Hi For my Ed Psych class I am talking about interests of teachers on standardized interest surveys (e.g., Jackson Vocational Interest Scale). I am curious whether anyone knows anything about the relationship between teacher interest in a topic and quality of instruction. Elementary and Secondary teachers, who may end up teaching Math, Science, and the like, tend not to have high levels of interests in these topics (at least as judged by the similarity of their attitudes to those of people working in professions related to these topics and by their ratings of activities related to these topics). I am curious whether this would translate into differences in amount and/or quality of instruction in those areas. Of course, psychology instructors might find themselves in the same situation, having to teach topics that don't interest them that much. Do we do a poorer job on those topics? Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M.. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================
