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I'I.|.‘4.‘.‘.‘ . ‘.'.: IY-I“.","ul,...“ ‘ . vy—‘Ac‘éi’ LIBRARY Michigan State University This is to certify that the thesis entitled A Study of the Attitudes of Black Urban School Teachers Toward Whites in Relation to Education presented by Jerome Tillman has been accepted towards fulfillment of the requirements for Ph.D. degreein Elementary Education m/ Major professor Date / 0-7639 ABSTRACT A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF BLACK URBAN SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARD WHITES IN RELATION TO EDUCATION BY Jerome Tillman Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine the rela- tionship between demographic variables of Black urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Whites in rela- tion to education. Population and Sample The population used in this study were Black urban school teachers in Saginaw, Michigan. The sample con- sisted of 84 subjects drawn from the population, 68 fe— males and 16 males. Instrumentation The instrument used in this study was the Attitude Behavior Scale: Black/White - Education (ABS:B/W-E). The ABS:B/W-E was constructed according to Guttman's facet theory. The ABS:B/W-E contains six dependent criterion variables for the attitudes of Blacks toward Whites in relation to education. Jerome Tillman Data Analysis The multivariate analysis of variance was the statistical technique used to analyze the data in this study. Testing of Hypotheses The .05 level of significance was employed to the hypotheses in this study. H-l.--There is no difference in the attitudes Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation education when these teachers are classified by sex. was rejected. H-2.--There is no difference in the attitudes Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation education when these teachers are classified by age. was accepted. H-3.--There is no difference in the attitudes Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation education when these teachers are classified by total years of teaching experience. H-3 was accepted. test of to H-l of to of to H-4.--There is no difference in the atttitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by residen- tial background. H-4 was rejected. H-5.--There is no difference in the attitudes Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation of to education when these teachers are classified by occupational status of father. H-S was accepted. Jerome Tillman H-6.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by educational status of father. H-6 was accepted. H-7.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by under— graduate school attended. H-7 was rejected. H-8.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by academic degree held. H-8 was accepted. H-9.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by marital status. H-9 was accepted. H-lO.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by teaching level. H-lO was accepted. A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF BLACK URBAN SCHOOL TEACHERS TOWARD WHITES IN RELATION TO EDUCATION BY Jerome Tillman A THESIS Submitted to Michigan State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Elementary and Special Education College of Education 1971 PLEASE NOTE: Some Pages have indistinct print. Filmed as received. UNIVERSITY MICROFILMS Dedicated to the greatest love in life--my wife, Minnie. ii ha.’”“_“‘.' I PREFACE To be honest is to confront the truth. To be honest is to realize that the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and moments of comfort, but where he stands in moments of challenge and moments of controversy. However unpleasant and inconvenient the truth may be, I believe we must expose and face it if we are to achieve a better quality of American life.* *Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Speech delivered February, 1967, before The National Institute, Los Angeles, California. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Appreciation is extended to Dr. Donald Nickerson, my doctoral committee chairman, for his continued en- couragement, support, and guidance throughout my doctoral program. A very special thank you is extended to Drs. JoSeph McMillan, William Joyce, and John Useem for their assistance as members of the committee. My sincere thanks are offered to Dr. Howard Teitelbaum for his assistance with the statistical design of the study and the analysis of data. Last, but by no means least, I owe much to the Black teachers in Saginaw, Michigan whose assistance made this study possible. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . LIST OF TABLES. . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter I. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . II. III. rData Collection. . Statement of the Problem. . . Purpose of the Study . . Rationale for the Study . Need for the Study. . . Hypotheses of the Study . Definition of Terms . . Organization of the Thesis . REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. . . . . . . Instruments for Measuring Racial Attitudes: An Overview . . . . . Measurement of Racial Attitudes: A Historical Overview . . . . . . Racial Attitudes and Ethnic Prejudice . Demographic Variables of Racial Attitudes and Ethnic Prejudice. . . Effect of Teacher Attitudes on Students. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY . . . Design of the Study . . . . . . . Selection of an Urban School System . . Description of the Urban School System . Setting of the Study . . . . . . . Population and Sample. . . . Instrumentation. . . . . . Data Analysis . . . . . . V Page ii iii iv vii 13 18 26 28 31 35 37 37 37 38 38 39 39 43 44 Chapter Page IV. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA. . . . . . . . . 46 Testing of Hypotheses . . . . . . . 46 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 V. SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . 61 Summary of the Study. . . . . . . . 61 Discussion of Results . . . . . . . 63 Implications of the Study . . . . . . 67 Recommendations for Further Research . . 7o Sc0pe and Limitations of the Study . . . 71 REFERENCES o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 72 APPENDICES o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 80 t: r Appendix A: Demoqraphic Data Form . . . 81 Appendix B: Attitude Behavior Scale: Black/White-Education . . . 83 Appendix C: Supplemental Tables. . . . 91 vi Table l. 10. ll. 12. l3. 14. 15. LIST OF TABLES Distribution of subjects by demographic variables. . . . . . . . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance--sex . . Multivariate analysis of variance--age . . Multivariate analysis of variance--tota1 years of teaching experience . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-- residential background . . . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-- occupational status of father . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-- educational status of father . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-- undergraduate school attended . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-- academic degree held . . . . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance-—marital status. . . . . . . . . . . . Multivariate analysis of variance—-teaching level 0 O O O O O 7. O O O O 0 Cell means for demographic variables. . . Variance and standard deviations for demographic variables. . . . . . . Correlation matrices for demographic variables. . . . . . . . . . . Least square estimates of effects for demographic variables. . . . . . . vii Page 40 47 49 50 52 53 54 56 57 59 60 92 93 94 95 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION There are groups of Black parents and students who are actively demanding Black teachers and administrators for the public schools that service their local communities. As the thrust for decentralization of school authority and community control of schools escalates, this demand will become more eruptive and tumultuous. Implicit in the demand for Black teachers to teach in public schools of the urban Black community is the assump- tion that Black teachers will convey to Black students more "appropriate" attitudes toward themselves and other ethnic groups than will White teachers. Citron reports that "children sense the deep attitudes, spoken and silent, the real feelings. They see who is honored and who is dishonored. They hear tone and intonation, catch nuance and meaning of behavior; sense and adOpt attitudes which adults may be unaware they (the adults) carry,nor unaware they transfer to children." lAbraham F. Citron, The Rightness of Whiteness (Detroit: Michigan Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory IPublication), February, 1969, p. 12. Washburne and Heil conclude that "teachers who deal with the same children every day have a definite and determinable influence upon the attitudinal growth of their pupils."2 The schools are a major instrument of socializa- tion, and schools reflect the best and the worst attitudes in the society. As such, teachers pass through a certi- fying institution which socializes them to consider certain behavior patterns and attitudes as normal. However, teach- ers must begin to evaluate their attitudes and behavior on the basis of their impact on students. Coleman,3 in the report Equality of Educational Opportunity, reveals that the average Black elementary stu- dent attends a school in which 65 percent of the faculty are Black, and the average White elementary student attends a school in which 97 percent of the faculty are White. Therefore, if public schools in the urban Black communities are to be staffed predominantly with Black teachers to teach Black students, then the measurement of the attitudes of Black teachers is imperative because students will tend to gravitate to the attitudes set forth for them by their teachers. 2C. Washburne & C. Heil, "What Characteristics of Teachers Affect Children's Growth," The School Review (1960), p. 426. 3James S. Coleman, Equality of Educational Oppor- tunit (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, , p. 270. "W‘s-J" , Statement of the Problem Jordan4 in reviewing the literature on the measure- ment of attitudes noted that a distinct group of dependent variables seemed to be important determinants, correlates, and/or predictors of attitudes: (l) demographic variables, 5 (2) socio-psychological variables, (3) contact variables, 3 and (4) knowledge variables. The problem under investi- fi gation in this study is to determine if there is a signi- ficant relationship between demographic variables of Black 3 urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Whites in relation to education. One major problem in studies dealing with the measurement of attitudes emanates from the lack of valid instruments. As such, most studies on the measurement of racial attitudes employ instruments which contain items that are of a stereotypic nature, and rarely do these items indicate the subject's actual behavior or actual experi- ence in relation to the attitude object. However, the Attitude Behavior Scale: Black/White - Education (ABS:B/WfE), developed by Jordan and Hamersma,5 used in this study con- tains items written at the actual personal behavior level or the actual experience level. Thus, the results of this 4John E. Jordan, Attitudes Toward Education and Physically Disabled Persons in Eleven Nations TEast Lansing: Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1968). 5John E. Jordan and Richard Hamersma, ABS:BW/WN (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press,I1969). study should avoid the criticism of the lack of relation- ship between attitudes and overt behavior. Purpose of the Study This descriptive study is an attempt to determine the relationship between demographic variables of Black urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Whites in -' relation to education. 1 i4 Rationale for the Study» ‘ Urban school children readily perceive their teach- er's attitudes and expectations toward them. This idea is succinctly corroborated by Riessman: "They (the children) were telling me about the expressions on teachers' faces that they didn't like. They reported that they knew the minute they entered the room that the teacher didn't like them and that she didn't think they were going to do too well in school."6 Children, especially in urban schools, are greatly affected by what their teachers think they can accomplish. Kenneth Clark states," Stimulation and teaching based on positive expectation seem to play an even more important role in a child's performance in school than does the com- I I 0 7 munity enVironment from which he comes." 6Frank Riessman, The Culturally Deprived Child (New York: Harper and Row,Il962Y} p- 6. 7Kenneth Clark, Dark Ghetto (New York: Harper and Row, 1965), p. 132. Rosenthal and Jacobson,8 in a study conducted at a San Francisco school with a large student population of low socioeconomic status Mexican-Americans, told teachers in the lower grades that certain children (randomly picked by the researchers) were "potential academic spurters." D» ! I ‘4.“9fi'... é; Achievement tests were administered to the supposed "Spurters" and to a control group at the beginning of the "Sd'mil'n. 5 school year and several times during the next two years. Results of this study indicate that "children from whom L teachers expected greater intellectual gains showed such gains." The gains were greatest in the first and second grades, and the average gain of the randomly picked "spurters" was better than 27 test points. After the end of the first year, the "spurters" were characterized by their teachers . . . as having a better chance of being successful in later life and as being happier, more curious, and more interesting than other children. There was also a tendency for the designated children to be seen as more appealing, better adjusted, and more affectionate, and as less in need of social approval. In short, the children for whom intellectual growth was expected became more alive and autonomous intel- lectually, or were at least so perceived by their teachers. By contrast, teacher ratings given to those children who were not marked as "spurters" but who did gain in test points were generally unfavorable. The more "non-spurters" gained, the less favorably they were rated by their teachers. ‘ 8Robert Rosenthal and Lenore F. Jacobson, "Teacher Expectations for the Disadvantaged," Scientific American, 218 (April, 1968), p. 22. 9 Ibid. One conclusion drawn in this study was that children who gain in achievement when improvement is not expected of them "are looked on as showing undesirable behavior." 10 Although Rosenthal and Jacobson's study was based on "low socioeconomic status" Mexican-Americans it does have some relevancy for the present study. This particu- lar study helps to exemplify how the attitudes and expecta- tions of teachers influence the academic progress and emotional well-being of students. The underlying theme of Rosenthal and Jacobson's study is "low socioeconomic status" students, and if you acknowledge that the majority of urban children--Black, Brown, Yellow, and White--are similarly categorized, then this research has important implications for the rationale of the present study. A most disturbing implication of the findings by Rosenthal and Jacobson is eloquently paraphrased by Arthur Pearl: The teacher's responsibility is to teach but instead we engage in self-fulfilling prophecy. We decide that certain people cannot be educated. We refuse to educate them; they grow up uneducated and we pride ourselves on our exceedingly predictive index. Pearl's observation leaves little doubt that teacher atti- tudes and eXpectations influence student self-images and, therefore, the student's ability to learn in the classroom. loIbid. llArthur Pearl, Educational Change: Why--How--For Whom (San Francisco: San Francisco Human Rights Commission, 1968). (Compiled from speeches.) EL A child is not likely to respond favorably to a teacher he feels does not like him and who believes he can- not learn. Kirkman reports: Such teachers generally have a continual discipline problem with their classes. It appears that the children sense their teachers' attitude toward them and react accordingly. . . . I have yet to see any teacher who does not respect his students, have ' respect shown to him.12 There are many urban school teachers who expect bad behavior from their students and, therefore, they re- ceive it. Many urban school children have had bad experi- ences with teachers. Biased teacher attitudes help create a syndrome of failure and rebellion in the urban child's experiences with school. Teachers have attitudes where their pupils are con- cerned, and to expect other than this from them is to deny teachers the right to be human. However, it is unfortunate that teacher attitudes and expectations are quite often in- fluenced by racial and class stereotypes. The effect of teacher attitudes on urban students helps to explain a failure of American education-- . . . for the many minorities and particularly for the children of the racial ghetto,* the schools have failed to provide the educational experience which could help overcome the effects of discrimination and deprivation.13 *Most racia1_ghettos are located in urban Black com- munities. 12J. Kirkman, "White Teacher in a Negro School," Journal of Negro Education (Spring, 1966), p. 179. 13Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (New York: Bantam Books, 1968), p. 425. 2 —.:.a-. 1‘0“! Need for the Study The need for research on racial attitudes intensi- fied in the last decade because of the increased conflicts between both individuals and institutions of Black and White urban communities. Most research and reports have concentrated on the attitudes of Whites toward Blacks and other Whites. Some of the research has also dealt with the attitudes of Blacks toward Blacks. The present study deals with an area neglected by most researchers--the y attitudes of Blacks toward Whites. It is becoming increasingly clear, if it was not so before, that it is important for teachers to be given the chance to become aware and conscious of their attitudes and behavior with regard to race. Teachers come through similar classrooms as those in which they now teach, and research on teacher attitudes can facilitate the training and employment of teachers who are aware and sensitive to the effect their attitudes and behavior have on students. The tenets which form the fundamental need of this study are seen as having important implications for those who are concerned with the nature of human communication, the concept of racial attitudes, and the implication they have for the education of children. Hypotheses of the Study The following hypotheses were investigated: 1. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by sex. 2. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by age. 3. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by total years of teaching eXperience. 4. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by residen- tial background. 5. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by occupa- tional status of father. 6. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by educational status of father. 7. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by under- graduate school attended. lO 8. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by academic degree held. 9. There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by marital status. 10. There is no difference in the attitudes of 3 Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by teaching level. The majority of studies on measuring attitudes utilize the .05 significance level. There may be hypoth- eses within the present study which bear out significance only at the .05 level and not at any other level. There— fore, the level of rejection for the hypotheses in the present study was established at the .05 level. Definition of Terms There are several words and terms used in this study which have specific meaning. For purposes of clari- fication, they are defined here. Dependent Criterion Variables--constructs of an attitudinal instrument which purport to measure racial atti- tudes on several levels (i.e., Personal Feelings, Actual Personal Action, Societal Stereotype, etc.). 11 Demographic Variables--specific personal character— istics of an individual (i.e., sex, age, geographic back- ground, etc.). Black Urban School Teachers--Americans of African descent who teach in the public schools of an urban com— munity. Urban Communitye-a complex of communities charac- terized by commercial, industrial, and service occupations with a population that contains different ethnic groups (Whites, Blacks, Chicano, etc.) in close geographical proximity. Urban School System--a complex of public supported schools characterized by a core of schools with a predomi- nantly minority (Black and Chicano) student population. Whites--Americans of European descent. Organization of the Thesis The dissertation is organized into five chapters. The statement of the problem and need for the study were discussed in Chapter I. Chapter II is a summarization of the theory and research related to this study. This chapter contains rele- vant investigations upon which the present study is based. Chapter III describes the methodology and pro- cedures of the study. Information is included on instru- mentation and the statistical procedure used in the data analysis. 12 Chapter IV presents the research data and results of the analysis of the data. The testing of hypotheses appear in this chapter. Chapter V is a discussion of the data with summary and recommendations. Implications and limitations of the study are included in this chapter. CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE r. The purpose of a review of related literature is i to survey investigations upon which the present research g is based. Such sources as Encyclopedia of Educational % Research, The Educational Index, The Review of Educational» fi Research, Dissertations, Dissertation Abstracts, and Current Literature were examined as background material for the study. The author has chosen for organizational reasons to divide this chapter into six sections: (1) Instruments for Measuring Racial Attitudes: An Overview, (2) Measure- ment of Racial Attitudes: A Historical Overview, (3) Racial Attitudes and Ethnic Prejudice, (4) Demographic Variables of Racial Attitudes and Ethnic Prejudice, (5) Effect of Teacher Attitudes on Students, and (6) Summary. Instruments for Measuring Racial Attitudes: An Overview The measurement of racial attitudes has employed many different and varied instruments. Several well- publicized instruments have been used, but as of yet there is no one instrument that has produced consistent and com- parable results. 13 14 Bogardusl using a "social distance scale" asked White subjects to imagine themselves in various types of social contact with Negroes. He concluded that Whites felt a considerable amount of social distance between themselves and Negroes. This type of instrument is rarely used to measure racial attitudes today because many social scientists feel that the "social distance scale" is not a "true" measure of racial attitudes. Thurstone2 developed an instrument which called for "judges" to sort items into piles ranging on a continuum from "favorable to unfavorable" toward the attitude object under consideration. Subjects being assessed were asked to only check those items with which they agree or dis- agree. This instrument by Thurstone for meaSuring racial attitudes has received much criticism (Hovland and Sherif,3 Jahoda and Warren4) because of the process for selecting an item continuum. 1E. S. Bogardus, "Measuring Social Distances," Journal of Applied Sociology, 9 (1925), 299-308. 2L. L. Thurstone, "The Measurement of Social Atti- tudes," Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 26 (1931), E49-269. 3C. I. Hovland and M. Sherif, "Judgmental Phenom- ena and Scales of Attitude Measurement: Item Displacement in Thurstone Scales," Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 47 (1952), 822-823. 4M. Jahoda and N. Warren, Attitudes (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1966). «Par u—Jlflsifii. I, 15 Likert5 devised an instrument for measuring racial attitudes by which the items selected for the instrument were done by intuitions and only "favorable or unfavorable" items were used. This instrument asked subjects to respond to each item on a continuum ranging from strongly approve to strongly disapprove. The items on the Likert instrument were pre—tested on a pOpulation that was representative of the subjects to be used (the first time this was done). Likert's instrument has been criticized for yielding only ordinal scale data and items selected by intuition. Adorno §£_21.6 constructed an instrument that had two scales--the "E" scale and the "F" scale--to measure attitudes. The "E" scale contained several items relating to Negroes, and the "F" scale was used to measure anti- democratic attitudes and authoritarianism. Quite a few studies (Himelstein and Moore,7 Weller,8 Kinnick and Plat- tor9) have been done using the "E" and "F" scales to measure racial attitudes toward Negroes. 5R. Likert, "A Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes," Archives of Psychology, 140 (1932), 1-55. 6T. W. Adorno et al., The Authoritarian Personality (New York: Harper, 1950). A? 7P. Himelstein and J. C. Moore, "Racial Attitudes and the Action of Negro- and White-Background Figures as Factors in Petition-Signing," Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (1963), 267-272. 