for the study. Two groups of teachers were compared on the variables of the Biology Classroom Activity Checklist. Analysis of the results permitted the authors to conclude that those teachers who have a more humanistic pupil control ideology may be preferred to work with the BSCS programs than those teachers who have a more custodial pupil control ideology.