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Educational goal setting through a systematic process by students, educators, board members and citizens for the Hershey Public Schools
Abstract
This study was conducted for the Hershey Public Schools (a) to determine the educational goals in rank order, based on mean ratings, by the students, teachers, citizens, and board members, and (b) to determine if the goal rankings, based on mean ratings, by the students, teachers, citizens, and board members were significantly different regarding expectations of the schools. In this study 27 teachers, 99 citizens, 143 students, and 6 board members participated. Sixty-one educational goals were developed from the review of the literature for the study. The participants rated the individual goals. Means were then calculated for each of the goals for the individual groups. The goals were then ranked based on the means that were developed. Correlations of the rating data from each of the four groups ranged from +.934 to +.625 indicating there was high agreement between and among the groups on the value of these goals. The coefficients for the rated goals, which were then ranked by comparisons of mean scores, ranged from +.850 to +.332 indicating there was less agreement on rank order than on the goal ratings. Further study indicated that at P = 0.2 all four groups were found to be significantly different when the goals were ranked based on mean ratings. Goodlad (1983) suggested that the establishment of clear educational goals was important for public schools in curriculum planning. The goals established through this study may serve as a good foundation for long-range curriculum planning for the Hershey Public Schools.
Subject Area
Curricula|Teaching
Recommended Citation
Alderman, Mark Leroy, "Educational goal setting through a systematic process by students, educators, board members and citizens for the Hershey Public Schools" (1987). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8803737.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8803737