8L. Weller, "The Relationship of Personality and Non-Personality Factors to Prejudice," Journal of Social Psychology, 63 (1964), 129-137. 9B. C. Kinnick and S. D. Plattor, "Attitudinal Change Toward Negroes and School Desegregation Among Parti- cipants in a Summer Training Institute," Journal of Social Psycholong 73 (1967), 271-283. 4v 1.: .o r.- ..hfnar" A! _.-. . . a 16 Projective-test instruments (Campbell,10 Riesmanll) have been used to measure racial attitudes and prejudices. Projective-test instruments present (indirectly) ambiguous stimuli that subjects are asked to respond to. Projective- test instruments are criticized for yielding lower validity (because of the indirectness of items) than the direct paper-and-pencil test instruments. One method employed for the measurement of racial attitudes is the type that uses an instrument that is specifically designed for the purpose of a particular 13). This study (Brink and Harris,12 Campbell and Schuman instrument, popularly known as the "survey," is solely designed for the one—shot investigation by the author. Guttman'sl4 facet design is a fairly new method which seeks to ascertain the multi-dimensional nature of an attitude. An instrument developed by this method 10D. T. Campbell, "The Indirect Assessment of Social Attitudes," Psyphological Bulletin, 47 (1950), 15-38. 11D. Riesman, Faces in the Crowd: Individual Studies ip Character and Politics (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1946). I 12W. J. Brink and L. Harris, Black and White: A Study of U. S. Racial Attitudes Today (New Yofk: Simon and Schuster, 1967). 13A. Campbell and H. Schuman, Racial Attitudes in Fifteen American Cities (Supplemental Stfidies for the NatiOnal Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, Govern- ment Printing Office, June, 1968). 14L. Guttman, "The Problem of Attitude and Opinion Measurement," in S. A. Stouffer (ed.), Measurement and Prediction (Princeton: Princeton University Press, I950), pp. 46-90. 17 includes an a priori technique for item selection. Gutt- man's facet design is a method developed to avoid the criticisms of early Guttman instruments which attempted to ascertain whether an attitude was of a single dimension. It is of Special interest to the present study to note that few studies (Erb,15 Maierle,l6 Williamsl7) have r been found that use Guttman's facetized design to measure i and analyze racial attitudes. i As this section in the review of the literature ' indicated, the instruments used for measuring racial atti- tudes are based on very diverse techniques of construction. Many complaints were registered regarding the items inherent to measurement instruments on racial attitudes, however, items constructed according to Guttman's facet design seemed to deal more adequately with those issues in question. The present study places heavy reliance on the Guttman facet theory because this particular theory is advanta- geously apprOpriate to the difficult reality of how to accurately measure such an intangible as a racial attitude. 15D. L. Erb, "Racial Attitudes and Empathy: A Guttman Facet Theory Examination of Their Relationship and Determinants" (unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1969). 16J. P. Maierle, "An Application of Guttman Facet Analysis to Attitude Scale Construction: A Methodological Study" (unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1969). ' 17W. S. Williams, "Attitudes of Black and White Policemen Toward the Opposite Race" (unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University, 1969). 18 Measurement of Racial Attitudes: A HiStoriCal Overview Early research on racial attitudes were included as subscales of more comprehensive assessment instruments. An example of this was the work of Likert and Murphy.18 They attempted to assess attitudes on the most controver- — sial issues of that time, and developed a measuring in- strument which used three different scales: (1) an "Inter- nationalism Scale," (2) an "Imperialism Scale," and (3) a "Negro Scale." The three scales were highly correlated E and appeared to discriminate adequately between "racists," "moderates," and "liberals" on the "race question" of that time period. Later, one group of investigators (Nordenlg) who were concerned about fascism, attempted to develop an in- strument sensitive enough to detect the potential for fas- cism in American citizens. One of the variables to which the investigators attributed this potential was ethno- centrism, which is defined as prejudice. From this theo- retical background the investigators developed the "E" scale. The main purpose of the "E" scale was to determine Anti-Semitism; however, the "E" scale also contained a Negro subscale which was designed to assess Whites' hostil- ity toward Blacks. As an instrument to measure attitudes 18R. Likert and G. Murphy, Public Opinion and the Individual (New York: Harper, 1938). 19E. Norden, "The Paramilitary Right, 1969, pp. 6-20. Playboy, l6, 19 toward minorities, the "E" scale was proven to be rela- tively valid; and, later studies on measuring racial atti- tudes use the "E" scale as a validity instrument. Research on racial attitudes continued to be sub- scales of more comprehensive instruments until the 1960's when social forces began to impose changes in the direction F. and purpose of racial attitude research. One of the first "new" studies was done by Greenberg.20 Greenberg attempted to develop an instrument which would measure problems iJ that might arise in the process of integration. For the first time, Black subjects as well as White subjects were used in racial attitude research. The results of the Greenberg study concluded that Blacks were more pro- integration than Whites. Diversity of research on racial attitudes increased in the 1960's. An example of this diversification was the study conducted by Weiss.21 This study was concerned with exploring "dimensions of racial attitudes." The study was composed of two parts: (1) a stereotype instrument mea- suring how White subjects indicated how Blacks were dif- ferent from other Americans, and (2) an Opinion question- naire measuring the dimensionality of racial attitudes. 20H. M. Greenberg, "Development of an Integration Attitude Scale," Journal of Social Psychology, 54 (1961), 103-109. 21W. Weiss, "An Examination of Attitudes Toward Negroes," Journal of Social Psychology, 55 (1961), 3-31. 20 The study showed that "people do make a distinction be- tween the selection of traits for description and for atti- tudinal significance." Weiss concluded that the dis- tinctions between descriptive and attitudinal traits im- plied dimensionality of racial attitudes. J Under the hypothesis that racial attitudes are composed of three main dimensions—-"policy toward integra- tion," "feelings of racial superiority,‘ and "nature of -u umtfilfimq social relationships into which one is willing to accept 22 “E27” Negroes"--Woodmansee and Cook conducted a three-phase study. White subjects were asked their opinion on state- ments that indicated self-consciousness and uncomfortable- ness regardless of racial attitudes, and certain attri- butes that were assigned to Blacks which would make them superior to Whites. A factor analysis was done on the data, and results showed "clusters of attitudes," which led to a further clarification of racial feelings. Dis- crimination was quite high in several clusters, but there were serious doubts about the validity of the results. The purpose of the study by Selltiz, Edrich, and Cook was to "test whether ratings of a new pool of items would be influenced by the rater's attitudes, and thus whether ratings might be used as an indicator of the rater's 22J. J. Woodmansee and S. W. Cook, "Dimensions of Verbal Racial Attitudes: Their Identification and Social Psychology," Journal of Personality and Psychology, 7, 3 (1967), 240-250. 21 attitudes."23 Their results showed consistent differences in ratings according to attitudes expressed in the self- report of unfavorable items. Williams and Roberson24 developed a picture- comparison test to measure racial attitudes of pre-school children. The test was divided into two parts: (1) one part consisting of black and white pictures of toys and animals which were associated with paired adjectives such as "clean-dirty or good-bad," and (2) the second part con- b sisting of the same procedure applied to pictures of Black and White people. The high correlation between the re- sponses to pictures of toys, animals, and people led the authors to suggest "concurrent development of racial atti- tudes and color meanings." In a study by Kinnick and Platter25 the purpose was to measure "specific attitudes toward Negroes and public _ school desegregation." Using a thirty-item "desegregation" scale, the results showed that the scale was a "promising indicator of White attitudes toward desegregation." 23C. Selltiz, H. Edrich, and S. W. Cook, "Ratings of Favorableness of Statements about a Social Group as an Indicator of Attitude Toward the Group," Journal of Per- sonality and Social Psychology, 1, 3 (1965), 251-260. 24J. E. Williams and K. J. Roberson, "A Method of Assessing Racial Attitudes in Pre-School Children," Educa- tional and Psychological Measurement, 27 (1967), 671-689. 25Kinnick and Platter, op. cit. 22 Berg tested the hypothesis that "a White person's prejudiced attitudes toward Negroes would be directly to disagree with a Negro person, and the relationship between prejudiced attitudes and social disagreements would be closer when the judgmental tasks were more important."26 The results indicated "no significant differences or cor- relations between attitude scale results and agreements with a Negro person," which led Berg to conclude that: i (l) "verbal attitude scales may not be good predictors of ' prejudiced behavior," and (2) "auto-kinetic judgments may a not be good tasks for expecting prejudiced behavior." The most recent develOpment in the research on racial attitudes has been Black self-esteem. Black self- esteem can be conceptualized as Black reactiOn to White attitudes toward Blacks. An important concept which in- fluences Black self-esteem is termed Black consciousness. Hare defines Black consciousness as the "state of being conscious of one's blackness vis-a-vis White racism; aware- ness of, or awake to membership in the Black race and its struggle, including the state of being 'together' on mat- 27 terms concerning the Black man." There have been studies devoted to these and other aspects of Black self-esteem. 26K. R. Berg, "Ethnic Attitudes and Agreement with a Negro Person," Journal of Personality and Social Psy- chology, 4 (1966), 2-12. 27N. Hare, "Unalphabetized and Unfinished Glossary of Terms," unpublished paper, 1968. 23 Trent hypothesized that "acceptance of self is related to acceptance of others and self-accepting Negro children would have more positive attitudes toward both Negroes and Whites than would Negro children who were less self-accepting."28 Trent's major finding was that "chil- dren who were most self-accepting expressed significantly more positive attitudes toward Negroes and Whites than the least self-accepting children." Gaier and Wambach29 hypothesized that because of y the constant social oppression that they undergo, "Negroes adOpt masochist-like behavior patterns." The results of this study were: (1) "Black males showed significantly less achievement response than White males," and (2) "There is no significant difference between Blacks and Whites of either sex in masochist-like behavior patterns." Gregor and McPherson30 conducted a study of Black self-esteem. The Clark Doll Test, which involves color- trait choices between Black and White dolls, was used in 28 . R. D. Trent, "The Relation Between Expressed Self-Acceptance and Expressed Attitudes toward Negroes and Whites among Negro Children," Journal of Genetic Psychology, 91 (1957), 25-41. 29E. L. Gaier and H. S. Wambach, "Self-Evaluation of Personality Assets and Liabilities of Southern White and Negro Students," Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (1960), 135-143. 