A Profile Analysis of Kindergarten Teachers' Views on School Readiness

• In Event: Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: Division K Section 10 Poster Session: Teaching and Teacher Education Policy and Research

Abstract

There is growing concern about the changing focus of kindergarten classrooms from social and behavioral development to academic achievement. In this study, we utilize survey data from a nationally representative sample of kindergarten teachers to examine their views on the relative importance of social/behavioral and academic skills for school readiness. We develop profiles of teachers based on their survey responses and examine teacher and school predictors of profile membership. Initial results indicate that teacher characteristics, such as degree and experience, as well as school-level factors, such as poverty level, are associated with teacher’s membership into a profile.

Author

• Michael Harris Little, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill