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The Role of Teacher Communicator Style in the Delivery of a Middle School Substance Use Prevention Program.
- Source :
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Journal of Drug Education . 2012, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p393-411. 19p. 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- We examine whether teachers' communicator style relates to student engagement, teacher-student relationships, student perceptions of teacher immediacy, as well as observer ratings of delivery skills during the implementation of All Stars, a middle school-based substance use prevention program. Data from 48 teachers who taught All Stars up to 3 consecutive years and their respective seventh-grade students (n = 2,240) indicate that having an authoritative communication style is negatively related to student engagement with the curriculum and the quality of the student-teacher relationship, while having an expressive communicator style improves teachers' immediacy to student needs. Adaptations made by a subsample of teachers (n = 27) reveal that those who were more expressive asked students more questions, used more motivational techniques, and introduced more new concepts than authoritarian teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COMMUNICATION methodology
*SUBSTANCE abuse prevention
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*STATISTICAL correlation
*FACTOR analysis
*MIDDLE school students
*MIDDLE schools
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*SEX distribution
*STUDENT attitudes
*SUBSTANCE abuse
*TEACHER-student relationships
*TEACHERS
*VIDEO recording
*TEACHING methods
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*INTER-observer reliability
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00472379
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Drug Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89219932
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2190/DE.42.4.b