30J. A. Gregor and A. D. McPherson, "Racial Atti- tudes among White and Negro Children in a Deep South Standard Metropolitan Area," Journal of Social Psychology, 68 (1966), 95-106. IE 24 the study. The results indicated that both Black and White children tended to identify with their own ethnic race, and that the more a Black child is eXposed to a White environment, the more he identified with Whites rather than Blacks; and the more he tends to show aggression toward his own ethnic race. The major hypothesis that guided the research by Banks was that "Black students taking black studies courses and/or members of the Black student association will score higher on a Black consciousness inventory than those who did not take black studies courses and/or non- members of the Black student association."31 Using paral- lel forms of an experimental Black consciousness inventory, subjects responded to each item on a four-point continuum ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The results of the study supported the major hypothesis. Banks concluded that "segments of the Black community can and do relate to their blackness vis-a-vis White racism." In a study conducted by Jackson,32 the purpose was to investigate the attitudes of Black faculty (at pre- dominantly Black colleges and universities) toward the ad- dition of White faculty at their school. The results showed that the tendency was to favor addition of White 31H. A. Banks, "Black Consciousness: A Student Survey," The Black Scholar, 21 (1970), 44-52. 32J. J. Jackson, "An Exploration of Attitudes toward Faculty Desegregation in Negro Colleges," Phylon (1967): pp. 20-25. 25 faculty, but there was deep concern over differential treatment, effects on the Black teacher market, adverse effects on morale, salary, and power structure among Black faculty. Literature exists today which suggest that Blacks have the same prejudices and negative attitudes toward Blacks that the White majority has. However, recent in- 35) indicate vestigators (Johnson,33 Maliver,34 and Noel that Blacks who are active in the civil rights movement tend to have a more favorable self-image and attitudes toward other Blacks as well as Whites. As Black and White confrontations increased in intensity, the interest in research on racial attitudes increased concurrently. However, most of the research on racial attitudes has been on White attitudes toward Blacks and Black attitudes toward Blacks. The research efforts in the general area of attitudes of Blacks toward Whites suffer from an attitude of "benign neglect" which suggest that much work needs to be done in the area. 33D. W. Johnson, "Racial Attitudes of Negro Freedom School Participants and Negro and White Civil Rights Par- ticipants," Social Forces, 45, 2 (1966), 266-273. 34B. L. Maliver, "Anti-Negro Bias among Negro Col- lege Students," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2 (1965), 770-775. 35P. L. Noel, "Group Identification among Negroes: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Social Issues, 20 (1964), 71-85. ‘51: V ‘1 . “.J- 26 There are researchers which believe that the mea- surement of racial attitudes is based on an attitude object that has only one dimension. However, the studies by Woodmansee and Cook and by Weiss reveal evidence to sug- gest that the measurement of a racial attitude involves an attitude object that contains multiple dimensions. These two studies are especially relevant to the present study because this dissertation is based on the belief that a racial attitude is of a multidimensional nature. "W‘iJ I V. o I' . _ Racial Attitudes and Ethnic Prejudice Racial attitudes are commonly referred to as ethnic prejudices. Allport defines prejudice as "an avertive or hostile attitude toward a person who belongs to a group, simply because he belongs to that group, and is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to the group."36 Guttman defines attitude or prejudice as "a de- limited totality of behavior with respect to something."37 Simpson and Yinger define prejudice as: . . . an emotional, rigid attitude (a predisposition to respond to a certain stimulus in a certain way) toward a group of peOple. . . . Prejudices are thus attitudes, but not all attitudes are prejudices. They both contain the element of prejudgment, but prejudiced attitudes have an affective or emotional quality that not all attitudes possess.38 36G. W. Allport, The Nature of Prejudice (New York: Doubleday and Co., 1954), p. 3. 37Guttman, op. cit., p. 47. 38G. E. Simpson and J. M. Yinger, Racial and Cultural Minorities (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), p. 26. 27 The definitions of prejudice indicate two impor- tant components: attitudes and beliefs. The apparent common feature to these definitions of prejudice is an attitude that is directed toward an entire group of peOple or a member of that group in a negative and unrealistic manner . 39 4O Adorno et al., Buttelheim and Janowitz, Ackerman and Jahoda,4l and Lowenthal and Guterman42 re- corded the results of four important studies on the nature of ethnic prejudice. Their findings conclude that subjects showed a tendency to be "ethnically-centered," to be rigid in their acceptance of the culturally "alike" and in their rejection of the culturally "unlike." In the present study, ethnic prejudice is opera- tionally defined by the obtained attitudinal scores of the subjects on the ABS:BZW-E. Many definitions and explanations of racial atti- tudes and ethnic prejudice underscore the similarity and commonality of the two. However, Simpson and Yinger's explanation regarding a differentiated relationship between 39Adorno et al., 0p. cit. 4OB. Buttelheim and M. Janowitz, Dynamics of PEE- judice: A Psychological and Sociological Study of Veterans (New York: Harper, 1950). 41N. Ackerman and M. Jahoda, Anti-Semitism and Emotional Disorder (New York: Harper & Row, 1950). I 42L. Lowenthal and N. Guterman, PrOphets of Deceit: A Study of the Technigues of the American Agitator (New York: Harper, 1949). 28 racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice help to amplify the basic theme inherent to the present study. That is, attitudes and prejudices are related phenomena and their existence is contingent on extraneous factors. Demographic Variables of Racial r5 Attitudes and Ethnic Prgjudice .1 Demographic variables have consistently yielded significant results in relation to the measurement of racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice. Q Research on racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice indicate that education of the subject and the parent's education are significant variables to racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice, i.e., the more education the less prejudice. Allport and Kramer43 with Lombardi44 conclude that the higher the parent's level of education, especi- ally college education, the lower the prejudice or more favorable the attitude toward other ethnic groups. The demographic variable of sex in relation to racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice appears quite often in the literature. Carter and Mitchell45 found women to be more prejudiced than men. Allport and Kramer46 and 43G. W. Allport and B. M. Kramer, "Some Roots of Prejudice," Journal of Psychology, 22 (1966), 9-39. 44D. M. Lombardi, "Factors Affecting Changes in Attitudes toward Negroes among High School Students," Journal of Negro Education, 32 (1963), 129-136. 45C. A. Carter and L. E. Mitchell, "Attitudes of Negro Pupils toward Whites," Journal of Human Relations, 4 (1956), 90-98. 46 Allport and Kramer, 0p. cit. 29 Larson, Ahrenholz, and Graziplene47 found women to be less prejudiced while Kelly, Ferson, and Holtzman48 and Weller49 found no sex differences in racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice. Geographical or regional location of subjects .w’ have received considerable space (Kelly, Person, and Holtzman,50 Brink and Harris,51 Ahrenholz and Graziplene,52 Weller,53 Campbell and Schuman,54 Kerner Reportss) in the {F I 'T- of M._ ‘ ‘?.. literature on measurement of racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice. The consistent finding is that the geographical region (especially the South) significantly relate to the attitudes of Whites toward Blacks. Research that has considered the age variable to the measurement of racial attitudes and ethnic prejudice 47R. F. Larson, G. L. Ahrenholz, and L. R. Graziplene, "Integration Attitudes of College Students at the University of Alabama," Journal of Social Psychology, 63 (1964), 327-332. 48J. G. Kelly, J. E. Ferson, and W. H. Holtzman, "The Measurement of Attitudes toward the Negro in the South," Journal of Social Psychology, 48 (1958), 305-317. 49Weller, op. cit. 50Kelly, Person, and Holtzman, op. cit. 51W. J. Brink and L. Harris, The Negro Revolutionin America (New York: Simon and Schuster,'1964). 52G. L. Ahrenholz and L. R. Graziplene, "Attitudes and Actions," Social Forces, 23 (1964), 230-237. 53Weller, op. cit. 54Campbell and Schuman, op. cit. SKerner Report (New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1968). 30 have reported different and Opposite results. Carter and 57 Mitchell56 and Holtzman found that prejudice decreases with age. Allport and Kramer58 and Mussen59 found that prejudice increases with age. Brink and Harris60 and Campbell and Schuman6l found the age variable to produce contradictory and varying results. :3 This researcher has decided to employ as many 2 demographic variables that he feels are relevant to the 9 problem of this study. This procedure developed by % Edwards62 is a valid one when the problem under investi- gation is such that the researcher thinks that it is neces- sary to include a myriad of variables expecting that some will contribute enough variance to show relationships of the results obtained. Each study reported in this section of the review of the literature builds the foundation of the problem being investigated in the present study. The contradictory 56Carter and Mitchell, op. cit. 57W. H. Holtzman, "Attitudes of College Men toward Non-Segregation in Texas Schools," Public Opinion Quarterly, 20 (1956), 559-569. 58Allport and Kramer, o . cit. 59F. H. Mussen, Psychological Develppment of the Child (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice HaIl, I963T.EI 60Brink and Harris, op. cit. 61Campbell and Schuman, op. cit. 62 A. L. Edwards, Techniques of Attitude Scale Con- structipn (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957), p. 49. 31 findings that were results of studies presented in this section have influential implications for this study. Effect of Teacher Attitudes on Students The effect of teachers' attitudes on students is potently underscored by the theory of "significant others." The theory of "significant others" as discussed by Brook- over63 is one that theorizes that each individual in so- ciety learns certain types of behavior, and the individual learns the types of behavior that he considers appropriate for himself; and the appropriateness of this behavior is defined for him through the internalization of the expec- tations of "significant others." An extension of the theory of "significant others" is that the individual also takes on the attitudes of "significant others," and reacts according to his conception of how he thinks his "signi- ficant others" see him. Teachers are capable of being "significant others" for students. The supposition supporting this contention is that the teacher is an effective agent of change in students' attitudes providing the student perceives the teacher as being important to him. If the teacher is un- important to the student, it does not matter to the student what the teacher thinks or expects of him. However, if the student perceives the teacher as being an important 63Wilbur B. Brookover, "Some Social Psychological Conceptions of Classroom Learning," School and Society, 87 (1959), 84-87. 32 person to him, the student will be influenced by the teacher's attitudes and expectations. There is little doubt that a good teacher attitude is a major contributing factor to the effectiveness of the learning situation and pupil fulfillment. Menninger re- ports that: Most teachers are acquainted with what psychiatrists call the three basic parts of the personality--the conscious, the unconscious, and the conscience. The unseen energy drives or forces generated in these parts of the personality anatomy make us the people we are. . . . Some of our automatic responses and behavior patterns are the result of attitudes formed in early childhood. Relationships with our parents, our brothers, and sisters, and our teachers have all played a part in the development of our personality-- just as, in turn, our personality and attitudes toward our students are affecting their develOpment. . . . Since your students may be affected by your patterns, it is important that you understand them. Teachers' attitudes and expectations work unfavor- ably against many of the students in the urban classroom. Kenneth Clark asserts: A normal child who is expected to learn, who is taught, and who is required to learn will learn. . . . A single standard of academic expectations, a demanding syllabus, and skillful and understanding teaching are essential to the raising of the self- esteem of urban children, increasing their motiva- tion for academic achievement and providing our society with the benefits of their intellectual potential.65 64William Menninger, "Self Understanding for Teachers," National Education Association Journal, 42 (1953), 332. 