Disturbing Behaviors in the Secondary Classroom: How Do General Educators Perceive Problem Behaviors?

While previous research has determined the perceptions of disturbing behaviors of elementary teachers or special groups of secondary teachers, no known studies exist that examine the perceptions of disturbing behaviors of secondary certified, regular education teachers. The purpose of this study was...

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Published inJournal of instructional psychology Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 20 - 39
Main Authors Johnson, Holly L, Fullwood, Harry L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mobile Project Innovation, Inc 01.03.2006
Journal of Instructional Psychology
Subjects
Behavior Problems
Check Lists
Delinquency
Secondary School Teachers
Statistical Analysis
Student Behavior
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Surveys
Texas
Texas
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Summary:While previous research has determined the perceptions of disturbing behaviors of elementary teachers or special groups of secondary teachers, no known studies exist that examine the perceptions of disturbing behaviors of secondary certified, regular education teachers. The purpose of this study was to establish the behaviors that a sample of regular educators at the secondary level find least tolerable, using the Disturbing Behavior Checklist I. Regular secondary educators found behaviors related to social defiance most disturbing, then behaviors related to socialized delinquency. There was no difference among means using ANOVA for various teacher demographics and scores on the behavioral clusters or mean of total scores on the DBCI, but teacher subject area and highest degree earned correlated with perceptions of disturbing behaviors.
ISSN:0094-1956