Teachers' opinions about the most important goals for education, by type and control of school: 1990-91

Table 25.

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                                 |       Percent of teachers indicating item is the most important goal
                                 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 |      Public school teachers          |       Private school teachers
              Goal               |--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
                                 |        |Elementary|Secondary|Combined|        |Elementary|Secondary|Combined
                                 | Total  | schools  | schools |schools | Total  | schools  | schools | schools
---------------------------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------
                1                |   2    |    3     |    4    |   5    |   6    |    7     |    8    |    9
---------------------------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------
Building basic literacy skills ..|   49.9 |     52.4 |    45.7 |   49.1 |   32.4 |     34.6 |    26.6 |    32.6
Encouraging academic excellence .|   11.1 |      8.8 |    15.5 |    8.9 |   13.0 |      8.9 |    20.4 |    14.3
Promoting occupational or        |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  vocational skills .............|    1.9 |      0.7 |     3.6 |    4.7 |    0.2 |      0.2 |     0.5 |     0.2
Promoting good work habits and   |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  self-discipline ...............|   13.2 |     11.8 |    15.7 |   12.2 |    8.9 |      8.6 |    10.1 |     8.7
Promoting personal growth .......|   20.4 |     23.3 |    15.2 |   20.4 |   19.7 |     21.1 |    19.3 |    18.5
Promoting human relations .......|    1.6 |      1.6 |     1.7 |    2.0 |    1.4 |      0.7 |     2.0 |     1.8
Promoting specific moral values .|    1.4 |      1.2 |     1.6 |    2.4 |    3.1 |      3.1 |     4.9 |     2.3
Promoting multicultural awareness|        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  or understanding ..............|    0.5 |      0.3 |     0.9 |    0.4 |    --- |      --- |     --- |     ---
Fostering religious or spiritual |        |          |         |        |        |          |         |
  development ...................|    --- |      --- |     --- |    --- |   21.2 |     22.8 |    16.1 |    21.7
---------------------------------|--------|----------|---------|--------|--------|----------|---------|---------

---Data not available.

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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