A Sense of Preparation: Perceptions of Alternative Licensure Teacher Candidates

1 online resource (151 pages) : PDF

2011

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

This study explored alternative licensure teacher candidates' perceptions of preparedness for the classroom based on the principles and standards of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) which serve as a common set of principles embodying the skills, knowledge, and dispositions of new teachers. Using five consecutive semesters' exit survey data collected upon candidate completion of elementary, middle, or secondary alternative licensure programs, results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and one-way ANOVAs for differences in respondents' perceptions of preparation for teaching in the classroom. Distance education and face-to-face on-campus study participants were included. Findings revealed a high sense of preparedness with a slightly higher sense of preparedness reported by elementary program completers. Minimal differences were reported by gender groups and no significant differences were reported among racial groups.

doctoral dissertations

Teachers--Training of

Ph.D.

Alternative Licensure
Candidate
Perceptions
Preparation
Teacher

Curriculum & Instruction

Petty, Teresa

Fitchett, Paul
Jones, Jeanneine
Hartshorne, Richard
Smith, JaneDiane

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2011.

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