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Teachers' Self-Perceived Competence To Teach Clothing Construction To Mainstreamed Students

Betty L. Feather

Department of Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

Cathy Carras Love

Textiles and Apparel Management Extension Specialist, 5th and Main, Pineville, MO 64856

Betty G. Dillard

Department of Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211

All public high school home economics teachers in Missouri were mailed a survey questionnaire to assess their perceived competency to teach clothing con struction to physically handicapped students; 303 teachers (60%) responded. The 21-item questionnaire measured three factors confirmed through factor analysis: Adaptive processes, design problem-solving and alteration skills. Results indi cated that amount of teaching experience, personal clothing construction experi ence, and educational experience (specialized clothing construction courses) were significantly related to teachers' perceived competency to teach clothing construction to handicapped students.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 127-135 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X8701600207
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