Sterrett, Marvin D.2022-09-232022-09-231971197112654993https://hdl.handle.net/10657/11905Statement of the Problem. The purpose of this study was two fold: (1) to compare the professional background of secondary English teachers in Harris County to the professional background of secondary English teachers in the Southwestern area of the United States, and (2) to compare the professional background of secondary English teachers in Harris County to the professional background of secondary English teachers in the nation, as measured by the Secondary English Teacher Questionnaire. Procedures. The subjects were English teachers of grades seven through twelve in eighteen public school districts located in Harris County, Texas. All of the secondary schools in Harris County were alphabetized and listed according to school districts. Fifteen percent of each school district's secondary English teachers in the schools chosen were sent Secondary English Teacher Questionnaires. The Secondary English Teacher Questionnaire was a twenty-four item instrument based upon the 1963 questionnaire that the National Council of Teachers of English designed and used in their survey of 7,417 secondary English teachers throughout the United States. A total of 318 questionnaires were mailed to the principals of the secondary schools selected as the sample. Each principal was asked to present a questionnaire to every English teacher in his building who was eligible to participate in the study. The final results of the study were based upon the responses of 193 English teachers of grades seven through twelve. [...]application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.High school teachers--Texas--Harris CountyThesisreformatted digital