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TEACHERS AND TEACHING

Section 2

Question 1: A recommendation has been made that anyone who wants to become a public school teacher must have a four-year liberal arts degree with a major in some subject before he or she can enter any teacher training program. Do you favor or oppose this recommendation? (Asked in: 1987.)
[Code: 712-TeaQX-1]

Question 2: Assume that the people on this list have a college degree, received good grades in college, and wish to teach but have taken no courses in how to teach. Which of these people, if any, would you hire to teach in elementary school? Which would you hire to teach in high school? People with a high degree of expertise or knowledge in a particular academic subject; "Experts" in certain nonacademic areas, such as business, industry, or technology; Persons with a high degree of expertise in a particular academic subject who also demonstrate a talent for teaching or instruction; Don't know. (Asked in: 1991.)
[Code: 713-TeaQX-2]

Question 3: How important do you think it is that public school teachers in the public schools in your community be licensed by the state in the subject areas in which they teach -- very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not at all important? (Asked in: 2002.)
[Code: 714-TeaQX-3]

Question 4: In addition to meeting college requirements for a teacher's certificate, should those who want to become teachers be required to prove their knowledge in the subjects they will teach, before they are hired? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 715-TeaQX-4]

Question 5: In your opinion, is the ability to teach or instruct students more the result of natural talent or more the result of college training about how to teach? (Asked in: 1991, 2011.)
[Code: 716-TeaQX-5]

Question 6: Teachers now receive certificates to teach upon completion of their college coursework. Some people believe that teachers should be required to spend one year as interns in the schools at half pay before they are given certificates to teach. Do you think this is a good idea or a poor idea? (Asked in: 1980, 1988.)
[Code: 717-TeaQX-6]

Question 7: Would you favor or oppose the idea of establishing a national set of standards for the certification of public school teachers? (Asked in: 1988, 2009.)
[Code: 718-TeaQX-7]

Required Union Dues
Question 9: In schools where there are teacher unions, should those teachers who do not belong to the union be required to pay union dues, since they share the benefits of union bargaining? (Asked in: 1980.)
[Code: 719-TeaRX-9]

Scope of Collective Bargaining
Question 10: Have teacher organizations gained too much power over their own salaries and working conditions? (Asked in: 1970.)
[Code: 720-TeaSX-10]

Question 11: Should principals be considered as part of management? (Asked in: 1975.)
[Code: 721-TeaSX-11]

Question 12: Some teacher groups want to extend their bargaining powers beyond pay and working conditions. They would like to have the right to negotiate about class size, the curriculum, and teaching methods. Would you favor or oppose giving them these added rights? (Asked in: 1976.)
[Code: 722-TeaSX-12]

Question 13: As you may know, some states have been in the news because of disputes between the governors and state employee labor unions, including teacher unions, over collective bargaining policies and the stateÕs budget. In states where there are such disputes, would you say you agree more with the governors or the state teacher unions? (Asked in: 2011.)
[Code: 911-TeaQX-13]

Question 14: If teachers must be laid off to save money in a school system, do you believe that those who are to be kept should be chosen on the basis of performance or on the basis of seniority? (Asked in: 1981.)
[Code: 723-TeaSX-14]

Question 15: How important do you think each of the following factors should be in determining which teachers are laid off first if the school is forced to reduce the number of teachers: level of academic degree earned, years of teaching experience, scores the teacherÕs students receive on standardized tests, evaluations conducted by the principal? (Asked in: 2011.)
[Code: 912-TeaSX-15]

Teaching Responsibilities
Question 16: In your opinion, should public school teachers be required to spend some part of their workday learning how to help their students perform or achieve at higher levels academically, or not? (Asked in: 2007.)
[Code: 855-TeaTX-16]

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