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Peer reviewedShrigley, Robert L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
Reports on the development and use of an open-ended assessment instrument to determine elementary school teachers' reasons for not teaching science. These reasons were hypothesized to be related to Katz's functions: (1) utilitarian; (2) knowledge; (3) value-expressive; and (4) ego-defensive. In the sample of 449 teachers, 20 per cent of the sample…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Change Strategies, Educational Research, Elementary Education
