TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental influences on professional behavior
T2 - A case of elementary teaching
AU - Olszewski, Ronald W.
AU - Doyle, Walter -
PY - 1976
Y1 - 1976
N2 - Traditional models emphasize personal factors as causes of teacher classroom performance. The present study focused on environmental influences on professional behavior. In particular, the proposition tested was that increased colleague interaction and visibility among elementary teachers would affect classroom behavior. Results indicated that teachers in a colleague-dependent structure shared a greater number of common teaching patterns, even though the range of behaviors did not differ from that found in conventional settings. Implications are drawn for teacher training and evaluation and for methods of identifying teaching skills.
AB - Traditional models emphasize personal factors as causes of teacher classroom performance. The present study focused on environmental influences on professional behavior. In particular, the proposition tested was that increased colleague interaction and visibility among elementary teachers would affect classroom behavior. Results indicated that teachers in a colleague-dependent structure shared a greater number of common teaching patterns, even though the range of behaviors did not differ from that found in conventional settings. Implications are drawn for teacher training and evaluation and for methods of identifying teaching skills.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220671.1976.10884950
DO - 10.1080/00220671.1976.10884950
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84951579797
SN - 0022-0671
VL - 70
SP - 55
EP - 59
JO - Journal of Educational Research
JF - Journal of Educational Research
IS - 2
ER -