65Kenneth B. Clark, "Educational Stimulation of Racially Disadvantaged Children," in Education in Dppressed Areas, ed. by A. Harry Passow (New York: Teacfiers College, 1963), p. 157. 33 David Gottlieb found that the teacher's race tends to influence the types of attitudes he has regarding his students. Gottlieb reports that "because Black teachers are able to identify more closely with Black children they search for facts external to the child to explain the many problems that arise in school."66 Examining children's perceptions of their teachers' feelings toward them and their self-concepts, scholastic achievement, and behavior, Helen Davidson and Gerhard Lang found that children clearly sensed their teachers' atti- tudes toward them. "The children who felt their teachers ranked them low seemed to have lower self-perceptions, achieved less well, and behaved less well in the classroom 67 ' than did more favored classmates." The effects of social attitudes on the academic attainments of urban elementary school children has been 68 Wilson found that "the normali- studied by Alan Wilson. zation of diverging standards by teachers" crystallized different levels of scholastic attainment. He concluded that apparently teachers adapt their attitudes toward 66D. Gottlieb, "Teaching and Students: The Views of Negro and White Teachers," Sociology of Education, 37 (1964), 353. 67Robert D. Strom, ed., The Inner-City Classroom Teacher Behaviors (Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1966), p. 98. 68Alan B. Wilson, "Social Stratification and Aca— demic Achievement," in Education in Depressed Areas, ed. by A. Harry Passow (New York: Teachers College, 1963), p. 234. “I!" '- —' ‘~ 34 academic attainment and their concepts of scholastic excel- lence to the composition of their student bodies. The effect of teachers' attitudes on students is emphasized in the report of the Civil Disorder Commission-- "Studies have shown the attitudes of teachers have very powerful impacts upon educational achievement."69 1 ...-.J Epley70 reports that students with positive reac- tions to their teachers are more likely to grow tolerant than students with negative feelings primarily because the "I former are more receptive to the attitudes of their teachers. Torrance?l hypothesized that the teacher's atti- tudes are intervening variables in the effectiveness of the learning process. His results show that although the teacher may try to inculcate the "right" attitudes, the teacher's "real" attitudes will show through. Silberman supports this hypothesis when he stated ". . . even when the attitude is unconscious the teacher cannot avoid com- municating it to the children in some way or other."72 69Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (New York: Bantam Books, 1968), p. 429. 70D. G. Epley, "Adolescent Role Relationships in the Dynamics of Prejudice" (unpublished doctoral disser- tation, Michigan State University, 1953). 71E. Paul Torrance, "Teacher Attitude and Pupil Perception," The Journal of Teacher Education, 11 (March, 1960), 97-102. 72Charles E. Silberman, Crisis in Black and White (New York: Random House, 1964). " 35 Wade73 reports that if a teacher does not have trust and respect for the students, he is not teaching, but rather indoctrinating. Davis reports two significant findings regarding the relationship between particular attitudes held by the teacher and effective learning: 1. All school-learning is stimulated or hindered by the teacher's feelings toward the student. Each must have faith and trust in each other. 2. All school-learning is influenced by the cul- ; tural attitudes which the teacher has toward the $4 student and which the student experiences toward the teacher. In rejecting the student's cultural background, the teacher often appears to reject the student himself as a human being. In return, and as early as the first grade, the student may reject the culture of the school and of the teacher. Both teacher and pupil must learn to reSpect the ability and position of the other.74 i The pervasive theory underscoring the basis of the present study is emphatically articulated by Brookover, Menninger and Davis. Their theoretical framework helps to crystallize the unique essence of this study. Summary From the literature reviewed in this chapter it may be concluded that: 73Francis C- Wade, "Causality in the Classroom," Modern Schoolman, 28 (August, 1955), 145. 74A. Davis, "Changing the Culture of the Disadvan— taged Student," in proceedings of the AHEA Workshop, Working with Low Income Families (Washington, D.C.: American Home Economics Association, 19E5), pp. 22-23. 36 The instruments used to measure racial atti- tudes reveal vast differences in methods of construction and item selection. The main emphasis in the literature is the measurement of White attitudes toward Blacks, but in recent years the measurement of Black self-esteem and Black attitudes toward Blacks and Whites has gained prominence in racial attitude studies. ‘ L‘AO‘ID._ .3... mam-m !< “'1‘ . The evaluation of ethnic prejudice is deter- mined via the expression of favorable and un- favorable racial attitudes. Demographic variables yield different results in relation to the measurement of racial atti- tudes and ethnic prejudice. Teacher attitudes are important to the effec- tiveness of the learning process in all situ- ations but especially so when dealing with children in urban Black communities. CHAPTER III DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY Design of the Study ‘F? The study was designed to determine the relation- ship between demographic variables of Black urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Whites in relation to _ --4fl‘1 E. %' ‘ “a education. The basic procedure employed in the design of this study included the selection of the sample, the collection of the data by administering the instrument to the subjects, the analysis of the data in terms of the purpose of the study and the formulation of discussions and recommenda- tions which could be appropriately drawn from the research results. The study was descriptive in that it sought to obtain data about a phenomenon in education. Selection of an Urban School System The decision to use the Saginaw Public School System was made on the basis of its availability, suitability, and willingness to participate. The decision was further influenced by the author's interest and involvement as a student, athlete, and teacher in that system over a period of years. 37 38 Description of the Urban School System The Saginaw Public School System has a boundary (Saginaw River) which functions to divide the school system into two sections--the West side is predominantly White, and the East side is predominantly Black. There are 33 elementary schools in addition to 5 junior high and 2 high schools in the system. The school system has 22,643 students of which 7,652 are Black. The school system employs 1,086 school teachers of which 170 are Black. There are 34 Black male teachers in this system. Black male teachers account for only 20 per cent of the Black teaching faculty in Saginaw. The begin- ning salary of $8,000(1970-71) attracts many potential teachers, especially Black teachers from the South. Setting of the Study, The setting of the study is Saginaw, Michigan, an urbanized and industrialized city located ten miles south of Bay City and 92 miles northwest of Detroit. Saginaw manufactures automotive parts (particularly) steering gears, malleable and gray iron, graphite, baking machinery, mobile homes, truck trailers, and paper products. The population of Saginaw is approximately 103,000 (1970) with 25,000 Blacks and 2,000 Mexican-Americans. The General Motors Corporation provides Saginaw with a substantial financial base. 39 Shaken by tremors that spread from the Detroit riots of 1967, Saginaw woke up to its own racial problem. The town is closely tied to General Motors, so as long as the automobile business rolls along, Saginaw has plenty of jobs in the GM plants and satellite industries--jobs for both Black and White. But everyone--especially the Blacks and Mexican-Americans --also know that minority workers are concentrated on the lowest rungs of the ladder, and are the first to be dropped off if production slows. Meanwhile there is the rundown ghetto to go home to. Population and Sample The population in the study is the total number of Black teachers (170) who teach in the public school system of Saginaw, Michigan (Fall, 1970). The sample is the set of Black teachers in Saginaw, Michigan who expressed the willingness to participate in this study. The sample consists of 84 subjects, 16 males and 68 females. Although the sample used in this study is small the study could not have been more extensive and still have retained its intensive character. I would not sacri- fice the latter for the former even if I were to repeat the investigation. Instrumentation The instrument used in this study to operationalize the dependent criterion variables--attitudes toward Whites in relation to education--is the Attitude Behavior Scale: 1 "All American City—-Saginaw, Michigan," Look Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 8 (April 15, 1969), pp. 18-20. 4O IFI. ! :t..;-sxrer om mm OH [\r-l neumnmmo no nmczo Enmm Henonneo no nmmmcme Hm>oaunoddn anHoo moan connnxm won>nmm Onanom no .moamm Hmonnmao anHoo mans: :mE mdenmoo oo>oHQEolmnmm aMCOnmmwmona pmnncamm anHoo moan omHanmca mmnmmo mumoomnmlbmom mumsocnm mmmnaov mumsomnm Hoocom ran: mumoomnm Hoonom moono xnos mumoomnmnumod meow wmcafioo oEom Hoocom con: meow Hoonom opmnm mEom czou HHmEm connDQSmuco: cnmnuoom cannonsm cnmnuSOm c3ou HHmEm chnSQSmuco: cnocunoz cobnsnom cnmnunoz Hmnsm cnwcuoom coon: cnmnuoom Hwnom :nozunoz scan: snocunoz c0nnmmoooo m.nm£ucm cenumozpm HoEnom m.nonumm pcoonmxocm HMHuCOGwmmm vm ow om mm mm mm ma mans; >HDCQCHEOU none can :nmnunoz eons: snacmcneoe Iona one :nwnuoom xomam xaucmcnsoo none can :nmnusom ~nuon son: noncmm m-e none Henson mix xnmucosoam oo3oon3 oonmnmmom ooono>no oonnnmz mech nacho .e.z .m.m M®>O @CM OH mus m-n HO>O UCM mm mmumm mmuom mHmEmm one: il Ii .il. Hoonom mumsomnmnmoca Ho>mqimcH£oooe msucnm asunncz oonmwo UnEoooo< mocmnnmmxm mangoooe mo mnem» iii X 0 m .mmanwnnm> UnnmmanEoo an muowmnom mo c0nuonnnnmnouu.a mqmde 41 Black/White - Education (ABSjB/W‘E) developed by John E. Jordan and Richard J. Hamersma.2 This instrument contains six dependent criterion variables for the attitudes of Blacks toward Whites in relation to education: (1) Societal Stereotyps--What other Blacks believe about Whites as compared to what they believe about Blacks, (2) Soci- etal Interactive Norm--Other Blacks generally believe the following about interacting with Whites, (3) Personal Moral Evaluation--In respect to Whites do you, yourself believe that it is usually right or usually wrong, (4) Personal Hypothetical Behavior--In respect to a White person would you, yourself, (5) Personal Feelipgs--How do you actually feel toward Whites, and (6) Actual Personal Action--Ex- periences or contacts with Whites. The ABS:B/W-E was constructed according to Guttman's facet theory. This theory guides the construction of attitude items by a systematic a priori design instead of depending on intuition or faulty judgments. Thus, a re- searcher can construct an attitudinal instrument according to Guttman's specific guidelines, and then empirically check how successful his efforts have been. The validity of an attitudinal instrument constructed according to Guttman's facet theory is based upon the simplex analysis. The simplex analysis is a measure of construct validity, 2J. E. Jordan and R. Hamersma, ABS:BW/WN (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1969). 