Date of Award
1974
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Gatlin, Douglas S.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the level of parent satisfaction with the perceived quality of courses and instruction in the public schools; to test the relationships between the level of parent satisfaction and a series of demographic characteristics of the parent and characteristics of the school and to identify those aspects of courses and instruction liked and disliked by parents. Analysis showed parents to be generally satisfied with the perceived. quality of courses and instruction. Eighty-two per cent of the parents indicated they were satisfied. Level of satisfaction was found to be related to race and sex with racial minorities and women showing higher levels of satisfaction. Education and socioeconomic status had a significant inverse relationship with level of satisfaction. Parents who grew up in the South were more satisfied than parents from other parts of the United States. Age and length of residence in Florida were not significantly related to satisfaction. The racial composition of the student body, racial status prior to integration, and grade level were tested for relationships to parent satisfaction and only grade level was found significant. Satisfaction was highest in grades 1 through 5, decreased in grades 6 through 9 and increased slightly in grades 10 through 12. Teachers were identified most often as the aspect of courses and instruction liked or disliked by parents. Members of minorities and lower socioeconomic categories were more concerned with basic skills and level of achievement, while white parents and members of higher socioeconomic categories were more interested in progressive curricula and effective teachers. It was concluded that parents were generally satisfied with the perceived quality of courses and instruction and that certain demographic characteristics of the parent are related to level of satisfaction and aspects of courses and instruction liked and disliked by parents.
Extent
102 p.
Recommended Citation
FLOYD, MARILYN CHRISTIAN, "EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PARENT SATISFACTION WITH THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF COURSES AND INSTRUCTION IN EIGHT FLORIDA COUNTIES" (1974). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 276.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/276
Identifier
FADT11635
Comments
Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.