Date Approved
3-1-2016
Date Posted
9-15-2016
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department or School
Teacher Education
Committee Member
Philip Smith, Ed.D.
Committee Member
Jacquelyn McGinnis, Ph.D.
Abstract
This study duplicated the survey research of Robinson-Zanartu and Majel-Dixon in their 1996 article "Parent Voices: American Indian Relationships with Schools" published in The Journal of American Indian Education. Two hypotheses were investigated in this study. The first hypothesis was that due to the increase in multicultural education training that teachers receive as pre-service teachers and in professional development, there would be an increase in Native American parent/community satisfaction with the schools that service their children. The second hypothesis was that due to this multicultural education training there would be a reduction in referrals of Native American students to special education programs. Although there was a slight improvement in satisfaction on the Likert Scale portion of the survey, the open-ended responses indicated much of the same frustrations documented in the original study. The data collected in the current study documented a reduction of Native American student referrals to special education.
Recommended Citation
Herzog, Catherine A., "Parent voices revisited: American Indian relationships with schools" (2016). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 670.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/670