Restructuring the school calendar: A survey of selected Eastern Shore secondary school administrator's attitudes
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1994
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Education and Professional Studies
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This thesis examines the topic of year-round school. The
purpose is two-fold; 1) to study both the benefits and drawbacks
of the year-round calendar as published in professional literature,
and 2) to assess current attitudes of selected secondary school
administrators on matters pertaining.to the changing of the
traditional school calendar. While it is evident that not every article or work can be cited
that pertains to the year-round calendar, it was discovered that an
overwhelming majority of published work reflects positively on the
year-round calendar. The findings of this study were based upon analysis of data
collected from a survey of fifty-six (56) administrators and their attitudes towards the year-round calendar. The survey of attitudes
of secondary school administrators on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland indicated a support for instructional and learning related
outcomes of the year-round calendar. However the respondents
had reservations in the areas of extracurricular activities and other
nonacademic items associated with the year-round calendar. Although additional research is still needed on this subject,
there appears to be support for the philosophies and learning
outcomes of the year-round calendar. By indicating support for
various topics associated with the year-round calendar,
administrators have shown that the year-round calendar is worthy
of further investigation as "a means of restructuring schools on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland.