Social Class Differences in Teacher Attitudes Toward Children.

Goldenberg, Irene

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Social Class Differences in Teacher Attitudes Toward Children

Goldenberg, Irene

Child Development, 42, 5, 1637-40, Nov 71

Middle-class teachers were significantly more permissive and less puritanical in outlook, took more pleasure in the emotional aspects of teacher-pupil relationships, and showed less authoritarian attitudes toward children than did lower-class teachers. (Author/MB)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Data Analysis, Lower Class, Middle Class, Social Differences, Teacher Aides, Teacher Attitudes, Teachers

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Minnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory

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