42 since the statistical correlations reflect the adequacy of attitude item construction. Most of the attitudinal studies employ measure- ment items that are of a stereotpyic nature, and very rarely do these items indicate the subject's actual behavior in relation to the attitude object. However, a measurement instrument contructed according to the Guttman facet de- , “A sign allows for items to be written at the actual personal behavior level and/or actual experience level. Thus, the E " results of studies with items of this nature should elimi- } nate the criticism of the lack of relationship between attitudes and overt behavior. The ABS:B/W-E was first tested with fourteen groups from Michigan State University and the Urban Adult Education Institute in Detroit, Michigan. The results of the validity studies indicated that the simplex analysis was closely maintained and in the direction expected. The reliability of the ABS:B/W-E was determined by the Hoyt analysis of variance technique. The reliability coeffici- ent was established at .88 The apprOpriateness of the ABS:B[W-E for the prob- lem investigated in this study is consistent and relevant to the purpose of this research. The ABS:B[W-E was con- structed to measure the attitudes of one ethnic group to- ward another ethnic group, and the focus of the present study is centered around this feature. The component of 43 the ABS:B/W-E dealing with attitudes in relation to educa- tion assisted the author in deciding on Black urban school Iteachers as subjects in this study. In the survey of the literature, the author found no other instruments (see Chapter II, Instruments for Measuring Racial Attitudes: An Overview) which would produce the data needed; and, i therefore, the ABS:B/W-E became the appropriate instru- ‘ - ment for utilization in this study. i Data Collection 3 After securing names of all Black teachers in the Saginaw Public School System (majority of them taught in minority schools--based on student population), the author canvassed one half of the teachers via telephone to determine the willingness of each to participate in the study. Following this determination, the author designated one Black teacher in each building to handle the distribution and collection of the demographic data form and instrument from other consenting Black teachers in that particular building. The demographic data form and instrument were dis- tributed by the author to each building designee, and the results were collected one week later. Scoring procedures for the data were determined by the research bureau of the Michigan State University Education Department. 44 Data Analysis The dependent variables used in the data analysis are the six different attitudinal levels of the Attitude Behavior Scale: Blaclehite - Education (ABS:B/W-E): (l) Social Stereotype--What other Blacks believe about Whites as compared to what they believe about Blacks, (2) Soci- etal Interactive Norm--Other Blacks generally believe the following about interacting with Whites, (3) Personal Moral Evaluation--In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it is usually right or wrong, (4) Personal Hypothetical BehavioE--In respect to a White person would you, yourself, (5) Personal Feelings--How do you actually feel toward Whites, and (6) Actual Personal Actiss--Ex- periences or contacts with Whites. The independent vari- ables are specific demographic factors of Black urban school teachers: (1) sex, (2) age, (3) total years of teaching experience, (4) residential background, (5) occu- pational status of father, (6) educational status of father, (7) undergraduate school attended, (8) academic degree held, (9) marital status, and (10) teaching level. The statistical procedure used in the analysis of the data is the multivariate analysis of variance. The multivariate analyses of variance identify the correla- tions of multiple variables which permit the researcher to describe the relationship of data being studied. «Hg-nun __._-.. .1..me ——— r 45 The analysis of the data for this study was done on a packaged program entitled "Multivariance: Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance, A Fortran IV Program, Version 4, June 1968." This program was developed by Jeremy Finn, Department of Educational Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo. The program was adapted for use at Michigan State University by Dr. David Wright for the CDC 3600 Computer. All tables and generated test statistics are properties of the program i and follow the outline provided by R. Darrell Bock in an A article entitled "Programming Univariate and Multivariate Analysis of Variance," in Technometrics, Vol. 5, No. l (February, 1963), pp. 95-117. Readers are referred to this article for computation formulae and subsequent ex- planation of the symbols therein. CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF DATA This chapter contains the results of the statis- tical analysis of the data. Each hypothesis is restated and accompanied by the results of the multivariate analy- sis of variance. The level of rejection for the hypoth- eses is established at .05. Testing of Hypotheses H-l.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified byysex. This hypothesis that there is no difference in the atti- tudes toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by sex was rejected (P = .0104). Results of the multivariate analysis of variance for H-l are shown in Table 2. Further inspection of Table 2 reveals that the attitudinal level contributing most to the rejection of H-l was Societal Interactive Norm (P = .0396)--Other Blacks generally believe the following about interacting with Whites. H-2.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to 46 \‘T-A-n-AAM. s.- “ma—anathfi .Ef’l III! 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However, the age of the respondent does influence his responses signi- ficantly on the attitudinal levels of Personal Moral Eval- uation (P = .0178)--In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it is usually right or usually wrong; and, Actual Personal Action (P = .0169)--Experiences or contacts ‘rw~ with Whites. Table 3 shows the results of the multivari- ate analysis of variance for H-2. H-3.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by total_years of teaching experience. The multivariate analysis of variance for H-3 shows no significant results (P = .1672). Hypothesis 3 was accepted. However, the attitudinal level of Personal Hypothetical Behavior (P = .0139)--In respect to a White person would you, yourself--seems to have the greatest influence on the respondents. Results of the multivariate analysis of variance for H-3 are found in Table 4. H-4.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation ts education when these teachers are classified by residen- tial background. The multivariate analysis of variance for 49 am u nonnm now Eoommnm wo mmmnmma m n mammsuommm now Eoommnm mo mmmnmmo mono.o mnmm.v nmmm.nnn acnuos Hmcomnmm Hmsuoe ommn.o memm.o emem.~ mmcnnmmm Hchmnmm Hmvo.o Hamm.m Hmvm.mm n0n>mcom HmonumcuOQSm Hmsomnmm mnao.o mmmm.v mmmm.mm COAnesHm>m Hmnoz Hmsomnom evom.o momm.o meom.m Enoz m>nnomnmucH Hmuwnoom onmm.o mnen.o nnem.o moanomnmum nmumnoom con“ mmma m m mumnnm>wc3 om cows :mo3pom canonnm> somm.o amen mmmn a mmn saw an n .m .o memn.n n muonom> new: no nunnmsem no nmmn mnmnnm>nunsz now enamels .mmmunoocmnnm> mo mammamcm mumnnm>nuasznl.m mamme 50 am u nonnm n0m Eooomnm mo mmmnmmo m n mnmmsnommm now Eoommnm Mo moonmma mono.o neme.~ mmmm.me acnuoe Hegemnma nmsnoe emnm.o memo.o memm.o meanness nmcomnma mmno.o oenm.e mnen.om n0n>esmm neonnmsnoanm Hegemnma ommo.o nmmm.m onvm.em acnnmsnm>m nanoz Hchmnma mvmm.o snan.o enmm.n snoz m>nnomnmncn nmnmnoom «mam.o mmm~.n ena~.o mdsnomnmnm nmnmnoom can» mmmH m m muonnm>ncs gm com: somzumm canonnm> thH.o swan mmmd m mmH can ma u .m .Q mmov.a n mnonom> cmmz.mo munamoom no nude openno>nnaoz now Gnummum .oosonnomxm mansomon mo mnmmm Hmuonunoocmnnm> mo mnmwamcm opennm>nuasznu.v mqm<9 51 H-4 reveals significant results (P = .0267). Hypothesis 4 is not confirmed. The attitudinal level which has the most influence on the rejection of H-4 is Personal Feelings (P = .0462)--How do you actually feel toward Whites. See Table 5 for the results of the multivariate analysis of variance for H-4. r H-5.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by occups- tional status of father. Hypothesis 5 shows no signifi— t cant results when analyzed by the multivariate analysis of variance (P = .1052). Hypothesis 5 is accepted. There is, however, an attitudinal level which shows the most influence on the respondents--Personal Moral Evaluation (P = .0275)--In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it usually right or usually wrong. Check Table 6 for the results of the multivariate analysis of variance for H-5. H-6.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by educational status of father. Hypothesis 6 was confirmed (P = .2837). Inspection of Table 7, showing the results of the multi- variate analysis of variance for the variable educational status of father, reveals no significant attitudinal levels. :32 up u nonnm new Eoommnm mo mmmnmmo w u mammsuommm nOm Eoommnm mo mmcnmmo mmm~.o oomm.n mmvm.mm census nchmnmm nuance meeo.o onom.~ mmoo.mn mmennmmm nmcomnmm mmem.o GRNH.H nmmm.mn non>memm neonnmEEOQnm nmcomnmm nemo.o emmm.n mmon.mm sonnmsnm>m nmnoz nm:0mnmm nva.o evam.a evmm.ma Enoz m>nuomnmucH Hmuofloom meme.o mmnm.o nmme.m moanomnmnm nmumnoom swap mmma m m mumnnm>nca om com: cmm3nom mannanm> Remo.o ems» mmmn a mnm ena em u .m .o nnmm.n u mnouom> news no annnmsem no nmme mnmnnm>nnnsz non Onassis .ocsonmxomn Hmnncmonmmnlu®UQMnnm> mo mammamcm mnmnnm>fipaszln.m mqmde 53 en n nonnm How Eoommnm mo mmmnmmo m n mammcnommm now Eoommnm mo mmmnmmo van.o nenm.n moms.me acnuoe Hegemnma nuance nmvo.o mamm.~ mmmm.mn mmsnnmmm nanomnmm nmee.o mmvm.o meme.nn non>msmm HmonnmsuOE»: Hm:0mnma memo.o mamm.m moom.om cenumsnm>m nanoz Hegemnma ooeo.o mmmm.m emso.em snoz m>nuomnmucn nmuwnoom Nmmm.o mmmm.o nmmo.m monnomnmum nmumnoom cozy mama m m muonnm>ncs om and: cmmBumm canonnm> ~moa.o can“ mmma m mam one mm H .m .9 «mmm.a n mn0p0m> coo: mo wunamoom mo puma mumsnm>nuasz now Onnmmlm .nmnncm mo moucum HocOHEMQSUUOIImocmnnm> mo mnmmamcm mumnnm>nuaozli.w mqmda 54 I“, u mnonnm now Edoodnm mo mmmnmma up w n mnmmgnommm now Eooomnm mo mwmnmwa vmmm.o oamm.H mmoa.mm moaned accomnmm Hmsuom Hmnm.o mvnm.a mnnm.m mOCHHmom Hmcomnmm mamn.o mmem.n mmno.sn non>mgmm nmunuwsnoasm nchmnma mHmH.o ommm.H unme.ma acnnmoam>m Honoz HecOmnmm mwma.o Hmom.a ommw.wH Enoz m>nuomnoncH Hmuonoom mmmh.o mmmm.o omvm.m mdmuownmnm Hononoom swan mmoa m m opennm>nc3 om new: somzuom canonnm> omma.a smm~.o amen mmmn a mnm use mm H .m .a wn0uom> new: mo annamsom mo umme onennm>npasz now oHummIm .nwnumm mo moumnm HmCOAHmosomnlmocmfinm> mo manHmcm mnmwnm>nuaozil.n mqmmnom Hmonuw3pom>m HmGOmnmm ammo.o mmam.s eono.em cannmsna>m nanoz Hchmnmm nsoo.o nnee.m mama.mm snoz m>nhomnmucn nmnmnoom mmmm.o memo.n meom.nn wasnomnmnm nmnmnoom swap mmma m m mumnnm>ncb om :mmz :mo3umm canonnm> mooo.o carp mmmn a he can e u .m .o msnm.e u mnouom> new: no sunnmsem no Emma mnmnnm>nnnsz nod 0nummum .ooocounm Hoosom onmoomnmnoocollmocmnnm> mo mnmwamcm mnmnnm>nuaszll.m mqmde 57 mm H nonnm nOw Eocemnm mo mmwnmmo a u mnmmsuommm now Eoommnm mo mmmnmma mnmo.o Hmam.m anam.am c0nuos Hmc0mnmm Hmsuod oemm.o nmmm.o mnnm.m meanness nanomnmm nmmm.o mnmn.o wa~s.m non>msom Hmonnmnn0dsm nchmnma Gee~.o nemm.n osmm.en acnumsnm>m nanoz Hegemnmm Nmen.o smmm.n mmem.mm snoz m>nnomnmncH nmnmnoom mmmo.o mmmm.m eenn.mn masuomnmnm nmumnoom EMS”. mme m .m O#MHHM>HCD Um Gmmz Cmm3flmm OHQQHHM> mmno.o amen mmmn a we saw m u .m .o mvoo.m I mnouom> new: no munamovm mo ummB opennm>nuasz now Gnummlm .oam: omnmmo onEopMUMIumocmnnm> mo mammamcm oumnnm>nnaozln.m mqmde 58 Hypothesis 9 is accepted. However, the attitudinal level of Personal Feelings (P = .0424)--How do you actually feel toward Whites--is influenced by the marital status of the respondents. Check Table 10 for the results of the multi- variate analysis of variance for H-9. H-lO.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by teaching isysi. The hypothesis that there is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by teaching level was confirmed (P = .2753). However, there is a significant attitudinal level which shows in- fluence on the respondents--Persona1 Feelings (P = .0424)-- How do you actually feel toward Whites. See Table 11 for the results of the multivariate analysis of variance for H-10. W Employing the multivariate analysis of variance to analyze the data, H-1, H-4 and H-7 were all rejected at different significant statistical levels. H-2, H-3, H-5, H-6, H-8, H-9 and H-lO were all accepted in their null form. Although hypotheses H-2, H-3, H-5, H-9 and H-lO were accepted in their null form, they all contained evidence of a significant relationship with certain attitudinal levels Of the ABS:B/W-E. 5 'i .! "WEI-IVE . .