The effect of cognitive reflection on attitudinal measures of professionalism of teachers in selected Texas schools /

The purpose of this study was to investigate how cognitive

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Alfred Lloyd
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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245 1 4 |a The effect of cognitive reflection on attitudinal measures of professionalism of teachers in selected Texas schools /  |c by Alfred Lloyd Ray, Jr. 
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502 |b Ph. D.  |c Texas A&M University  |d 1997. 
500 |a "Major Subject: Educational Administration". 
530 |a Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. 
520 |a The purpose of this study was to investigate how cognitive  
520 |a reflection affects teachers' attitudes of professionalism.  
520 |a The study used an experimental methodology to gather the data  
520 |a from teachers in three selected schools in the Texas  
520 |a Education Service Center, Region IV. The research was  
520 |a utilized to explain the effect that the independent variable,  
520 |a treatment with a cognitive reflection model, had on the  
520 |a dependent variable, scores on the Teacher Professionalism  
520 |a Scale (overall professionalism score, as well as scores on  
520 |a four subscale components of professionalism - expertise,  
520 |a commitment to client, selfgovernance, and autonomy) for  
520 |a different groups of teachers. 
520 |a The first research question determined that, for this  
520 |a population, no differences in attitude toward  
520 |a professionalism were evident following treatment with the  
520 |a cognitive reflection model. Teachers showed scores in  
520 |a the high professionalism range for every subscale of  
520 |a professionalism except attitude toward self-governance.  
520 |a The second research question found that the teachers with  
520 |a 10 to 20 years of experience in education were more  
520 |a receptive to a change that affected their professional  
520 |a attitudes than teachers in other ranges. The third  
520 |a research question established that the elementary  
520 |a teachers were more receptive to a change due to  
520 |a reflection that affected their attitude toward teacher  
520 |a autonomy than were the middle school teachers. The  
520 |a fourth research question determined that the male and  
520 |a female teachers were no different in the way their  
520 |a professional attitudes are affected by reflection. The  
520 |a fifth research question similarly found that the highest  
520 |a education level achieved by these teachers was not a  
520 |a factor in the effect that cognitive reflection has on  
520 |a attitude toward professionalism. The research further  
520 |a established that the cognitive reflection model  
520 |a successfully improved the teachers' reflective abilities.  
520 |a These findings imply the following for this population:  
520 |a 1) that schools wishing to affect teachers' attitudes of  
520 |a professionalism should direct efforts at preparing  
520 |a teachers for self-governance; 2) that professionalism is  
520 |a developmentally sensitive, 3) that teachers are more  
520 |a receptive to change around the range of 10 to 20 years of  
520 |a experience in education; and 4) that elementary teachers  
520 |a are more ready to move toward a higher degree of teacher  
520 |a autonomy than are middle school teachers. 
650 4 |a Major educational administration. 
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