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Major difficulties encountered by the beginning elementary school teacher

Abstract

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<p>There are many beginning teachers who need assistance in achieving instructional competence. It is this problem with which the study was concerned. The problem may be stated as follows: What are the major difficulties encountered by beginning elementary school teachers, and what supervisory techniques are employed to assist these teachers?</p><p>The specific purposes of this study were as follows: (1) To identify the major difficulties of beginning inexperienced teachers and to determine what skills, techniques, and resources are most helpful in assisting them.; (2) To identify the supervisory techniques that principals and supervisors employ in their supervision of beginning teachers.; (3) To make recommendations for improvement of supervision of beginning teachers.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Year dc:date.available
1961

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Pirtle, John William

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1497
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2496

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2026-07-24
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Pirtle, John William. Major difficulties encountered by the beginning elementary school teacher. Thesis thesis, 1961. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1497