‘r _... P. . haik- anlul: ..Ih‘u¢ ill"; b 59 am u Houum How Eocmmum mo mmmnmmo m u mammnuommm How Eocmmnm mo mmmnmmo omam.o mmma.o Hamv.mm census Hmaomumm Hmsuom vmvo.o smm~.m omso.am mmafiammm Hmcomumm mamm.o HomH.H some.ma Hofl>mamm Hmoflumnuomsm Hmaomumm Hmmm.o mmem.o mmmm.m coflumsam>m Hmuoz Hmaomumm Hmnm.o momH.o momm.a suoz m>fluomumucH Hmumfloom moms.o mm¢~.o mmmm.a mmsuomumum Hmumfloom can“ mmwa m m muMHum>HcD Um com: cmmzamm mHQMHHm> mmhm.o cmnu mmma m mma can NH u .m .a mmam.a u mu0pom> saw: no muflamswm mo umma mpmflum>flufisz how oflpmmnm .msumom Hmuflumelnmocmfium> mo mflmMHmcm conflmm>fluaszln.oa mqmmnmm Havaumnuomam Hmaomumm Hmmm.o mmvo.o mmmm.m noflumsam>m ammo: Hmcomumm Hmnm.o moma.o momm.a EH02 m>HuomuoucH Hmpmfloom momh.o mmvm.o mmm~.H mmmuomumpm Hmpmfloom cmnu mmma m m mumfium>flco gm.cmmz cmmzumm magmaum> meN.H mmhm.o car» mmmfl m mmH cam NH u .m .o muouom> cmmz mo mafiamowm mo uwma mpwflum>fluasz HOW oflummnm .Hm>mH mcflsomwullmocmfium> mo mammamcm mpmflnm>fluaozll.aa mqmée CHAPTER V SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The purpose and methodology are briefly reviewed at the beginning of this chapter. An amplified discussion of the hypotheses and other relevant findings follows. Implications of the study, recommendations for future re- search, and limitations of the study are then outlined. Summary of the Study The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between demographic variables of Black urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Whites in rela- tion to education. The subjects used in the investigation were Black public school teachers from the urban community of Saginaw, Michigan. The instrument used to operationalize the dependent criterion variables in this study was the Attitude Behavior Scale: Black/White - Education (ABS:B/W—E). The ABS:B/W—E contains six dependent criterion variables for the attitudes of Blacks toward Whites in re- lation to education: (1) Societal Stereotype--What other Blacks believe about Whites as compared to what they be— lieve about Blacks, (2) Societal Interactive Norm--Other 61 62 Blacks generally believe the following about interacting with Whites, (3) Personal Moral Evaluation--In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it is usually right or usually wrong, (4) Personal Hypothetical Behavioré-In regard to a White person would you, yourself, (5) Personal Feelings--How do you actually feel toward Whites, and (6) Actual Personal Action--Experiences or contacts with Whites. The ABS:EZW-E was constructed according to Guttman's facet theory which permits the construction of an attitudinal instrument by a priori technique. The Guttman facet design allows for measurement items to be written at the actual personal behavior level and/or the actual experience level. Therefore, the results of studies with measurement items of this nature eliminate the criti- cism of the lack of relationship between attitudes and overt behavior. The simplex analysis was the statistical technique employed to determine the validity of the ABS:B/W-E.l The simplex analysis is a measure of construct validity, since the statistical correlations reflect the adequacy of attitudinal item construction. The results of the validity studies indicated that the simplex analysis was closely maintained and in the direction expected. 1Test of validity and reliability for the ABS:B/W—E were done with fourteen groups from Michigan State Univefé sity and the Urban Adult Education Institute in Detroit, Michigan. 63 The reliability of the ABS:B/W—E was determined by the statistical technique called Hoyt's analysis of variance. Hoyt's analysis of variance identifies the interaction of the variables which allow an investigator to describe the relationship of data being studied. As v F“. such, the reliability coefficient of the ABS:B/WHE was : ] established at .88. The design of this study, which was descriptive in nature, included the selection of the sample, collection | v. ‘o “a. _, of the data, analysis of the data, and the formulation of i implications and recommendations which could be appro- priately drawn from the research results. The multivariate analysis of variance was the statistical technique used to analyze the data in this study. Discussion of Results An amplified discussion of the testing of each hypothesis follows. See Table 15 in Appendix C for test- ing data. H-l.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by_sex. Hypothesis 1 was rejected (P = .0104). From inspection of the data which estimates the difference between the male and female responses, it can be concluded that males feel more strongly than females about the attitudinal level of the ABS:B/W-E termed 64 Societal Interactive Norm--Other Blacks generally believe the following about interacting with Whites. H-2.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by age. Hypothesis 2 was accepted (P = .2904). The data showing the least square estimates indi- cate that the 36 and older group feels more strongly than the younger age groups about the attitudinal levels of the ABS:B/W-E termed Personal Moral Evaluation--In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it is usually right or usually wrong; and, Actual Personal Action--Experiences or contacts with Whites. H-3.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by total years of teaching experience. Hypothesis 3 was accepted (P = .1672). Further inspection of the data indicates that the 10 year and over group feels more strongly than do the l-3 year group, but less strongly than the 4-9 year group about the attitudinal level of the ABS:B/W-E termed Personal Hypothetical Behavior--In respect to a White person would you, yourself. H-4.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to Fm; 65 education when these teachers are classified by residen- tial background. Hypothesis 4 was not accepted (P = .0267). The results of the data reveal that no one group in this classification feels more strongly than another group about any attitudinal levels of the ABS:B/W-E. H-5.-—There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by occupa- tional status of father. Hypothesis 5 was accepted [n‘jx m D H’ (P = .1052). The results of the data analysis show that no one group in this classification has stronger feelings than the other groups about any of the six attitudinal levels of the ABS : B/W-E. H-6.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to_ education when these teachers are classified by educational status of father. Hypothesis 6 was accepted (P = .2837). There is no evidence in the data indicating that one group in this classification feels more strongly than another group regarding the attitudinal levels of the H—7.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by under- graduate school attended. Hypothesis 7 was rejected (P = .0006). -j ‘..'..'4'1 - rm. ‘- .. a “1.2.2. - 66 Results of the data analysis show that the Southern group feels more strongly than the Northern group about the attitudinal levels of the AES:B/W—E termed Societal Interactive Norm--Other Blacks generally believe the fol- lowing about interacting with Whites; and, Personal Feelings --How do you actually feel toward Whites. Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to H-8.--There is no difference in the attitudes of ‘ l ! education when these teachers are classified by academic 5 i L. degree held. Hypothesis i was accepted (P = .0752). Data results indicate that the B.A. group felt no different than the M.A. group about any of the six atti- tudinal levels of the ABS:B/W-E. H-9.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education when these teachers are classified by marital status. Hypothesis 9 was accepted (P = .2753). Data inspection reveal that when the respondents are classified by marital status there is no one group which feels more strongly than the other groups regarding any of the attitudinal levels of the ABS:B/W—E. H-lO.--There is no difference in the attitudes of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation 39 education when these teachers are classified by teaching level. Hypothesis 10 was accepted (P = .2753). 67 The data results indicated that the senior high group felt more strongly than the elementary and junior high groups about the attitudinal level of the ABS:B/W-E termed Personal Feelings--How do you actually feel toward Whites. Results of the data analysis show that the atti- tudinal levels of the ABS:B/W—E_which influenced the acceptance or rejection of the hypotheses, also dictated how forcible the respondents felt about those levels. Implications of the Study The implications of the present study corroborate some findings presented in the review of the literature. As is evident in this study, demographic variables can be utilized to determine, correlate, and/or predict attitudes. There is evidence produced in this study showing that sex and geographical background are the most influ- ential demographic variables in relation to the measure- ment of racial attitudes. This conclusion further docu- ments previous findings with regard to those specific demographic variables which more readily facilitate the measurement of attitudes. This study concurs with some recent findings which underscore the evasive nature of the age variable in rela- tion to the measurement of racial attitudes. Another implication of this study is one that does not report the same finding--education is significantly '”.g In.“ “"“‘ Mg . . .“ , 68 related to racial attitudes--as some previous research regarding the relationship between education and racial attitudes. While the following implications do not neces- sarily emanate from the data, they were deemed to be im- portant by the researcher: l. The pre-service and in-service training for teachers should include a variety of learning experiences which promote the development of strong self-concepts within teachers. This need becomes especially acute among Black urban school teachers, because the majority of these teachers come from similar backgrounds as do the students they now teach. There is a large body of research which conclude that there is a significant relationship between the academic progress and emotional well-being of the student and his own self-concept which is directly contin- gent on the self—concept of his classroom teacher. There- fore, it is paramount that Black urban school teachers have strong positive self—concepts because this would enable them to convey more "apprOpriate" attitudes to their Black students toward themselves and other ethnic groups. 2. The employment of Black teachers for the public schools in urban communities should recognize a relation- ship between specific demographic variables and racial attitudes. If personnel officials of an urban school system include or exclude certain prospective Black teachers for 69 employment because they are only different demographically --male or female, young or old, Southern or Northern col- legiate background, etc.--then there is evidence in this study to support the contention that other non-demographic variables ought to be critically evaluated prior to the placing of any Black teacher in the public schools of an urban Black community. 3. Teachers, for the most part, have not received in their pre-service training a set of experiences that would enable them to critically assess the effect their attitudes have on the academic progress and emotional well- being of students. Therefore, it is imperative and crucial that teacher training institutions begin to provide pros- pective teachers (especially urban Black school teachers) with those educational experiences that will permit them to deal more effectively, constructively, and creatively with this phenomenon. 4. Urban school districts must begin immediately to provide its total staff--through in-service programs, workshops, summer institutes, etc.--with those kinds of ex— periences that underscore the effect their attitudes have on students if their attitudes are perceived by the students as being negative toward his own ethnic group or toward some other ethnic group. 5. All teachers, especially Black teachers who teach in the urban communities, should be sensitive to the ‘ .3, r~pa—i;._"£_.i fl-Elmifli fi.— D-L_ M‘fi 1 I ‘ I 'r I 70 impact of negative racial attitudes, aware of the racial attitudes they have inherited, and a consciousness for the need to change their attitudes and behavior if they are adversely affecting the schools' clientele. Recommendations for Further Research l. The ABS:B/W-E should be used as a criterion in a study designed to determine if some experimentally manipulated treatment is able to change attitudes of a randomly selected sample of Black urban school teachers toward Whites in relation to education. 2. The present study could be extended to include the dependent criterion variables (ABS:§[W-E) at different intervals to find out whether the same attitudes found in this study hold across a time period. 3. The present study could be replicated using the ABS:B/W-E to measure the relationship between demo- graphic variables of other Black urban school teachers (in another urban community resembling the community used in the present study) and their attitudes toward Whites in relation to education. This research could test the credi— bility of the findings in the present study. 4. There is a parallel instrument to the ABS:B/W—E termed the Attitude Behavior Scale: Whitelyegro - Education (ABS:W/N-E) which measures the attitudes of Whites toward Blacks in relation to education. For the sake of compari- son, it would be interesting to study the relationship between 71 demographic variables of White urban school teachers and their attitudes toward Blacks in relation to education. Scope and Limitations of the Study There are certain limitations which must be taken into account when generalizing the results of this study. 