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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Education
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- Abstract:
- School violence and safety are issues that affect every school in the United States. Teachers are typically the first school personnel to witness and report acts of school violence to administrators. This makes their perceptions of safety and violence crucial to the understanding and measuring of these topics. Teachers also play an important role in perceiving whether violence prevention strategies are effective or not. The purpose of this study was to examine teacher perception of violence, safety, and prevention. It was hypothesized that middle and high school teachers would report that incidents of physical violence occurred more often than emotional violence; middle and high school teachers would report feeling unsafe to a higher degree than elementary teachers; and prevention programs such as anti-bullying and zero tolerance would be perceived as less effective by middle and high school teachers than elementary school teachers. Although studies on teachers’ perceptions of school violence have been investigated studies on differences in teacher perception based on the school level (elementary, middle, or high school) have not been as well researched. Therefore, the goal of this study is to determine if significant differences exist among elementary, middle, and high school teachers in terms of their perceptions of violence, safety, and prevention. A multivariate ANOVA was computed to determine if differences exist for the four scales of physical and emotional violence, safety, and prevention among elementary, middle, and high school teachers. A significant difference was found between middle and high school teachers on the physical violence scale (F(2, 297) = 3.35, p < .05); no other statistically significant results were found. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (S.S.P.)--Barry University, 2011.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-38).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Jennifer L. Poling. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- LB3013.3.P65 2011_PolingJennifer ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- LB3013.3.P65 2011 ( lcc )
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