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Table 27.Teachers' perceptions about teaching and school conditions, by type and control of school: 1990-91

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                                         |       Percent of teachers agreeing or strongly agreeing with statement
                                         |______________________________________________________________________________
                                         |      Public school teachers          |       Private school teachers
                Statement                |______________________________________|_______________________________________
                                         |        |Elementary|Secondary|Combined|        |Elementary|Secondary|Combined
                                         | Total  | schools  | schools |schools | Total  | schools  | schools | schools
_________________________________________|________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
                    1                    |   2    |    3     |    4    |   5    |   6    |    7     |    8    |    9
_________________________________________|________|__________|_________|________|________|__________|_________|_________
I usually look forward to each working   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  day at this school ....................|   91.8 |     92.7 |    90.3 |   91.6 |   96.2 |     96.8 |    94.1 |    96.2
Staff members in this school generally   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  do not have much school spirit ........|   31.6 |     26.6 |    39.5 |   34.7 |   16.5 |     15.5 |    20.7 |    15.7
This school's administration knows the   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  problems faced by staff ...............|   78.7 |     80.6 |    75.9 |   76.7 |   84.9 |     85.9 |    79.5 |    86.1
This school's teachers and administration|        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  are in close agreement on school       |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  discipline policy .....................|   72.2 |     75.5 |    67.2 |   71.1 |   85.2 |     85.7 |    78.2 |    87.7
Level of student misbehavior in this     |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  school interferes with my teaching ....|   35.7 |     35.4 |    36.2 |   33.3 |   19.9 |     20.6 |    16.7 |    20.6
My principal enforces school rules for   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  student conduct and backs me up when I |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  need it ...............................|   86.8 |     87.7 |    85.5 |   85.8 |   92.0 |     91.0 |    89.2 |    94.1
Rules for student behavior are           |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  consistently enforced by teachers in   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  this school, even for students who are |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  not in their classes ..................|   72.0 |     79.6 |    59.2 |   69.7 |   84.3 |     88.3 |    73.7 |    84.4
Attitudes and habits my students bring   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  to my class greatly reduce their       |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  chances for academic success ..........|   59.2 |     56.2 |    64.3 |   61.3 |   29.7 |     27.1 |    33.6 |    30.9
Many of the students I teach are not     |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  capable of learning the material I am  |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  supposed to teach them ................|   24.8 |     24.1 |    25.5 |   29.6 |    9.4 |      8.8 |    13.0 |     8.6
My teaching assignments are more         |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  difficult than those of other teachers |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  in this school ........................|   27.4 |     23.8 |    33.1 |   29.2 |   20.5 |     19.0 |    26.2 |    19.9
For me, the job of teaching has more     |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  advantages than disadvantages .........|   91.8 |     92.0 |    91.7 |   92.0 |   95.0 |     95.8 |    94.1 |    94.5
If I had the chance to exchange my job   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  as a teacher for another kind of job, I|        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  would .................................|   31.0 |     29.6 |    33.0 |   32.9 |   20.3 |     19.2 |    22.7 |    20.4
I plan with the librarian/media          |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  specialist for the integration of      |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  services into my teaching .............|   34.6 |     36.3 |    30.5 |   44.0 |   47.5 |     51.9 |    30.2 |    49.8
Library/media materials are adequate to  |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  support instructional objectives ..... |   38.3 |     38.8 |    37.1 |   42.2 |   40.7 |     40.8 |    37.3 |    41.9
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1990-91." (This table was prepared May 1993.)


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