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Counting this present year, how many years of teaching experience do you have? 1-3 4-9 10 and over 4. What degree do you presently hold? B.S. M.A. Other/please write in 5. What is your marital status? Single Married Divorced Separated Widowed 6. On what level are you presently teaching? Elementary K-6 Junior High 7-9 Senior High 10-12 7. How would you characterize the school from which you received your teaching/undergraduate degree? Southern and predominantly Black Southern and predominantly White Northern and predominantly White 8. How would you characterize the town or city in which you grew up? (If you lived in more than one, check where you lived the longest.) Northern Urban Northern Suburban Northern Rural Northern Non-suburban Small Town Southern Urban Southern Suburban Southern Rural Southern Non-suburEan Small Town 9. How much formal education did your father receive? Some grade school Grade school graduate Some high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Some post-graduate work Post-graduate degree 10. How would you characterize your father's occupation? Unskilled blue collar Skilled blue collar Salaried professional Upper-level manager of official Self-employed businessman Farm owner or operator White collar clerical, sales, or public service’g___ 82 APPENDIX B ATTITUDE BEHAVIOR SCALE: BLACK/WHITE-EDUCATION 83 1— 'Im a ATTITUDE BEHAVIOR SCALE: BLACK/WHITE-EDUCATION DIRECTIONS This booklet contains statements of how people behave in certain situations or feel about certain things. You, yourself, or other Black persons often behave in the same way toward Whites. You also have some general ideas about yourself, ana anut other Black persons like you and about Whites. Sometimes you feeI or behave the same way toward everyone and sometimes you feel or behave differently to- ward Whites. This questionnaire has statements about ideas and about be- havior. Each statement of this questionnaire is different from every other section, although some of the statements in each section are similar. Your answers in one section, therefore, may be the same as answers in another section, or your answers may differ from section to section. Here is a sample statement: Sample 1 Other Blacks believe the following things about Whites as compared to Blacks: l. Chance of Whites being taller ® less chance than Blacks 2. about the same 3. more chance than Blacks If other Blacks believe that Whites have less chance than Blacks to be taller, you should circle the number 1 as shown above. ************ DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BOOKLET *********** by: John E. Jordan Richard J. Hamersma College of Education Michigan State University 84 »- 'O:‘Tt—Z Win-(KW 1.1'. J- _ is; VETE— 85 ABS:B/W-E Directions:‘ Section I *— This section contains statements about ideas which other Blacks have about Whites. Circle in the number that indi- cates how other Blacks compare Whites with themselves. Please answer all questions. Other Blacks believe the following things about Whites as compared to Blacks: l. Whites' intellectual ability is 1. less than Blacks 2. about the same 3. more than Blacks' In school Whites are disciplined 1. less than Blacks 2. about the same as Blacks 3. more than Blacks In school Whites desire to work is 1. less than Blacks 2. about the same as Blacks 3. more than Blacks Whites desire a higher education 1. less often than Blacks 2. about as often as Blacks 3. more often than Blacks hites desire to get their school work done . less often than Blacks . about as often as Blacks . more often than Blacks Lamb-'2 Whites concern for their educational future is 1. less than Blacks 2. about the same as Blacks 3. more than Blacks Whites believe in public school integration 1. less than Blacks 2. about the same as Blacks 3. more than Blacks The homes that White students come from favor education 1. less than Black homes 2. about the same as Black homes 3. more than Black homes ’ ' “mi .— 86 ABS:B/W-E Directions: Section II This section contains statements about things which man other Blacks like you may believe about Whites. Please choose the answer that indicates what you think most other Blacks believe aEOut Whites. Most Blacks generally believe the following about Interacting with Whites: 9. Blacks believe that the intellectual ability of Whites is equal to theirs 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 10. Blacks believe in equal discipline for Whites and Blacks 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 11. Blacks believe they want to work with Whites in school 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 12. Blacks desire to share their higher education with Whites 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 13. Blacks believe they want to do their school work with Whites 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 14. Blacks believe in sharing their concern for their educa— tional future with Whites 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree 15. Blacks usually believe in working with Whites for public school integration 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree l6. Blacks believe that White homes favor education as much as Black homes do 1. disagree 2. undecided 3. agree I! Auu—o -—— M- . ..0 Directions: Section III 87 ABS:B/W-E This section contains statements about ways in which you, yourself, should act toward Whites. Please choose the answer that indicates how you feel you should believe. In respect to Whites do you, yourself, believe that it is usually right or usually wrong: 17. To expect Whites' intellectual ability to be the f? same as Blacks is E _ 1. usually wrong "ET 2. undecided J 3. usually right a l 18. To expect Whites to be disciplined the same as Blacks is E " 1. usually wrong F 2. undecided 3. usually right 19. To expect Whites to work the same as Blacks do in school is 1. usually wrong 2 undecided 3. usually right 20. To expect Whites to desire a higher education as much as Blacks do is 1. usually wrong 2. undecided 3. usually right 21. To expect Blacks to share their concern for their educa- tional future with Whites is 1. usually wrong 2. undecided 3. usually right 22. To expect Blacks to do their school work with Whites is 1. usually wrong 2. undecided 3. usually right 23. To expect Blacks to believe in public school integratin is 1. usually wrong 2. undecided 3. usually right 24. To expect that the homes of White students favor education as much as Black homes do is 1. usually wrong 2. undecided 3. usually right 88 ABS :B/W-E Directions: Section IV This section contains statements about how ysu think you would act toward Whites. Choose the answer that indicates how you think you would act. In respect to a White person would you, yourself: 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. I would want my intellectual ability to be the same as that of Whites 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would want to be disciplined in schools the way Whites are 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would desire to work in school the same as Whites 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would want to have the same desire Whites do for a higher education 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would want to do my school work as well as Whites do theirs 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would discuss my concern for my educational future with Whites 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would work for public school integration 1. no 2. undecided 3. yes I would want the homes that Black students come from to favor education as much as White homes 1. no 2. undeCided 3. yes .v.~.. _ 89 ABS :B/W-E Directions: Section V This section concerns actual feelings that Black people may have about Whites. You are asked to indicate howgyou feel about the following statements. _. How do you actually feel toward Whites: 33. When Whites' intellectual ability is the same as Blacks I feel 1. bad 2. indifferent 3. happy 34. When I am or was disciplined in school the same as Whites I feel or felt 1. bad 2. indifferent 3. happy 35. When Blacks work as hard in school as Whites do I feel 1. discontent 2. indifferent 3. content 36. When Whites desire a higher education as much as Blacks do I feel 1. bad 2. indifferent 3. content 37. When Whites desire to do their school work less than Blacks do I feel 1. good 2. indifferent 3. bad 38. When I have the same concern for my educational future as Whites have for theirs I feel 1. angry 2. indifferent 3. happy 39. When Whites work for public school integration I feel 1. bad 2. indifferent 3. good 40. When the homes that Black students come from favor education as much as White homes I feel 1. discontent 2. indifferent 3. content Directions: 90 ABS:B/W-E Section VI This section concerns actual experiences you have had with Whites. Try to answer the following questions from the knowledge of your own experiences. Experiences or contacts with Whites: 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. The intellectual ability of Whites is equal to mine 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes I have been disciplined in school the same as Whites 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes The Whites I know worked as hard in school as I did 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes The Whites I know wanted a higher education as much as I did 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes In school Whites did their homework as well as I did mine 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes The concern of Whites for their educational future is the same as mine 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes I have supported public school integration 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes I have seen that the homes that White students come from favor education as much as Black homes 1. no experience 3. uncertain 2. no 4. yes “I L . _\j AZIJJ— “.‘E . ‘7- a my)" . . APPENDIX C SUPPLEMENTAL TABLES 91 E a __ .1 "I i‘~ I. 92 TABLE 12.-—Ce11 means for demographic variables. Stereo Norm Moral Hypoth Feel Action Sex Male 16.625 20.625 18.062 19.688 20.500 24.000 Female 16.941 18.632 19.721 20.809 20.765 23.809 Age 20-25 16.643 18.857 17.429 18.786 20.643 20.714 26-35 17.000 18.702 19.277 20.596 20.553 23.766 36 and over 16.783 19.739 20.870 21.696 21.087 25.913 Total Years of Teadhing Experience 1-3 16.304 19.043 17.870 18.826 20.522 21.957 4-9 16.976 19.143 20.000 21.357 20.786 24.024 10 and over 17.368 18.684 19.947 21.053 20.789 25.737 Residential Background Northern Urban 15.815 18.000 18.370 19.593 19.667 24.111 Northern Rural 14.000 20.000 23.000 24.000 22.000 31.000 Southern Urban 14.300 18.900 20.400 21.100 20.800 22.400 Southern Rural 14.214 20.036 20.571 20.286 21.607 22.071 Northern Non-suburban Small Town 15.143 19.857 17.000 21.000 20.000 24.429 Southern Suburban 16.000 13.000 18.000 14.000 17.000 27.000 Southern Non-suburban Small Town 13.900 18.700 19.200 20.200 22.100 24.300 Occupational Status of Father Unskilled Blue Collar 16.788 19.308 19.192 20.577 20.154 24.596 Salaried Professional 18.000 11.500 11.500 18.000 20.500 14.000 Self-employed Businessman 16.222 19.889 21.333 21.111 22.333 22.333 White Collar Clerical 16.500 18.000 20.000 21.000 19.500 27.000 Skilled Blue Collar 17.417 18.583 19.333 20.583 21.667 23.083 Upper-level Manager 18.000 14.000 18.000 14.000 17.000 25.000 Farm Owner 17.167 19.667 21.167 21.833 22.333 23.167 Educational Status of Father Some Grade School 14.034 19 793 19.724 21.483 21.724 22.242 Some High School 14.733 19 000 19.233 19.633 20.433 23.967 Some College 16.000 19 000 21.000 22.000 21.000 26.000 Grade School Graduate 14.000 19 429 19.857 19.286 19.429 24.286 High School Graduate 14.333 19 250 19.750 20.000 20.917 25.750 College Graduate 13.667 14 667 16.333 18.000 19.667 22.000 Post Graduate Degree 17.000 14 000 11.000 16.000 18.000 19.000 Undergraduate School I Attended Southern and Black 17.000 19.700 19.983 20.567 21.433 22.733 Southern and White 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Northern and White 17.833 17.292 18.208 19.792 19.485 25.458 Academic Degree Held B.S. 16.597 19.323 19.129 20.403 20.871 23.258 M.A. 17.682 18.136 20.182 21.136 20.273 25.500 Marital Status Single 16.897 19.026 19.487 21.077 21.154 24.410 Married 17.080 18.760 19.880 20.600 21.040 22.560 Divorced 16.600 19.300 18.650 19.650 19.450 24.350 Separated 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Teachisg Level K-6 16.897 19.026 19.487 21.077 21.154 24.410 7-9 17.080 18.760 19.880 20.600 21.040 22 560 10-12 16.600 19.300 18.650 19.650 19.450 24.350 “fig-9". agl‘. 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