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Attitudinal Perceptions of Professionalization in Home Economics Teaching
Author(s) -
Amos Rosalie J.,
Nelson Helen Y.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x7900800104
Subject(s) - professionalization , cronbach's alpha , psychology , perception , autonomy , scale (ratio) , sample (material) , socialization , social psychology , medical education , nursing , medicine , sociology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , social science , political science , geography , chemistry , cartography , chromatography , neuroscience , law
This study investigated the effects of socialization experiences on the attitudinal perceptions of a sample of home economics teachers regarding their work as a profession. An instrument was developed to measure attitudinal perceptions relative to the construct profes sion. Reliability on the pretested Professionalization Inventoryfor Home Economics Teaching (PI‐ HET) using Cronbach's formula for coefficient alpha was .96 on Profession and Professional Association sub‐scales, respectively, and .95 on Client and School Organization sub‐scales, respec tively. Three hundred and thirty‐three home economics teachers from Upper New York State were ran domly selected to participate in the research. Analysis of the 287 returned questionnaires (86 percent) indicated that most of the teachers in the sample believed that home economics teaching is a profession. The highest mean score (73) was on the Client sub‐scale and lowest mean score (54) was on the Professional Association sub‐scale of the PI‐HET (maximum score 81). Six indepen dent variables—Autonomy Training, Support in Choice, First Choice, Work Experience, Member, and Professional Journal Reading—were found to be statistically significant in the multiple regres sion analyses.